Join our family and experience village life in Bolek, Kazakhstan

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  Description

  My name is Yeldos and I live in a Kazakh village 50 km east of Almaty. It's located near a small rural town Esik. I live with my wife, Gulnara and our youngest daughter, Raya, who is 15.
  
  Our passion is living in the village and helping our local community develop. For many year we raise chickens and sold eggs. We helped many people we know to launch the egg business to sustain themselves.
  
  Now we have 1 hectare of land on which we built our small house. This summer we put a yurt on our land and hosted different groups of locals who wanted get out of Almaty to experience fresh air and good fellowship.
  
  We constantly need help with different construction tasks.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help
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  Interests

  

  Sustainability

  

  Culture

  

  Farming
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We hope that while staying with our family, the Workawayer will learn about the life of a simple Kazakh family in the countryside. Living in a yurt, they will be able to experience the culture of nomadic peoples. During the joint work and the common meal, we will tell the Workawayer about our country, about the history and culture of the Kazakhs and other peoples. For example, more than twenty nationalities live together in our village.
  We are a Kazakh family. We speak Russian and Kazakh and some English. We eat and cook Kazakh food and we can teach you to cook it too. You can practice your Russian or Kazakh with us. You can live in the Yurt like a kazakh and meet our friends and neighbors.

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  Help

  We need different kinds of help depending on the season and on what's going on at the moment. I'll list just a few:
  - helping with chicken
  - preparing winter facilities for the chickens
  - building a barn for the cattle
  - fencing our land
  - planting garlic in October
  - firewood preparation

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  Languages spoken

  Kazakh: Fluent
  Russian: Fluent
  English: Beginner

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  Accommodation

  We have a yurt that stands in our yard in a secluded and safe place.There is a sofa in the yurt, and if necessary, we can put another one. There is a table for eating and for work. There is also a gas stove, a cupboard for dishes, a refrigerator. There is a light in the yurt, there is a Wi-Fi. If necessary, the door is locked. Men's bathroom, outdoor shower. For women, there is a toilet and a shower in the host's house. We will provide clean bedding and can change them if necessary.
  
  We are ready to provide three meals a day. If the Workawayer don't mind, we are ready to eat with them. We are also ready to provide them with the necessary ingredients if they want to cook on their own.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  My animals / pets

  

  Kuzya and Bell

  we have near 500 chickens

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