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Hallo, we are Elly, Sander and Wouter, and together with our children Willem, Roos and Cato we started our non-profit and no ownership, organic community on a incredible historic farm in Maasbree, the Netherlands.
Our project contains 7 community homes, 1 acre of permaculture landschape , a workshop, ateliers and community meeting room. Also a firepit, and a 200 year old little bakery house. Also living on the farm are two pigs, two mini horses, 8 chickens, 2 dogs and 1 cat. We have a lot of animal visitors like birds, bats, owls, rabbits, butterflies and so on. Our vision is to live in connection with yourself, the others and nature. Permaculture and Ubuntu is our way of living. Taking care of the earth, the people and fairshare. And also having a lot of fun together!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
sustainable living and building, historical farm, permaculture, equal descisionmaking, living and starting an equal community,awareness, consent, buildingskills.
Help
We are currently renovating and transforming the historic farmhouses into the 7 community houses, while also starting up the permaculture landscape. You can learn a lot about building and renovating a historical farm, living in an ecological community, equal decisionmaking, personal growth, awareness and living in connection with yourself, the other and nature. We are planning to be mostly building, renovating together on monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday and friday. The weekends and afternoons days are free to fill as you like. This days we will be working together from 8.30 - 14.00, on friday we work till 13.00 and have a longer sharing. We are working together with all the volenteers (about 6) and the community members. There will be a proffessional construction worker for our guidens.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Accommodation
You will have a really nice furnished house to stay in, sharing with only 2 persons max. These little houses contain 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom and a kitchen/living room. There will be 3 organic and mostly vegetarian meals a day. On the weekends there will be no cook but there will be ingredients available to help yourself.
What else ...
We as a community really like to eat, laugh, and work together on the farm. We also love making campfire and making music together. Playing is high on our to do list because we have a lot of children on the farm and they teach us how to not get too serious ;). In the area is mostly farming landscape, you can go for walks, to the city Venlo and visiting river the Maas. There is a busstop nearby (6 mins walk) going to Venlo Centraal, trainstation. We also have bikes available to use.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have a good WiFi connection in our shared community space
Space for parking camper vans
We have 2 camper spots available and in summertime also 6 places for tents.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
My animals / pets
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The best part was definitely the moments of sharing and chatting during the… read more
The people and projects in this community were truly amazing.
I am so grateful to have been a part of this community.
From the very beginning, they welcomed me with a warm “Welcome.” Their hearts were so kind, and I felt their love for their family, friends, and volunteers.
The work… read more
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The best part was definitely the moments of sharing and chatting during the… read more
The people and projects in this community were truly amazing.
I am so grateful to have been a part of this community.
From the very beginning, they welcomed me with a warm “Welcome.” Their hearts were so kind, and I felt their love for their family, friends, and volunteers.
The work… read more
This was above all a human adventure, in a community (permanent hosts and volunteers) made up of authentic and different people who share a common vision of life.
I contributed to a small part of the huge project, by helping to renovate the old farm into 3… read more
