Bring our farm project to life and be a part of our adventure near of Villamaria, Colombia

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  Description

  Hello dear Workawayers,
  My name is Florence and
  i live on a farm in the middle of nature outside of Villamaria. Ths project was started with my former patner Martin. We have been traveling for many years. after we met, we decided to give workaway a try . So we volunteered on farms mainly in Rumania, Ucrania and Switzerland, also looking for the ideal place to start our own project, learning about different farming methods and community living.
  After all, we then decided to come to southamerica for various reasons like the weather, fertility and aboundance of water and flora and fauna. It took us almost one year to find the right place....
  Well, here we are. Now it’s just me, the animals and great neighbors but lots of change already hapened in the last years. There is lots of work to do, to transform all the ideas in reality and that's only possible with your help!
  Life here is as much about getting things done as about enjoying life in the mountains, taking a dip in the river or enjoying the view from the hammoc on the balcony with a delicious coffe, cooking, going for hikes with the neighbours, visiting the hotsprings or going to Manizales.
  We have two very sweet members on our farm who are eager to get to know you. Chasca and Killa!! two sister dogs that always love to get some attention.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Light gardening

  Creative DIY projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Light maintenance

  House & pet sitting
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  Interests

  

  Culture

  

  Politics / Social justice

  

  Sustainability

  

  Pets

  

  Farming

  

  Books

  

  Plant care

  

  DIY & crafts

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Gardening

  

  Languages

  

  Carpentry

  

  Animals

  

  Camping

  

  Nature

  

  Outdoor activities

  

  Hiking

  

  Mountain
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  To live and enjoy in the middle of nature breathing tranquility. You will e a part of how this project starts to become alive and you can be a part of this adventure. The place is in a wonderful neighborhood but very private. you can go days without interaction but alsway can choose to hae a coffe together. We all help each other out. I would like to welcome and share all this with you and show you a colombia that is safe and beautiful, full of joy and nature. I love everything around food preservation like fermenting , cheese making , i love herbalism, basket making, wood carving and any kind of self suficcient projects. My imagination is vast and ideas never stop. So there is always something interesting to do and learn. Feel free to write and join!

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  Help

  There is a greenhouse that needs some maintenance, we want to make trails on the land to reach the cascades easier and to walk through the parts that are forest in our land, so that will be one of the jobs.
  - Renovations of the volunteer's house
  - Harvesting different food, plantains, bananas, potatoes, yuca, coles, lemons, etc...
  - we also want to start growing coffee, then there is a part where we want to plant different trees to fix the land and bring diversity to it, we have chickens with which you can help, we need to build a bamboo fence around the vegetable garden, there is a lot of planting and organizing the different beds that needs to be done..ahhh and we like to cook and eat delicious meals together, so if you feel like, this can also be part of the work :)
  Also is very important, we expect from volunteers to have common sense and know how to use it, in all meanings.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  French: Intermediate

  This host offers a language exchange
  This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
  You can contact them directly for more information.
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  Accommodation

  You will have a room for yourself in the volunteer house. It’s a comfy and private space. or If you want to, there is lots of space for camping, putting up a tent or even a place to park your 4x4car
  - Breakfast and lunch are included, sometimes we eat lunch leftovers for dinner , all depends of the amount of work during the day. We take shifts to cook but we don’t have fixed hours for lunch so if you have a strict routine for it you will have a kitchen available to cook your own meals. Breakfast is self-service, there is always bread, fruits, muesli and yogurt available.
  - If you are regular cigarette/tobacco smoker this is not your place, we find the smell very strong and intrusive.
  - We don't have a fridge, only a freezer to save harvested food and meat, so we take ice from there to refill cooler boxes :)
  - Basic kitchen available (for tea/coffee or small preparations).
  - Dry toilet ousite of the house.
  - Warm shower where water capacity is LIMITED for volunteers because we have to administrate in a very responsible way to have enough for irrigation, consume and hygiene so we hope you can understand and don't take showers longer than 15 minutes. We will appreciate it.

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  What else ...

  To arrive you can either com via a Cable or public transportation from Manizales to Villamaria. From there it is about a 20 min drive to the entrance of the beautiful aerea where we live. From there it's about 20 min crossing 5 rivers walking up to our place. We can help you with all this once we are in contact and know when you will be arriving. Just write us and we are happy to answer you any question :) We will make this experience the best for you and finally give something back that we received during our stays a workawayers 🌻
  If you got here, congrats! We kindly ask you to mention the names of our dogs in your message, otherwise we will not answer as there is a lot of copy and paste requests coming in. It's for the best of both of us as you should know where you are going😊

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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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  Can host digital nomads

  Martín himself worked as a digital Nomad for some years and being a workawayer. We completely understand your situation and are open to it :)

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  Space for parking camper vans

  But it MUST be 4x4 as the access by car is quite tricky... we are working on the road

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  Can possibly accept pets

  Yes, if they themselfs are friendly with our animals and don't eat our chicken :)

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

  

  Killa (3 years)

  

  Chaska (3 years)

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