Join our family and help with our berry garden and building renovations in Herbeumont, Belgium

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  Description

  We are Helena and Steven, we live with our son Esben (6) in the green forests of the Belgian Ardennes. We are renovating 2 houses to serve as a cohousing. We also have a forest, goats for milk an a pick-your-own- berry garden that operates as a non-profit association. We are friendly, hard working but fun loving.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Babysitting and creative play

  Help around the house
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are a typical Belgian family. Helpers could learn from our cultural ways. You could learn about construction and all things technical from Steven, who is a professional teacher in this field. You can learn about permaculture design in practice from Helena.
  
  We could inspire you how to create your own project.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  We are looking for helpers who like to work in the renovation of the house. For example move and sand wooden boards we cut from trees in the forest. You can help with physical work too moving rocks with the wheelbarrow. More skilled work is welcome too: we are installing solar panels, ventilation, bathrooms.
  
  We'd like to build a small goat shed from wood and a slate roof, which could be a personal project of a helper. You can help pour the foundation, do the woodwork and roof carpentry.
  
  On the other side we could use help gardening: milking and feeding the goats, making cheese, weeding, planting, harvesting seeds, picking berries or just help around the house: cleaning and cooking, playing with Esben.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  French: Fluent
  Dutch: Fluent
  Spanish: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  We would welcome learning more Spanish and French.
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  Accommodation

  You will have a whole house to yourself. We will share a bathroom. You can eat with the family who lives next door you could cook in a very basic kitchen with fridge and gascooker for yourself. We will provide food as part of the exchange. when in season you can help yourself to fruit and veg from the food forest. There is goatmilk and cheese from the farm.
  
  We will provide food as part of the exchange. You can eat meals together as a family or you can choose to cook your own pot from ingredients provided by us or harvested from the vegetable garden.

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  What else ...

  - You can enjoy many forest activities: walking, canoeing, mountainbiking.
  - There is a small shop and 3 bars in our little town but we are surrounded by vast woods. Busses come only 2 times a day.
  - There are old castle ruins and other old architecture to explore.
  - There are idyllic French sandstone villages nearby.
  
  We like workers to be responsable and not afraid of getting their hands dirty. We like to exchange and teach things to helpers but not be like mum and dad helping you to get up in the morning.

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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

  We have a large quiet working space with fast internet ( most of the time).

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  Space for parking camper vans

  You can park nearby the forest. It's very hilly so not all places are good. We can connect you to electricity with an extention.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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