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We are a small cooperative run by Giulia (italian) and Maxi (argentinian) Four years ago we bought an old house next to Demonte that we are fixing. We are involved in a community work, dedicating to bio-agriculture and agro-ecology. We are managing a refuge and cultural centre 20 m south from Demonte, in the low Stura Valley. We organize classes and workshops on felt, foraging. We've been volunteer in various occasions and we know that can be a unique opportunity. We'd like to host person who can help while we are working in the Borgata Paraloup at thesame time a cultural centre a refugee and a testimony of the history of the partisans in the II WW. The place is really nice, up on the mountain, 1300 mt, in the Occitan valley not far from France and in summer till October is full of sagre concerts trekking and so on all around moreover the numerous sports to practice (rafting, riding, hiking, biking and a lots of others ing). English, Spanish, french and Italian spoken. For any further question please just e mail us
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The place is really nice, up on the mountain, 900-1000 mt, in the Occitan valley not far from France and in summer till October is full of feste sagre concerts and so on all around. English, Spanish and Italian spoken. I (Giulia) can show you most of the local herbs and how to use as raw food or preparing marmelade etc Maxi knows a lot about s the life in the mountain ! also we can offer to present you some of the different local producers if you are interested in learning more about how to make cheese, honey, felt etc
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
At Paraloup helping us with the hosts who came to visit eat and sleep house/garden/dogs sitting ! you'll have to take care and enjoy a nice house in the alps
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
French: Beginner
Portuguese: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
portuguese and chinese
Accommodation
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
The restaurant works also as a coworking place and we collaborate with natworking.eu there we have permanent connection. at home nop.
Space for parking camper vans
We have a lot of wounderful space for campervans as well as tent or just hamaca or sleeping bag !
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Cino, Cleo, Titan and Neve
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The refuge played an important role for the resistance during the WWII, and many like-minded activities take place there: book presentations, music festivals, etc.
There are also many… read more
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The refuge played an important role for the resistance during the WWII, and many like-minded activities take place there: book presentations, music festivals, etc.
There are also many… read more
I also learnt someting new about plants, cooking with herbs, and the the history of the place.
They were so kind with me, I had so much fun… read more
We do hope she can come across our small world's corner one day :-) !
have a great trip Anna besos
I had such a wonderful experience with Giulia , Max and Maite up in the mountains..
They were so welcoming and we shared great food , chat , music and many wonderful moments together over my two weeks spent there..
I got to experience many different days in the life of these wonderful people which was great ! From collecting… read more
and it is the umpteenth demonstratione that we must deepen our Polish roots !!! hasta pronto comandante Lu !
They have just started their own community cooperative but have years of experience with animal care and farming, which will definitely pay off in this new adventure they have embarked on. And they've taken Maite along for the ride.
She and I bonded immediately and became bilingual… read more
There are many different things you can do and any sort of help is really appreciated. They want you do become a part of the experience and the environment you are living in.The mountains are stunning and Giulia… read more
Giulia is a Woman from capital letter W. Every moment i remember her - I need to learn from her many things. She is a The Woman. Every woman need to learn from here.
Maxi is really open minded… read more
