Help a large family with their animals in Grenchen, Switzerland

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  Description

  Our family consists of Mum (Andrea), Dad (Pascal), Leonie (10.2009) Haylee (12.2011) and Emily-Grace (08.2014)
  
  We are looking for a woman who would speak French or English with our girls. Help around the house and with the animals would be appreciated. For example:
  
  Walking the dog and preparing lunch.
  
  Our girls are very athletic. They play competitive soccer, and one of them is a competitive figure skater.
  
  . We live in a nice single house in here in Switzerland. The place we live calls Grenchen (about 17'500 inhabitants). Grenchen is very centrally located and all major Swiss cities can be reached by train in 1 hour. We have two train stations which are reachable in a 10 minutes walk from our house. Also we live very close to the french-speaking part of Switzerland (10minutes).
  
  For our guests, we offer there own room. We have Netflixand WiFi. We are also happy to lend bicycles
  
  We are looking for someone who loves kids and animals as we have a few of them (Kids and Animals).We would like our girls to improve/train their English and/or French, so we are looking for guests who are native speakers of English and/or French or have a high level of proficiency in one (or both) of these languages.
  
  Wir suchen eine weibliche Person die mit unseren Mädchen Französisch oder Englisch sprechen würde. Die Mithilfe im Haus und mit den Tieren wäre erwünscht. Z.B.
  Einen Spaziergang mit dem Hund und Mittagessen vorbereiten.
  
  Unsere Mädchen sind sehr sportlich. Sie spielen Leistungsfussball und eine fährt Eiskunstlauf im Kader.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Teaching

  Animal Care

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  House & pet sitting
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are looking for someone who would like to explore Switzerland/Europe, who loves kids and animals and who is interested in spending time with us, sharing culture and language. We would like our girls to improve/train their English, so we are looking for guests with high spoken level in English and/or French.
  We can give you references from guests, who have already been here. We had guests from: Australia, Canada, England, Czech Rep, Scotland…

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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

  Helping out in the extended family, in and around the house.
  
  Mithilfe in der Grossfamilie im und ums Haus.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  German: Fluent
  English: Fluent
  French: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  We would like our girls to improve/train their English, so we are looking for guests with high spoken level in English and/or French. You could improve your German with us. You would learn about Swiss life, Swiss culture and you can taste typical Swiss food and other international food.
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  Accommodation

  For our guests, we offer there own room. We have Netflixand WiFi. We are also happy to lend bicycles.

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  What else ...

  We live in a beautiful area near the river Aare and a beautiful nature reserve. Very nice bicycle tours or hikes can be made here. On the other side we have the Grenchenberg (1'400 metres above sea level). Grenchen is close to French-speaking Switzerland. All major cities are also easily accessible by train in max. 1 hour.

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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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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  My animals / pets

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