Help our family with daily life in Santa Catarina, Brazil

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  Description

  We are Dino and Amanda. We are a happy family of four (soon to be five in February). We have three young children. (Again, one is on the way in a matter of weeks.) We are an American family and we live in Paraguay. We have lived in Chile as well as Brazil here in South America. We can speak English of course as well as some Spanish and Portuguese. We live on the magic island of Florianopolis!
  We live only blocks from the beach. You will have your own private bedroom and bathroom. Our beach is large and safe and surrounded by Nature.
  The island has many beaches and lots of cultural and social activities.
  
  We only host VEGETARIANS and non drinkers!

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We can definitely help you with your English if that is something you desire. Other ways you as a traveler will benefit from a cultural exchange is you will get to see how American vegetarians live and function as a family. You will learn additional cooking skills and I am sure through this experience your own worldview in many ways will expand.

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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 going to need help with tasks around the house such as cleaning, cooking vegetarian or vegan meals, and occupying the children. We would also love to share your language with the children as well to help expand their worldview and language learning skills. We plan to homeschool our children, so we feel it is never too early to start!

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Intermediate
  Sign language (American): Beginner
  Portuguese: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  We are a family of language learners! We love learning new languages. We would love to host someone fluent in Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, or really any other language. We are open to learning new things. We have also been teaching our children American Sign Language since they were babies and have loved seeing them sign with confidence.
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  Accommodation

  You will stay in your own private bedroom and have your own bathroom.
  The room has plenty of closet space
  
  We are a vegetarian family as we mentioned and expect this from you as well since we don't want cross-contamination with meat products. We we will share our vegetarian meals with you. You are also free to use the fridge in the kitchen to store your own food as well. But you will have access to all the basics like bulk things such as rice, beans, flour with which to make things, etc.
  
  We want you to feel comfortable during your stay here here.

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  What else ...

  There are bus stops in the area to help you get around if you'd like. There are things to do in the main city and also some natural attractions like waterfalls to visit in the area.

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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 will have fiber optic cable for your to use. The internet works very well here.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week