Join our family with 3 kids in Vienna, Austria

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  Description

  I am looking for a long-term volunteer May - (3-5 months preferable)
  
  I have 3 kids (3, 7 and 12 years old) and we have a long-term volunteer who is needed with his Family. I would love to find someone with experiences with kids (including small kids), who is reliable and who likes to cook. You will have plenty of time for yourself and we have experiences with organizing everything - a weekly schedule, tasks and some flexibility (kids getting sick)
  
  We live in a 5 bedroom- apartment in Vienna 22. District close to U1 and alte Donau/ Donauinsel in a community house project.
  
  Aleksandra, mom, 43 years: I work with EU funds for youth projects. I studied communication and gender studies, travelled a lot, was teaching at university, and like film projects. In our free time I like to go out into nature, do sports, go dancing or concerts. Most of the time it's work & kids though :)
  
  We speak German, Slovene and English. Our 4 year-old Muriel is 50% with his dad, his 8 years old sister Lela & teeny Nika stay every second weekend at my ex-husbands.
  
  @ Muriel is a our little one in Kindergarten, he loves books, biking, music and dinos.
  @ Nika is a footballer, has matches every weekend, is a teeny , in 3. Klasse Gymnasium (7th grade), who likes gaming , video eds, swimming, his friends and football. In his free time he likes: soccer (no kidding), computer games, chilling with friends.
  @ Lela is in 2. Klasse Volksschule, ist best friends with our neighbour Katja. She likes swimming, being creative , music, biking. Lela is a 100% a Vegetation (cause she doesn't want to eat animals).
  
  Muriel and Lela can play nicely, but do get into fights. The kids are used to international people and are open-minded. But do note: there are 3 of them at very different ages.
  
  We live in a house project with women and international & Austrian families. We get on well with the people and kids in the house. We have nice shared common spaces: a sunshiny big rooftop terrace with a great view, a garden with trees, a little playground and meadow, a Gemeinschaftsraum (common room with kitchen) and a sauna for all in the house to use.
  
  You will have your own bright room with a bed, a desk, a wardrobe, WiFi, shared balcony towards the South. The house is just a 5min walk to the U1 Kagraner Platz (20 min to Stephansplatz, 10min to Praterstern). You can bike and swim in the Alte Donau (10min). There is a shop on the other side of the road and a soccer playground next to our house.
  
  Our household is smoke-free. One may smoke outside (on the balcony). I think a transparent communication and a good organization are important so that family life, work and volunteer time can work well together :)
  
  To sum up: we do need help with household chores such as cooking, dish washer, laundry, grocery shopping. And to spend afterwork time with us: pick up the kids, play & be creative with them, go swimming or to matches with us, study with Nika...

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Get to know a vivid family life in Vienna with multicultural background. Our Kids are open-minder, active, Lela and Nika speak English well. You will practice German in every day life.
  
  You might wanna find out more about kids, education (and its challenges). We would like you to feel as a part-time member of a family. On some evenings -when not too tired after long work/kids days -we like to hang and talk about travels, people, politics, films, drinking a glass of wine or a beer. For sure you will get a good insight into a family life in Austria with 3 kids - more than Austrian average ;)

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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

  Weekly schedule & tasks
  
  Mo - Fr 7:00 -7:40 breakfast preparing and dish washer, helping with kids getting dressed & ready
  
  15:00 -19:30 after work family time with kids & Aleksandra: cooking dinner, cleaning up table, dish washer, playing or be creative with kids, studying Maths with Nika, playing soccer / sports, go swimming with us, tidying up in the evening. "Playing with kids" can mean: watching them play and mediate fights, board and creative games, switching on music, reading from books
  
  grocery shopping
  helping us with vacuum cleaning; whipping floor once a week
  1-2 times/week: laundry (machine wash, dryer, folding them)
  Occasionally babysit sleeping kids.
  
  Sunday evening family week starts with dinner together, helping us get everything ready for the work week. Planning the coming week.

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  Languages

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

  This host offers a language exchange
  I grew up in the Slovene minority in Carinthia, at the Austrian border to Slovenija and Italy. I have travelled a lot and lived abroad. We like to improve our Spanish, English, Slovene. Learn new words from your language.
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  Accommodation

  I provide a 20m2 room with a bed, a desk, a comfy chair to read, an empty wardrobe. You will have a door onto the balcony towards the South: light all day until sunset. The room is next to the kitchen and farthest away to the other rooms so some privacy is guaranteed :)

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  What else ...

  We find it so cool to live so close to the metro: U1 Kagraner Platz, guaranteeing a fast connection to Vienna city center, Hauptbahnhof, Maria Hilferstraße, MQ, Donauinsel...
  There is a big cultural (music /museum/ arts) scene in Vienna to discover.
  We live close to such nice places like Alte Donau, Donaupark, Danube, the Donauzentrum (mall). We are happy to go to nice places together - we like to do rope climbing and bouldering, swimming, biking, go to playgrounds like motoric park or go on little hiking tours. I have a car, too.
  There is a direct bus to the airport from Karan and the U1 is going from Hauptbahnhof Vienna to Kagraner Platz.
  
  Vienna is close to Slovakia and not far from Prague and Budapest - by train or bus.

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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 possibly accept pets

  Dog

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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