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Hello! I'm Rafaela, eldest daughter of a family living in the rural are of Embu das Artes, a city next to São Paulo.
I'm starting now with the occasional help of family and friends a social project with permaculture, trying to implement it in my nighbourhood and experimenting. There is a big plot of land owned by us that hasn't been touched in 20 years and we're preparing it for farming.
Sometimes I have to work the whole day, so you need to be able to work alone independently and finish tasks for yourself.
I am now looking for:
-Someone who is very physically fit and use to hard work to help with the garden, digging and moving earth aroud
-Someone who is good with painting for the decoration of my house walls
-Someone who speaks german fluently, can help me improve my german and can help me setting up a tour route in germna in my vcity
- Someone who is good with writing and detailing projects to support on writing for grant funds.
I'm president of a social organisation in my neighbourhood.
We aim to improve the infrastructure of the neighbourhood, give educational courses like English, musical instruments, capoeira and other sports and spread political education.
My neighbourhood is not the richest and quite ignored by the municipal government so would be good to give an aid on the education of the surroundings.
You can help in:
-English classes, I will give the classes and you can support me by participating in the games and talking with the students.
-Social media management of the English part of the page, if you have experience with that
-if you are good in writing, storytelling or videomaking help us improve our portfolio and material to find funding
-Help on the maintanance of the organisation and of my house we are still refurbishing it
-If you have a different project or event you would like to organise with us for the community that would be great also, but would demand that you stay for longer.,like minimum 1 month
I was in Austria for 4 months and have a german passport due to my german grandfather, would be good to practice german as well if you're fluent.
I have one dog who's very friendly and my parents live next door and have three dogs, all female.
With us you would work with farming, bio construction, ocasional visits to the social project where we teach english and general help around the house.
We are a very brazilian family, very welcoming just like the rest of the neighbourhood who will be really excited to meet someone from abroad.
I am vegetarian and don't buy meat but you're welcome to buy some for yourself in the nearby market.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will meet a real brazillian neighbourhood, some people live quite a humble life but are all very friendly and eager to help you have the best time in Brazil. We have a pool, five dogs and there is a waterfall by 40 minutes walking and a huge forest reserve 30 minutes walking.
We can give you a ride to Embu or Cotia's city center depending on our schedule, each with their interesting attractions and from there you can take a bus to São Paulo that takes 40 minutes. There's also a bus stop 2km away from home where you can get a bus to Embu's city center.
Embu has a famous craft fair on sundays (one of the biggest of the country) and many artists that are always working during the week, a bee park (cidade das abelhas) and african-brazilian religion temple.
Cotia has 2 buddhist temples and a big waterfall.
You can learn about farming in Brazil, bio construction and really immerse yourself in the brazillian culture.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
Help with activities in the social organisation I'm the president of. You can help with social media, writing for our portfolio, with the classes we plan to give like english, sports, musical instruments. We have monthly events so you would help with organising and setting them up and if you have ideas or knowledge you would like to share in a workshop for the community that would be great, but would demand that you stay with us minimum 1 month to plan everything.
I'm refurbishing my loft trying to use mainly bioconstruction, so we would do some experimentation with that and see wich style of bio constructio would work the best.
I have a big garden and try my best to have a variety of cultures using permaculture, so would be great to have your help on that.
Some general help around the house is also needed, help with the english social project (where you will just need to talk to the kids in english and engage games and activities.)
Once a week me and my mom visit a nursery home nearby where we play bingo and Uno with the old ladies, you would be asked to join us for 2 hours if you haven't completed the hours of you day (also if you feel comfortable with going there)
Practicing german and help me set up a german tour in my city
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Portuguese: Fluent
German: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
I would like to improve my German and depending on your language learn it as well.
Accommodation
You will be staying in my loft. It's not big but very comfy and with a huge garden.
You will have a shared room with other volunteers, if there are any, shared bathroom, possibility of camping if you want. Three meals a day and occasional snacks included.
We hav Wi Fi, laundry.
What else ...
NO use of drugs in the main house
No smoking inside any of the buildings, but you're free to do it outside
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
Can possibly accept pets
Dogs and smaller house pets that are sociable and know how to do their necessities in the right place
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Seriguela (6 years)
Sweet rescued dog that lives with me
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He showed initiative to solve the problems and try things in a more efficient way.
His skills were also very helpful, he is a great photographer and has experience in dealing with… read more
She has a lot of knowledge about grant writing and organisation of an NGO, wich was really helpful for the association I run. Chelsea was also able to research a lot of great material and… read more
She has a lot of knowledge on biocontruction and did an amazing job plastering the walls and teaching me about the techniques and materials. She also gave me a lot of advice on how to accomplish what I envision for the house and the garden, she has great ideas and… read more
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He showed initiative to solve the problems and try things in a more efficient way.
His skills were also very helpful, he is a great photographer and has experience in dealing with… read more
She has a lot of knowledge about grant writing and organisation of an NGO, wich was really helpful for the association I run. Chelsea was also able to research a lot of great material and… read more
She has a lot of knowledge on biocontruction and did an amazing job plastering the walls and teaching me about the techniques and materials. She also gave me a lot of advice on how to accomplish what I envision for the house and the garden, she has great ideas and… read more
Rafaela is a very kind, generous, and thoughtful person, sharing… read more
Since the beginning she was very enthusiastic, showing initiative and also being great at having a good conversation after work and explaining things that work diferently in Colombia.
She was my first workawayer from South America and it made me really happy to have a hermana to practice my… read more
In the volunteer I painted some parts of the Rafa's house, I had the possibility to support the some events of the organization related to democracy… read more
After his hours of work he was usually busy with his online work so not much time for socialising, which was fine since I also had to do some work.
He cooked and cleaned after himself.
Overall a good experience,… read more
The work was fun and… read more
See you in the… read more
Worked hard at the garden and cleaning the pool, really helpful and friendly during the English classes.
Enjoy partying a lot so have a bit of a hard time to wake up early.
Hope to meet you in Europe someday!
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