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I'm a French living in Chiloé for 3 years now, with my 2 Chilean/French daughters Andina (7) and Azadi (3). After years of travelling we settled in south Chile in the island of Chiloé, far from the city. Our personnal project was to start up a farm from scratch.
It has been very challenging, specially on a family level. After 2 years of building and making garden, we're reducing our goals and slightly changing them, focusing on finishing building details and building camping facilities.
In the course of 2 years we managed to build a little house, a little greenhouse, and a little garden as well as other facilities. We've been building all that almost by ourselves, with no previous skill but with strong will to learn and observe local rural life and techniques.
We still have some details to finish on the building or on the garden, tha's why we need some volunteers. If volunteer is skilled or good worker, I can propose extra cash for more work.
Also, we're looking for somebody willing to spend some months in the house taking care of it and our cats, while we'll be away from april to october.
We can offer food (breackfast - lunch - diner). We're not yet producing enough to feed totally the family hence most food is bought and is not organic stamped. However we try to buy from locals who usually grow organic. We're not veggetarian, eat occasionnally meat and daily dairies and eggs. We respect veggan diet, but we would like to avoid veggan volunteers because we found it a bit complicated last year to feed properly our volunteers given that we are not used to "think vegan". I hope I don't offend anyone.
Accomodation is basic : We have a big military-type tent. Dry toilets and hot shower available in our house, and kitchen is for shared use. It's in the middle of the wood, so in direct contact with nature.
There's not a fixed plan of the tasks, it will depend of material availability, period of the year, your abilities and skills... but here's a list of possible tasks:
Everyday watering the garden / Harvests / Preparing compost / weeding / Everyday gardening / Taking care of our children and spending time with them (they're lovely but are very time demanding) ...
And some construction, fencing, carpentry, plumbing, wood storing and choping for winter, painting, arts, etc.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
In exchange, i hope the helper can return with a new experience either in carpentry or gardening. We are kin to share any knowledge we have acquired, because we strongly think that knowledge aimed at building a best futrure can have no price, like air or water...
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Help
There's not a fixed plan of the tasks, it will depend of material availability, period of the year, your abilities and skills... but here's a list of possible tasks:
Everyday watering the garden / Harvests / Preparing compost / Building raised culture beds / Everyday gardening / Taking care of our children and spending time with them (they're lovely but are very time demanding) ...
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Portuguese: Intermediate
German: Beginner
Italian: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Interested in languages, mostly english for our 2 little girls, already fluent in French and Spannish.
Accommodation
Accomodation is basic : We have a big military-type tent. Dry toilets and hot shower available in our house, and kitchen is for shared use. It's in the middle of the wood, so in direct contact with nature.
What else ...
In the free time we can help you to find some activities around, there are great trecking with very beautiful ocean view, pinguins watching, Virgin millenial forest treck, nature is very beautiful around.
But note we're quite far from the next city, 35km away. We can pick you up or leave you at the bus, but we're not going to the city very often during your stay except in case of emergency. There is a local bus 3 times a week, and sometimes locals can give you a lift.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
4G here available with Entel, but not very reliable. We use a 4G modem to share wi-fi connection, which allows a faster internet but sometimes it gets very slow (usually at netflix movies watch-time when all houses around suck the signal)
Space for parking camper vans
Campervans welcome
Can possibly accept pets
We have to talk about it first, as we have 3 cats...
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
around 2 to 4 hours of work a day, 5/6 days a week
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Thanks to him, we made beautiful encounters: very nice neighbours, travellers passing through...
We ate super well (food from the garden or local specialties based on meat & seafood).
He gave us advice and helped with activities for our days off and we… read more
They're hard workers, would not stop before completing the job, even if it could be resumed on the next day, they make a point of ticking the box and then relax. They… read more
She's fond of nature, wildlife and Birds, and she could as well be a bird, silent, patient, observative, not a word louder than the other. Her presence brings calm and serenity around.
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Thanks to him, we made beautiful encounters: very nice neighbours, travellers passing through...
We ate super well (food from the garden or local specialties based on meat & seafood).
He gave us advice and helped with activities for our days off and we… read more
They're hard workers, would not stop before completing the job, even if it could be resumed on the next day, they make a point of ticking the box and then relax. They… read more
She's fond of nature, wildlife and Birds, and she could as well be a bird, silent, patient, observative, not a word louder than the other. Her presence brings calm and serenity around.
Very recommended enthusiastic and positive person.
