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!!!!!!URGENT!!!!!! NEED OF HELP for February and March
We are a mixed family and live with our four-legged work colleagues (9of them) in Umbria, the green heart of Italy.
We are based in the countryside, surrounded by 300 olive trees and about 20 hectares of land for our horses.
We are a kind of Well-being Centre for horses and for people.
We teach respect and love for all beings, without competition and stress for anybody, two-legged or four-legged.
My name is Ina Mainusch and I teach classic riding style, influenced by Philipp Karl, Cavaliere of the Cadre Noir (France).
We would love you to get in touch if you love horses,nature,dogs, cats,and a peaceful state of mind.Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
House sitting
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We offer:
Horse-comunication
Dressage riding lessons
Free-work with horses
Amazing Vegan cousine and the chance to learn from it
Bio gardening
Qigong practice that typically involves moving meditation.Projects involving children
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Help
URGENT CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FROM NOW FOR AT LEAST TWO MONTHS.
We are looking for a horse-lover who wants to be part in making our horses, dogs,Cats and Land feel good.
Our daily activities are:
Preparing Hay on a daily basis for the 3 meals
Feding the horses for breakfast/lunch/dinner
Clean the stables
Preparing horses for work
Teaching classical riding (dressage)
Horse language lessons
Free work with horses
Walking with horses
Trekking
Riding therapy
If you are a horse person and you like nature, animals and the idea of having fun with us in a beautiful countryside with wonderful weather in the summer, then please contact us.Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Italian: FluentAccommodation
Every volunteer has their own room. One of the 2 rooms has a kitchen inside which in case of 2 people needs to be shared for breakfast and dinner.
5 days a week we share a good organic vegan meal prepared by me for lunch.
For the basic grocery need I will do the shopping for you or we do It together.What else ...
The nearest town is Città della Pieve and we are 40 km away from Perugia (a university town).
The closest train station is Fabro-Ficulle or Chiusi Chianciano Terme that is connected to the all the cities such as Siena,Firenze,Roma.A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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We chose to come here because of our love for horses. However, as complete beginners who knew nothing about them, we couldn’t have found a better teacher than Ina. She didn’t just teach us how to handle horses—she taught us how to communicate with them. Thanks to… read more
Ina is a very welcoming and inspiring person, who really cares about your well-being and has lots of knowledge about horses.
Thank you for the delicious vegan lunch everyday, the good conversations and also your trust in us workawayers.
We usually started the morning… read more
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We chose to come here because of our love for horses. However, as complete beginners who knew nothing about them, we couldn’t have found a better teacher than Ina. She didn’t just teach us how to handle horses—she taught us how to communicate with them. Thanks to… read more
Ina is a very welcoming and inspiring person, who really cares about your well-being and has lots of knowledge about horses.
Thank you for the delicious vegan lunch everyday, the good conversations and also your trust in us workawayers.
We usually started the morning… read more
Ina and her daughter Jenny are honest and open people that cook the best food! We had wonderful vegetables every day:) also Jennys cute kids were there often. I started feeling at home at their… read more
I've been at Ina's for over a month and it was a beautiful experience. Not only is the nature surrounded magical but also the family there is so nice and inspirational.
The food is excellent and i got many new recipes.
The work can vary, depending where Ina needs help, but you always have this three breakfast, lunch, dinner for the horses,… read more
Ina, Jenny and her 2 kids are such beautiful kind people and quickly made me feel at home.
Working with the horses was wonderful they all have their own sweet personality and I feel like I really got to know them from working around them all day. I spent my days mostly feeding and cleaning for the horses and… read more
The nature is absolutely stunning and especially the sunrises and sunsets are so beautiful. The animals are super sweet and treated with lots of love and respect. Moreover, the food is out of this world! Even if you're… read more
The work is hard but the love that animals can give you and the well-being that is perceived in the air repays all your efforts.
I really recommend this experience to all animal lovers with a stay of at least a few months to be able to… read more
Ina made me feel very welcome from the moment she picked me up at the train station and she’s such a kind and inspiring person.
The horses are treated as valuable colleagues and are taken such good care of. Working with them (and for them :D) is a joy.… read more
It was my first workaway experience and my first experience with horses too, but it was the best experience I had in my life, till now.
The work was physically hard, your body will appreciate the free gym experience by changing shape and leaving you more self confident than before!… read more
It was my first workaway experience and i couldnt choose a better place.
Ina and Jürgen are very very lovely, open minded and funny People.
We had so many good talks during lunchtime and I learned alot from them.
You have one day of every week where you can… read more
One month later I began to feel really confident as I managed… read more
Ina and Jurgen are a hard working couple, who try their best to make you feel good at their place. The work they do is more than just teaching horse… read more