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Help a family with outdoor activities on their little farm in Luzein, Switzerland

Hello! We are a young family who took over our parents' farm 2 years ago. We feel very much at home on this small and versatile organic mountain farmstead in the Swiss mountains at 1100m above sea level. The farm includes various animals (cats, ......

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Learn to grow tomatoes and other veggies in Boenigen, Switzerland

*No positions available until mid March 2026. Help Needed: experienced handyman, general housekeeping/cleaning , gardening, cooking skills . The project's goal is to teach sustainability, create community and connect people to where food comes from ......

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Outdoor experience learning about animals on a non-profit sanctuary in Wallis, Switzerland

This is a Farm Sanctuary and we doing tasks very hard for our animals and we expect the same from our volonteers. We have sheep, horses, cattle, dogs. The Farm is connected by cable car as there are two barns, one up in the mountain for the sheep ......

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Helping hand for our home and garden projects in Matt, Switzerland

We are a farming family, Franz (1986), Yvonne (1987) and our children Ellin (2019) and Rico (2022). Our farm is located in a small village with 300 inhabitants on 850 metres above sealevel in the Swiss alps. We do have moderate tourism and the ......

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Join our family meals and daily activities in Habstetten Switzerland

Hi, we are a busy family living on a farm near Bern. We live in a 2 generation household together with our 3 young adult children and a woman working with the animals. Part of our family are aswell 17 horses, 2 dogs, 5 cats, 6 rabbits, 5 turtles, 2 ......

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Experience life on our family farm and help with housekeeping and gardening in Wolhusen, Switzerland

Hello, We, Anja and Weriand, live with our three children on an organic, biodynamic farm in beautiful Switzerland. Our farm is home to six mother cows, sheep, many fruit trees, and a large vegetable garden. Children from the school visit us on the ......

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Help at our traditional non-profit cultural farm immersed in the stunning nature of Emmental, Switzerland

Hello there : ) My Name is Werner, I'm 55yo and I work as a wood sculptor. I live on a small farm, a typical Swiss farmhouse surrounded by the nature with my intern Simon and, at times, my daughter Jana (30yo). The farmhouse is immersed in the ......

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Gardening and care for the animals while experiencing rural life on a farm in Rohrbachgraben, Switzerland

It would be great if you could help me daily with caring for the animals (2 horses, chickens, rabbits, turtles, 1 dog) and in the garden or forest (professional tree pruning, removing dead wood from the forest, helping with sawing and woodcutting, ......

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Join us at our organic place in Bünzen, Switzerland

2 paid positions available, please read carefully, please only apply if you have an EU Passport and you meet the necessary requirements. Please mention in your application for what job you are applying and what work experience you bring with ......

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Self-sufficient living in Niederried bei Interlaken, Switzerland

We are Patrik and Natalie We are dreamers and doers. We love all animals, including the wild animals in our forest and garden. We live with nature, not against it, promote biodiversity and are always happy to learn new things. Everything we do ......

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Learn about self-development and help with my home and animals in rural St. Gallen, Switzerland

Hello, I am Anita and live on an organic farm on a beautiful site overlooking the Säntis mountain. With an elderly mother, many dogs and a couple of horses, I have my hands full and am always grateful for a helping hand and interesting ......

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Join our family hobby farm while exploring in Val de Bagnes, Switzerland

We are a small family farm, raising Herens cows for our passion. (We have a full-time job on the side.) Living in one of the most beautiful regions of Switzerland, we always need help making hay, cleaning the parks, or looking after our cows and ......

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Join my peaceful home with garden herbs, veggies and mountain views in Zernez, Switzerland

Thank you for looking at my host profile! I'm Thomas, kind of retired, and I live in a small village in the Engadin Valley, one of the nicest parts of Switzerland. I live here because of the clear sky, the fresh air and the beautiful scenery. At ......

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Animal and nature-loving person to help with house, garden and horses in Matzendorf, Switzerland

I (63) am a vivid, open minded and positiv thinking person and was living for years in Africa (International Red Cross) as well as in Asia (as expat with my family). Since seven years we/ I live in an old Mill with a big garden and 3 horses and a ......

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Be part and help in developing a very special place in Flums, Switzerland

We have been developing into an oasis for people, animals and nature for several years. This place offers visitors and nature a habitat that is unique. The focus is not on the yield or the profit, but on the experience, the diversity and the ......

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Spent time in a little house with a big garden and views of mountains next to the woods in Utzigen, Switzerland

If you are looking for nature, quiet and peace... I like to share farm experience and get to know different cultures and languages A little house with a big garden, sheep ,rabits, gooses, chickens, deer, and me -not very young, . The surrounding ......

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Switzerland

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Stay on our community farm and help out with organic gardening, DIY and animals close to Zurich, Switzerland

We are looking for a skilled and hands-on all-rounder to support us on our organic farm! MINIMUM 6 WEEKS This is a place where people, animals and plants live together. Our resources, which are the basis for the livelihood of this community, come ......

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Au Pair
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Stay and help at our family farm close to Lucerne, Switzerland

Hi, there! Originally I’m coming from Germany and my husband from Switzerland, in 2004 we both traveled to Australia & met there in a pub. One year later I moved over to Switzerland. Now we run the Familyfarm of my husband. The farm is located ca. ......

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Switzerland

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Free holidays in the stunning 3-lakes region in Brüttelen, Switzerland

We live rurally in Switzerland’s beautiful Three Lakes Region. From our home, you’ll not only be surrounded by green fields but also get to admire the Alps in the distance. Our small, non-profit hobby farm is home to four cuddly goats, some poultry, ......

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Help us in our paradise of permaculture, horses, culture and development in Le Noirmont, Switzerland

We are a little farm in the great landscape of the Jura mountains in the west of Switzerland. We are situated in an old train station surrounded by meadows and forests with free running horses and cows in summertime. In the wintertime the landscape ......

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Help us around our family house and garden while having a unique experience of Norwegian way of living in Oslo, Norway

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Relaxed, easy going and self motivated people welcome in a rural property near Hobart, Australia

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Learn about self sufficiency and experience rural living in Monda, Spain

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Help me with collaborative activities and cultural exchange in the Catalan Pyrenees, Mollo, Spain

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Join our social project working with the elderly in a beautiful ecological farm in Marvão, Portugal