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Help with tourism, maintenance and care of a small accommodation in a beautiful area of Costa Rica.

Country: Costa Rica
Feedback: 3

Dear community, my name is sebastian, I am originally from Argentina but I have lived in Costa Rica for the last 10 years. I live with my wife Maria and my 2 children Axel and Noil in a beautiful remote area in Drake Bay, right in the tropical ......

Help us with projects at our peach orchard near Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Country: Guatemala

I'm 25 years old always looking to get the most of life, trying to be balanced in all aspects of my life, find that happiness that everybody's looking for, living the life at it's finest, I love what I do what is? growing the best peaches in ......

Tourism startup looking for some help with web marketing - near San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica.

Country: Costa Rica

Hey! Thanks to checking our profile! We are a collective of travelers, photographers, architects, historians, designers, scientists and developers focused on creating the best tool to help you find the most exciting travel experiences in Costa Rica ......

Imaginative and lovely educator for young wild children in Little Corn Island in the Nicaraguan Caribbean. Waldorf or Montessori Experience required.

Country: Nicaragua

We are a large family dedicated to ecotourism. We have a beautiful farm in Little Corn Island in the Nicaraguan Caribbean and we are looking for a kind person who will be able to help us in the education of our children (5 and 3 and a half years). ......

Come and help kids in a beautiful Mayan town! Guatemala

Country: Guatemala
Feedback: 3

We are a family living in a beautiful quiet town 30 minutes away from Antigua Guatemala. For 29 years we help our community and for 12 years we work with kids. It is a small family association. Every day we host around 30 kids, they come here to ......

Permaculture and creativity in the full of nature area El zamorano, Honduras

Country: Honduras
Feedback: 2

We've been off for sometime but i (Mario) i'm back In the area and want to continue hosting volunteers. Come to a farm surrounded by nature, enjoy and help the with permaculture projects and spend some time with creative like-minded people. We ......

Family life, Spanish language and local culture in Talanga, Honduras. Help with cooking and daily tasks.

Country: Honduras

Hi, I am Esthefany (I'm 25 years old) and I live in Talanga, a small town about 1 hour away from Tegucigalpa. I am married to Manuel and we have a daughter that is 2 years old. Soon, our family will get bigger - I am pregnant. This is the reason why ......

Aupair and help in the house in Utila Cays, Honduras

Country: Honduras
Feedback: 16

I am single German mother with a Honduran child, a boy 9. We need help with taking care of him, homework, cooking and cleaning, while I am working as a Diving Instructor. We live in the most beautiful house on the Utila Cays with sea view all around ......

Sustainable Agriculture Project and Mountain Retreat

Country: Costa Rica
Feedback: 2

Hello! Pura Vida! My name is Jason and I have been a land and business owner in Costa Rica since 2011. The house is a 5 min drive, 10 min bike ride or 25 min walk to the center of Hojancha, Guanacaste, where you will find all of the ameninities of ......

Volunteer in an eco lodge in Nicaragua.

Country: Nicaragua
Feedback: 5

I’m the owner, 60 year old, semi-retired, Nicaraguan-American. I live year round in the eco lodge, in Rio San Juan, Nicaragua. My ambition is to protect and preserve the rainforest, we do this by promoting a self-sustaining attitude to increase ......

Paradise calling for some marketing help in Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica!

Country: Costa Rica
Feedback: 2

Hi! My name is Flora. I'm an Ayurvedic therapist and teacher. I'm Nigerian/Italian. I've lived on 3 continents, in 8 different countries and I'm fluent in 5 languages. I'm also a Yoga teacher and Moon Dancer. I've been vegetarian for 20 years and ......

Help us with our little Chocolate shop in Livingston, Guatemala - making chocolate!

Country: Guatemala
Feedback: 3

Welcome to our humble chocolate dockhouse! We were inspired by the plethora of edible wonders that grow in the tropical region and made it our purpose to cultivate, transform, and share the juiciest pleasures that nature provides with the absolute ......

Come here and enjoy amazing surfing waves, wild life, meditation in nature. Cobano, Costa Rica

Country: Costa Rica

Hello! My name is Rocio Vargas. I am a Montessori teacher and my husband is a sculptor. We live in a little village in the peninsula de Nicoya in Costa Rica, Cabuya, between the touristic town of Montezuma and the first nature reserve in our ......

Help me with gardening and managing a house in Samara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Country: Costa Rica

I bought the house almost 6-years ago and converted the downstairs garage to 2-apartments with private bathrooms, an outdoor kitchen and a beautiful garden. I used to rent the downstairs apartments out online and have built an excellent rating and a ......

Gardener and a Yoga Instrucor- We live in Little Corn Island, a very nice place in the Caribbean of Nicaragua.

Country: Nicaragua

We live in Little Corn Island, a very nice place in the Caribbean of Nicaragua. The Place is a small hotel and has a dive center onsite as well. We live a very natural live surrounded by coconut trees! A very sustainable live, the one we offer to ......

Come and help with housework, childcare, gardening and yard work in Villa Nueva, Costa Rica

Country: Costa Rica
Feedback: 7

We are a family of 4 living in beautiful Costa Rica! We live on a large lot with fruit trees and tropical plants. I am from the US and my husband is Costa Rican, we all speak English and my husband and daughter are fluent in Spanish...I am learning ......

Looking for a native Spanish speaking babysitter in Panama

Country: Panama

Please respond to host in Spanish Hello! We are an Italian-Russian family ... alternative and open-minded. We speak 5 languages - Italian, Russian, Spanish, English and Portuguese. We have 2 children, the 7 year old boy and the 10 year old girl. ......

Live in a beautiful farm in the mountains of Costa Rica while helping out a young tico family!

Country: Costa Rica

We are a young family living on our little piece of paradise, the mountains of Turrialba. Our farm is small, but growing. I’m a agricultural engineer but now I’m working from home in international consultancy. Every time I have been in other ......

Move away from the hustle and bustle to experience a slower time in the rain forest of Belize

Country: Belize

We are a couple living in the rain forest in the remote southern region of Belize on 47 acres. The area consists of small Mayan and Belizean villages. We are 9 miles from the Caribbean Sea. We are Ronnie and Brenda. Ronnie is a retired Tarot card ......

Help with ecolodge re- furbishment..establishing garden .

Country: Panama
Feedback: 1

The beach front ecohotel is undergoing refurbishment and re- opening soon. The location on the Caribbean side of Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro.The unspoilt beach front where the rainfirest meets the beach. In the town there are 2 spanish learning ......