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I am currently
Travelling
Description
I am a 28 year old solo traveller who is looking to travel with a greater purpose than just bagpacking from hostel to hostel, whereby I can also have illuminating cultural experiences. I have extensive experience volunteering in my home country of Ireland and also abroad in both social and agricultural projects.
For me volunteering provides a wonderful opportubity for both the recipient and also the volunteer. The feeling of giving back to a community or working towards a shared goal for a good purpose of people gives one a very wholesome sensation that is very fulfilling. This is what I am searching for in the next months which means I am very motivated to find a nice project on workaway!
Interests
Yoga / Wellness
Writing
Vegetarian or vegan
Van life
Politics / Social justice
Nature
Farming
Events & social
Mountain
Languages
Hitchhiking
Hiking
Culture
Cooking & food
Charity work
Camping
Books
Animals
Adventure sports
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
German: Intermediate
Spanish: Intermediate
French: IntermediateMore details about my language interests
I have always been very interested in learning languages, as I believe it provides a wonderful way to encourage meaningful cultural exchanges. I participated in language programmes in France, Germany and Boliva, each enriching my experiences in the respective places. I have spent less time teaching a language however so this is something I would love to experience. Now that I am in Asia, I believe this is a great opportunity to do so, as I have understood that people here are incredibly interested in learning English wherever possible.
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Charity Work
Life at a Farmstay
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Animal Care
DIY and building projects
Some knowledge of:
Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
Able to teach about:
Languages
More details about your skills
Having been involved in voluntary roles of different types, the most practical skills I have developed are primarily around organisation and working with people.
From an organisational perspective, managing the volunteer programme at one of the mass vaccination centres during Covid-19 required looking after a team of over 100 volunteers. Moreover, the team was very diverse in terms of personalities and skills so finding the right way to communicate with different people was a continuous learning process.
I also organised a social action project from concept to delivery in the form of a mini festival that raised awareness of food waste by partnering with local supermarkets and grocery shops to collect their 'waste' produce and use it to create delicious food to give to attendees of the event, whilst discussing ways we can reduce food waste going forward.
My personality is empathetic by nature, helped by having a large family and three younger brothers and spending many yesrs coaching various sports to children, particularly hockey. I'm also heavily involved in my local hockey club as a player but also an administrator where we continually try and improve the status of the club and offering we provide to the community.
I'm also a huge fan of the outdoors, and love getting stuck into a task that requires a bit of hard work. The good things in life don't come easy!
In summary, I have always been motivated by doing things with a 'purpose', specifically around doing public good in the name of social or environmental change. Volunteering has given me so much to date and I hope to do much more of it in the future and going forward!
Age
29
What else ...
One of my other passions in life is cooking. I have worked as a chef over the course of a couple of years and love the buzz of a kitchen - it's an addictive feeling!
Hiking, camping and generally being outdoors is also hugely important for me in life. I believe its a big part to making up one's happiness. I always say the less time spent wearing shoes in any given day correlates to a good day !
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