Profile information
Travel information
We are currently
Travelling
Activities we are interested in:
In South America from october 2024 until june-july 2025.
Colombia-Ecuador-Peru-Cile-Argentina
Description
We are two bestfriends Asia and Zaya a medical doctor and an anthropologist from the north of Italy. We love living new experiences around the world and meeting people to interact with. Our deep contrast with mainstream and capitalist society also led us to prefer a more sustainable and less touristy way of traveling and inspired us to sign up for workaway. We consider respect and understanding different cultures extremely important and we actively work for an open dialog over every aspects of our lives.
We really enjoy open air spaces, open minded and stimulating environments where is possible to enreach each others. We're looking for spaces that allow for political critique and personal/collective growth in order to compare and share our ideals.
We have a good spirit of adaptability and we are comfortable in various contexts but our preferences lies in green places shared with people and animals, where we can engage in agricultural activities, self-productions and immerse ourselves in traditional culture and cuisine. We love to experiment with creative business in many fields such as ceramic, music, dance and visual arts in general, all while keeping a focus on recycling art.
We are both also involved in social initiatives, both in harm reduction projects within independent collectives, and in volunteer activities in the medical field, with a particular inclination towards low-threshold services and migrant reception centers.
Interests
Events & social
Van life
Hiking
Mountain
Hitchhiking
Fitness
Camping
Adventure sports
Self development
Sustainability
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Dancing
Gardening
Outdoor activities
Politics / Social justice
Nature
Farming
Culture
Books
Animals
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Spanish: BeginnerMore details about my language interests
This workawayer has indicated that they would be interested in sharing their language(s) or learning a new language. You can contact them directly to discuss this.
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
DIY and building projects
Being an elderly companion
Eco Projects
Hospitality/Tourism
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
General Maintenance
Life at a Farmstay
Animal Care
Charity Work
Languages
Art Projects
Teaching
Able to teach about:
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
More details about your skills
We both know how to use basic agricolture tools and stuff (we had a small vegetable organic garden), we are very adaptable in quite every situation and we love learning and applying for new things.
Asia:
I worked as a general practitioner in jail in Italy for 6 months, now I'm travelling with my partner in South America.
I worked in a musical company as a help director, in a bar as a waitress, I have some experiences as a babysitter and as a homework helper. I have danced for years in some benefits shows and I organized some music events. I travelled a lot and I came in contact with the nature of many places where I always helped people to do traditional activities that they teached me. I have been with Zaya in Sardinia , where we lived in a community without electricity and any other comfort.
Zaya:
because of my love for travels,at once I had the possibility to work as volounteer in an organic farm in an eco village situated in klil(north palestine) where I also experienced playing and teaching english bases to some cute children for some months.
Then I lived in Sardinia in a village where i learned to live in the middle of the wild nature without any comfort except clean water and a gas cooker! Then I met local people in a close small city and I worked with them at the market selling local cheese,honey and liquors.
I love to work with animals and years ago I learned how to milk goats in a farm and mang other things about animal care.
Then i decide to settle for some years in Torin to study Antrhopology. While i was studyng i worked as bartender and in some amazing harm reduction projects. I am part of some polotical collective for human rights, especially for women, not binary people, people who use drugs and I am active in projects against gender violence. My passion for different culture and subcultures really open my mind and developed my curiosity for all the differences that exists all around the world:)🌎
Age
26 & 27
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Zaya is allergic to latex!Special dietary requirements
We are not really vegetarian (Asia is a bit confused about it sometimes) but we prefer eating plant based :)
Feedback
We spent there two weeks where we stayed in his private room that was very comfortable and spacious. The job is flexible and it's fair, we really loved walking Wilson, who is Rafael's adorable dog, playful and sweet. I also had the opportunity of working on a small… read more
We spent two weeks in Caitlin and Pedro's place and we had a very peaceful and nice experience.
Vilcabamba is a cute town with friendly and lovely people where you can find high quality food and nice hikes. There are lot of things to do in nature and plenty of rivers.
When we were there, Caitlin and… read more
The place is surrounded by nature and the river is… read more
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Feedback
We spent there two weeks where we stayed in his private room that was very comfortable and spacious. The job is flexible and it's fair, we really loved walking Wilson, who is Rafael's adorable dog, playful and sweet. I also had the opportunity of working on a small… read more
We spent two weeks in Caitlin and Pedro's place and we had a very peaceful and nice experience.
Vilcabamba is a cute town with friendly and lovely people where you can find high quality food and nice hikes. There are lot of things to do in nature and plenty of rivers.
When we were there, Caitlin and… read more
The place is surrounded by nature and the river is… read more
I… read more
