Profile information
Travel information
I am currently
At home
My next destination:
Western Cape, South Africa - from Jan 2025 until Sep 2025 View all
Description
Hello, my name is Cathleen, a really soon turning 22 years old young woman who loves nature and people. I am staying in South Africa until september 2025 and I want to use this time to discover everything I can about South African's cultures, and to learn more about self-sufficiency, my dream life being to live off grid. I am actually working in a farm, gardening and milking the cows with people with intellectual disabilities. I have already done it in Sweden, and wanted to experience it again because I just love to work with people and to learn from them, according to my values which are respect, integrity of the human being but also of the nature. I love to be outside, feel my hands in the soil and to know what I have in my plate. I enjoy a lot to be with animals, they make me feel peaceful. I am a curious person, in fact I have many skills in different areas (farming, sport teacher degree, art such as singing, dancing or drawing, cooking...). I am a really positive person, always trying my best to make everything work out. I am also interested about you, because after telling you about me, I want to discover what beautiful person you are.
Interests
Yoga / Wellness
Writing
Vegetarian or vegan
Sustainability
Plant care
Photography
Outdoor activities
Nature
Mountain
Languages
Hitchhiking
History
Hiking
Gardening
LGBTQ
Farming
Drawing & painting
Dancing
DIY & crafts
Culture
Cooking & food
Carpentry
Camping
Books
Animals
Adventure sports
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Swedish: IntermediateMore details about my language interests
I love languages, first because it's fun to learn, but also because if you're able to speak another language you will understand so much about its culture. I am trying to learn german, but I would love to know any language, including Afrikaans.
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Charity Work
Art Projects
Eco Projects
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Some knowledge of:
Languages
Gardening
Animal Care
Life at a Farmstay
Able to teach about:
Being an elderly companion
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
House sitting
More details about your skills
First of all, I have a sport teacher degree, specialized in Adapted Physical Activity. That means that I have knowldeges in many different kind of sports, and that I can adapt them according the needs of the people who can maybe be elderly people, have some sickness and may at the hospital, people with physical or intellectual disability. I am used to work a lot with people with intellectual disability, such as winter and summer camps, taking parts in events, working as a home care the week-end a student job, volunteering in organisations. I am a hard worker, always considering the well-being of people around me and it is important to me to deserve what I achieved.
I've been working in farms as a volunteer in Sweden and now South Africa, in a carpentry, a kitchen, a bakery, a garden, milking cows and in a dairy.
I'm always here to help, and don't mind being dirty or waking up early. I am already used to wake up at 5:30 to milk the cows.
So, according to what I said before, my first language is french, but I can also speak english fluently, swedish, and french sign language, currently trying to learn german.
I love art, I have been singing in a choir and playing teater, and I can also play ukulele but unfortunately I left it in France.
Age
22
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Special dietary requirements
I don't eat meat, but opened to try braai
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