Chiara

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Hi, I'm Chiara from Germany and I just finished my bachelor’s degree in biology and would like to do some traveling before starting my master’s program. Alongside my studies, I work as a tutor for schoolchildren and as a track and field coach for children. In my free time, I enjoy reading, training in track and field myself, and going for walks in the woods to observe insects and birds early in the mornings. Four years ago, I spent half a year in New Zealand through WWOOF. There, I took care of the gardens for several families (I’m practically a weed expert now) and helped out on a few cattle and sheep farms, where dogs and horses served as helpers. Through this, I learned a lot about working with dogs and horses (and that I don't want to exploit any animal in the future). I was also taught how to slowly get horse yearlings used to people and riding. For a few weeks, I worked at a sanctuary (SOLVE Sanctuary New Zealand) for chickens, horses, wild boars, and sheep and was taking care of their well-being every day. For several more weeks, I pet-sat for two pit bulls and absolutely fell in love with them! After my stay in New Zealand, I first became a vegetarian and then a vegan.

Now, I would like to help out on a sanctuary again and upgrade my Italian speaking skills in the process as I'm only an intermediate beginner.

##Please excuse my writing mistakes, I translated into Italian with google##

Ciao, sono Chiara, vengo dalla Germania e ho appena concluso la mia laurea triennale in biologia; vorrei dedicarmi a qualche viaggio prima di iniziare il mio percorso di laurea magistrale. Parallelamente agli studi, lavoro come tutor per studenti delle scuole medie e come allenatrice di atletica leggera per bambini. Nel tempo libero mi piace leggere, allenarmi io stessa nell’atletica leggera e fare passeggiate nei boschi per osservare insetti e uccelli al mattino presto. Quattro anni fa ho trascorso sei mesi in Nuova Zelanda grazie al programma WWOOF. Lì mi sono occupata dei giardini di diverse famiglie (ora sono praticamente un’esperta di erbacce) e ho dato una mano in alcune fattorie di bovini e ovini, dove cani e cavalli fungevano da aiutanti. Grazie a questa esperienza ho imparato molto sul lavoro con cani e cavalli (e ho capito che in futuro non voglio sfruttare nessun animale). Mi è stato anche insegnato come abituare gradualmente i puledri di un anno alle persone e alla monta. Per alcune settimane ho lavorato in un rifugio (SOLVE Sanctuary New Zealand) per polli, cavalli, cinghiali e pecore, occupandomi ogni giorno del loro benessere. Per diverse altre settimane ho fatto da pet-sitter a due pitbull e me ne sono innamorata perdutamente! Dopo il mio soggiorno in Nuova Zelanda, sono diventata prima vegetariana e poi vegana.

Ora vorrei dare una mano di nuovo in un rifugio e, nel frattempo, migliorare le mie competenze linguistiche in italiano, dato che sono ancora a un livello intermedio-principiante.

Interests

Charity work

Events & social

Sustainability

Vegetarian or vegan

Performing arts

Photography

Languages

Plant care

Music

DIY & crafts

Gardening

Cooking & food

Books

Animals

Camping

Fitness

Nature

Team sports

Mountain

Dancing

Beach

Water sports

Outdoor activities

Hiking

Cycling

Adventure sports

Languages

Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Intermediate
Italian: Beginner

More details about my language interests
I would love to get better at speaking and understanding Italian. In school I learned Italian for two years, so I'm able to understand and speak it at a beginner level.

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Charity Work

Eco Projects

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Some knowledge of:  

Light gardening

Creative DIY projects

Animal Care

Life at a Farmstay

Babysitting and creative play

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Helping around the house

Light maintenance

House & pet sitting

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Able to teach about:  

Languages

More details about your skills

- gardening: weeding, composting, cutting branches, preparing vegetable patch
- house keeping: doing laundry, mopping the floors, cleaning windows, fixing small stuff, cleaning toilet/shower, vacuuming, cooking, doing dishes, dusting
- animal care: remembering their personality to adjust handling, feeding, picking up poop, brush animals, cleaning chicken coop, confident in handling dogs/horses/pigs/chickens/dogs..., experienced in reading body language + looking after my own safety, walking/playing with dogs
- independently doing tasks/seeing what needs to be done (after getting to know everything)

I'm interested in learning how to build and fix stuff and gaining more knowledge about animals

Age

22

What else ...

I'm an empathic, hard-working and responsible person :)
I also love cats and playing board or card games or chess!

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies

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  Special dietary requirements
  I'm vegan :)