Deva & Simone

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Description

Hi! We are Deva and Simone two best friends from the south Island of New Zealand, travelling through south east Asia together. We love the outdoors, rock climbing, adventures, animals, connecting with kids and travelling to new places. We are looking for meaningful volunteering positions where we get to experience as much of the local culture as possible while also giving back and hopefully making a positive impact while we backpack through Asia. We both grew up in a small rural town in New Zealand surrounded by nature, animals and mountains. The planet is incredibly important to us and we love any opportunity to do some good for it. We love learning about new places and cultures and are seeking volunteering positions where we can learn and grow from sharing knowledge and skills. We are travelling with the goal to fully immerse ourselves in the places we go and "slow" travel without set plans or routes. Thanks for reading :))

Interests

Pets

Cooking & food

Yoga / Wellness

Videography

Events & social

Vegetarian or vegan

Sustainability

Culture

Self development

Movies & TV

Charity work

Books

Music

Photography

Writing

Performing arts

Animals

Beach

Team sports

Nature

Fitness

Mountain

Dancing

Outdoor activities

Hiking

Adventure sports

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent

More details about my language interests
We are both native English speakers. Deva is fluent in Dutch.

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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

We're interested in:  

House & pet sitting

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Some knowledge of:  

Charity Work

Languages

Light gardening

Creative DIY projects

Animal Care

Light maintenance

Helping with Computers/ Internet

Life at a Farmstay

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Able to teach about:  

Teaching

Babysitting and creative play

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Helping around the house

Hospitality/Tourism

More details about your skills

I (Deva) have a lot of experience working with, teaching and mentoring kids. I spent three years running my own hip hop dance company for kids and teens, I have also taught drama classes to kids and youth and have been hired to run local holiday programs for children from my hometown. I have my New Zealand youth work qualification. I have a lot of hospitality experience, running the front of house by myself in three different restaurants in the past two-three years. I have volunteered at festivals, schools and charities doing a variety of tasks including helping with food preparation, teaching kids English, organising events and more. I spent a summer assisting my dad build our current house, I did a lot of heavy lifting and using different power tools, I also have experience volunteering with workaway, last year in Italy helping with DIY projects and garden work and this year in Thailand teaching kids English in a local school in Chiang Mai.

I (Simone) have many years of babysitting for different families so am also experienced in working with and teaching young children.

I have worked for 4 years in a restaurants/bar in my hometown. I have experience with both FOH and in the kitchen with food prep and being second to the chef.
I’ve had a cleaning job for an Airbnb so am familiar with the changeover in accommodations.
I have also worked a front desk pharmacy position, serving as the primary point of contact for customers and preforming administrative duties. My last job was in retail, working in a vibrant and colourful clothing and jewellery store.

I love the arts and have followed that passion into makeup artistry which I have a qualification in after a year’s study. This has led me into doing paid and volunteer work like doing face painting for kids, makeup for adult with learning disabilities, work for short films, bridal, and my towns local kids theatre production.
If there is ever a creative project you can count me in.

Age

19 & 20

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
  Deva is vegan