Helena

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  • Travel information

    I am currently

    At home

    My next destination:

    Finland - from Feb 2019 until Dec 2024
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  • Description

    I´m a Finnish teacher-youth worker who loves travelling and has already passed the party-years some time ago. I have been in work life for a decade and learned to cope with all kind of people with different expectations, values and backgrounds.

    I live in a small city in southern Finland in my own house with nice leaseholders upstairs. In my past I have also experience from living some years in a older, wooden house with wooden stoves and no running water. When I´m not working, I take care my small garden and my two senior dogs, spend time in on of my family´s summer cottage (quite isolated, also without running water, the other one is reachable only by rowing boat) or spend time at my fried´s stable.

    I love to work with animals, especially horses and I have experience on working with them on my own. I´m a competent rider: In dressage I can get a horse to work on the bit and perform basic dressage movements, e.g. leg yielding, I can ride in different kind of terrain also on my own and jump a simple course max. 80 centimeters.

    As a person I´m pretty introvert which (for me) means that I´m able to deal on my own during the days and don´t expect to be entertained by my hosts. On the other hand, I enjoy good conversations and like to share experiences and ideas with people from different countries and cultures. I´m very reliable, honest and hard-working person who has basic skills in different kind on things from renovation to gardening, cooking, working with animals, people and different arts and crafts. I respect my employers or host values and ideas and want to work according them, whether it comes to working with animals or painting walls.

    I´m looking for a host who is willing to have an all-rounder adult workawayer with common sense and good manner - the last one is the most important thing that I expect from my host.

    To Finnish hosts:
    Olen valmis työskentelmään myös Suomen sisällä erityisesti Pohjois-Suomen alueella kansallispuistojen, laskettelukeskusten ym. läheisyydessä. Myös vaellustallit ym. kiinnostaa :) Kaikki työ aitojen rakentamisesta asiakaspalveluun respassa onnistuu.

  • Interests

    Gardening
    Water sports
    Adventure sports
    Winter sports
    Vegetarian or vegan
    Pets
    Nature
    Mountain
    History
    Farming
    Culture
    Architecture
    Animals
  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Finnish: Fluent
    Swedish: Intermediate

  • Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

    I'm interested in:  

    Art Projects

    Some knowledge of:  

    Gardening
    General Maintenance
    Life at a Farmstay
    Eco Projects
    Animal Care
    Hospitality/Tourism
  • More details about your skills

    Gardening, working with animals, riding, working with children/teenagers, basic renovation skills, arts and crafts, cooking, snowboarding, basic farming skills (building fences etc.), working with people

  • Age

    41

  • What else ...

    Since I´m in work life, my max. stay is somewhere between 2 to 4 weeks

  • Some more information

    • Smoker

    • Driver's licence

    • Allergies

    • Special dietary requirements
      Vegetarian including all seafood

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