Mathias

Travel information

I am currently

Description

I'm travelling this fall through Portugal, Spain and Morocco with my guitar, to bring some music to cities I pass and meet some interesting new people.

I love to combine travelling with some volunteering work, to make myself usefull, help people who need it and make new friends. I'm a very open minded person and I am always happy to meet people with interesting ideas about life and work with them on their projects. If these projects are sustainable, in an environmental or social way, I am even more motivated.

Let me share some background and skills of myself. I have always been interested in the nature and culture of our big world, therefore I studied geography, environmental sciences and spatial planning. Next to my studies I gained some experience with education and childcare, for I gave environmental education on a boat for some years and I also volunteered as a tutor for immigrants in Belgium and as a English teacher in a language school in Kyrgyzstan. I also have some knowledge about nature conservation, as it was my job to make action plans for nature parks in Belgium. Moreover I volunteerd at a Portuguese NGO that works on forest regeneration. I am also very interested in sustainable agriculture although my experience with it is very limited, but I would be happy to learn something about it :)

My hobby is playing music. I play saxophone and guitar and some people would say I am a singer too. I play catchy songs around the camp fire, but I also make my own music (mostly pop and jazz).

My first language is Dutch but I speak fluently English and my French is also pretty allright.

Thanks for your time and if you read this far, I look forward to meet you :)

Interests

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
French: Intermediate
German: Beginner
Portuguese: Beginner

More details about my language interests
I'm trying to learn some Portuguese and I would love to exchange some Dutch, English or French

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Gardening

DIY and building projects

Life at a Farmstay

Animal Care

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Some knowledge of:  

Babysitting and creative play

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Eco Projects

Hospitality/Tourism

Languages

Art Projects

Helping with Computers/ Internet

Teaching

More details about your skills

Bachelor Geography, master Environmental Sciences, master Urban Planning

- Education and childcare: experience with environmental education, language education and summer camps
- Plants: Nature conservation (mainly forest regeneration) with Montis in Portugal, writing action plans for nature parks in Belgium.
- Music: guitar and saxophone
- Languages: First language: Dutch, English: good to very good, French: good
- Computerskills: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Qgis, Arcgis, Illustrator, Indesign.

Age

26

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  Special dietary requirements
  I'm always happy to join vegetarian or vegan meals, but I adjust myself to the place, so I also eat meat if necessary :)