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Our next destination:
Nicaragua - from May 2024 View allDescription
May 2024 update *
We've arrived in Central America and have a few months here to enjoy our tour before heading home. We hope to see you soon.
We are Mira & Josh. Explorer, Nomads and volunteers since 7 years. Currently we're backpacking, hitchhiking and camping our way through South America towards central America, always on the lookout for inspiration for our own future project.
I'm Mira, a traveling volunteer and craftswoman. I started travelling in 2016. Since then I have collected wonderful experiences, enjoyed the cultural exchange and started to see what is really necessary to live a happy and fulfilling life. It makes me happy to be able to help poeple and get helped. It's a great exchange.
And I am Josh, traveling since 2016. I have spent a lifetime working in restaurants and hospitality and realized that I was missing out on what the world had to offer. I have been using Workaway for six years, from organic farms to hostels and guesthouses, natural building and off grid locations, I have enjoyed them all.
The perfect place for us to volunteer in, is a good mix out of helping with skills we already have and learning new ones. Together, with our collective volunteering experience and ability to quickly adapt to life in a new place makes it possible to jump right in and be a help from the beginning. We are passionate about volunteering, it is a lifestyle for us. We are looking for new experiences, not for a free holiday.
We are happy to work with a team or to work independently and enjoy tasks that challenge us. After a good working day we love to cook, sit together, laugh and have an open minded conversation. To share our time with positive people full of energy makes us happy, people who care about the environment, who are warm-hearted, creative, humorous, passionate, communicative, motivated and easy going.
When we are not volunteering you can usually find us enjoying nature, hiking, camping, cooking, exploring. We also like to explore cities, learn about history, culture and local cuisine.Interests
Van lifePetsHistoryCampingHikingHitchhikingNatureOutdoor activitiesPlant careSustainabilityGardeningFarmingDIY & craftsCultureCooking & foodCarpentryArt & designArchitectureAnimalsLanguages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Spanish: IntermediateSkills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
Some knowledge of:
GardeningLife at a FarmstayArt ProjectsCharity WorkAble to teach about:
DIY and building projectsGeneral MaintenanceCreating/ Cooking family mealsEco ProjectsHelping around the houseAnimal CareHospitality/TourismMore details about your skills
Volunteering for us is a way of life. It's about self development, curiosity of the unknown, extending our skills and our horizon. It's a balanced exchange in between volunteer and host, respect and honesty. We can offer to help with the experience and skills we already have in exchange to learn something new.
Unfortunately, we've made the experience too often that we were stuck working by ourselves on projects that match our experience and we were not able to do our learn something new.
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Our last years volunteering and traveling have taught us loads of basic knowledge in regards to daily tasks of managing a farm, garden and permaculture. However, these are all things we want to learn more about.
We hope to expand our knowledge in the following fields to be able to start our own project in the future.
- Sustainable/Organic gardening and farming
-Natural building/ eco building
- Sustainable hospitality and tourism
- Food preserving and canning
- Making natural products like soaps, cleaning products etc.
- Anything and everything related to these fields
《《 Our core skills 》》
range from renovating, refurbishing, painting, designing, sewing, woodwork, improving living/working places, upcycling and improvising with what's available and anything guest related. Carpentry, interior design, all aspects of hospitality, farm, garden and animal care.Age
36 & 43
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We truly appreciate that people open their houses & their hearts and invite people from around the world. No matter which age, gender, nationality or background.
Gender equality goes without saying. In the time we live together, we always treat our "home at the time" as our own, and enjoy the feeling to be part of a group.Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Special dietary requirements
No
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Our experience here was great from start to finish. Diego is an excellent host, a kind soul, and we enjoyed spending time with him at his place. He prepared 3 delicious meals a day, introduced us to Peruvian cuisine,… read more
Volunteering at their project was a real joy. We had the possibility to ask hundreds of questions about natural building, we could learn a lot and… read more
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This was part of the pleasure of having them… read more
As for work, I couldn't be… read more
Our experience here was great from start to finish. Diego is an excellent host, a kind soul, and we enjoyed spending time with him at his place. He prepared 3 delicious meals a day, introduced us to Peruvian cuisine,… read more
Volunteering at their project was a real joy. We had the possibility to ask hundreds of questions about natural building, we could learn a lot and… read more
Their work ethic was exceptional; they went above and beyond in every task, whether it was construction work or… read more
They both have a lot of experience in volunteering and adapt very easily. They are very autonomous in their activities and just a few words are enough to tell them what to do.
I also enjoyed their delicious cooking and the ease with which everything was organised with them.
Over and above the… read more
Isabella you are a superwomen, full of energy, inspiring and your laughing is so contagious. We loved every moment of our stay. To work together, to eat your delicious food, to share stories and to enjoy the marvelous view from the house. You have a… read more
Mira ist eine Meisterin des Alltags.
Ihr zu begegnen ist eine Bereicherung.
Sie hat einen direkten Zugang zur Seele der Dinge,
was ihr das Gelingen der Verwandlung zum Besseren erleichtert.
Der Bezug zur Natur nährt ihre Inspiration und erweckt ihre Intuition
und ist das Geheimnis der Ruhe die sie ausstrahlt und ihrer Liebe zum
Detail bei… read more
Dear David, dear Jürgen
I'm extremely greatful for everything you've done for me. For your open arms, the freedom you gave me, for sharing your home and the great care you took for me. I am grateful for your infinite trust, your support, your priceless appreciation, your generosity, for all the fun and good… read more
You are such a wonderful hard working woman and it was a real pleasure to have you in my house. You always had incredible ideas to find solutions and fix everything. In my place I just wanted her to work 3 to 5 hours a day, but she was so passionate she worked all the time! With such a good teamwork.
I'll recommend her… read more
The surrounding of the farm is great. We went to local market with a… read more
The work was really diverse, the tasks… read more
denkt mit. Die Leichtigkeit mit der sie Aufgaben anpackt gleicht einer lebensfrohen jungen Frau die in die Luft springt um im Flug noch drei Äpfel zu pflücken und… read more
I just liked the way you behave every single day, with me and also in any situations.
You are the type of person who is very true, who says his Truth, and nowadays for me this is a "Main Quality" !
that means that "everything is clear" with you, and then, we can be open… read more
During her time here Mira showed amazing confidence with the chainsaw, built beautiful stone walls, made us a brilliant new composting area, hand sewed fabric to… read more