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Description
Yara and I (Devon) are upstart agrarians from Canada with different skills and backgrounds. We're familiar with being hosted all over the world and always keen to help someone achieve their vision for a better, closer world
Interests
Movies & TVSustainabilityYoga / WellnessNatureMusicHitchhikingLGBTQHistoryHikingDIY & craftsCyclingCooking & foodCarpentryCampingBooksAstronomyAnimalsArt & designAdventure sports
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Charity Work
Languages
Some knowledge of:
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Art Projects
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Able to teach about:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
More details about your skills
Extensive knowledge of power tools, finish carpentry experience, farm related labour experience, musician, silviculture experience, youth care experience. Generally handy.
Age
30
What else ...
I love getting up and out the door, usually accompanied by an instrument.
Decently proficient craftsman, I've been a professional blacksmith and carpenter but there's always more to learn.
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
no allergiesSpecial dietary requirements
Feedback
8 Dec 2018
Left by host (Learning self-sufficiency, ...) for Workawayer (Devon)
Yara and Devo stayed with us for a short time but we got real great help from this wonderful couple.Devo's skills about building and tools i think the best so far since we started our farm community.And Yara was amazing about farming . They have such a huge knowledge and experience about living in the nature.Besides all the work we have done here,… read more
(Excellent
)
21 Nov 2018
Left by Workawayer (Devon) for host
(Learning self-sufficiency, ...)
We really struggled to leave, Suha and Sara are warm and kind people who I hope take us up on our offer to visit in Canada ;)
We had the opportunity to meet Suha's family from Turkey, drink a night or two away, share culture, laugh and became aware of the strength of their character and hearts. We climbed rock faces and mountains, built a compost… read more
We had the opportunity to meet Suha's family from Turkey, drink a night or two away, share culture, laugh and became aware of the strength of their character and hearts. We climbed rock faces and mountains, built a compost… read more
(Excellent
)
30 Mar 2016
Left by host (Off grid, Workaway retreat in ...) for Workawayer (Devon)
Devon,
Thank you! It was a privilege to have someone that has such great energy and enthusiasm. You have an amazing voice and listening to you play your guitar, you created the soundtrack to the dream we all shared together here on the barge.
You were apart of the dream team. You were a big part in making so much happen in such a short amount… read more
Thank you! It was a privilege to have someone that has such great energy and enthusiasm. You have an amazing voice and listening to you play your guitar, you created the soundtrack to the dream we all shared together here on the barge.
You were apart of the dream team. You were a big part in making so much happen in such a short amount… read more
(Excellent
)
16 Dec 2015
Left by Workawayer (Devon) for host
(In San Francisco center and ...)
Margeurite and Mark,
These two have one of the most fun dynamics of any pair I've stayed with in my long history of travel and volunteering.
Mark is absolutely wonderful conversation, I learned a fair bit just by osmosis about robotics and engineering. Marguerite is possibly the greatest San Francisco travel guide in the entire city. I've seen… read more
These two have one of the most fun dynamics of any pair I've stayed with in my long history of travel and volunteering.
Mark is absolutely wonderful conversation, I learned a fair bit just by osmosis about robotics and engineering. Marguerite is possibly the greatest San Francisco travel guide in the entire city. I've seen… read more
(Excellent
)
12 Nov 2015
Left by host for Workawayer (Devon)
Devon was such a wonderful addition to our family that we are hoping in the future he will be able to join us again!
He was such a pleasure to be around, I got up at 5 AM so that I could take him off to see the city for the sunrise and some other wonderful things to see in early morning San Francisco.
He actually led and taught us how to make… read more
He was such a pleasure to be around, I got up at 5 AM so that I could take him off to see the city for the sunrise and some other wonderful things to see in early morning San Francisco.
He actually led and taught us how to make… read more
(Excellent
)
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Feedback
8 Dec 2018
Left by host (Learning self-sufficiency, ...) for Workawayer (Devon)
Yara and Devo stayed with us for a short time but we got real great help from this wonderful couple.Devo's skills about building and tools i think the best so far since we started our farm community.And Yara was amazing about farming . They have such a huge knowledge and experience about living in the nature.Besides all the work we have done here,… read more
(Excellent
)
21 Nov 2018
Left by Workawayer (Devon) for host
(Learning self-sufficiency, ...)
We really struggled to leave, Suha and Sara are warm and kind people who I hope take us up on our offer to visit in Canada ;)
We had the opportunity to meet Suha's family from Turkey, drink a night or two away, share culture, laugh and became aware of the strength of their character and hearts. We climbed rock faces and mountains, built a compost… read more
We had the opportunity to meet Suha's family from Turkey, drink a night or two away, share culture, laugh and became aware of the strength of their character and hearts. We climbed rock faces and mountains, built a compost… read more
(Excellent
)
30 Mar 2016
Left by host (Off grid, Workaway retreat in ...) for Workawayer (Devon)
Devon,
Thank you! It was a privilege to have someone that has such great energy and enthusiasm. You have an amazing voice and listening to you play your guitar, you created the soundtrack to the dream we all shared together here on the barge.
You were apart of the dream team. You were a big part in making so much happen in such a short amount… read more
Thank you! It was a privilege to have someone that has such great energy and enthusiasm. You have an amazing voice and listening to you play your guitar, you created the soundtrack to the dream we all shared together here on the barge.
You were apart of the dream team. You were a big part in making so much happen in such a short amount… read more
(Excellent
)
16 Dec 2015
Left by Workawayer (Devon) for host
(In San Francisco center and ...)
Margeurite and Mark,
These two have one of the most fun dynamics of any pair I've stayed with in my long history of travel and volunteering.
Mark is absolutely wonderful conversation, I learned a fair bit just by osmosis about robotics and engineering. Marguerite is possibly the greatest San Francisco travel guide in the entire city. I've seen… read more
These two have one of the most fun dynamics of any pair I've stayed with in my long history of travel and volunteering.
Mark is absolutely wonderful conversation, I learned a fair bit just by osmosis about robotics and engineering. Marguerite is possibly the greatest San Francisco travel guide in the entire city. I've seen… read more
(Excellent
)
12 Nov 2015
Left by host for Workawayer (Devon)
Devon was such a wonderful addition to our family that we are hoping in the future he will be able to join us again!
He was such a pleasure to be around, I got up at 5 AM so that I could take him off to see the city for the sunrise and some other wonderful things to see in early morning San Francisco.
He actually led and taught us how to make… read more
He was such a pleasure to be around, I got up at 5 AM so that I could take him off to see the city for the sunrise and some other wonderful things to see in early morning San Francisco.
He actually led and taught us how to make… read more
(Excellent
)
