Maïa

France
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I am currently
Travelling
Description
Hi! I'm Maïa, a french girl who is back on the road from January 2023 for some months (or years we never know). I did a one year and a half backpack travel on my own from September 2020 to January 2022, and after a year of break, I need to go back on the road.

I can't wait to see a lot of differents landscapes, and learn about culture of many country. As an art student, I'm a very curious and creative person, and after a dozen of workaway experience during my first travel, I can't wait to continue with this volunteering way of life.

I also would like to improve my art skills, so one of my goal would be to find some places where I could make some murals by painting or drawings, so if you are interested about it, please let me know!

After some experience in some dog shelters, in general maintenance or babysitting, I don't want to stop to learn more skills about anything, thanks to all those workaway experiences.

Can't wait to live more adventures !
Interests
Plant care
Books
Sustainability
Movies & TV
Events & social
Writing
Videography
Hiking
Photography
Music
Carpentry
Languages
Farming
Drawing & painting
Dancing
Culture
Charity work
Hitchhiking
Performing arts
Blogging

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Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
German: Beginner
Italian: Beginner
More details about my language interests
I would love to teach french or english! But I'm also interested about learning any kind of languages, specially Italian, German and Slavic languages.
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Gardening
Being an elderly companion
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Animal Care
Languages
Some knowledge of:
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Helping around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Charity Work
Art Projects
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
More details about your skills
About my experiences:

- I worked in france as a waitress and barmaid during 1 year, and I love this job because i'm a very social person and I like meet other people. I also work in a bakery for almost a year in France too. In summer 2023, I worked in a beach bar in Crete, Greece, which was a really wonderful experience.

- I come from countryside so i'm very familiar with animals and farm (except horses because i'm allergic aha), so it could be very nice to work with animals during my trip. After 1 year and a half of travel, I had the chance to work in three dog shelter, and this experience was really amazing, so I would obviously love to come help with animals again and again in different place and different countries. I also had experiences in a goat farm and an ostrich farm.

- I have also a lot of experience with children, because I work with them since many years. I was an aupair in Poland, in Sicily and also in Czech Republic.

- After some workaway experiences, I learnt some skills in basic carpentry and painting, so maybe I could be useful.

I'm very motivated for every work to do and learn more and more !
Age
24
What else ...
I'm a very curious person, and I like listening and playing music, drawing, playing, painting, reading, dancing...

I recently have an experience in a dog shelter in Crete, and two others in Bulgaria which make me discover that I really love to work with animals, and I would be glad to help people on animals rescue.
After two months in Poland, I also had new experiences with kids, like teaching English to a family of 5 children, or helping in a kindergarden. Those experiences was amazing, and I can't wait to work with kids again!

I'm a dynamic person who also like be calm, and I really like to meet people and different culture.
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  Eggs, pollen and horse
- Special dietary requirements
  Vegetarian

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20 Feb 2024

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Home restoration, painting ...)

I spent two weeks during January at Vanna and Buba's place. I had an amazing time there. My daily work was mostly in the garden, cleaning around, picking some mandarine, painting old garden furniture. Nothing hard at all, I actually really enjoyed it. I recommend 100% to anybody to spend some time at Vanna's place, I think it's exactly what you… read more

(Excellent )

11 Feb 2024

Left by host (Home restoration, painting ...) for Workawayer (Maïa)

Maïa is an intelligent, creative and joyful young woman; her presence and help have been invaluable to me and Buba!
We talked, laughed, cooked and worked together, but Maia was also autonomous in the management of the tasks entrusted to me when I was away on business.
Thanks for everything and good luck!!

(Excellent )

20 Feb 2024

Left by host for Workawayer (Maïa)

I received Maya's help during December 2023: she helped both at home with all house keeping tasks, and outside with several other tasks. She carefully completed the cleaning of a small farm building in the property, and contributed a lot with her experience with dogs by looking after the last entry at my place, Kokoro, a medium size puppy who… read more

(Excellent )

10 Jan 2024

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Help me to take care of cats ...)

I stayed at Francesca's place for ten days, at the beginning of December 2023. She was mostly looking for someone to take care of her lovely cats and Kokoro, her crazy but very cute new dog while she was away for few days. However, I asked her if I could stay for around ten days and she kindly accepted directly.

The job was really easy, feeding… read more

(Excellent )

20 Apr 2023

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Relax and help out surrounded ...)

I had an amazing place at Lily's place. First of all, the environment is beautiful, even under a lot of snow. Lily is a wonderful woman, welcoming and friendly, always with nice and funny stories to tell.
I spent most of my time painting walls or cabinet, she even let me make a mural in one of the room.
The experience was really nice, I recommend… read more

(Excellent )

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20 Feb 2024

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11 Feb 2024

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20 Feb 2024

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10 Jan 2024

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Help me to take care of cats ...)

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20 Apr 2023

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Relax and help out surrounded ...)

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26 Feb 2023

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Come and help our animal ...)

This dog shelter was an amazing place to stay. I stayed 2 weeks there, and I was really happy to be back on the road and arriving in such a nice place, surrounded by hard working people who gives everything for those dogs. The work was not difficult, it was about feeding the dogs, cleaning the kennels, and also doing some cleaning in the common… read more

(Excellent )

26 Feb 2023

Left by host (Come and help our animal ...) for Workawayer (Maïa)

Maia was amazing hard worker in our animal shelter. We are very happy to have her here. We can recommend her very much.

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4 Jan 2022

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Help us in the Czech ...)

I had a wonderful time at this amazing family place. They have been really nice to host me at the last minute, and they welcomed me with so much joy.
The work was really easy, just some help in the house, like some cleaning, cooking or artistic workshop.
I felt like home the all time, surrounded by smiles and music. Michael is an amazing pianist,… read more

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6 Oct 2021

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Help a small family campsite ...)

I spent three weeks during the month of September 2021 at this wonderful campsite place, surrounded by mountains and lovely people. The work is really easy, it's about cleaning the sanitary area, doing some check in and check out for the tourists and discussing with them. I enjoyed every single moment of my stay there, Mirjana, Dragan and Nada are… read more

(Excellent )

5 Oct 2021

Left by host (Help a small family campsite ...) for Workawayer (Maïa)

Maia is amazing young lady, smart, kind and polite. She stayed at our campsite for 3 weeks and helped us with guests and taking care of the campsite.
She was reliable and trustworthy. We can wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone who is in need for volunteers as she is really amazing person.
Thank you for all
Mirjana, Nada & Dragan

(Excellent )

21 Aug 2021

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Babysit for two super kids in ...)

I spent almost a month with Valeria and her sweet family. It was a wonderful experience to stay with them, to try to improve their English. Martina and Simone are lovely child, not always very big fan of english language but I spent a lot of funny moments (playing hide and seek during hours aha). I really recommend this place to everybody, Daniele… read more

(Excellent )

18 Aug 2021

Left by host (Babysit for two super kids in ...) for Workawayer (Maïa)

maia lived with us for almost a month. she is a girl full of energy, sweet and kind. her arrival helped us to know the English language a little more but she always helped us around the house. together we traveled twice and it was interesting to share spaces even in small houses. She is a great artist and martina loved drawing and coloring with… read more

(Excellent )

31 Jul 2021

Left by host (Be part of our family in ...) for Workawayer (Maïa)

We had the pleasure of hosting maia for three weeks and we were really happy.
Maia is a really smart girl, responsible, nice and very good with children. She worked hard and helped us with the management of the house and the children.
Great company and lots of laughs together.
I definitely recommend hosting Maia in your home.

(Excellent )

22 Jul 2021

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Be part of our family in ...)

I stayed at Chiara, Valerio, Leonardo, Ricardo and Lorenzo's place for around three weeks. I had an amazing time there, the work was basically take care of the kids, watching them, playing with them,... I had mostly of my morning free and two days off by week so it was quite nice.
Chiara and Valerio are wonderful people, always there to give you… read more

(Excellent )

25 Apr 2021

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Join our forest kindergarten ...)

I stayed at Mariew for three weeks, and I really spent a great time there.
Everyone is kind and helpful. I arrived there during this strange covid time, in a different organization then usual, but it was also very interesting to learn how works a forest kindergarden.
It's always funny to try to communicating with kids with a different… read more

(Excellent )

28 Mar 2021

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Teach my children English on ...)

I had an amazing time at this place. My mission was to teach and discuss English with the kids, but they also trusted me to make some renovation and a painting in one of the room. Thank you for that. I felt directly like a member of the family. The kids are lovely, helpful and very kind. The communication was very funny, but not a big problem. I… read more

(Excellent )

28 Mar 2021

Left by host (Teach my children English on ...) for Workawayer (Maïa)

Obecność Maji przez 2,5 tygodnia na naszej farmie była wielką przyjemnością. Maja mimo naszej słabej umiejętności języka dogadywała się z nami świetnie i dzięki niej nasz angielski jest o wiele lepszy. Maja rewelacyjnie wykonywała powierzone jej zadania, nawet zdecydowała się przedłużyć pobyt żeby skończyć swoją misję. Maja jest miła, towarzyska,… read more

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3 Feb 2021

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Volunteer in our upcoming ...)

I had a great time at this place. Really interesting, I learnt a lot of new skills, in general maintenance and cultural exchange.
Maybe the only thing is I expected a more artistic place with art exchange etc.. But with the covid it was kind of complicated. But Clive is a very interesting guy, and I had a good time in Malta thanks to him. Thank… read more

(Excellent )

2 Feb 2021

Left by host (Volunteer in our upcoming ...) for Workawayer (Maïa)

Maia stayed with us for the period of three weeks, she gave us a helping hand with social media, and house maintenance. We enjoyed her company during the past three weeks and wish her the best touring around Europe and gaining new skills. We had other projects in mind but unfortunately due to Covid we could not materialize them. Thanks for… read more

(Excellent )

22 Dec 2020

Left by host (Help us around our home and ...) for Workawayer (Maïa)

Dear Maia, it was our pleasure to have you here. As you remember the dogs were all over you and won't let you sit on the cpuch. :) We appreciate all the things you did with us, the shopping cooking and so on ... It were two great colorful weeks even it was grey outside, thanks to you.
You was a lovely presence to have around, sharing with us your… read more

(Excellent )

14 Dec 2020

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Help us around our home and ...)

I had a really good time in this place, during to weeks, even if the season and the weather didn't help, Joni and Ralf are very lovely people. With dogs everywhere in the place,it was a really interesting experience and I would be happy to come back on summer for more help.
We spent every dinner together, exchange of some recepies (like an… read more

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15 Nov 2020

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Help with some spring ...)

I had a really good time at Christian's place during around 3weeks. Working for 3hours by day, and the work was very relax. The house where workawayer stay is very beautiful, I enjoyed every moment, even if the covid make me leave the place earlier. I recommend to everybody to come to this such beautiful place and enjoy the island if Milos!

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13 Oct 2020

Left by Workawayer (Maïa) for host (Help at our animal shelter in ...)

It was my first experience in a dog shelter, and it was really amazing. Nikos does an incredible work with all those dogs, so that was really great to be at this shelter for two weeks.
Thank you again for what you doing for all those dogs!

(Excellent )

13 Oct 2020

Left by host (Help at our animal shelter in ...) for Workawayer (Maïa)

Maia was with Nikos and the doggies in the shelter for 2 weeks! Such a great personality and polite person! Even though it was her first experience as volunteer in a shelter she did an amazing job and worked really hard, everything she did without effort or complaint. Even from day two all doggies loved her and felt comfortable around her! Thank… read more

(Excellent )

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