Nana

From: Australia

Account Type
Individual account
Travelling to
Australia
Travel dates
11/07/2018 - 31/12/2020
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My status
At home
Description
Hello! I'm Nana, and I'm currently living in Hobart while I finish my bachelors in sociology.
I'm looking to find either farm work or projects centred around environmental conservation. I'm here to learn as much as I can from the people that I meet and also the land that I'm on! I'm definitely not afraid to get my hands dirty and I love all things dirt and plant related. I like to travel slowly and am really excited to learn more about farming and plants! The long term plan is to start an organic farm project of my own or become involved in environmental work, so I really am passionate about the projects I'd be helping with :-)

I've done numerous farmstays and have made some really close friends from through workaways, and really value the sense of community that I find through meeting like-minded people with a common love for the earth.
Interests
Mountain
Beach
Camping
Hitchhiking
Cycling
Hiking
Farming
Gardening
Sustainability
Cooking & food
Politics / Social justice
Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
DIY and building projects
Eco Projects
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Helping around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Able to teach about:
Language practice
More details about your skills
Farm help - weeding, harvesting, preparing soil, sewing crops, basic construction. Other - English teaching, vegetarian cooking, childcare, bartending and waitressing (have worked in cafes and bars for 6+ years)
Languages spoken
Greek: Fluent
English: Fluent
Japanese: Fluent
Age
23
Nationality
Australian
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements
  Vegetarian/Vegan

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02/02/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Nana)

Nana my Oppai tomodachi!!!! Arigato.
Nana is kind person she help a lot in our project I wish she can stay longer because I want to learn some Japanese language. Please come back anytime. Don't forget to pick me up in Melbourne. Sayonara :kissing_heart::kissing_heart:

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02/02/2019

Left by Workawayer (Nana) for host for (Help us with our land project ...)

Kadek, you’re an absolute legend and I’m so happy you accepted my last minute request - good thing we share a mutual interest of chasing kids.
Me and my friend Suzie only stayed at this project for a little under a week but we got to experience a lot of cool things, including watching Kadek feast on live worms. All the volunteers got along really… read more

(Excellent )

02/02/2019

Left by host (Experience different types of ...) for Workawayer (Nana)

Thank you Nana for sharing your experience.
We had a awesome time with you in farm. You helped in every single way.
Special thanks for transporting applies from main road to farm through the trek of 4km.
Your chai was not so bad actually, only a bit less sugar was there.
Hope to see you in farm again, but for longer time.
Lots of love Pankaj and… read more

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02/02/2019

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I spent my last 10 days in India on this farm and it was the perfect way to end this part of my trip! Up in the mountains, it was super peaceful - one of the few places I didn’t hear honking ! Vlatka and Pankaj are both super nice and let you find your own rhythm when working, you can do what works for you as long as it keeps the farm moving! The… read more

(Excellent )

02/02/2019

Left by Workawayer (Nana) for host for (Help at a natural farm on the ...)

Dear Katerina and George,
Sorry this is so late - I’ve tried to write my review a few times but get too overwhelmed by everything I wanna say!
This was my first stop of my 7 month travels back in July and it’s still one of my favourite memories for so many reasons! It was my first experience farming and I’ll admit, during the first few days I was… read more

(Excellent )

27/12/2018

Left by host (Help at a natural farm on the ...) for Workawayer (Nana)

Nana: wild energy, super power, farm addicted, earth grounded, highly garden committed, born to be a real farmer!

These words come into my mind when I think of Nana. In the farm, she was not walking, she was flying. The perfect kiosk seller. She was there before the customers even rang the bell! The other part of the HaNana Duo, she completed… read more

(Excellent )

02/02/2019

Left by Workawayer (Nana) for host for (Teaching English in ...)

Back in November, I spent my first two weeks in India volunteering for Vinita and Shekhar and it was amazing to feel like I already had friends and family in a country I had never been to before.
Although they are both very busy, they make all their volunteers feel very welcome and are very generous. They even welcomed me back towards the end of… read more

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02/02/2019

Left by Workawayer (Nana) for host for (Help needed with village ...)

Maggi welcomed my friend Hannah and I into her home full of pets back in October after a last minute request and we’re so glad she did! We were quickly introduced to many dogs - Maron and Pushkins being the ones I miss most - and a handful of cats (Louis being he stinkiest)! Our work was fun and not too hard, walking the dogs once or twice a day… read more

(Excellent )

02/02/2019

Left by Workawayer (Nana) for host for (Help practice in English and ...)

My experience here was disappointing for a few reasons, firstly it is not so much a Workaway but more of a home stay/ Couchsurfing experience. There is minimal work - you have an English conversation club with students at a nearby school for around 3 hours in a Friday where you sit and discuss any topics freely - this is what I did on my first day… read more I arrived which was nice, kids are really lovely :) but as for work, that’s all there really is. Hardi and Diah say that there is daily English activities to do with kids every weekday. However, the 4 days after that I was there we only met with 3 kids once to play card games while they all sat on their phones (I’m not blaming the kids at all they were lovely, just highlighting there’s no structured work). On the days off (which is everyday except Friday really) me and another volunteer were taken to a nearby waterfall which was nice - we were told that hardy and his community help clean the area up, but it felt much more like hardi was just taking me and suzie (the other volunteer) out to show to his buddies, and no environmental cleanup was done - in fact I saw cigarette butts being thrown on the ground. From what I gathered it seems on these days off workawayers opt to go out for tourist activities and sightseeing to fill up the spare time.
Secondly, what really disappointed me was the money aspect - as , you need to provide your own food. I wanted to buy my own groceries but Diah suggested I give them US$5 for each day I stayed instead and they would buy groceries or cook, so I payed for 7 days in advance. Diah did cook delicious food but I ended up leaving early because of the lack of work, and asked politely if I could have my food money back for the remaining 2 days I would not be staying or eating. Diah refused to return the money because she needed it to “recover costs of not having volunteers”. However there are no costs to recover if there’s no extra food being prepared (not to mention the food ingredients we were eating definitely didn’t add up to even half of what we were paying - at first I didn’t mind extra money going to the family but after my last exchange I felt like this Workaway really was a way of making extra money, and so did Suzie.)
I guess my main issue is the dishonesty and inaccuracy about the “Workaway”. There is minimal work being done in the English speaking or environmental field. And money is being payed, which is fair enough to cover own costs but it came to light that’s not exactly the intentions.
The morning we left no one said bye to us or helped us find the bus station (Diah was at work so fair enoug), but hardi hid in his room to avoid us after money was not returned.
Hardy and Diah were very kind people but as a :asterisk_symbol:work exchange:asterisk_symbol: experience I found this to be a very negative one.

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