Sinead

Spain
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At home
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My name is Sinead. Im Irish, living at home for the last number of years caring for disabled family and need a break.

I am looking for somewhere to rest and recover. Why Workaway then? I was raised with the idea that there is nothing like a hit of hard work and fresh air to make anyone better. Similarly, I have learned I need access to new people, community and creativity to connect with myself.

I work across various fields including caring, theatre facilitation and Intercultural work with displaced communities. In the past I have had many other roles including au pairing, childminding, gas station attendant, barista, actor, director, stage manager,

living in Greece and in Palestine for a couple of weeks learning arabic. My course ends a little earlier than expected so I have nearly two weeks that I would love to spend

I have experience in a variety of contexts including customer service, drama facilitation, work with refugees and other life experiences.

I am always interested in learning about how things work in different contexts, in different places, cultures, languages, unique projects. I would love to hear from anyone anywhere in Palestine regarding this short time frame (for now!)
Interests
Yoga / Wellness
Writing
Vegetarian or vegan
Van life
Sustainability
Self development
Politics / Social justice
Outdoor activities
Performing arts
Nature
Mountain
Languages
LGBTQ
History
Events & social
Culture
Charity work
Cooking & food
Books
Beach
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
More details about my language interests
This workawayer has indicated that they would be interested in sharing their language(s) or learning a new language. You can contact them directly to discuss this.
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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn
I'm interested in:
Gardening
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Some knowledge of:
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Languages
Able to teach about:
Charity Work
Art Projects
Teaching
Babysitting and creative play
Helping around the house
More details about your skills
From childhood I worked on my parent´s various businesses including building, agriculture, carpentry and timber machining. As I come from the country I have worked gardening, maintaining and helping my father build our own and others houses as this was his business for many years. For this reason I am well used to hard manual work and long hours and am not afraid of this type of work. I love working outdoors and being able to look at something I have built or made having worked hard to do so. I have various skills in this area and once I am shown how to do something I learn quickly.

I have minded children all my life and at different stages have worked as a babysitter, au pair, camp councellor and child welfare officer for different posts. I am passionate about working with children of all ages and feel that I bring something unique to this area. My most recent work was babysitting four-year old Indian Veer and seven and three year old Chinese Kevin and Kelly working as a babysitter three evenings a week in Dublin and as an au-pair for three months in China.

I also have skills in the arts having worked in it from my teenage years and studied for the last four years. I have applied drama facilitation skills and skills I learned when studying theatre to almost every job I have worked at as I have learned invaluable people, networking and leadership skills as a result.

Please feel free to drop me an email and ask for details for any of the above and any questions you may have about other skills!
Age
33
What else ...
I am really, really interested in the ethos of workaway. I love volunteering my time and skills for worthwhile projects and I have yet to see a hosts work on this website that isn't worthy of dedication. I am hard-working, have high standards and don't see the point of doing a job unless it's done right. I am interested in communal living and in seeing what can be done when people work together and help each other.

Looking forward to hearing from people. :D
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- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  No
- Special dietary requirements
  Very unfussy vegetarian who will happily pick meat out of meals

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24 May 2019

Left by Workawayer () for host (Help in a forest village in ...)

We (a couple) stayed with Eleftherios in the mountain village for three days.

This place is truly beautiful beyond words. We arrived and were stunned at the view of the mountains, valley and sea from the balcony of the beautiful chalet. This project is so exciting and full of potential and even the workaway profile doesn't do it justice. This is… read more a huge property with two hotels, a chalet, an incredibly proffessional bar and cultural space, future taverna, sports area, lots of animals (five dogs, a cat and a pregnant shetland pony) and beautiful caves/walks/waterways and of course the beautiful mountain itself all within walking distance.

We couldn't recommend the location more. We were given a beautiful room in the wooden lodge with all comforts taken care of. The view from the window is particularly amazing.

Eleftherios seems to really understand, appreciate and respect the cultural exchange aspect of workaway, in part I think due to his natural Greek hospitality. In our short time there he ensured we went for lots of walks (including up the mountain at 6.30 am which was particularly beautiful) and saw caves, other villages, future projects, playgrounds, the main town and the ultimate view - the top of the mountain that he is so passionate about. He was also super generous with his time, company and energy.

The work is really simple and enjoyable. During our two days of work we were varnishing the cabins, relaying a path that had been partially washed away in the rain, fixing some paving with cement, cutting grass and generally cleaning the guest accommodation and area. We wern't asked to do anything that was too much and it was obvious that Eleftherious cared about our experience of the work. I might recommend a scheduled break in the morning and afternoons work in order to maintain energy throughout!

The host was truly welcoming, even after a mix up about our arrival. As Eleftherios is still learning English be very clear about communication, especially before arrival. Even though he ended up waiting two hours for us and having to go to a different village he didn't hold this against us in any way. As a note it might be helpful for Eleftherios to put some information about the area on the profile (e.g. how go get there from Kavala, Thessaloniki etc.) and agree a point you want the volunteers to reach before picking them up to go by car to the mountain village.

We were also very well taken care of in terms of food as well as accommodation although this was due, mostly, to another volunteer who arrived while we were there. It might also be helpful to designate either a person for cooking when there are two or more volunteers or a rotation system. The food was really lovely and well presented - for future, it could be noted that as everyone has different appetites and we are so far from shops there, there might be a system in place where hungrier volunteers have somewhere with bread, butter etc. that they can eat outside of meal times in case of hunger which did hit us occasionally.

Finally, we left this workaway early due to Eleftherios being inappropriate with another lone, female volunteer. For this reason I wouldn't recommend single, female volunteers for this workaway assignment rather men or pairs/groups. I also suffered a little with the hosts ingrained sexist attitude (which is also cultural, I understand) and had a hard time with being asked to take responsibility for cooking and cleaning outside of work hours while my husband was actively encouraged not to partake in these tasks. However we have communicated these issues to Eleftherios and I am sure he will take them on when hosting volunteers; male and female in the future.

Although we left for this reason I would still recommend this workaway particularly for men and pairs/groups. The project is inspiring, the landscape awesome and the experience comfortable and cultural thanks to Eleftherios.

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9 May 2019

Left by Workawayer () for host (A different look into ...)

I spent ten days with Ghassan and Gabi in this hostel and it was without a doubt an excellent workaway experience that I would highly recommend. Ghassam genuinely cares about your experience of the work, the hostel, the city and the country at large. He is an incredible host who cares about all his guests and uses the hostel as a way to teach… read more

(Excellent )

15 Apr 2015

Left by Workawayer () for host (Help us on our eco-friendly, ...)

Where do I start? I stayed at Becky and Martin's for the last five weeks with two friends and had the time of my life. They offer the most amazing workaway experience. I worked as the housekeeper and learned so much every day about cooking, baking and in particular preparing delicious vegetarian foods. I was engaged and challenged by this work… read more

(Excellent )

15 Apr 2015

Left by host (Help us on our eco-friendly, ...) for Workawayer ()

Sinead is an absolute star! She was our "housekeeper" for more than 5 weeks and did an amazing job. Calm, reliable, organised and efficient...but also loads of fun with a great sense of humour. She whipped up some wonderful meals and is great at cooperative living...helping out whenever necessary, not just within the allocated worktime. Really… read more

(Excellent )

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