Samuel & Aniela

Poland
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Looking to contribute meaningfully, do some good, learn something new in a beautiful place and get inspired for our own creative endeavours. A longer commitment.

When we travel we look at the big and the little. Like to live slow, with attentiveness and some exceptions :). Love to hitchhike, its kindness and selflessness and how it crosses all kinds of paths and stories. We hitchhiked all over Europe, hitchhiked everyday to work in Iceland and to Krishna temple in the South of Germany. We were born in Poland and at different times we lived in Sweden, UK, Spain, Italy and Iceland.

We like to share our passions and be impassioned. Samuel comes with a Mathematics degree and really good English, both from Cambridge, Aniela majored in Graphic design and volunteered with European Solidarity Corps on a permaculture farm in Canary Islands. We made noise with saxophone and programmed algorithmic visuals on a computer, practised yoga and Taekwondo. We like to watch and want to make beautiful photography, get lost in books and movies. We want to make things with our hands and creativity is ever important for us and wait until you try our vegan onion pasta or curry!

In the past Samuel has worked as a software engineer and in the kitchen at the diner. Aniela is a graphic designer and we have also been tutors, waitresses, shop assistants and grape pickers. Samuel worked a lot with children, teaching all sorts of mathematics and Aniela conducted art workshops. We learned a lot and want to learn more, especially to funnel creativity, coexisting with nature and animals, with different people in different places.
Interests
Drawing & painting
Cooking & food
Outdoor activities
Hitchhiking
Politics / Social justice
Yoga / Wellness
Photography
Movies & TV
Sustainability
Music
Dancing
Culture
Hiking
Farming
Books
Events & social
Art & design
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Polish: Fluent
More details about my language interests
We are curious about any new language that we meet, tried German, Swedish, Spanish, learned to count in Icelandic (ain't easy!). Samuel lived in the UK for several years and can certainly share some English insights if there's a space for that.
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Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Eco Projects
Teaching
Animal Care
Life at a Farmstay
Some knowledge of:
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Able to teach about:
Art Projects
Languages
Helping with Computers/ Internet
More details about your skills
We have hands for animals and basic experience with permaculture. Lifting heavies and manual labor. Can help kids with sciences and arts. Aniela is also professional designer, can help with promoting your brand on social media. We enjoy cooking :)
Age
30 & 26
What else ...
We enjoy active and outdoor lifestyle. We like sports, skiing, tennis, swimming, yoga, and hiking, especially amidst beautiful sights. Always in for an exchange of books and films.
We're both really sociable, we see traveling as mostly making connections with local community as well as other travelers.
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements
  we are mostly on a plant-based diet

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12 Jul 2024

Left by Workawayer (Samuel & Aniela) for host (Share life skills with ...)

I stayed with Miss Babita for two weeks, and it was a truly memorable experience. The village is located in a beautiful, remote area with breathtaking mountain views. Her house is spacious and comfortable, with access to wifi, and I had a room to myself. It takes two days to get to Kami Chautara from Kathmandu by bus, so if you can, stay for a… read more

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26 Jun 2024

Left by host (Share life skills with ...) for Workawayer (Samuel & Aniela)

We are very thankful to Aniela for her hard work, helping us in the community school projects and our farm stay. We got to share a great learning experience. All in all, we had a wonderful opportunity to host and share moments with her at Kami Chautara and are grateful for her time.

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4 Jun 2024

Left by Workawayer (Samuel & Aniela) for host (Come join our school and help ...)

We volunteered at the school for a few weeks. It’s a private school, one of the better in Uttarakhand. We were given a private ensuite room in a guest wing of the school property. Meals at the canteen were provided three times a day though we chose to cook for ourselves most of the time (which required some organisational effort at the start). We… read more

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31 Mar 2024

Left by Workawayer (Samuel & Aniela) for host (Farm collective close to the ...)

We spent only five days at the farm. Initially it was a little hard, the atmosphere seemed cold with us doing our duties on the side and being given food alone on the porch of the family house. One time we weren't given lunch and with the strong language barrier were unsure about the rules. We reached out to Sangeetha and clarified things a little… read more and from them on the atmosphere thawed. She is very sweet and really made us feel better, even though she wasn't there in person.
Venkatesh, the owner, speaks English enough to communicate, he is a kind host and always provided everything we needed when asked. His younger son Ankush has good English and frequently came over to chat with us which was very nice.
We helped out with cleaning the rice field, weeding, cleaning the farm from rubbish and digging around a water pond. We found the farm pretty big and varied so there is plenty of different things to help with. There are dogs Dusty and Sweety that are the cuddliest of creatures and we witnessed a goat being born.
We came in the summer season and were told to work in the morning and afternoon when the sun relaxes a little, but all work on the farm is done in the middle of the day and we found it is best to join in then to get time with people there and help them.
The accomodation is a tent within a wooden hut, a little hard for the back for the more delicate among us but we took additional sleeping bags underneath and were fine. If there are more volunteers there and the bags are taken you might wanna have some inflatable mattress with you. And a mosquito repellent is a must.
The closest town is Palahalli, 2km walk from the farm. Ankush will be happy to rent you his bike to get to the bird sanctuary which is a mere 4km away.
There were frequent electricity cuts on the farm and problems with the water in the hut's bathroom so sometimes you gotta carry it in buckets from outside of the family's house, just a 15 seconds walk. At one point the electricity was gone for a day which meant no filtered water. The family drinks the underground water then and we did too and were fine, but if it's early during your stay in India and your stomach is not yet accustomed you might wanna have it in mind.
We felt the food provided was a little not nutritious, most of the time rice with thin vegetable sauce, we thought it good to cook some ourselves and Venkatesh gave us the gas stove right the next day which was very kind of him.
There were some hardships and we ourselves felt bad as one of us fell ill and could not contribute how we wanted which made us shorten our stay but you can feel they are good people. It took us time to start forging a bond and time we had not much. If you stay, stay for longer.

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12 Jul 2024

Left by Workawayer (Samuel & Aniela) for host (Share life skills with ...)

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26 Jun 2024

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4 Jun 2024

Left by Workawayer (Samuel & Aniela) for host (Come join our school and help ...)

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31 Mar 2024

Left by Workawayer (Samuel & Aniela) for host (Farm collective close to the ...)

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21 Mar 2024

Left by host for Workawayer (Samuel & Aniela)

Samuel sami has stayed with us for week, he had took care of the plants so nicely giving water to every plants, he was very keen to learn about cooking making chapati , roti, parantha, We made together all of these. I hope you had good stay with us.

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16 Mar 2024

Left by Workawayer (Samuel & Aniela) for host (Help at an eco-village ...)

I have spent a week on a farm with Raja. He is a fair bit of a personality, knows a lot of wonderful people, has done a lot in the permaculture field in India and shares that with the people he spends time with. So many stories and insights it's almost hard to believe one person can fit it all inside. He also knows the country very well, it shows.… read more

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1 Mar 2024

Left by host (Help with filmmaking and ...) for Workawayer (Samuel & Aniela)

Samuel and Aniela fit right into the vibe of the studio and bring a warm energy with them. They both worked hard to help us with different tasks- Samuel used his dev skills to code an interesting interactive visual for our website while Aniela helped on a variety of things including graphic design, editing videos and also set up an Etsy shop for… read more

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1 Mar 2024

Left by Workawayer (Samuel & Aniela) for host (Help with filmmaking and ...)

We spent over three weeks with Neha, Rudransh and the team amidst the hills of Panchgani. They are a fun bunch, loving what they do and keeping themselves happy while they do it. Their heads are full of ideas, they trusted me ( Samuel) with my creative-technical explorations and we got out of it something we both like, I think. We really enjoyed… read more

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