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We are Sanne and Marc, a couple from the Netherlands. For work, Marc teaches singing and theatre and he installs solar systems. Sanne used to edit study books, but now has a job caring for horses.
We are living with our 6 year old boy, two cats and two horses in a beautiful field in the valley above Torvizcón. Our place is about 30 minutes from Órgiva in Andalucia, Spain.
We live in a yurt, basic but comfortable. We have electricity from a solar system and a water connection. We have a little shower house and we use a super basic compost toilet.
We're trying to live in a sustainable way. We eat mostly organic and/or local and stick to a healthy - mostly vegetarian - diet. We grow some vegetables, recycle, try to reduce plastics and chemicals. Also, we drive an electric car that charges with the solar system. Sanne likes to care for the horses and she started a little veggie patch.
Then there is the project of building a second yurt from scratch, that we're slowly working on. We have walls and doorframes and we are making the roofpoles smooth, which takes forever, because there's 80 of them. Next step is to make the roofpoles all the right size and make them fit the holes in the crown.
In the next couple of weeks (starting NOW) we need help with:
- The household: mostly dishes (they keep growing back every day!), some cooking, some cleaning maybe.
- Working on the veggie patch (watering, weeding..)
- Building a fence around the veggie patch to stop the wild pigs from digging around.
- Putting up a giant shade net over the yurt.
- Strimming
- Painting garden furniture
- Horse care (which means mostly: mucking out horse poo)
- ... I probably forgot something...
- After all that: working on the second yurt
If you come to stay with us, your work will depend on what needs doing at that time. We'll be happy to share our knowledge of off-grid living, solar systems, horses and electric cars if you're interested.
Jardinería
Proyectos de construcción y bricolaje
Cuidado de animales
Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento general
Nature, learn about living off grid, yurt building, horses
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
We need 1 or 2 people to help us. You're welcome to come for any amount of time!
We're looking for people who are okay with being in a quiet place. We're in the middle of nature. We always share the big meal of the day, which is mostly lunch and sometimes dinner. The other meals you'll mostly eat by yourself, as we prefer our sleepy breakfasts alone, and evenings are private time for us. Sometimes we'll have a nice evening together though, we do like a bit of social too :-)
We prefer people who can work independently and show initiative. We're not always doing the same tasks as our volunteers, as we can have different types of jobs to do and we also have to go away for work and care for our child. We trust our volunteers to be responsible for their tasks and keep track of their own hours.
Inglés: Fluido
Holandés: Fluido
Español: Intermedio
Francés: Intermedio
We provide:
- a caravan with kitchen.
- internet (limited) in the yurt
- the food (fruit/cereal/bread/cheese for breakfast and dinner, and a decent vegetarian meal for lunch)
- when we go to Órgiva, we'll give you a lift (we go about 4 times a week)
If you don't have your own transport, we can pick you up somewhere or you can take public transport.
Things to do in free time:
Without transport you can go for walks in the mountains around us and to Torvizcón, or just hang out in the garden or in your caravan. If you're good with the horses (we'll find out by meeting them together), you're welcome to spend time with them and take them for walks (no riding).
With your own transport or public transport:
- Go to Orgiva, the main town of the area, with lots of activities like concerts and yoga classes
- Go up into the Sierra Nevada for beautiful hiking
- Relax at one of the beaches, at about 45 minutes drive.
- Granada is about 1,5 hour away
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
It's a bumpy road to our place, most vehicles are fine though.
We like dogs, if they are well trained and good with kids, horses and cats. Also, dogs are not allowed in the yurt or on the bed and couches of the caravan. Please clean up any poo around the living areas.
Dos
4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week (we're flexible)
Son opciones de calificación adicionales para cuando los miembros dejan sus comentarios. Se muestra la calificación media dejada en cada opción.
Precisión del perfil:
(4.9)
Intercambio cultural:
(4.7)
Comunicación:
(4.9)
