Helping a young family living off grid in the forest, Amieira, Portugal

Detalles

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  Descripción

  We are a young family, Sheran and Claire both in our mid 30s who recently moved to an offgrid property in rural Portugal, where we live with our 2 cats, a small herd of goats and livestock guardian puppy. We were joined by our daughter Sophia in 2022, who was born at home.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Cuidado de animales

  Ayuda en una granja

  Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  There are lots of opportunities to learn about animal care and gardening and to get a sense of living this kind of lifestyle. You can also learn more about the day to day tasks, such as milking the goats, walking them in the surrounding areas, soap making, fermenting and preserving and other handy skills.

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  Proyectos con niños

  En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.

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  Ayuda

  For 2 weeks in August beginning on the 21st we are focusing on cutting and stacking firewood ready for the winter. We rotate our goats around the land using electric fencing and cut down pine trees for them to eat. Once the goats have been moved, we remove the stripped trees for firewood and strim any remaining undergrowth to make the property fire safe and to encourage a more diverse range of plants to regrow for the goats to browse on next year. There are also other tasks, such as fencing in the garden, building a chicken tractor, mucking out the goat barn and working in the garden.
  
  Ideally we are looking for help from another young family or couple who understand the demands of caring for a young child and who are interested in moving to Portugal or starting their own off grid homestead. We are also open to individuals coming to stay, but realize the property is quite secluded and my partner and I are both usually busy in the afternoons.
  
  The forest clearing work would mainly be from 7am in the morning and then we will all share lunch together before I go to work online in the afternoons. This could be flexible though depending on your morning routine or how you like to structure your work, if people want to finish earlier in the mornings and work on other projects in the afternoon, we're also very open to that. It would be great if one person could help in the forest and another help to take care of the lighter tasks such as work in the garden or in the house and being open to childcare. Afternoons and evenings would be free and we are happy to cook dinners too.

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  Idiomas hablados

  Inglés: Fluido

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  Alojamiento

  We have a large 3x3.5m canvas tent for camping (and a smaller 3 man tent if needed too), with a double bed and mattress for workawayers and have plenty of space for campervans on the property too.
  
  The property is completely off grid, no phone signal or internet and hot water for baths is from a wood burning stove. Wifi is available in the town of Oleiros which is about a 10 minute drive away. We do have solar power and so charging things during the day is not a problem.
  
  We love cooking delicious food, with produce from the garden whenever possible. We eat meat and it would be easiest for meal preparation if volunteers did too, but working as Yoga retreat chefs, we also know how to prepare lots of good vegetarian dishes too.

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  Algo más...

  On weekends there is the possibility to go to the local markets, visit nature spots or other towns/ cities nearby. We like to spend our free time reading, playing with our daughter, watching movies, chatting, playing chess or with crafts. We spend lots of time at the local river beach during the summer which is about a 10 minute drive away and perfect for escaping the heat!

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  Este anfitrión puede proporcionar un sitio para autocaravanas.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Más de dos

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  Horas esperadas

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week