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Hello, my name is Juliana (Brazilian, 39yo) and I live here on our small farm in the Mantiqueira region with my husband Jacques (South African, 44yo) and our baby Benjamin. I work mostly online and Jacques manages the farm's animals and organic food production.
Our goal is to grow most of our food in our land as well as making a business from the chickens and eggs we sell, the pigs and charcutarie production, which we've started recently and in the future producing essential oils, jams and other products from we can grow (which we are starting to plant now).
Most of the work we need help with at moment is building / maintanance as we are are always improving the infrastructure with things such as barns, chicken coups, fences, etc. At the moment we are biulding a new volunteer house, a cob house which we are super excited about.
The work is from 7am until 12pm and volunteers have the free afternoon to spend as they wish.
We are flexible on schedule and LGBTQ+ friendly.
Check out our profile on instagram @and tik tok - ask us for our links .
Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
Jardinería básica
Proyectos creativos DIY «hazlo tú mismo»
Cuidado de animales
Ayuda en una granja
Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos
Cocinar para toda la familia
Ayuda doméstica
Mantenimiento básico
Intereses
Autodesarrollo
Eventos y sociedad
LGBT+
Sostenibilidad
Mascotas
Películas y televisión
Agricultura
Bricolaje y manualidades
Cuidado de plantas
Música
Cocina y alimentación
Jardinería
Carpintería
Animales
Playa
Acampada
Naturaleza
Actividades al aire libre
Senderismo
Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión
Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje
Learn with us about food production in an organic system working with us in the land, learn how to care for the pigs and chickens. Plus there's the general maintanance of a farm so there's plenty opportunity to learn about it. Everyday something new may come up for you to learn and also teach us! We will be together everyday, exchanging knowledge, life stories and meals. We are alqays working on projects to improve our farm and improve the infrastructure, there's always work likepanting, plastering, building, carrying materials, etc
Proyectos con niños
En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.
Ayuda
We are seeking assistance with various tasks:
1. Planting and managing food garden
2. Caring for animals, including chickens and pigs
3. Cleaning and taking care of the volunteer house
4. Carpentry and construction.
5. Occasionally Dog sitting and house sitting when we need to leave the farm.
We prefer individuals with experience and enthusiasm in at least 1-2 of the tasks listed above.
It's important for us that volunteers are comfortable speaking English because, who runs most of the farm work is still learning Portuguese but it's fluent in English and we had some experiences with non-English speakers where the language barrier made life more difficult.
Idiomas hablados
Afrikaans: Fluido
Inglés: Fluido
Portugués: Fluido
Español: Intermedio
Italiano: Principiante
Alojamiento
We have 3 options of houses to host volunteers:
1) The white flat: it's a recently renovated space with a kitchen, bedroom, lounge, private bathroom and outdoor shower (private and heated, in a cool area, surounded by nature). It has 2 bunk beds => 4 people
2) The cob house: our newest house, built from materials from the land, with the help of many volunteers. It's a 1 bedroom (doble bad), 1 bathroom, 1 kitchen, small dining table => 2 people
3) The pink house: a comfortable 2 bedroom + 1 bathroom house, with a nice view. A fully equipped kitchen and all amenities for comfortable living. Common spaces are shared (kitchen, lounge, bathroom). This is a a house that we also rent for guests, so it's not always available for volunteers => 4 people
The food we provide: Grocery staples such as rice, beans, lentils, oats, coffee, sugar, pasta, flour, tea, oil, spices, etc. And also some eggs/veggies/fruits from the garden, depending on the season. Anything else, can be bought at the shop close to us, to which we provide rides when needed.
It's expected that you keep the house clean and take good care of it. From past experience with messy volunteers, we now require a weekly deep clean around the house, not just sweeping and doing dishes, to keep a good environment and energy but also to protect you from bugs and animals coming into the house.
Jacques and I live in a separate house in the same land, so we are close to help with anything and to share meals, conversations and experiences.
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The farm is in a quiet rural area, so don't expect much touristic activities at a walking distance.
There is a nice waterfall a 30-minute hike from the farm. We also have hammocks and bonfires at the house, and you can swim in the lake and use the barbecue. We love sharing meals, watching movies and hanging out with the volunteers.
On weekends, if you want to travel, there's a bus station in town (which is about 20min away by car. If we can't give you a ride there, an uber wil cost you R$80 / US$15).
We often visit the nearest market in town and also go to São Paulo quite often, and we can give you a ride.
We expect you to clean up after yourself and prepare your own meals.
The food we provide is from the organic garden when available, fresh eggs and dry goods such as coffee, rice, pasta, beans, oats, flour, salt, sugar, spices, etc. Other foods like meats, fruits, snacks, etc, are your responsibility.
Un poco más de información
Acceso a Internet
Acceso a Internet limitado
Tenemos animales
Somos fumadores
Puede alojar familias
Puede acoger a nómadas digitales
The internet is good but can go off sometimes, if it rains a lot and the power goes out
Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas
We have parking space for vans/motorhomes
Podría aceptar mascotas
Well-behaved pets are allowed. The volunteer house has a small fenced backyard for pets to be safe. But around the rest of the farm we ask people keep theis dogs on leashes for their own protection and of the farm animals.
¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?
Más de dos
Mis animales / mascotas
Caju
Caju
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My personal highlight was feeding the animals in the morning. They have pigs, sheep, ducks, geese, and chickens, and it’s such a nice experience because everyone is already waiting for you when you come up.
The hosts are kind and the work is… read more
We stayed in the pink house, with 2 other volunteers- the space is incredible literally feels like home, with everything you… read more
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My personal highlight was feeding the animals in the morning. They have pigs, sheep, ducks, geese, and chickens, and it’s such a nice experience because everyone is already waiting for you when you come up.
The hosts are kind and the work is… read more
We stayed in the pink house, with 2 other volunteers- the space is incredible literally feels like home, with everything you… read more
We… read more
They are both super friendly, communicative and always keen to help. They did a great job helping us build a cob house, installing the roof, plastering the wall, weeding the garden, cleaning up the workshop on a rainy day, making yogurt in the kitchen... Any task… read more
We had the best time helping build a cob house and helping in their kitchen making yogurt!
It was ther perfect balance of work and relax time and the accomodation was beautiful.
Could not recommend helping on their farm more, hopefully we will be back in the future!
They are super friendly, thoughtful and polite. They have a great energy, were always interested, eager to help, proactive and easy going.
They helped us with an eco build, mantaining the farm and even babysitting our 15month old.
I can't recommend them enough! It's like they are professional workawayers haha
They were able to help us in the early stages of an adobe house build (so a lot of heavy lifting) and it was great to have some extra help for that part. Both were very respecftul and cared for the house they stayed in, kept it… read more
Communication was always clear, they kept the house clean and organized and were always on time.
100% recommend them to other hosts.
We had an amazing time with them here. They are so thoughtful, energetic, respectful and loving people, it felt like having long time friends with us here. We even invited them to stay a bit longer cause no one was ready to say goodbye.
They helped us a lot with gardening and painting a beautiful… read more
Jean baked some amazing treats (beetroot chocolate brownie and sourdough bread <3) and they both were… read more
I learned a lot from Jacques during my stay (especially how to test new business ideas on a budget), but he also appreciated different perspectives from my side.
I also want to thank Eduardo for… read more
He helped us a lot in our building project, with good commmunication, dedication, great ideas and good energy at all times.
We are happy to recommend him to any host :)
the house provided for the workawayers is simply amazing, beautiful, well equipped and well located!
i enjoyed a lot my time with them, learning and helping and will be back soon!
thanks for… read more
They were always interested in learning and helping, even when they dind't have experience. We also had to stay away from the farm for a couple of days and they were super helpful housesitting and petsitting while we were gone.
They were carefull with the house and maintaned everything really well.
We would totally recommend them to other hosts!
It was really nice and fun staying with them.
The accomodation was more than perfect, the place was beautiful and peaceful, and everything we did was interesting.
We learned a lot about farming (a field we didn't really… read more
You will… read more
One more thing really good : the nature is greener than in every other… read more
Sharing the house with him was easy, he is very mindful of his space and very chill.
We recommend him as a Workaway, we all had a good time hosting him.
The farm offered a variety of tasks and also a tranquil setting to relax in.
Veronica was a lovely housemate for the 3 week stay and she cooked excellent food!
I would highly recommend this Workaway experience.
Expect physically demanding tasks but… read more
