Holly

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Living and working in Guangzhou. Can only do weekend trips in Asia until the holidays

Descripción

I graduated from a natural sciences degree (Zoology, psychology, biochemistry, history and philosophy of science) in Cambridge last year. Since then I spent half the year travelling, couch surfing and workawaying, sometimes alone, sometimes with friends, occasionally in groups. The best experiences and memories always come from the workaways I do – I thrive when I have goals to work towards, can learn and apply new skills and immerse myself into a specific way of life for a longish period. The second half of the year I’ve spent teaching English and science in Guangzhou, China full time.
I am open-minded, curious and hard-working. I don't need creature comforts, routines or high hygiene standards. I enjoy doing practical things, such as building, painting, making things and am not afraid of being exhausted or pushed out my comfort zone if the task is enjoyable. I also love animals, hence the zoology degree and certainly not afraid of any creatures that can’t hurt me. Can ride a moped/ motorbike but no drivers license for cars. I can speak conversational French and am learning mandarin.

Experience:
Au-pair in France for a month teaching english. Production team for St Johns May Ball – using heavy tools to build large sculptures out of wood or other materials. Workaway in Italy gardening, painting, animal husbandry. Workaway in Serbia building an outdoor kitchen using hemp plus spatial design and carpentry. Workaway in Berlin building a 100 year old boat using heavy tools including drills, circular saws, miter saws, grinders.


Skills
Power tools: circular saw, jigsaw, miter saw, angle grinder, drill
Gardening
Mudding walls
Animal husbandry
Painting and spray painting
Art and Design
Teaching

Intereses

Trabajo de caridad

Autodesarrollo

Arte y diseño

Fotografía

Escritura

Autostop

Dibujo y pintura

Carpintería

Animales

Naturaleza

Montaña

Acampada

Senderismo

Ciclismo

Idiomas hablados

Inglés: Fluido
Francés: Intermedio

Habilidades y conocimientos que quiero compartir o aprender

Me interesa:  

Proyectos ecológicos

Trabajo de caridad

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Ciertos conocimientos de:  

Jardinería

Proyectos de construcción y bricolaje

Vida en una granja

Cuidado de animales

Idiomas

Proyectos artísticos

Enseñanza

Que habilidades tienes?

Carpentry: comfortable with powertools including past use with circular saws, jig saws, drills as well as experience with dimensioning.
Gardening: experience of gardening from a previous workaway
Creative: Enjoy fine art but also love more expressive forms of creativity.
Animals: huge animal lover and have owned chickens, bees, parrots, tarantulas etc and cats with experience handling further animals (plus a degree in zoology).
Experience teaching: I taught science and English in China for a summer as well as other experience in tutoring.

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