Share our family life and join our herd of horses in Prlekija, Slovenia

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  Description

  EDIT: possibly looking for volunteers to assist us from mid-August onwards in preparation for our international youth exchange which will take place mid-September. The work will be physical, ensuring the farm is a welcoming place to a group of 20 international young people coming here for a week. Possibility to participate via European Solidarity Corps (18-30, EU/EEA citizenship). Acommodation will be in wooden glamping huts on the property. Especially looking for anyone skilled in helping put up solar showers, compost toilets, solar panels, etc.
  
  Hello lovelies! I'm Sara and I own a small farm in a very rural setting in eastern Slovenia. It's partially my home, partially my organisation/work, and most importantly - a community that we co-create together with a bunch of coworkers, volunteers and friends. We've been hosting volunteers for several years now and loving the experience. This year a baby has joined our family which means that now a lot of our life revolves around the little one!
  
  I have a herd of 6 horses and an old farm that I've been renovating with the vision of turning it into a rural community/youth center. There's an old barn that we're turning into a tiny indoor riding arena & a common space where young people can hang out in their free time, a few guest rooms in the house & a lot of overgrown land that wants to become a garden.
  
  The family also consists of two dogs and a cat, our NGO's employees and local volunteers, and there are always super-friendly locals coming for a visit and a cup of coffee - so it's a quiet space, but full of animals and a sense of community.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage d'entretien

  Projets DIY créatifs

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Nature

  

  Animaux
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  In exchange, you get your own room, food, access to a bike and a car, the possibility to learn horsemanship skills - or just spend time with our wonderful herd - and the chance to be a part of a very rural, welcoming community surrounded by nature (and animals - our animals love to smother volunteers with love 😍). We'd love to eat some meals per week together.
  
  Horsey experience is not necessary as our herd is quite low-maintenance, but we've learned from experience that we don't always have a lot of time to teach you the basics of riding and working with horses if that's your goal, so some self-initiative is needed. If you're comfortable around horses, you're welcome to go on rides in the forest on your own or with the local volunteers and to play/train with the horses on a daily basis. For pony nerds, I'm fascinated by approaches such as Centered Riding, Academic Art of Riding, building a paddock paradise, and our horses go barefoot and bitless.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  We are looking for someone who'd lovingly help take care of the farm during the summer months - doing the basic tasks (mucking out and feeding horses) but also any of the various tasks depending on your skills and wishes such as - nurturing the garden, painting and decorating, training with the horses, helping with fencing and chopping wood, etc.
  
  We've five horses and a foal who live freely on about a hectare of land and the poop-picking is max. 1h/day, and the rest of the time is spent on various projects around the farm. It's physical work, but not overly hard.
  
  We also appreciate you co-creating the living space together with us and sharing cooking and housekeeping duties. Since the baby's arrival, this has become more and more important; we want the living space to be tidy and clean. While not a must, babysitting occasionally (but not much - my baby is slow with being comfortable alone with new people) would be appreciated.
  
  If you have skills that would be interesting to the local young people and community, we'd be happy to organise events and workshops together as well! :) We once organised an 'English tea party' with our UK volunteers for the local community and it was a blast.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Slovenian: Courant
  Français: Débutant
  Hollandais: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  The local kids & teens are always happy to practice their English with our volunteers and they'd be happy to teach you Slovenian in exchange!
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  Hébergement

  We have three guest rooms and you'd have your own room. We've just renovated them with natural materials (wood, straw, clay) and they're lovely, and we share the common space together (kitchen, living room).

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  Autres infos...

  We have a car just for volunteers and you're welcome to use it for trips in your free time - we're close to Hungary, Austria and Croatia, and we live in a beautiful wine region full of little charming places to see. Budapest is a train ride away, Vienna, Zagreb and Ljubljana are easily accessible by car and there is a mountain range full of hiking opportunities an hour's drive away + lots of lakes to go swimming in the summer.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  There's optic internet on the farm and volunteers have their own room, which offers enough privacy to work. The working hours are totally flexible and can be adjusted to your other responsibilities.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Un

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  Mes animaux

  Malakai

  Atina

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