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We are a Portuguese couple, with a girl born on July 2016, and a boy born on the 1st of January 2020, who lives in a small, isolated village, abandoned for 20 years. The river Mega runs through the valley. We moved to the countryside to be the change we wanted to see in the world.
We are working on setting up a natural garden, restoring the stone house, collecting and drying herbs for teas, making natural soaps, planting shiitakes, and setting a forest garden. Carlos is a graphic designer and illustrator and Luísa was an art restorer.
We are also implicated in saving seeds in a seeds association where we are volunteers. We care for what we eat.
We are a firm advocate of natural building, natural health, home birth and homeschooling.
We have good neighborhood with whom we swap help, seeds, plants, etc.
We have around 2,5 ha of land with a lot to discover under the brambles. We have 6 chickens, one cat and 3 donkeys.
We are looking for longer stays of up to one or two months, 15 days minimum.
Household tasks such as washing up and keeping clean the kitchen and bathroom are shared.
There will be plenty of time for swimming in the nearby river or long walks in the mountains.
Bring working gloves, clothes and boots, a sense of humor and, most importantly, enthusiasm! To keep this place as natural as it can be, don't bring harmful cosmetics.
Leave your tobaccos and alcohol at home.
We look forward to meeting you:)
Luisa, Carlos and Miranda
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiques
Pratique d’une langue
Aide avec des éco-projets
Enseignement
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
After a Permaculture Design Course and 1,5 year of volunteering (a month in Japan and the rest in Portugal, by bicycle), we embraced this adventure inspired by all the projects we met. We would love to share this experience with everyone who wants to shift life standards. We hope to inspire everyone who wants to live more close to nature and be respectful towards others.
We would like to host families (preferably and not exclusively) who would like to do homeschooling.
Projets impliquant des enfants
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Aide
Helpers are welcome and needed for clearing land, collecting and chopping fire wood, gardening, building fences,solar shower, compost toilet and natural building! Other tasks includes inoculate shiitake mushrooms, house keeping and plant trees.
We ask for 5 hours work/day, 5 days/week. We welcome nature-loving, down to earth, self-motivated and responsible people who like to be useful.
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Français: Courant
Portugais: Courant
Espagnol: IntermédiaireCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
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Hébergement
Accommodation is either in a little cottage we call the romantic house, or in a tent, in summer, if you really want to come in that particular date and the cottage is already occupied. We will also provide you 3 vegetarian meals. We have a normal bathroom that we share with volunteers.
Autres infos...
On Mondays, we go to the local market in Pedrógão Grande (15 km away) and go to the library. There are no public transports. Time off can be spent exploring the beautiful countryside with abundant wildlife. There are river beaches nearby: Poço da Corga, Mosteiro, Poço Tojeiro, Castelo Vale de Armunha, Barragem do Cabril
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
The room has a desk and 2 chairs and a good internet signal.
Espace pour garer des vans
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
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She taught so many things to our children. Songs, lullabies, scouts songs, Slovenian and Italian traditional songs! She was versatile and highly attentive to our children´s needs in a light and spontaneous manner. She was keeping a… read more
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She taught so many things to our children. Songs, lullabies, scouts songs, Slovenian and Italian traditional songs! She was versatile and highly attentive to our children´s needs in a light and spontaneous manner. She was keeping a… read more
During my stay, I primarily spent… read more
They are kind, genuine and easy to be around.
We helped with a lot of small and bigger tasks like for example restoring the chicken tractor and moving the chickens several times, preparing the land and putting a fence for the donkeys we were luckily… read more
they helped us to clean seeds, clear land, carry firewood, do the dishes and played a lot with Miranda and Silvestre. They taught them new games and played with them many card games and other board games. They… read more
Realizei diferentes tipos de trabalho e fui recompensado com ótimos mergulhos em vários rios e comida… read more
They accomplished… read more
Gracias por confiar en mí y dejarme al cuidado de vuestra casa mientras disfrutábais de vuestras merecidas vacaciones .
Poder disfrutar de un pueblo para mí sola , poder ver muy de cerca a venados , ha sido para mí una gran experiencia así como las caminatas que me di por el bosque para… read more
Brisa came to us like an angel. Destiny put her in our lives.
We needed to stay away for 2 weeks in September and she accepted to do homesitting without knowing in advance our place and the… read more
They are really open… read more
Sabrina is a lovely woman, dedicated, very helpful, always open to learning more.
We are very grateful for her help, and for her presence.… read more
Elliot stayed 2 weeks with us and was a HUGE help! He is thoughtful, generous, funny, energetic, positive and hardworking. Always ready to help carrying each task efficiently and independently. We had very interesting conversations. He did… read more
I enjoy the time on the countryside, forest area, living in the stone house in the middle of permacultural garden and the riverside nearby is magical place. The meals and food igredients had a great quality, garden stuff. Lovely. This family is very nice, good people. Wish You all the best! Hope that… read more
