Helping with daily tasks on our Finca in Garafia, La Palma, Canary Islands

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  Description

  We are a pretty new project (started in January 2021) in the North West of the island La Palma from the Canary Islands. We are located at 400 meters altitude and having a costal climate with possibilities of having tropical trees like mango, banana, avocado, papaya, etc... The finca has already a few full grown trees and many more in pots waiting to go into the ground. The aim is to become a self sustainable community farm by implementing permacultural visions into a food forest. We are on 400 meters altitude but walking to the ocean will take you 1 hour :)
  We love to make our own bread, to dry fruits, make jams, fermenting vegetables, making kombucha, etc…

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

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

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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We are situated in a very beautiful area on 400 meter hight, half our walk to the ocean. The island has a very mild climate, almost subtropical which gives lots of opportunities in the garden (ex. we have our own mango, avocado, pineapple, lemons, ... and a vegetable garden all year round. We have not so much production yet... little by little growing.
  
  The owner is a master carpenter and welder, a handy all around and has lots of experience with permaculture gardening and has the patience and talent teaching others. But don't expect to learn the profession here ... for that you would need to stay looooooooong time :)

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  Aide

  We would like help with landscaping, building walls of natural stones, reforming caves into usable spaces, helping in the garden, planting trees, cooking meals, cleaning common areas, picking fruits, weeding, etc...
  
  Now at the moment, we will start with digging holes for the grey water system. Do you love digging? with machines (the land is hard here ;) Then this is your place 🤪
  Also we are making walls with natural stones to make new planting areas. For this we are looking for the tipical Flintstone to break rocks and move them around.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Hollandais: Courant
  Catalan: Débutant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  I talk good dutch, french, spanish and english... I used to talk Croatian when I was a kid, I lost the language since my grandmother died ... I would love to reconnect with the language :)
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  Hébergement

  We have a natural cave with a double bed (possible for one person or a couple). It is very basic!! Really just a natural cave ;) No door, no window, no floor ... just sand and stones. There is a bed with a mattress, sheets, blankets and cushion. Also light and electricity. The beauty of sleeping in a cave is the energy, feeling of sleeping inside of Mother Earth and also the climate, fresh in the summer and warm in the winter.
  There is also a van with a double bed. The van has his own little kitchen.
  You can have a solar shower with an amazing view and a regular bathroom with for the moment cold shower (the boiler is defect). A cold shower, good for blood circulation and skin ;)
  A sauna and pool on our Wishlist... but not on the priority list.
  There is a common kitchen area with a fire place, oven, a fridge and other kitchen tools.
  The days we work together we like sharing one meal, the other days the kitchen is at your disposal to cook yourself. You should organise yourself with shopping your food for breakfast, dinner AND food in the weekends. Unfortunately we don't have yet much food on the farm for many people. Even not for us, we also still buy most of the food. We like good quality and healthy food and that's very expensive. That's why we only can offer one meal a day, the days you work.
  We work with Workawayers from Monday to Friday, 4,5 hours a day.

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  Autres infos...

  The local busstation is close by, on 15 minutes walking distance. To closest shop for buying food is on 2km distance (walking 40 minutes or reachable with the bus).
  
  The island offers a huge variety of micro climates and different vegetations from mountain peak of 2426m to volcanos and beaches. Many people come here to hike. Fishing, diving, boat trips, visiting salt mines, downhill rides, horse riding, ... many possibilities.

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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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  Espace pour garer des vans

  We have a nice little terrace but it has a steep entrance. The place is a 30 square meters.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  we work from Monday to Friday 4,5 hours a day.

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