Help around our ranch and garden in the Cariboo, BC, Canada

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  Description

  We are a family of 5 living on an organic ranch in the beautiful Cariboo region of BC's Interior.
  We are looking for someone to help us with our daily routine, including caring for animals, vegetables, fences, potentially the kids, our pets and improving our home

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Animaux de compagnie

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Ferme

  

  Menuiserie

  

  Photographie

  

  Livres

  

  Musique

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Jardinage

  

  Dessin et peinture

  

  Astronomie

  

  Animaux

  

  Sports d'aventure

  

  Camping

  

  Nature

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Sports d’hiver

  

  Voile / bateau

  

  Montagne

  

  Cyclisme

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Randonnée
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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 live in a beautiful area of Canada where people visit from all over the world every year. The opportunities for outdoor activities are endless.
  The ranch we live and work on is certified organic and animal welfare approved, we take great care of the land and received the environmental stewardship award for that as well in the past (2010).
  We do not expect our workawayers to help us with our business though, we are only looking for help with daily chores on the ranch, fencing, maintenance work around the house, the garden, getting firewood, haying, with the care for the animals and to potentially help us with our too energetic, sporty boys if possible.
  
  Workawayers can come along on hiking trips, go swim in the lake, come to the ski hills with us, ride their mountain bike or just breathe in the fresh air and listen to the birds or see a moose or a bear walk across the meadow.
  We love nature and spend as much time outside as possible. We also like playing games, sing songs or meet up with friends. Horsefly, the village we live in, has it's own little music festival in the summer (July usually) as well as lots of other things to explore.
  
  We try hard to show our guests and workawayers as much of our stunning area as possible during their stay.

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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

  Currently we are primary looking for somebody to help us on the ranch with all aspects of ranch life: lambing, calving, fencing, pasture improvement, forestry work as well as helping with building new and improving existing structures.
  
  We are also casually looking for help with bringing kids to school and picking them up after school as well as doing fun activities with them (crafts, drawing, painting, playing, music, sports), not exceeding 4-5 hours per day. Help around the house and help to get the garden ready and expanded in the spring would also be highly appreciated. No formal training for that is required only being open minded and responsible, honest and kind would be expected.
  
  If you are into sports, art & music and outdoor activities it will be a plus, as we spend a lot of time outside, rain or shine!
  
  Some projects we are planning for this year around our house will include: hopefully finally finishing a storage room in our garage, building a permanent woodshed/storage/carport/office building, and hiking, biking, swimming, canoeing, going to music festivals etc... life is never boring here as long as you enjoy nature!
  
  During spring, summer and fall (sometimes even in the winter) we often have multiple young (or older) people staying with us at the same time. Often they come from Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France) and are students doing their practicum at the ranch. We also regularly host students from TRU in Williams Lake for their applied sustainable ranching and agriculture program. The language spoken at home (within our family) is mainly German as we try to keep it going especially for the kids to continue to be bilingual. Everyone in our household speaks English fluently though as we need it daily for work etc.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Allemand: Courant
  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
  Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.
  
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  Hébergement

  Travellers can stay in a cabin either alone or together with another workaway/student. Whoever stays with us is looked at as being part of the family with all the duties a family member has to do. We always try to have meals together as a family which is extremely important to us.
  Our workawayers will always be included in our meals and daily routine as well as family activities if desired.
  We do eat meat (which comes exclusively from our own ranch), we bake our own bread and overall we try to live a very healthy lifestyle.
  The cabins are furnished with beds, table, chairs, the bigger cabin also has a fridge, coffee maker and electric board heaters. It sleeps 3 (4) people. The smaller cabin is very rustic but cozy and has a little wood stove in it. It sleeps one person. Workawayers will have breakfast at their cabins, lunch either at their cabins or at our house. We always eat dinner together as a family including our workawayers, guests and friends or whoever is currently staying with us. There is a bathroom that workawayers can use in one of the main houses a few meters away from the cabins. If the cabins get too cold in the winter, workawayers can move into the main house if needed.

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  Autres infos...

  There is no public transportation available where we live. We have extra bicycles and are willing to share other recreational toys.
  
  The village of Horsefly is only a few minutes away, where daily necessities can be purchased. There is a local famers market held every Saturday from spring to fall. Post office, gas station are in the village.
  The next bigger city is Williams Lake, BC (airport, university, hospital, etc) and is one hour away by car (no public transportation).
  
  The region we live in is known for its breathtaking landscape, abundance of wildlife and endless outdoor opportunities. World known mountain bike trails, too many to count lakes, hiking trails, skiing, etc...as well as a vivid music and art scene with ongoing events throughout the year.
  
  If workawayers are looking for a place where they can hear the coyotes howl while they are having dinner, then this is their spot. If experiencing tranquility outside and after a day of busy family life sounds like an overwhelming feeling then we might not be the right fit.
  We appreciate clear communication about expectations and honesty in all aspects. Our family is busy with our kids, jobs, ranch etc. We try to do fun activities together as often as our jobs allow them (kids birthday parties, hiking trips, sightseeing trips, swimming, playing games, doing sports etc. )
  Workawayers with interest in sports like Tennis, Badminton, Horseback riding, Mountain biking, Swimming, Skiing, Snowboarding, Skateboarding, Soccer, Basketball are extremely welcome :-)
  Workawayers who are playing instruments like piano or guitar are also very welcome as we have both in our household.
  
  If workawayers have medical conditions that require close proximity to a hospital, we must remind everyone that the next hospital is one hour away and there is no family doctor available where we live.
  Workawayers must have their own health insurance.
  
  As much as we like having people around all year, as much do we enjoy family time as well. We ask everyone kindly to please respect our privacy as we will respect yours.
  Living together under one roof can have its challenges, but we want to make the experience a good one for everybody involved. We expect our workaways to help with household tasks like cleaning up after themselves, helping with dishes after dinner as if they would be at their own home. Workawayers are also responsible to clean their cabins after their stay and keep their bathrooms tidy so the next person can enjoy it as well.

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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

  a motorhome or campervan can easily be parked at our house

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