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Update 29/09/20: In our donkey team we have room for one or two more volunteers from now! Please read our profile and if interested let me know.
Our donkey home is situated in eastern Asturias near the Picos de Europa mountains and consists of a house, stables, caravans for volunteers, apple orchards, woods and meadows - in total ca. 8 ha.
This project, set up by Dutch national Marleen, welcomes volunteers preferably for longer periods (minimum stay one month) as getting to know the 28 donkeys does take some time. The vast area of land and the stables also need attention.
This is a home for old, retired donkeys. There are also 5 horses, one dog and 9 cats.
Please note this is a vegetarian environment and we are looking forward to becoming tobacco free too.
Jardinage
Bricolage et projets de construction
Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille
Entretien général
Aider dans une ferme
Aider à la maison
S’occuper des animaux
Projets artistiques
Here you can learn mostly about animal care, but also vegan/vegetarian cooking and gardening.
Activities here are mostly outdoor and centered around the retired, but sometimes still very lively, donkeys. You will have a stable to look after and the donkeys will need grooming and feeding.
This is what one of our volunteers wrote about her stay:
'' My time at Marleen's with the donkeys was truly a transformational experience. I arrived a complete novice and really terrified of the donkeys, and now upon leaving, I feel like I've been managing donkeys all my life.
It's important to note that the working hours here are a bit different than some volunteering sites I've been to. Because you are caring for animals, the work days can be varied and long. There's always plenty of break times, but you should expect to stay busy with some aspect of animal care.
Days usually started at 8 with the donkey breakfast, followed at 9 by the helper breakfast until 10. Marleen makes a very delicious porridge with fancy toppings of nuts, dried fruits, and seeds, which you will dream about after you've gone.
After breakfast, it's back out to muck out stables and give straw. Then it's coffee break time around 11:30. After coffee, there is usually some work project to participate in (building fences, digging in the camping area) or just brushing and being with the donkeys. Lunch is usually around 1:30 or 2, and after lunch, we have free time until the evening donkey feeding around 5 or 6.
Marleen tries very hard to make sure helpers get time away to relax and see Asturias. She is also interested in letting helpers spend time doing the work they most like doing or encouraging work on projects they've come up with.
The landscapes around the DP are really beautiful and there's plenty of opportunity to walk the dog (or just walk yourself) around the back woods of the property. I was lucky to get to go on quite a few walks with the donkeys, which I highly recommend.
Food was always plentiful and delicious. Everyone lends a hand with cooking from time to time, which is a nice way of getting to know the food of other countries. "
*️️️️️️️️ We cook vegetarian and vegan food.
*️️️️️️️️ we are near to Arriondas which has good bus and train connections to the cities of Santander, Oviedo and Gijon.
English: Courant
Spanish: Courant
Dutch: Courant
Accommodation at the Donkey home:
- Spare bedroom in the main house
- Caravans
for up to ca 7 to 12 volunteers
We speak Dutch, English and Spanish.
Bienvenidos tambien los voluntarios de Espana u otros paises de habla Hispana!
Volunteers must like the outdoor life as the finca is 3 km from the village.
Asturias is in the North of Spain, between Galicia and Cantabria (West of the Basque country). This region is called the Costa Verde and as you can imagine it looks more like Scotland than what most people expect when thinking of Spain.
It's an ideal area for hiking, mountain walking (Picos de Europa, Redes, El Sueve..), mountain climbing, canoeing and of course we also have beaches (no sun guarantee though).
Oviedo is at 30/55km and Gijon at 45/70km. Of course you can arrange to take a few days off to go hiking in the Picos or walk part of the Camino de Santiago - we are very flexible.
You could combine your stay with the eco-camping project nearby - run by Dutch people and within 25 km in Asturias.
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
Plus de 2
5h a day, 5 days a week
Ce sont des évaluations supplémentaires en option lorsque les membres laissent un feedback. La note moyenne pour chaque option est affichée.
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