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A family with a mum (38), dad (36), Two daughters (11 and 19) and one son (8).
We are sami people, the indiginous people in Norway. We live in the NORTH of Norway, Karasjok.
Dad is a fulltime reindeer herder.
Mum works with different kinds of media.
We have 1 dog and our own reindeer heard. In wintertime dad spends much time on the tundra with our reindeer and summertime he has more time with the family at home. But we do spend much time around the reindeer in summertime also.
Right now we are looking for different kinds of people to join, and help us.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiques
Pratique d’une langue
Enseignement
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Aide informatique/internet
Centres d’intérêt
Vidéographie
Animaux de compagnie
Culture
Photographie
Musique
Menuiserie
Blogs
Animaux
Plage
Sports d'équipe
Nature
Montagne
Camping
Danse
Fitness
Sports d'aventure
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
You will learn and experience an unique culture where people lives with and for the reindeers. In wintertime you Get to know the arctic weather which is kinda rough with its down to -40 Degrees.
Our meals are very often made of reindeer meat. That means that we also need to kill and slaughter some of our reindeer. You'll be able to be a part of this work also.
In wintertime we use snowmobiles, summertime we have ATV/UTV to travel to the reindeers, and you will have the possibility to come with us.
Reindeerhusbandry in Norway has had some rough and tough time the last winters. Too much snow and warmer climate makes the snow melt, and it turns into ice. This means that the animals doesn’t find their food under the snow. This is a direct result of the climateschanges. And all the reindeers need to be fed with hay and pellets. We need some extra hands here :)
You will be able to learn the sami and the norwegian language.
Mum and dad are both joikers, wich is the sami way of singing. We sure would learn you how to joik.
Projets impliquant des enfants
Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.
Aide
We mostly need help with daily family life, cleaning and organizing, cooking, fence repair, berrypicking. Many opportunities.
If you are good with filming or editing, we appreciate if you can teach us something :)
Our kids are very much into sports, especially soccer and artpainting. Its a big plus if you have any experiences with coaching kids in these themes. But it is not a requirement.
Dad Also needs some help On the mountains, either to help Him while feeding the reindeers, with mechanical stuff with our vehicles, Housekeeping, carpentry or whatever shows up:)
This years plan so far:
February:
Looking for someone who has some experience with handicrafts. Wanna learn some Sami handcraft? :)
Januar/february/march: .
We are especially looking for someone Who has the vibe with dogs. We have puppies that need some extra caring hands and love now. That also means cleaning their bed and Room daily.
Arctic and cold weather (Often between -25 to -35 degrees) **EXTREME**
Dad is on the tundra most of the time. Mum needs help at home. You can see the northern lights almost every night now.
Reindeerhusbandry in Norway has had some rough and tough time the last winters. Too much snow and warmer climate makes the snow melt, and it turns into ice. This means that the animals doesn’t find their food under the snow. This is a direct result of the climateschanges. And all the reindeers need to be fed with hay and pellets. We might need some extra hands here :)
April:
THE SUN IS BACK for real, and its the best time to be outside now! the whole family is spending almost every weekend with dad In our cabin:)
Wanna try icefishing with us? Skiing? Or other funny things in the snow?
At the same time its now time for the easterfestival here. Many things to experience; reindeers races, snowcross, joikconcerts etc. google sami easterfestival :)
May:
The climate is getting kinder. Maybe we have +degrees now:)
The reindeers are getting ready to give birth to the calves. We need to be very careful.
If we have a little extra time
Maybe You will be able to try living like our ancestors did, back In the days: in lavvo with bonfire, an amazing experience!
June:
- We start marking the reindeer calves with earmarking. Theese are the cutest animals you will ever see! ❤️
We need help to chase the reindeers to the fence, hold and handle the calves while we mark the ears. NOTE! It will bleed a little, so you have to endure seeing blood.
- We also start to repair the many fences we have. We are staying on the mountains in 1-2 weeks . Still living in a lavvo/tent.
- The exterior panels on our house need new paint. Maybe you could be a helping hand on this?
July:
- Still repairing and putting up a new fences.
- The exterior panels on our house need new paint. Maybe you could be a helping hand on this?
- Second part of this years earmarking of the reindeer calves. This time we have moved with the reindeer to the biggest mountains we have here. That means that we are surrounded by the most spectacular nature we have here. Google: Livnas Porsanger Norway. Note! You may have to walk up the mountains because We only got one atv. But that will be a wonderfull hikingtrip😊
Also, Say hello to the mosquitos :) NOT dangerous ones :)
August:
- Still repairing and putting up a new fences.
- Now the berries in our fantastic nature are ready to be picked. We pick blueberries, cloudberries and lingonberries, and have a berryparadise just outside the door.
- The exterior panels on our house need new paint. Maybe you could be a helping hand on this
Sept:
- Still repairing and putting up a new fences.
Time to have the reindeer in the fence again, but this time we are on the coast.
Get ready for a little exercise, because the reindeers we are going to handle this time is much bigger then the small calves from last time. We are looking for the ones who can handle long and hard workingdays. Its an advantage if you're in a good shape. We separate reindeers and send them with an animaltransportation trailer to the slaughterhouse. We also slaughter reindeers by hand, and would be happy for your help here. Its an advantage if you have any experience with slaughtering, But not a must. Note!
You have to endure seeing that we kill and slaughter the reindeers.
- The exterior panels on our house need new paint. Maybe you could be a helping hand on this
Oct:
The leaves have fallen and the night frost has arrived. The earth is getting ready for winter.
Mum needs help with her videoproject. Are you a good videographer? Videoediting? Or do you have any other experiences with filming?
Please take contact. (oct/nov/dec)
Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Norwegian: Courant
Sami: CourantCet 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.
Hébergement
You will be staying and living with us, in our house when we are home, and with us in our place on the mountains with our reindeers. We may have a caravan for the volunteers as their private room.
Most of our meals are with meat (reindeer, pork, chicken+). Dont expect vegetarian food.
Autres infos...
We have the sami parlament here in town And some other sami tourist attractions. In wintertime the cold and rough weather will give you an experience you wont find other places. In wintertime You will experince the northernlight almost every evening.
Other things we do: drive snowmobiles or atv/utv, go fishing on lakes in the mountains, flyfishing in one of Norways best Salmonrivers Lakselva.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des vans
Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.
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We are so grateful for the chance to get to know her. She is a loving and very easy going person. She is really easy to communicate with and is a dutiful person.
She lived with us about 2 months, and helped us a lot with all kind of jobs, from cooking dinners to reindeer herding.
She had a good vibe and understanding with all… read more
No words exist to describe how wonderful it was to stay with Elle and her family, no words can say how much I love them, neither how many times a day I think about them, neither how grateful I am for all I have been experiencing in… read more
Cande and Gabi were very positive and took all the challenges of work that we had for them. Hjelped us with painting some Walls in our cabin, learned the kids some gymnastics (Cande… read more
Per Inge and Elle are grate people and kids are so nice.
They helped a lot in making dreams true, but not only for the Christmas or the Northern lights or all the awesome nature, also living all this dreams… read more
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We are so grateful for the chance to get to know her. She is a loving and very easy going person. She is really easy to communicate with and is a dutiful person.
She lived with us about 2 months, and helped us a lot with all kind of jobs, from cooking dinners to reindeer herding.
She had a good vibe and understanding with all… read more
No words exist to describe how wonderful it was to stay with Elle and her family, no words can say how much I love them, neither how many times a day I think about them, neither how grateful I am for all I have been experiencing in… read more
Cande and Gabi were very positive and took all the challenges of work that we had for them. Hjelped us with painting some Walls in our cabin, learned the kids some gymnastics (Cande… read more
Per Inge and Elle are grate people and kids are so nice.
They helped a lot in making dreams true, but not only for the Christmas or the Northern lights or all the awesome nature, also living all this dreams… read more
She came to a Family who were very sceptical to workaway and volunteers. We had not done this before, so she was our first.
But we could feel the calm energy around her right away, and she just melted in our Family.
She is very easy to communicate With and has an understanding on kids. Our kids fell all in love… read more
I got to learn a lot about Sami… read more
