Stay near a forest and help create an organic garden near La Fortuna, Costa Rica

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  Description

  Hola from Costa Rica! We live in a little town called "El Bosque". We are a family of four, two adults and two daughters. Our house is surrounded by nature where we see a lot of birds everyday. We practice sports. We do not have pets.
  
  In the back of our property there’s a creek and a private reserve. Our neighbors say that since we do not have pets, they think that’s the reason why we receive a lot of wildlife “visitors” like: frogs, scarlet and green macaws, agouties, coaties and even monkeys.
  
  In our project, we’re working on trails so that the wildlife can feel “free and safe” wandering around and look for their food in the wild. We also have an organic garden free of pesticides where we grow medicinal plants and some vegetables. The work to do here would be to give maintenance to the trails and the garden.
  
  We are not vegetarians but like to eat healthy food, lots of fruits and vegetables. We have some fruit trees and grow pineapples. We are now making kombucha, kefir and other fermented foods.
  
  We have a guest room with private bathroom. All our members cooperate on the house chores. We classify our waste. We make compost. We like cultural and folkloric activities and travel around our province to visit those events.
  
  We do not drink alcohol or do any drugs. Once a week we have friends come over to have a "table games night". We do a hike in the nearby trails we have around our town.
  
  We like and study languages like French and Italian. We always welcome guests and foreign students. We'd love to share our beautiful country with you.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage d'entretien

  Aide à la maison
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Dev. durable

  

  Culture

  

  Vie en van

  

  Dev. personnel

  

  Ferme

  

  Bénévolat

  

  Soin des plantes

  

  Musique

  

  Histoire

  

  Bricolage / artisanat

  

  Livres

  

  Art et design

  

  Photographie

  

  Langues

  

  Jardinage

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Astronomie

  

  Camping

  

  Fitness

  

  Nature

  

  Sports d'équipe

  

  Montagne

  

  Danse

  

  Plage

  

  Sports nautiques

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Randonnée

  

  Cyclisme

  

  Sports d'aventure
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We live near La Fortuna - Arenal volcano area. Near us there are a lot of cultural and folkloric events. Most of these cultural events are free of charge. We always participate in those events.
  
  We like and study languages like French and Italian. We can help you learn Spanish.
  
  We like sports. We like biking, swimming, hiking and running. We have an spare bicycle that you can use.
  
  We do not drink alcohol or do any drugs. Once a week we have friends come over to have a "table games night". We do a hike in the nearby trails we have around our town.

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  Aide

  The kind of help we'd like is someone who likes working with plants, trees, soil, rocks and at a vegetables garden.
  We would be helping with the person in the trails and garden. The chores would be: clearing trails, outlining trails, removing weeds, planting vegetables.
  
  We provide rubber boots and gloves.
  
  Right now we are covering the grass with cardboard to control its fast growth because we do not use pesticides.

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Français: Intermédiaire
  Italien: Intermédiaire

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  Hébergement

  We have a guest room with a private bathroom. It has a double bed, shelves and a fan. There's hot water. It´s clean.
  
  Our kitchen is basic but with a big window to the garden.
  
  We eat our meals in the terrace with view of the garden.
  
  The house has a lot of big windows which makes it easy to see the wildlife that visits us everyday.
  
  We are not vegetarians but like to eat healthy food, lots of fruits and vegetables. We have some fruit trees and grow pineapples. We are now making kombucha, kefir and other fermented foods.

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  Autres infos...

  We live near La Fortuna - Arenal volcano where there a lot of tours and activities to do. Bus ride is 20 min away. There are several buses a day to La Fortuna.
  
  We do not allow drinking alcohol or drugs, not even marihuana.
  
  The person would need to shower everyday. We have a very hot and humid weather which makes us sweat a lot. That is why we require to shower everyday. The person can shower after working or twice a day.

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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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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  In our area, it rains at any time of the day, any day of the year, so we would require to work most mornings. If it rains in the morning, we can switch to working in the afternoons. We are open to changes. We are also open to change the work schedule, if you want to take a tour in La Fortuna.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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