Beautiful Hostel On a Crystal Clear River in Rio Nuevo, Jamaica

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  Description

  Update: July 2020:
  
  We are so sorry to say, we cannot accept any volunteers coming into the country at this time.
  Please stay up to date with travel protocols at Visit Jamaica.
  Understand there is no way to get around the entry protocols at the current moment that would allow you to volunteer with us. Basically, they aren't playin here!
  
  For Workaways still in Jamaica:
  
  Thanks so much for considering this place as a new location during your stay Jamaica
  
  These are challenging times for sure. At the moment we have a wonderful vibe here.
  Everyone who is currently here chose to stay in Jamaica because of the place and all it has to offer!
  The wonderfully spacious and secure property; the facility and amenities; the on property private taxi available for hire; the closeness to Ocho Rios; the beautiful river in our backyard; the convenience of local shops; a washing machine and running water!!!
  
  Oh my gosh, you don't want to leave in easy times much less in lockdown days!!!
  
  
  Send us a message and we'll let you know what's going on here and the opportunities we are offering
  
  March 2020 Update:
  IMPORTANT INFO and OPPORTUNITY
  At the moment, we (Em, Al and baby Maya) are abroad, and our place is being managed by several co managers.
  We are very interested in long term applicants, from 3 months up, ideally one year who would want to be co managing the place with the possibility of making money through the development of pending projects design to increase the current incomes.
  If you are interested for this once in a life time experience and dive into the Jamaican culture, learn all the extend of what it is like to run a hostel, create projects, supervise helpers, be a amazing host, create your own income, etc you are welcome to apply for that specific volunteering position at any time of the year. We will let you know the possibilities. Yoga teachers, project coordinators and experienced hostel mangers are ideal and more than welcome.
  Currently, the co managers are:
  - Blacks, who his my husband cousin, and who's main duty is to drive the route taxi daily so he isn't much available to welcome guests on site and supervise the team of helpers.
  - Long term volunteers are on site Team, they will welcome and supervise you once you're here.
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  DESCRIPTION OF THE PLACE AND THE PROJECT.
  Hello!
  We are Emilie, a French 39 yo lady, and Allwyn, a 33 yo Jamaican man and Maya, our 1,5 yo home born baby girl.
  We ve been welcoming about 50 volunteers over this 1,5 year of construction and business, which was an overall excellent experience that we wish to continue this coming year.
  
  We moved in June 2018 in our new paradise home which is literally BY a cristal clear RIVER (Rio Nuevo) located :
  - 10 min walk away from the beautiful Rio Nuevo beach
  - 10 min driving away from Ocho Rios
  - 15/ 25 min drive from several beautiful breathtaking off the track and free spots : spring water waterfalls falling in the River, mega rope swing in a Blue Hole from a bridge in White River, waterfall falling on a beach, etc...
  - 15/25 min drive from major touristic famous attractions.
  
  About the property we RENT, it :
  -has one river side, one road side and 2 neighbours sides.
  - is about 1000 m2 (1/4 acre), land with a big lawn in the middle and fruit trees and different light buildings spread around the land
  - now counts about 11 bedrooms :
  one cottage of 2 bedrooms with attached bathroom and one common bathroom,
  another cottage that count 2 bedrooms by the road side, a family room for 4 and a dorm of 6,
  An extra big kitchen is set up under a huge white tent that is the guests and volunteers' kitchen.
  a wooden family Tree house newly built with :
  at ground level : one bedroom of 3 and a managers bedroom and a large wooden yoga deck overlooking the river that also have other purpose, and in the first flore, 3 double bedroom with one attached bathroom, a common space and another nice wooden kitchen overlooking the river.
  - a private stairs to the river (see-through water, deeper and longer pool allowing to swim long laps
  - an amazing river "playground" right here upstream (little falls to massage strong your body, jacuzzi style green holes, little caves and beaches, jumps, river hike, etc)
  
  About us :
  - Al and I are both yoga teachers, and also have various interests and skills.
  - Ally is also a bee keeper and take care of a dozen hives to produce honey (that are not on the property),
  - he used to work for years as a cohost (before he was yoga teacher) in a place where they were welcoming guests on regular yoga retreats and develops excellent cooking skills.
  - He's been living 8 years in the area and tour guiding groups of people from yoga retreats
  - I have been living 2 years in Jamaica,
  - I am also a qualified life coach and body-mind-soul therapist, as well as a massage therapist (biodynamic rebalancing bodywork, and traditional wellness massages like Californian, Swedish etc)
  - I ve been a Airbnb host for 5 years in France in the apartment I used to rent in Marseille
  -I used to have 2 restaurant in France and have excellent cooking skill
  and I am a born teacher or trainer (from Primary school teaching, to languages, to massages, to yoga, to self development workshop, etc)
  Learning and transmitting my knowledges and experiences is my passion.
  
  Our place has a tremendous potential for organising many different types of events and this is what we will work on this coming year to keep having activities there during low season when almost no tourists are on the island, and we also want to make it be a place for sharing our passion for yoga and self growth.
  
  Also, because I love recycling and DIY stuff, we have the project to built several different kind of rooms out of recycled items someday.(see DIY building igloo from milk bottles, house from plastic bottles, and many other fantastic ideas shared online!)
  
  Ideally a minimum of 3 volunteers would permanently cover the daily work and presence required, over 3 shifts during the day (8am-12/12-4pm/ 4-8pm : maintenance and cleaning of the property, bedrooms, etc mostly in the morning, and welcoming guests during the check in time in the afternoon (3 to 8pm), cooking for guests on demand...
  
  Also, WE LOVE YOUR TALENT WE HOST YOUR EVENTS!! is a new way of promoting and supporting our local community and volunteers!! If you have skills that can be displayed during an event or a retreat (you teach yoga?danse?anything else? perform something?) we'd be more than happy to make it happen with you in our venue ;-))
  
  This said, we'll be still working by distance and communicating with Blacks as often as necessary, same with you if you need to;-)
  Finally, we have a long term project to develop with bamboos : I am passionate in this natural amazing eco friendly material that grows easily in Jamaica, so we learnt how to treat them naturally to make them suitable for constructions, furnitures and art craft.
  
  LAST but not LEAST : be aware that coming here means to be willing to learn and grow in consciousness. We will give you many opportunities to act and speak mindfully and improve these skills. Working with us will give you an opportunity to get to know yourself better through our interactions and to practice “here and now” way of living, mindfulness and Non Violent Communication if you want to. If you are not familiar yet with these terms and want to know more, make some researches :-)
  
  You will also have opportunities to interact with guests and other volunteers and even to organise guided road trips (from half day to several days) with other volunteers and Al at the discount price we only offer to volunteers. They just love these kind of trips!!
  
  PS : One more detail. Jamaica is an expansive and noisy country in general and our place can be noisy too at times because of the environment activities (garage, bar, trucks and motorbikes from the road side). So if you choose our place because you carry a fantasy of a remote and completely silent retreat place, you may be disappointed. But being here, if noise occurs, you can always ask our nice and comprehensive neighbours to turn it down, or choose to look at the river (paradise) side of the property rather than any other side ;-) It's all about mind fullness and mind focus again, where do I want to look at? In life, what you look at is where you go, so better be mindful.
  
  PSS: some helpers have contacted us to come and help , feeling a bit lost in their life, and finally ended up booking online coaching session with me...As a therapist, my speciality is to empower people with their own life and help them be the creator of the life they truly want, and finally be happier.
  It's never too late or too early to learn more about yourself, the law of creation and how to apply it in your daily life and make yourself happier than before!! Need private session? Contact me! Emilie

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Projets DIY créatifs

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison
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  Centres d’intérêt

  

  Vie en van

  

  Événements/vie sociale

  

  Culture

  

  Écriture

  

  Cuisine et alimentation

  

  Livres

  

  Randonnée

  

  Montagne

  

  Activités en plein air

  

  Sports d'équipe

  

  Sports d’hiver

  

  Plage

  

  Fitness

  

  Danse

  

  Camping

  

  Yoga / bien-être

  

  Sports nautiques

  

  Voile / bateau

  

  Nature

  

  Sports d'aventure
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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

  Cultural exchange is very easy with all the other helpers, with the local community when you hang around at Simmos corner shop next door, when you meet Fraiser one of our neighbour who loves meeting helpers, etc
  And when we are on site, we will of course give you the best we can since cultural exchanges and learning from them have been our life for many years.
  (I used to lived abroad and travel the world most my life and speak 5 languages.I have a very rich backgrounds in term of variety of place to live and different environments, jobs, skills, interests that I develop along the amazing journey of life...)
  
  Life is a learning process and we are always happy to share and teach whatever when we can, and learn from others as well.
  
  Not mentioning the great opportunity Ally offered to volunteer being a local Jamaican and so active in his daily activities: some got the chance to go with him in the wild observe or catch bees, and so on, unique experiences!!! Some got the traditional Sunday Jerk chicken, etc...
  
  and most of all this is a place to meet other great people like you, exchange ideas, past host experiences, contacts, etc.

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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

  You potentially may be ask to help us in :
  
  - the daily maintenance/cleaning of the guest house and the family home.
  - hosting guests (welcoming, informing, ...)
  - construction works (wood and bamboo mostly)
  - marketing our place and projects, online or in town
  - create a permaculture garden
  - taking care of our online platforms/social medias
  - babysitting (when we're not abroad)
  - making craft or art craft
  
  We need workers to :
  
  - be autonomous with their work once explained, and their time (you count your hours).
  - communicate daily with us and update us about your tasks
  - express sincerely their feelings when needed, using NVC patterns (you can learn and practice here)
  - to be responsible for their words and acts (visit "ecoutetoncorps.com" website to learn more about it, english language available)
  
  Each host has specific requirements for the volunteers :
  I know it from experience as I was volunteering 2 years ago in Jamaica in different places, and sometimes they would required us to work only boring cleaning work for 6hours a day and no food was provided, or 5 hours with partly food provided, or to pay a fee for the accommodation and or food because they hire a chef to cook for the group of volunteer, etc.
  
  Our requirements are 4 hours per day, 5 days per week, 2 days off usually on weekends, but flexibility about it is required according to the needs of the business. And every one is responsible for his own food, the big shared outdoor kitchen is a social place where people can eat or cook together ;-)
  We are honest and fair in what we ask, and in exchange, like few places can offer, you will have tremendous opportunities and a beautiful river spot to live and share in :-)

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Berber: Intermédiaire
  Allemand: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  I have learnt them at university and taught them at school
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  Hébergement

  Volunteers are accomodated in our cute 6 beds dormitory. (3 bunkbeds). During low season (april to mid december)
  you are very likely to have your own bedroom since almost no guests are here. (sometime during high season you may be ask to use a tent with mat or a hammock if too many guests and volunteers were there suddenly).

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  Autres infos...

  Taxi transportation are available directly out the property. It's 100 Jed to go to Ochy. Many nice beaches and rivers are all around the area, Al is an excellent guide and will give good advise. Airport transfert and other taxi services can be provided on demand.

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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

  Great speed internet. Bedroom has a desk.

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  Cet hôte a dit qu’il acceptait les personnes voyageant avec un animal.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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