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- Looking for volunteers from April 2023 -
Located in Varangerbotn/Vesterelv, Nesseby Municipality in North Norway. Ragne is grown up in a Sami familiy with thousands of reindeer. The big herd of reindeer are up in the mountains the whole year around, but Ragne has a few reindeer at home in a fenced area in winter time. This might be reindeer that need special care due to different reasons.
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THE HELP IN MARCH
- Feeding reindeer
- Help with feeding the reindeer in the mountains
- Feeding and watering dogs
- Cleaning dog yards
- Walking with dogs
- Snow shoveling
- General housework, cleaning
- Different tasks inside and outside of the house
- General maintance, fixing fences etc
- Cooking
IMPORTANT:
It is not possible to do dog sledding.
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THE HELP APRIL
- Feeding reindeer
- Help with feeding the reindeer in the mountains
- Feeding and watering dogs
- Cleaning dog yards
- Walking with dogs
- Snow shoveling
- General housework, cleaning
- Different tasks inside and outside of the house
- General maintance, fixing fences etc
- Cooking
- Clearing trees
- Cleaning outside
IMPORTANT:
Usually the snow starts melting in the beginning of April. It is not possible to do dog sledding.
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THE HELP IN MAY
- Feeding and watering dogs
- Help with transporting reindeer to the mountains
- Walking dogs
- Cleaning dog yards
- Cleaning and clearing areas outside
- General housework, cleaning
- General maintance, fixing fences etc
- Cooking
IMPORTANT: From the end of may, sun never sets, and you can experience up to 24 hours of sunlight - the midnight sun. It is "daylight" all night long, be aware :). This month I will bring my tame reindeer to the mountains, and after that it won't be work with the reindeer. It will be possible to see wild reindeer in the nature around.
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THE HELP IN JUNE
- Feeding and watering dogs
- Cleaning dog yards
- Fencing (Fixing dogfences, reindeer fences etc)
- Painting
- Help with building (a carpenterer would be great!:)
- Cutting a d clearing trees
- Helping out in the garden
- General housework, cleaning
- Walking with dogs
IMPORTANT: From the end of June we have a lot of mosquitos. It is NOT a lot of dog-training in this period.
From the end of may, sun never sets, and you can experience up to 24 hours of sunlight - the midnight sun. It is "daylight" all night long, be aware :)
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THE HELP IN JULY
- Cleaning dog yards
- Walking with dogs
- Fencing (Dogfences, reindeer fences etc)
- Painting
- Cutting trees
- Helping out in the garden
- General housework, cleaning
- Cooking
- Walking with dogs
IMPORTANT: We have a lot of mosquitos in july! In this period, the sun never sets, and you can experience up to 24 hours of sunlight - the midnight sun. It is "daylight" all night long, be aware :).
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THE HELP IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER
- Feeding and watering dogs
- Cleaning dog yards
- Dog training
- Fencing (Fixing dogfences, reindeer fences etc)
- Painting
- Cutting and clearing trees, making firewood
- Helping out in the garden
- Picking berries
- General housework, cleaning
- Cooking
- Help with reindeer
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THE HELP IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
- Feeding and watering dogs
- Cleaning dog yards
- Feeding and taking care of reindeer
- Snow shoveling
- Cutting trees
- Help to cut down reindeer meat into smaller chunks
- General housework, cleaning
- Cooking
- Fence building
- General mainteance
- Fixing fences
IMPORTANT:
From november until middle of January we have complete darkness. It can reach -40 degrees Celcius.
Please also note that we will be slaughtering some reindeer. You will NOT be asked to kill any reindeer, but we will skin and butcher reindeer, and may ask for some help with this. After taking the meat back home, we will need to cut it down into smaller chunks that we can easily pull out of the freezer to eat. You will be expected to help cut down the meat.
It won't be any opportunity to do dog sledding.
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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Driver’s License
• In good physical shape and used with physical work
• Strong
• You do not have any health problems that limits you in doing physical work
• Great communication skills
• Hardworking, responsible, and FLEXIBLE with help and helping hours
• You MUST be INDEPENDENT and a self-starter. If there’s not something going on, it’s really nice to have someone that just starts doing small tasks.
• Minimum age 24
• You have to be able to work alone, but also in team
• You are NON smoker
• You have big sense of humor :D
• Handyman/used with using tools (No need to have professional skills)
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YOUR APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE:
• A few sentences about yourself, your age and where you’re coming from
• A few sentences about why you want to volunteer here
• How long you intend to stay + dates
• Previous Workaways and past work experiences, your experience with animals
• Language Skills
• Allergies or dietary restrictions
• Are you a handyman or not? Used with fixing things?:)
If you don’t include the information I am asking for, I can’t accept your application.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Jardinage
Bricolage et projets de construction
S’occuper des animaux
Aide dans une ferme
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
You will learn about huskies, dog-care, reindeer and about the sami culture.
Here are a lot of opportunities, and what you learn depends on how active, motivated and receptive you are, and what time of the year you are coming here.
We are remote, with only 900 inhabitants in the entire municipality. There is a village 5km away with a restaurant and bar, musem and a few other things. It is possible to get a bus to the nearby towns, but the busroutes are limited.
- Tana Bru is 20km away
- Vadsø is 55km away
- Kirkenes is 120km away
These places have amenities like cinemas, pubs, shopping centres etc.
Aide
Please notice that our work and schedules will often change due to weather and animals, and we expect you to be 100% flexible with changing help schedules and days off. This is NOT a 9-5 job!
Please notice that the house and dog-kennel is located in the forest with no next door neighbors, outside a small town, and you won't have a lot of transport possibilities. If you like to be around a lot of people all the time, this is not the correct place for you. If you are not in balance with yourself, it might be too isolated for you here.
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Norwegian: Courant
Sami: Courant
Hébergement
You will have your own bedroom, livingroom and bathroom. You will share kitchen with me.
Autres infos...
The nearest airports are Kirkenes and Vadsø, although it is probably cheaper and more convenient to fly to Kirkenes.
You will have to catch the bus from Kirkenes to Varangerbotn to come here. The bus routes you can find by searching for "Snelandia".
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
Nombre d'heures attendues
Up to 5 hours 5 days a week, some days less, some days more, 2 days off a week. We need a volunteer who is flexible with helping hours.
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I spend 3 weeks during June with Ragne and her dogs and the time flew by way to fast! I enjoyed every single second and was planning to come back even before I left. With Ragne you will have a super sympathic, humorous and honest host. I felt welcomed from the first second. For… read more
The work around the animals is demanding but enables you to work with her beautiful reindeers and dogs. Because she allows you to work freely, the experience feels real and provides an in- depht insight in "applied" Sami culture, provided you are… read more
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I spend 3 weeks during June with Ragne and her dogs and the time flew by way to fast! I enjoyed every single second and was planning to come back even before I left. With Ragne you will have a super sympathic, humorous and honest host. I felt welcomed from the first second. For… read more
The work around the animals is demanding but enables you to work with her beautiful reindeers and dogs. Because she allows you to work freely, the experience feels real and provides an in- depht insight in "applied" Sami culture, provided you are… read more
We spent five weeks with Ragne, the reindeer, the huskies and the australians sheperds. Our job was to feed the animals, to train some of the reindeer and to do some work around the house, but honestly it didn't feel like work since the animals were really nice, fun and friendly. We've been able to forge… read more
We loved spending time with the animals. And our best reward was… read more
However those were some of the greatest, happiest and most satisfying weeks of my life, and I will never forget them.
Ragne is a very nice host and an amazing cook. She is very good and straight forward in her communication as you can… read more
This was my first workaway experience and Ragne set the bar very high. I had the most incredible two months during August and September 2019. I initially only planned to stay for one, but it was working so well for both of us that I decided to stay for a second and to return in winter next year!
Ragne is a wonderful host… read more
I had an excellent time at Ragne's place. I worked a lot with reindeer and enjoyed it a so much! It can be quite tough in cold circumstances (luckely Range profided very suitable clothing, but still: -30 is cold) and at the end of the day my arms… read more
If you want to party this wouldn't be a… read more
Taking care of the puppies and watch them becoming… read more
I became a very independent person here… read more
