Help us with homeschooling in the forest, Amarante, Portugal

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  Description

  We're a family of 4 (a couple and two children), living off the grid in a self built wooden house in the middle of the forest. Alice is a mother, an artist, doula and herbalist that spent the last few years dealing with the question of being a woman - and helping lots of them - in a predominantly patriarch society. She is among the few true wortcunners and spagirists, permanently building her own relationship towards the plant entities that surround us. André is a father and also an artist, an engineer (agronomics) and an aspiring mycologist. He became a self taught carpenter after building the house their family presently lives on. He spent the last few years dealing with the question of agriculture in its broad sense. He is a lover of soil and a fanatic for life. He is a devoted forest architect in the most intensive and fashioned way. Aldo, 4 years old and Celeste 1 and a half, are the two blossoms of our family. We are mostly vegetarian (more on that and other conditions down below). We manage a 4 hectare valley applying many principles of landscape restoration. We grow food, wood and medicinal plants in a very unique and complex agricultural community. We have goats, 3 adults and 4 babies at the moment. We produce several different things mainly from the plants around us: from cosmetics to herbal formulations. We organize different public events here at the farm regarding many things. From farming to education, from parties to retreats. Long story short, our dream is to raise our children while bringing forth the stability provided by mature, healthy ecosystems. For that, we care. For that, we nourish.
  So, we are now looking for someone that likes to be around children in a natural environment, helping us taking care of them while making nice outdoors activities.
  We look for long term stays because we believe that way is better for the kids to really have a chance to cultivate nice relationships!
  Come do that with us!

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  S’occuper des animaux

  Aide dans une ferme

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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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

  Here you can connect deeply into the forest. Not only learning in which ways you can strategically manage it but also about all the different species that are a part of it, including mushrooms. We are native Portuguese so you can also get to know our culture better. We can offer you a guided tour to Amarante, Porto or any other nearby town or place. We do complex agriculture and there is a lot on that too, in fact, only trough a one year internship could someone really learn the true overarching of the cycles in agriculture and most of the technics they're associated with.
  Also you will learn about herbalism and natural ways of dealing with health!

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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

  Farm life, homesteading and homeschooling can be really challenging and we felt like we really need some help with the kids.
  We ask you to be with them, making nice outdoors / indoors activities, helping them to manage their emotions and solving problems.
  We believe in child natural way of learning and with that we do believe that they have everything around them to learn exactly what they need to learn. As adults our job is to be around making sure they learn it the best way possible.
  Authors like John Holt are a reference for us, and we do believe in a positive parenting / caring way.
  
  Coming here to help requests a lot of joy and willing to connect with your own inner child.
  Loving to be in nature and not being afraid of getting your hands dirty!
  Be creative and innovative at the same time that you look deeply to the little human being you have in front of you :)

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Courant
  Portugais: Courant
  Français: Intermédiaire
  Italien: Intermédiaire

  Cet 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.
  
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  Hébergement

  You can stay at a caravan that has lighting installation and 220v up to 300 watt. (enough for cellphone and computer charging, though if more power is needed volunteers can use our house). You can check the photo and see the caravan.The bathroom is presently the one at our place (near the caravan) and it has bathtub with shower and hot water permanently available. We offer you Breakfast, Lunch, afternoon meal and dinner, vegetarian . Besides that, feel free to cook your own meals in the caravan, which has a tiny kitchen with running water, dishes and a stove that runs on gas.

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  Autres infos...

  In your spare time there is a lot to do. We have a river and there's a nice beach just ahead of our property. Amarante is a beautiful town, built around amazing river Tamega and full of culture and history. Porto is only 50kms away (there is bus and train). There are also several natural reserves around us and a lot more. Through a good conversation (which naturally occur at our place) we can certainly and gladly indicate volunteers the best suited places for them to visit.

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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

  If you can work and still help us for 5 hours per day taking care of the kids you are welcome :)

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  any size

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  must be friendly towards kids and other pets (dogs and cats) and not a garden destroyer!

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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