Join our Spanish-Dominican family and help with daily life in Valencia, Spain

Infos

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  Description

  Namasté and welcome! We are a family of 4: the adults, Ana and José, are uni lecturers and the kids, Nilo and Yara, are 2 and 5, respectively.
  
  Workawayers are welcome in Valencia, Spain in the following period:
  
  March 18th to April 18th, 2025
  April 28th to June 19th, 2025
  
  Also, we welcome workawayers in Joao Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil from June 20th to August 21st, 2025
  
  We enjoy travelling, cooking, cultural exchanges, biking, spending time in the nature (e.g. going to the beach, to the mountain, or taking forest hikes), dancing and singing, learning new languages, spending family time and taking care of pets whenever we have the chance to.
  
  
  We are looking for a Workawayer who can help us by playing with the kids as well as with house chores, such as cooking, laundry, trash/recycling, clearing the leaves in the backyard, tidying up the house, etc. while practising either of the languages we speak at home: English or Portuguese.
  The ideal volunteer would be an active, dynamic, friendly GIRL or WOMAN who is reliable, punctual, trustworthy and autonomous, as well as clean and tidy. Since we try to live in an environmentally-friendly way, we take short showers, switch off the lights, taps, etc. when not in use, and we also eat homemade, non-processed, healthy food. Thus, we'd like the volunteer to be confortable with that style and have similar habits.
  
  We are a sociable and dynamic family, as well as very active. José and Ana do research (as well as teaching) in the fields of Business Management and Applied Linguistics, respectively. This means we tend to be very busy but we are also passionate for our profession, and we have a lot of flexibility and can work from home most of the time.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  We can give the volunteer advice about many interesting spots in the area, as well as around Valencia and beyond, as we have extensive travelling experience. We love nature and sports (although we are now a bit limited with our kids), and can show the volunteer beautiful hikes and places to explore.
  
  We'd love to share different aspects our respective cultural backgrounds (we hail from Spain and the Dominican Republic, respectively) and we'd also love to exchange tasty, healthy recipes. Our cooking is mainly plant-based: since Ana is vegetarian, our diet consists mainly of vegetables, fruits and grains.
  
  We are friendly and active, and we have extensive experince welcoming volunteers into our family!

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  Aide « au pair »

  De plus amples informations sont disponibles ici

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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

  A suggested schedule would be Mondays to Fridays, with weekends off to explore the wonderful city of Valencia and its beautiful surroundings.
  
  A sample schedule would be: in containers and cleaning cookware & kitchen
  15h00 to 15h10: putting out trash and recycling
  15h10 to 15h30: kids
  15h30 to 17h00: kids: snack and play
  
  Mon:
  12h00 to 12h15: clearing breakfast and dishwasher in/out
  12h15 to 15h: batch cooking, putting food in containers and cleaning cookware & kitchen
  15h to 15h10: putting out trash and recycling
  15h10 to 17h00: give Nilo his snack and play with him/do crafts/sing songs.
  
  
  Tues:
  12h45 to 13h00: clearing breakfast and dishwasher in/out
  13h00 to 13h30: putting clothes to dry/folding clothes and saving them in closet
  13h30 to 14h30: cooking to supplement, putting food in containers and cleaning cookware & kitchen
  14h30 to 15h00: changing sheets* (every other week)
  15h00 to 15h10: putting out trash and recycling / folding clothes
  15h30 to 17h45: give kids their snack play with them, organise books and toys
  
  Wed:
  18h45 to 19h00: putting out trash and recycling
  19h00 to 19h15: dishwasher in/out
  19h15 to 19h30: folding clothes and saving them in closet / picking up toys & books
  19h30 to 21h15: cooking to supplement, putting food in containers and cleaning cookware & kitchen
  21h15 to 23h45: keep an eye on the kids while they sleep in case they ask for water or toilet.
  
  Thurs:
  12h00 to 12h15: clearing breakfast and dishwasher in/out
  12h15 to 12h45: putting clothes to dry
  12h45 to 12h55: organise the eco basket
  12h55 to 15h00: batch cooking, putting food in containers and cleaning cookware & kitchen
  15h00 to 15h10: putting out trash and recycling / folding clothes
  15h10 to 17h00: play with Nilo and give him his snack.
  
  Frid:
  13h30 to 13h45: clearing breakfast and dishwasher in/out
  13h45 to 15h10: batch cooking, putting food in containers and cleaning cookware & kitchen
  15h10 to 18h30: give kids snack and play with them.
  
  HOUSE RULES:
  Please speak in English (or Portuguese), as we'd like our kids to practise by creating an immersive language experience.
  Keep around healthy food only and never feed the kids any sweets or processed food . Avoid bringing (or keeping) food or drinks into bedroom.
  Avoid using screens when in the common areas and never show them to the kids.
  Wipe off toilet sink and surrounding furniture after using it. Clean glass with spatula after showering.
  Always lock the main door when leaving if no one else is home.
  Leave shoes in the entrance before entering our home.
  If you use the bike, always lock it properly to a stable, fixed element (e.g. a bike parking hoop) and to its own wheels, frame and seat and never leave it on the street overnight.
  Outdoors, always keep keys and other important belongings in a secure place (e.g. close to your body in inside pocket or kidneybag rather than in backpack or handbag) and never lose sight of them.

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  Langues

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

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  We are a multilingual family: the languages spoken at home are English and Portuguese.
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  Hébergement

  The volunteer will have her own spacious private room and semi-private access to one of the bathrooms of the house (we might need to use it occasionally).

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  Autres infos...

  Since Valencia and the Mediterranean are two of the most gorgeous, historic and vibrant places in the whole country, the volunteer will never be disappointed and will definitely find plenty of things to do!
  We can teach them about our respective cultures (Dominican and Spanish), language, music, dancing and about nice places to visit or things to do in town as well as in other parts of Spain and abroad.
  José Luis is a great cook so we can share delicious meals, which are mainly plant-based.
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  Valencia is a must-see in the Mediterranean, it won't disappoint you!
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  Our penthouse is in a outstanding location in the gorgeous city of Valencia. It is also very well connected with the rest of the city with public transportation (metro/tram, bus and public bike rental). However, our favourite way to move around is by bike and we'd love to host travellers who also love biking: we have an extra folding bike that volunteers are welcome to use.
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  There is so much to do, see and explore in Valencia and around, we are simply in love with this city and would be excited to share information about the best places to explore or the best activities ro do.

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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

  We have high-speed Wi-Fi. There will be some quiet moments at home (especially when we are not arround), and quite a bit of noise when we are around ;)

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  The campervan can be parked on the street opposite our condo, there are always campervans parked there. If the campervan is not too high, we can ask a neighbour to lend us their parking space if they are not using It.

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