Help an eco-conscious family with kids, animals and gardens on a smallholding in the forest, just outside of Knysna, South Africa

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  Description

  We are a young family with two children 6 and 9 years old. We have lived around the world- mamma Elin is from Sweden and Papa Sam is of English, French and South African heritage. Both Elin and Sam work within the area of environmental sustainability/ climate change resilience. We love being in nature and often go on hikes or go snorkelling, surfing or body boarding in the beautiful sea. We go camping as much as we can. We also love music and art and have a great community of creatives around us.
  
  We live on a farm just outside of Knysna in the garden route. We have just under 6ha of land, 5 horses, 2 dogs, 4 chickens and a cat. There's a growing vegetable garden, greywater system and plenty of indigenous forest to roam around in. We're looking for people who are into nature play with kids, building tree houses, exploring forests, making nature art, helping in the gardens, with the animals and with any ongoing projects on the farm. A driving license and experience driving is a must. We're looking for people who are playful, creative, nature loving and flexible, happy to go with the flow and able to work independently.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  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 life on a 6 ha small holding surrounded by forest whilst still cycling distance from Knysna with coffee shops and other conveniences. We are located centrally in the Garden Route which offers an extraordinary amount of nature experiences. The Gouna forest, the largest piece of indigenous forest in South Africa hosting wild elephants and caracals is our back yard......

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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

  We are working parents and need help with child care and taking kids to activities such as dancing and karate. We also appreciate help with driving and dropping kids at school. Other duties include helping in the gardens, feeding animals, running errands or helping with any projects on the farm. We would love someone creative and into nature and into taking kids on adventures around the farm and in the surrounding forest, building tree houses, swings and making nature art.
  
  Our children are bilingual though their English is definitely better than their Swedish. We would love to have a Swede who could help improve their Swedish but are also open to other nationalities and our kids learning some other languages like Spanish, Portuguese and French. Having a valid drivers license and experience driving is a must.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Courant
  Français: Courant
  Swedish: Courant
  Italien: Intermédiaire
  Portugais: Intermédiaire
  Swahili (Kiswahili): Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Interested in someone to come and help teach my kids better Swedish and also some basic Spanish or French (and help me practice mine!)
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  Hébergement

  Accommodation is in a small separate cabin just next to our house with its own toilet and sink but no shower (yet). The cabin has electricity and you will have the ability to make tea etc there for yourself, and will always have a key for the back of the house to access the kitchen and shower.

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  Autres infos...

  There are so many things to explore in Cape Town, whether you're interested in learning to surf, hike, do social work or art or music- there is something here for everyone. We have friends who run surf schools who offer lessons for beginners and can also offer links to local NGO's and cool community initiatives doing good things.

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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

  Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il aimait accueillir les digital nomads.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Un

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

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