Come see one of the most remote parts of the earth while you help us with our home and yard in Haida Gwaii, Canada

Infos

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  Description

  Hello from Haida Gwaii, formerly the Queen Charlotte Islands!
  
  Our little house is almost 100 years old and could use some help with interior painting, shop organization, yard work, or structural work such as rebuilding fences and shelving!.
  
  We are looking for independent, hardworking people who know how to do interior house painting and can be self-directed (we need a couple of windows replaced, and a fence built) and have experience with taking care of houses.
  
  We are working, self-employed artists who work hard, and stick to ourselves. We are part of a large Haida family.
  
  We eat mostly the food we have hunted or gathered - fish, deer, lamb, kelp, sea asparagus. We cannot cook for special diets as this is a small, rural region and the food here is "whatever is available".
  
  We live in a small town with limited, simple, groceries, a hardware store, a gas station, and 1-3 restaurants, depending on the time of year. It is very isolated and beautiful. The town is a 20-minute walk in, and 20 minutes out. We live right on the ocean.
  
  We have a private upstairs area with a cute little washroom with a tub. You can see the ocean from your window.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Haida Gwaii is one of the most remote places on the planet. The biodiversity here is endless.
  
  It's mostly outdoorsy people. The community is a mixture of Haida and non-indigenous people, a lot of very interesting folk who are not interested in cities.
  
  This is a fishing and nature community that is physically remarkable, ocean-bound, has lots of rivers, and lots of things to do if you love the natural world!

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  Aide

  Carpentry, creating shelving, interior painting, gardening, wood pile, landscaping, fence building, yard cleanup, shop organization. We live in a very abundant territory and the garden grows fast!!

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant
  Espagnol: Intermédiaire
  Français: Intermédiaire

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  I speak French and abit of Spanish, rusty right now as I am using only English. I would love to have a french or Spanish speaker here so I could practice those languages and help the person out with English. I speak only a few key phrases of my indigenous language (Onkwehonkwe) and would welcome a Haudenausaune speaker here to learn from. Also my ancestral languages are Dutch and German, which I would also like to learn.
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  Hébergement

  We have a spare room with its own washroom. It’s a private space in the house. We are happy to share offer our kitchen and meals in accordance with the standards here on this site. If you would like three meals shared and 4-5 hours per day of work, 5 days a week, we are happy to provide them.
  For a more relaxed exchange, we can offer one meal a day, 5 days a week, in exchange for no more than 15 hours work per week. We are flexible and want you to enjoy Daajing Giids!

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  Autres infos...

  Time off here is the natural world. We are close to incredible hikes, rivers and campgrounds. There are no movie theatres and stuff like that here, but there are a handful of little restaurants, and good grocery stores. Lots of artists here too.

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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 are happy to exchange internet for help in the home.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  You can park here, and plug into our power if you living in your van. We can also provide a guest room for you which is quite private, upstairs, near a washroom that can be yours while you are here (there are 2 other washrooms).

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  Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux

  yes!

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

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

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