Be part of the team on a small farm near Lanseria, South Africa

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  We have started working to revitalise a small farm on the Jukskei river. It has been essentially abandoned for seven years, so while there is infrastructure such as two houses, the actual farm is just veld.
  
  We had to start with the basics, so we have electricity, but no running water yet. (Update: 22 Oct 2025: We've not only got water from our borehole, but we've got it into the house and even gotten the geyser working! There was major celebration here when that happened) We have been clearing up the garden around the house, and made a start on preparing the chicken run where we intend to have a small flock of chickens that we will eventually allow to free range. There are a few other projects which we've planned, such as the establishment of a vegetable garden and a duck house, which we'd particularly like assistance with.
  Our biggest problem currently, other than lack of running water, is the approximately 12 cows which range free on the farm. (Update 22 Oct 2025: The cattle have been moved to an adjacent farm) They like to come onto the garden and eat everything! One of the cows is particularly friendly, and insists on visiting us on the Verandah at night.
  The big project is restoring a 15m tunnel, which we will use to grow our actual crop, once we have a license from the government.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Projetos artísticos

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Interesses

  

  Autodesenvolvimento

  

  Mascotes

  

  Fazenda

  

  Fotografia

  

  Jardinagem

  

  Culinária e comida

  

  Livros

  

  Arte e design

  

  Arquitetura

  

  Animais

  

  Atividades ao ar livre

  

  Naturaleza

  

  Montanhas

  

  Caminhada

  

  Camping
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  We would love to have volunteers who are prepared to be part of the team, and who share in what we do, whether that's working together towards common goals, individual tasks or sharing a braai together. We aren't terribly formal about how we approach things, so we would be flexible about any time that volunteers wanted to take to explore nearby activities.

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  Ajuda

  As you would have seen in the description, we are really in the startup phase of this project.
  We are looking for chilled people who want to be part of it, and willing to lend a hand where needed. This would include maintaining and cleaning the house, feeding and watering the chickens and cleaning their hen-house as immediate tasks.
  As we start working on refurbishment of the first tunnel/greenhouse, we'd appreciate assistance with that.

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  Idiomas

  Afrikaans: Fluente
  Inglês: Fluente

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  Acomodação

  We have four rooms in the house we're staying in so one or two would be available.
  There is a second house about a hundred meters away which we will be working on as well with five rooms, so depending on circumstances, that could be an option for staying.
  
  We will be cooking food for ourselves and volunteers would be welcome to join us for those meals. If volunteers would prefer to make their own food, they would be welcome to do so. We would not expect any more than a few hours assistance a day in any case.

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  Algo mais...

  The Workawayer who stays with us will be made to feel part of the team, included in what we do. This sometimes includes going to town or to other places. We are totally flexible in our approach, so if they want to take two days to go to a festival or just away for a while, that can easily be accommodated.

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  Mais alguns detalhes

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    Acesso à internet

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    Acesso à internet limitado

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    Temos mascotes

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    Somos fumantes

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    Pode hospedar famílias

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  Pode hospedar nômades digitais

  We have pretty good cell-phone reception so any cell service will work. We also have about 100gigs of data which we share via hotspot and if need can get more.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  Mais de 2

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  Meus animais / animais de estimação

  

  Wildcat

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