Come and help with our project in the Esperaza Aude, South of France

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  I am Glenn and my wife is Joe, we have two young boys (age 8 and 12) who were homeschooled while we travelled and we now live in a beautiful area in south east france. We have 2 hectares of land and try a few animals.
  
  We left our smallholding in Wales seven years ago to travel in Europe. We were workaway hosts in north Wales for some time where we kept various animals. We now find ourselves in rural France, and in the process of setting up our next smallholding venture. We would appreciate some help to do this and are keen to host and introduce workawayers to our way of life.
  
  Our plans here are to build another yurt base, a compost toilet, outdoor kitchen and prepare another garden. We are also making a wood burning shower and an earth oven.
  There is always plenty to do, feeding and tending to the animals. We have donkeys which need walking and they will haul wood from the forrest, geese, ducks, chickens and rabbits.
  Gardening, we grow and eat all of our own vegetables so plenty to do there. Collectting firewood, and foraging is something we try to do as much as we can, olives, nuts , fruit etc.
  The weather is usually lovely and we try to go for a swim most days to the rivers, pools, hot springs or to the med.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Prática de idiomas

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Manutenção geral
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Travellers can learn about off grid living, setting up a smallholding, wind and solar power, animal husbandry, join us in learning French, learning about local history.

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  Projetos que envolvem crianças

  Este projeto pode envolver crianças. Para mais informações, veja aqui nossas diretrizes e dicas.

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  Ajuda

  We are looking for help in the garden (weeding digging over etc), help with the animals, collecting fire wood, den building, fencing, getting water from the well and general jobs around the place.
  There is plenty of physical work. We plan to build houses for animals and a shed, from recycled materials.
  We dont need help with cooking but find it interesting for others to share their knowledge and skills in the kitchen.
  Help to build a clay oven.
  We offer food and accommodation in return for 5 hours per day

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  Idiomas

  Inglês: Fluente
  Francês: Iniciante

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  Acomodação

  To clarify a few points, we ask for 5 hours help per day, for 5 days per week in exchange for three meals on the days you help. Accommodation would be in a yurt we have a solar shower, compost loo, our washing water comes from our well and drinking water from a local source. We accept people in campers or live in vehicles.
  We are happy to cook however love to share ideas and other peoples' cooking!

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  Algo mais...

  The area we live in is steeped in history, there are many Cathar sites and castles to visit. We are reasonably close to the Medieval city of Carcassonne. There are lots if things to do, whether your interests lie in swimming, hiking, cycling, kayaking, visiting historical sites, visiting the beach (only an hour and a bit to the Mediterranean with good public transport links) and skiing in the winter. There are vineyards, markets, stunning countryside, gorges, rivers. The list is endless. We like to encourage our visitors to explore independently and will do our best to show you round too.
  
  We live on the outskirts of a village, which is within walking distance. There are various services there, pharmacy, boulangerie, bars etc
  
  Our closest airport is Carcassonne
  
  I must stress, this is a very rural area and there is minimal access to nightlife, but there is a bar in the village.

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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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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  1

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  Horas previstas

  25 hours max

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