Help fix up my house and garden, experience living at the top of Etna Volcano in Sicily, Italy

Detalhes

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  Descrição

  Dear Workawayers,
  Thank you for your interest in helping me. I live on Etna Volcano located 15 mins driving from Ragalna, one of the highest towns on Etna at 1300m. Etna is an active volcano erupting multiple times a year. On my land, there is a vegetable garden, chicken coop, Gina the donkey,2sheps ,many fruit trees scattered around, my main house with 2 bedrooms, a smaller cottage which is being totally renovated, a large patio and outdoor seating area. I try to live as eco friendly as possible so all my water is cleaned rain water and I am working on making a grey water recycler. I try to grow and preserve as much food as possible; in my garden now are tomatoes, zucchini, peppers and various fruit trees and herbs.
  
  My home is a very peaceful and quiet place. I live here with my 3 kids (9,15,15) are here some of the time.
  
  Catania is the second largest city in Sicily and is a 45 min drive or 1 hour bus. The many different beaches are also a 1 hour drive. Ragalna, the closest town is a 5 min drive and Nicolosi and Belpasso (biggest towns) are a 10 minute drive. There are mountain walks very close to the house but the submit is a 20 minute drive.

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  Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado

  Projetos artísticos

  Prática de idiomas

  Ajuda em projetos ambientais

  Jardinagem

  Construção/faça você mesmo

  Cuidar de animais

  Ajuda em fazenda

  Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

  Ajuda a cuidar da casa

  Manutenção geral
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  Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado

  Italian language, Sicilian, Sicilian food and cooking, open fire bbq, mushroom foraging, renovations, craftsmanship, carpentry, trekking, tree care and garden care, building...etc
  
  We also give to our workawayers the chance to get a "wood cutting class" with chainsaw and axe.
  Due the Matteo's job (tree climbing, arborist) we are collecting wood for hole winter and we are separating it from tipe and size to create also woodcraft and sculpture.
  
  Sicily is culturally rich which a very specific and interesting way of life. There are not many other places in the world like Sicily and Etna. You will learn what it is like to live on an independent mountain house on Etna.
  
  IM LOOKING ALSO FOR LONG TIME WORKAWAY PEOPLE FOR CIOPERATING SOLUTIONS.

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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

  There are many different projects that I am working on and have in mind, so what you will do depends on what you would enjoy doing and more importantly what skills you have. I am very open to new ideas and suggestions about things to build and how to improve my land. Some of the things I am currently working on and what you will generally be responsible for are...
  
  Animal care (chickens and dogs; donkey sheps,rabbits)
  Yard maintenance
  Gardening
  Pruning
  Maintaining cleanliness in the house
  Furniture renovations
  Wood cutting
  Wood sculpture
  Carpentry
  Building a new well for rainwater
  Laying tiles on rooftop
  Fixing/improving driveway
  Fire starting
  Rebuild fireplace with lava stone
  Organization and cleaning of tool shed
  ...
  
  There are all types of different projects which can fit different people.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas
  Inglês: Fluente
  Espanhol: Fluente
  Italiano: Fluente

  Este anfitrião oferece intercâmbio de idiomas
  Este anfitrião indicou que tem interesse em compartilhar seu idioma ou em aprender um novo.
  Entre em contato com ele para obter mais informações.
  
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  Acomodação

  There is a large patio that surrounds the house. The is also a cottage that is being renovated which I will move into when it is ready, then there will be an extra bedroom. The house is on a 7000 sq m property with a panoramic view of Sicily and the peak of Etna. It does get cold at nights so I have a wood fire burner and a fire place. The entire property is available to you.
  There Is a common dormitory for you were you can stay an also you can have your space and select the best area were can Park your tends.
  The camping area are completely full accessori ed With a firecamp a kitchen and compost toilette .
  We can completely joint the 50000 squared Meter around tath they donate ti out project.

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  Algo mais...

  I would be pleased to have a respectful workawayer come and stay with us. I have had a lot of good experiences with workawayers and you guys contribute to improving our projects for Kids.
  I can see the work that workawayers have done every day and I am very grateful for that. I love to hear new ideas about different things I can make. Like I said, I am however away for some days a week and would need a workawayer who can manage time if by themselves. I would strongly recommend coming with a car or transportation as there are manyEeeee things to do locally but require a car. If you don't then I have a bike you can use and for longer stays, I can discuss arrangements for a vehicle. There are dogs that are free to roam the yard and the house has wifi and internet connection. This place has a very special energy which I like for people to enjoy......

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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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  Espaço para estacionar campervans

  Este anfitrião pode fornecer espaço para vans.

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  Pode aceitar animais

  Este anfitrião está aberto a aceitar viajantes com animais de estimação.

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  Quantos Workawayers pode acomodar?

  Mais de 2

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  Horas previstas

  Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a weeK

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