Derk & Marrit

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Hi everyone,

We are looking forward to meeting you. This is us:

We’re a family of four: Marrit (37), Derk (41) and our girl twins Wende & Loïs (4). Currently, we live in Deventer, a beautiful old city in The Netherlands. Recently we spent nearly two years living and working in New Zealand. This NZ adventure brought us so much on so many levels (quality time together, loads of nature exposure, connecting with a different culture) that we like to continue traveling as a family in between periods of life & work in the Netherlands. We feel that traveling keeps us relaxed, inspired, flexible and openminded.

This spring and summer we have the opportunity to travel around the south-eastern countries in Europe. We’re planning to be on the road from the end of April to August 2023. Our itinerary is open and flexible, and will be mainly guided by workaway opportunities.

We are hoping to combine traveling with meeting local people, following local lifestyles, helping / working in interesting local projects. We would love to engage in eco/sustainability projects, food forests and forest regeneration and outdoor sports/recreation, but community/medical/cultural projects are also within our scope of interest.
Throughout the years, we have become interested in ecosustainable / off grid living. We are conscious of climate change and the various challenges for many people in society these days and would like to make a positive change. We feel the urge to connect with people who make a positive contribution to the world in someway. We aspire to build our own off grid house in the future.

We are both flexible and open minded, easy going, quick learners with a good sense of humor. Both of us are physically fit. Honest, tidy, energetic. We love music, food and the outdoors, reading. Derk plays various instruments. We have our own vegetable garden. We have traveled many countries in various (working, internships, hiking, couchsurfing) settings, both together and separately. We are always looking for new challenges and adventures.

Our girls are happy and easy going, they bring a great cheerful vibe with them. We are super fortunate to be able to travel with them so easily. They are four and a half years old now. We definitely want our travels, including our workaway adventures, to be an enriching and relaxed experience for them too, obviously. As much as we want to (and will) contribute to the work you have to offer us; we are aware that traveling with our kids comes with some limitations of our availability during the days. We are confident that, when getting in touch with you, together we can work out if & how the four of us will be a match with your expectations.

Looking forward to get in touch!

Interesses

Arte e design

Trabalho beneficente

Livros

Ciclismo

Escrever

Vegetariano/vegano

Sustentabilidade

Política/justiça social

Cuidar de plantas

Artes performáticas

Atividades ao ar livre

Naturaleza

Música

Montanhas

Idiomas

História

Caminhada

Jardinagem

Fazenda

Cultura

Culinária e comida

Camping

Esportes de aventura

Idiomas

Inglês: Fluente
Holandês: Fluente
Italiano: Intermediário
Alemão: Iniciante
Francês: Iniciante

Habilidades e conhecimento para compartilhar ou aprender

Temos interesse em:  

Projetos ambientais

Projetos de construção/faça você mesmo

Vida na fazenda

Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

Ajuda a cuidar da casa

Manutenção geral

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Conhecimento de:  

Jardinagem

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Podemos ensinar:  

Projetos artísticos

Trabalho beneficente

Quais são suas habilidades?

In daily working life, Derk is a strategic and creative consultant in the cultural field. Hobby musician & writer. A bit of an entertainer when the situation asks for it. An adventurer too. He explores all sorts of outdoor sports and has certain skills involved with that, like rope/knot constructions and outdoor survival skills (comes in handy on a daily basis obviously). He is capable in all sorts of diy in and around the house. Some basic building skills, basic knowledge of constructions and electricity etc. Ah! We must mention ironing here. Derk loves ironing (no irony here) and is great at at it.

Marrit is a health care professional. She is involved with some activist groups to address the climate change problem and to educate and activate people in steps towards a healthier planet. She is a beginning gardener (second year with her first own garden now, zero mortality of plants and veggies so far), fit & able to do basic diy projects in around the house, quick adapter and easy learner when new chores need to be done. Some sewing machine skills too!

We are both good cooks, happy to look after anyones kids every now and then, we can drive cars and bikes, we have creative flexible minds and fit bodies and practical hands that are okay with hard work! (Two winters ago we had great fun chopping our whole winter stash of firewood together :)

The kids, well they love to (try to) help with anything, but most of all they are four years old and great fun to be around. Cheerful, singing, chatting, running and climbing all day, every day. Eat play sing repeat!

Idade

44 & 39

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  Dietas especiais
  Vegetarian