Elisabeth

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Atividades em que tenho interesse:

Interest in taking care of children and playing with them, doing all household (cleaning, cooking, washing) and gardening tasks, sewing, animal care and being a helper in construction work.

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My name is Elisabeth and I live in a beautiful rural and green village behind a dike in the Ooijpolder in The Netherlands. As a senior person and mother I have a life-long experience in taking care of children, keeping my home clean and organized, cooking, baking and making preserves and spreads. I am a handy woman (painting, repairing all kinds of items) and a gardener in my own household, but also occasionally for others. Before retirement, I was a scientist-biology teacher working with young persons in an international research facility. There, a pragmatic input, inventiveness, good communication skills, flexibility and out of the box thinking were needed.

My current occupations are diverse. Two days a week, I do construction work (e.g. claying walls, sanding surfaces, painting) at my daughter and son in law' s place and I also bring all workers healthy food that I cook at home from fresh ingredients, no waste. During three years, I have been a volunteer playing with children in a shelter for refugees and doing crafts with the kids. Another EXCELLENT experience has been to stay in Northern Iceland and on the Lofoten as a workawayer in two families with young children (see references). Thus, I am accustomed to accompany kids who are full of energy, without having a common language. Currently, I am adapting playing and educational material for the needs of blind or visually impaired children. Besides, once a week I go touring with elderly people of a nursing home, using a two-seats tricycle and I am contact person for a friend who has Alzheimer disease. And last, I have been teaching Dutch (and earlier French) online. Perhaps good to mention, I have been a host myself for Ukrainian refugees and a Chinese student, all rewarding exchanges on the human level.

Sharing quality time with my friends and family, breathing nature, or visiting a museum, is a major joy, but I can also stay happily alone. Of course, duties in my own household require attention, especially the big garden. Creative sewing has become a hobby. And then, I love being outdoors (biking is my main mean of transportation, as I have no car), and I also do fitness exercises, to help me keep good strength...
I would describe my personality as stable (in good mood), flexible and patient (in particular towards children), just happy to enjoy simple things, open for new experiences and discoveries and willing to listen to others and nature and eager to adapt to local habits.

Rather than being a tourist, I would prefer to discover your country and culture under your advise, as a helping guest, preferably in a family with children living in an Arctic region. My preference aims again towards a period of 4-6 weeks, during the dark and cold winter months. I could take care of your (grand)children, help with the household work, like cooking (vegetarian, fish, meat or special diets), getting things organized in house or outside, cleaning and doing laundry, basic sewing and various crafts. but I am also very willing to care for animals or do other maintenance tasks. Depending on your wishes I could follow your specific instructions or I could operate more or less autonomously, taking initiatives. Though I am not an appropriate guest for the most heavy duties, I am a hard worker, still strong for my age, being accustomed to lead an active live and doing regularly physical labour.

French is my mother tongue, but Dutch became my first language, since I moved to The Netherlands as a child. English has always been my main professional language. I am also more or less fluent in German, and I speak reasonably well Italian, as I have lived in Italy for some years. I am certainly interested to learn new words of my hosts' language.

Hoping for a happy match with a family!
Kind regards,
Elisabeth (Liesbeth or Piertje as nicknames)

Interesses

Autodesenvolvimento

Fotografia

Música

Arte e design

Fitness

Artes performáticas

Filmes e TV

Camping

Ciclismo

Atividades ao ar livre

Vegetariano/vegano

Mascotes

Idiomas

Animais

Culinária e comida

Jardinagem

Cuidar de plantas

Sustentabilidade

Naturaleza

Fazenda

Faça você mesmo

Cultura

Trabalho beneficente

Astronomia

Idiomas

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

Mais detalhes sobre meu interesse em idiomas
I am interested to learn a bit of the local language from the host family, especially if children are involved

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Habilidades e conhecimento para compartilhar ou aprender

Tenho interesse em:  

Fazer companhia para idosos

Ensino

Jardinagem geral

Projetos DIY criativos

Cuidar de animais

Vida na fazenda

Cuidar de crianças/atividades criativas

Criar/cozinhar refeições caseiras

Ajuda a cuidar da casa

Hotelaria/turismo

Manutenção geral

Projetos ambientais

Projetos artísticos

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Conhecimento de:  

Ajuda com computadores/internet

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Trabalho beneficente

Idiomas

Quais são suas habilidades?

My skills are diverse, as a mother and currently as a childcare volunteer, but also as a person with a life experience in running a household (i.e. cleaning, doing laundry and ironing, cooking, gardening) and doing myself most repair and decoration work in or around the house (i.e., sanding, painting, glueing paper wall, drilling, sawing, laying floors, making curtains and more). But I still have to learn! As a (retired) scientist and teacher, and nowadays, as a social worker, I am familiar to interact with people of various ages and backgrounds, including (vulnerable) children and care-requiring elder persons. I have received governmental approvals that allow me to work with these people. Besides, I recently completed an extended first-aid course. I love doing crafts, creative sewing and special cooking (preparing preserved fruits and spreads as gifts) and I speak several languages (have lived in several countries) and am still a student.

Idade

71

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  Carteira de motorista

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  Alergias
  No

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  Dietas especiais
  As a guest I eat and can (learn to) cook everything, also meat (often cooked moose meat for my hosts), yet when on my own at home I am vegetarian, but eat fish.