Jane

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  • Travel information

    I am currently

    At home

    My next destination:

    Turkey
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  • Description

    I love nature and being and working outdoors. I am very keen to help in gardening, permaculture and sustainability projects. I work hard and am flexible. I adore walking and swimming, especially in rivers and the sea. I also love food and cooking and I ran a small cafe kitchen in Turkey once. I’d be very happy to cook for groups of volunteers or the public. I also love photography so would be happy to take photos to add to your website or profile.

    I have worked and travelled in South America for nine months and in Central America for three months so beginning to feel a little bit familiar with this vast continent!

    In England I work as a teacher trainer in a field of education known in the U.K. as "global learning". It is all the things I am passionate about like human rights, equality, social justice, sustainable development etc. I am also a qualified TEFL teacher (Teacher of English as a Foreign Language) and have taught for many many years. I am fluent in Spanish after living in Madrid for nearly 7 years and I also speak Turkish and French. I have been learning Quechua for several months and want the opportunity to improve it. I am a single parent and my daughter has now left home.

  • Interests

    Beach
    Books
    Cooking & food
    Cycling
    Dancing
    Gardening
    Music
    Outdoor activities
    Plant care
    Sustainability
    Water sports
    Writing
    Van life
    Politics / Social justice
    Photography
    Nature
    Languages
    Hitchhiking
    Hiking
    Fitness

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  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    French: Intermediate
    Turkish: Intermediate
    Quechua: Beginner

  • Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

    I'm interested in:  

    Life at a Farmstay
    Art Projects

    Some knowledge of:  

    Gardening
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Eco Projects
    Hospitality/Tourism

    Able to teach about:  

    Helping around the house
    Charity Work
    Languages
    Teaching
  • More details about your skills

    General gardening especially growing herbs, light building/painting/decorating, Cooking, Fluent Spanish and other languages, English Language teaching, Teacher training, Philosophy for Children, Translation and Interpreting, Bringing up a child, Good amateur photographer, keen eye for colour and interior design/decorating.

  • Age

    59

  • What else ...

    My immediate plans are to spend some more time in Turkey improving my Turkish.

    Ultimately I would like to get back to South America and spend a few months back in Peru and/or Bolivia as I wish to learn more Quechua. I love working on projects outdoors in nature. I like to be with children and young people and I would be happy to provide occasional childcare or babysitting for a family, although would prefer not to be doing this every day. I may be older than many volunteers but I am fit and very healthy and very young at heart! (the only thing I can't do is lift heavy loads due to a back issue - heavy digging or intensive planting may need to be mixed with other tasks). I can also provide help with tourists on reception in hotels and hostels and am happy to do general upkeep and cleaning too. Due to my back problems though I cannot make beds or hoover!

  • Some more information

    • Smoker

    • Driver's licence

    • Allergies
      Bee stings!

    • Special dietary requirements
      No. I happily eat anything and everything!

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