Small rural homestead looking for volunteers
The volunteer casita is available from approximately April 1st onwards, for an individual or a couple.
Mico & Asya, long-time natural health advocates and healthy gourmet food lovers, welcome you to our boutique organic farm and wellness center, specialising in natural living, plant-based wellness, natural healing, farm-to-table meals and eco-tourism.
Activity type
- Weeding and weedwhacking,
- permaculture/gardening projects
- building trellises,
- raised garden beds,
- terracing,
- waterworks,
- building new paths,
- occasional harvesting,
- picking and processing coffee beans,
- composting,
- pest-control,
- bee-keeping,
- planting,
- mulching,
- watering,
- landscaping, and some manual labor such as digging,
- rock-work, etc.
Help time
Work is 15 hours per week in exchange for lodging only (no food, but the food is not expensive here),
with plenty of free time left to explore this beautiful region of the Andes.
Accommodation
You have your own stand-alone structure, a solid, secure, cosy, dry space, 15 m2/161 square feet.
This is a very simple basic one-room studio dwelling with outdoor sink, shower (no hot water) and dry compost toilet.
Inside is a comfortable queen bed, counter space with basic kitchen equipment (including 4 burner stove top and mini fridge) and shelving.
Internet and Wifi
Wifi and the use of a washing machine are included.
Requirements
Honest, self-motivated individual who can also work independently is desired.
This is an eco-friendly environment (please no chemical body or home-care products, as drains go to outside). No cigarette smoking on the property please.
Location
The location is about a 5 minute drive or bus from Vilcabamba, and 15 minute walk (muddy during the rainy season, Dec-Apr) from the main highway, where buses (and taxis) pass every 15 minutes for 40ÂĒ to Vilcabamba and $1.25 to Loja. There are 2 (other) houses on the property, one is a guesthouse/rental, the other our home. Asya is a massage therapist, is passionate about natural health, and eats a fresh, plant-based diet. She has traveled and lived in many countries, and speaks English, Spanish, French and Chinese. Mico is a plant-based chef and a wellness/detox consultant…
Come help make a difference on this peaceful, scenic, green slice of paradise!
We prefer a minimum stay of one month.
Thank you.
ESPANOL
Este intercambio es para ayudar con el mantenimiento de la tierra en una pequeÃąa finca.
- Retirar y cortar las malezas, los proyectos de permacultura
- jardinerÃa (enrejados de edificios, camas de jardÃn levantadas, haciendo terrazas, obras de agua, haciendo caminos nuevos, abierto a nuevas ideas),
- cosecha ocasional,
- apicultura,
- siembra,
- abono,
- riego,
- jardinerÃa y
- algÚn trabajo manual como excavaciÃģn, construcciÃģn con rocas, etc…
El trabajo es de 15 horas a la semana a cambio de alojamiento sÃģlo (no la comida, pero la comida es muy barata aquÃ),
Intercambio
Con un montÃģn de tiempo libre para explorar esta hermosa regiÃģn semitropical de los Andes. Usted tiene su propia habitaciÃģn independiente, un espacio sÃģlido, seguro, acogedor, seco, 15 m2 / 161 pies cuadrados. Se trata de una simple estudio bÃĄsico de una habitaciÃģn de vivienda con lavabo, ducha (sin agua caliente) y baÃąo seco.
En el interior hay una cÃģmoda cama de matrimonio, espacio de mostrador con equipo bÃĄsico de cocina (incluyendo estufa y nevera pequeÃąa) y estanterÃas.
Wifi y el uso de una lavadora estÃĄn incluidos.
La ducha, baÃąo seco y lavabo estÃĄn afuera de la habitaciÃģn. Se desea personas honestas, auto-motivada que tambiÃĐn puede trabajar independientemente. Este es un ambiente respetuoso con el medio ambiente (por favor, no utilice productos quÃmicos, ya que los desagÞes van al exterior).
No se permite fumar cigarrillos aquà por favor.
UbicaciÃģn
La ubicaciÃģn estÃĄ a unos 5 minutos en bus desde Vilcabamba, y a 15 minutos a pie (lodoso cuando llueve mucho, dic-abr) de la autopista principal, donde los autobuses (y taxis) pasan cada 15 minutos por 40 centavos a Vilcabamba, $1.25 a Loja. Hay 2 casas en la propiedad, una es una casa de huÃĐspedes en alquiler, la otra nuestra casa.
Quien somos
Asya es un terapeuta de masaje, es un apasionado de la salud natural y come una dieta fresca, basada en plantas. Ha viajado y vivido en muchos paÃses, y habla inglÃĐs, espaÃąol, francÃĐs, y chino. Mico es un chef vegetariano y consultor de bienestar / desintoxicaciÃģn … Ven a ayudar a hacer una diferencia en esta pacÃfica, escÃĐnica y paradisiaco oasis verde! Preferimos una estadÃa mÃnima de un mes. Gracias.
For more information
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Email: fincaoasisverde@gmail.com
