volunteering with horses in Sweden – Hi, I am Douglas L. I live in the wonderful Botebo countryside with an amazing 200m longest river in Sweden. In addition to my profession in the social work field where I work with diverse people from different socio-economic cultures and abilities. As the perfect way to escape the busy country life, I embrace the countryside life and farming. Since my children are grown up and are focusing on their families, I devote my life to chicken, a couple of dogs and horses. Furthermore, I love fixing things around the house and love to do general maintenance duties (plumbing, electrical…). Additionally, I was trained as a carpenter. Another hobby that I enjoy a lot is taking photographs.

From you, as a Volunteer, I expect help with taking care of animals, 2 horses, chickens, dogs, cats and other outdoor activities around my farm for example preparation of firewood, gardening, greenhouse etc.

I live and a big house – now I can accommodate one or two people who can have his/her own room.

In return for getting assistance, I can teach:

• Farming/gardening skills
• Horse riding
• Carpentry
• Electrical/plumbing skills
• Photography
• Swedish language…

What type of host are you? 🏡

• Private/Individual/family

What are you looking for help with?

• Animal keeping 🐓🐴
• Cleaning 🧹

What’s the mission of your community? 🎯

The goal is to live and work as close to nature as possible

Volunteers’ age restrictions 🔞

We can host volunteers of all ages (senior volunteers and minors are welcome) 💪

How many volunteers could you host? 🎎

• A couple of volunteers

When would you need volunteers? 📅

As you please

How many hours of help per day? ⏱

4-5 hours of help per day

How many days of help per week? 🌒

5 days per week – 2 days off

Note about the volunteer work and other expectations 📝

The goal is to live and work as close to nature as possible. It’s not hard work but more daily work and maintenance, you put your work up a bit like yourself as you want.

Are accommodation and food included? 🏠🍜

Yes, we offer food and accommodation

What type of accommodation can you provide? 🏕

Private home 🏠

Diet – nutrition information 🥗🥤

At home I eat everything possible and try to make everything from scratch, for example, I very rarely buy bread.

Fees transparency 🆓🔍

No

VISA – could you provide Visa support/info/invitation letters? 🛂

Yes, we can help with Visa/invitation letters ✅

Volunteers’ benefits 🏆🏅

The advantage for yourself is that if you want to ride or learn to ride, there are many hours outside of working hours…

What to do in your free time 🚴🚣🦒

Pet the animals, go fishing, read a book, pick mushrooms, make food, go for walks with the dogs or without dogs…

Language 🗣🇬🇧

Swedish, English

Geography 🌳

My farm is located in the middle of the forest in a small village with few inhabitants, then in winter, it can be down to -10 degrees. In summer, it can get up to 30 degrees.

How to get to your site ✈ 🗺

The easiest way to get to me is by plane to Arlanda Airport, from Arlanda there is a bus or train to the city of Sala. From sala, you take a kiss to the Vivastbo stop. In Vivastbo I will come and pick you up by car. Then we go by car for 3 km, and we arrive!

Is there internet access? 🌐

Yes!

CONTACT DETAILS 🔍📧

Contact details for this host have been withheld for privacy reasons. To receive contact details send a message to voluntouring.freelist@gmail.com – as subject title write: “DouglamListam Sweden Farm”.

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