Currently our dream is to create an eco-village with a diverse group of people from all over the world. We believe diversity creates resilience. Ours is an off-grid organic farm that operates under the principles of a self-sustained old farm but using modern technologies like solar panels for energy production and irrigation systems. We are looking for long term persons that want to form a community here - THE SENSEI GIVERS. WHAT WE OFFER What we offer is a break in space and time in your life that allows you to find yourself so you can pursue an inner search. Our personal search is always inner and I would like to remember what is written in the ancient Temple of Delphi, 2500 years ago in Greece: “I warn you, whoever you are... Oh, you who wish to probe the arcanes of nature, if you do not find within yourself that which you seek, neither shall you be able to find it outside. If you ignore the excellencies of your own house, how do you intend to find other excellencies? In you is hi...

Hello earthling friends ! **Please read well our profile as it contains all the informations you need to know to avoid misunderstanding. Thank you.** (update 10.24) We are Charlotte (49) & Philippe (52), a french-Italian couple, living in Odemira, Alentejo, South Portugal, since 2010. We live with two female dogs: Adipertni 14y & Mara 9y, two female cats: Ventoinha 3y and Daewoo 2 months, a rooster and seven hens. Philippe is an artist, illustrator and painter, and an excellent carpenter. He likes music, history and planting trees. Charlotte teaches french and basics in portuguese, and occasionally works in layout, edition and print. She likes cooking (best in jams and pancakes!), plants and pruning trees. We speak french, portuguese, english, italian, and a little spanish. Both smoke, are non-veg but don't eat meat frequently. We've been travelling a lot, and since we settled in Portugal more than 15 years ago, we've been hosting people via CouchSurfing, HelpX, hitchhikers and trave...

JAN 2025 Help needed Hello my helpex friends how would you like to spend January in Algarve portugal. I’m looking for helpers in January. I offer accommodation and bfast lunch and dinner for 4 hours work per day 6 days a week. I have a couple of bikes if you wanted to explore the countryside . You will have your own room or share with another helpex. I have internet . There is 3 cafes nearby in walking distance for you to learn a bit of Portuguese. We will clearing the land and painting . Loule and Faro are 15 mins in car away. I can take you there on your day off . Please get in touch if you have any questions .

Come and help an animal rescue and protection association in the South-West Algarve, Portugal Our current availability for 2024 and 2025 is below. As people's plans sometimes change, so this changes and it is updated regularly. Large Caravan for up to 2 people 24 October until 6 November 31 December onwards Large Pet-friendly Caravan for up to 2 people 5 January onwards Small Pet-friendly Caravan for 1 person 15 January onwards Tent, with 2 single beds, electricity and chest of drawers, for 2 people 24 October to 21 November 6 December onwards People are welcome on other dates if they have their own accommodation ie:- a van or a tent and if we have space. We have 3 fenced in areas for people travelling in vans or with their own tents and with their dogs. Generally, we are getting booked up well in advance, especially in the summer months. Due to the water shortage here, we have limited accommodation for up to 6 people, which is usually the maximum number of volunteers we hav...

We are a cultural and arts community that is working towards being self-sustained. The community is situated in the mountains of Monchique, Portugal surrounded by nature. Our community provides an alternative way of living with permaculture gardens, farm animals, sustainability projects, and arts and cultural workshops. It is a great place to come to meet other like-minded people if you are passionate about sustainability and alternative living. We hold community meetings throughout the week alongside activities and workshops, such as quiz nights, dance nights and yoga classes. If you have something you are passionate about and want to share with others, we would love for you to run a workshop. One of the best things here is the variety of tasks you can do as a volunteer, which gives you the opportunity to learn new skills and discover what you enjoy doing most. We have a combination of short-term and long-term volunteers and on average we have between 10 to 20 volunteers and resident...

This space is a creative retreat, a house and a small farm land where the work rooms are placed. We are open all year and we host artist and projects from all over the world. Our residency has a very comfortable house where artists can rest, eat,sleep and be together and the work facilities framed by a garden and some nice farm animals. It´s placed in a green and peaceful village close to the river, surrounded by beautiful forests, fields and mountains. The village where the residency is placed has some grocery shops, caffes, bakery, greenhouse of biological agriculture... Tondela is 4km´s and it´s a small city that have supermarket´s shops, caffes, museum, turism office etc. We need someone to help us with the daily tasks, like feed the animals, gardening,water plants,basic clean,general maintenance,cleaning the animal area, check if something is missing in the house supplies,some gardening, help the artists with there work and needs, and help us with office & internet basic stuff....

Immerse Yourself in Sustainable Island Living - Volunteers Wanted! Join me, in my charming old house surrounded by the lush, organic banana farm that has been in my family for generations. Located in the beautiful and sunny Ponta do Sol region, this is your chance to experience sustainable living firsthand and contribute to a thriving local community. As a volunteer, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside me in maintaining the garden, banana plantation, and other diverse crops. Get your hands dirty with composting, upcycling, and bio-construction projects, environmental activism, etc... I will also need your help on my Airbnb and cooking/preparing meals. Your help will be invaluable in keeping this permaculture oasis flourishing. But it's not just about the work - you'll also have the chance to immerse yourself in the local culture. I'm well-connected with a network of friends and sustainability advocates, and I'd love to introduce you to the vibrant community here. Join me f...

Hello beautiful people of the world! We are a small Portuguese-Russian family with a 5 year old child. We are artists, musicians, builders and gardeners doing our best to live a simple but meaningful life by creating a small piece of paradise where we can connect with nature and ourselves by living a more sustainable, resilient and conscious lifestyle. We feel that having a direct connection to our needs has a direct impact on our quality of life. Build our homes, grow our food, develop our skills and our ability to connect with others, spread love and positive energy. In short to put in practice and show an example of the vision we have for life in harmony with Mother Earth. We are blessed to be the guardians of a beautiful big piece of land in one of the wildest areas in Portugal. Half of our land is made of wild forest of Oak, Medronho, Pine and Eucalyptus. In our valley we have a great potential for agriculture and abundance of water. We take inspiration from the principles and te...

Permaculture project with idea and space to create an eco-village. Sete Fontes: The quinta is located in Alto Alentejo 2 km from Portalegre. Fifteen hectares with magical forests and a beautiful valley provided by seventeen sources and several mines with healthy water where three people live permanently: Alex, coming from healthcare, Isabel, a communication manager and Michel, a carpenter who is the founder of the project. There is also one dog, five cats, five chickens and seven sheeps. The project is now in the phase when it’s open so that more people can live here. Because parts of the ruins are ready for occupancy, there is space for people who want to stay longer, which can bring new and stronger dynamics throughout the year, not like before, when there was only a lot going on in the summer months. So far there is already a beautiful gardens going on and numerous species of plants, shrubs and trees which deliver us plenty of food. We are happy when someone shows enthusiasm for...

Hi! My name is Ashley. I just moved from Lisbon back to my hometown, Castelo de Vide, to start a new projet related with tourism based on the value of the local people and the natural resorces that this beautiful region located in the natural park of São Mamede have to share. My best friend Fred is developping his farm into an agriculture farm. At the moment we are looking for someone who can help us, every November we do our own olive oil for what we need help to the olive picking. I live with my in a very beautiful and cozy house inside the medieval walls of the castle of Castelo de Vide, where we'll stay( we can make a whatsapp video call to you to see). we already have been hosts in the past in other projets and all the helpers who passed by become family. this a very special region of Portugal that you can check in youtube. Please feel free for any questions and hope to ear from you🙏 Ashley and Fred.

This place is and has been open non stop=welcome, Two positions are possible, parallel in the same time : 1 )The " normal/usual " volunteer position .....AND... 2 ) a experienced gardener volunteer...as described below... Hello out there ! i am looking for some experienced gardener with a few years back ground, to take over the responsibility of the garden/vegetable production , you have to be able to work independent ,plan a garden and succession of plants, understand watering and machines how to grow up plants and seedlings ,compost care fruit trees care .Of course especially in the beginning i will be there to show you and introduce you. i need to take time off from the garden to focus on other projects = buildings and planning, building a chimneyand a rocket stove massive heater . The " gardener " position is for somebody that can stay here a few months , maybe longer. Parallel ,volunteers without the above described experience are also welcome! Here there are only 6 fo...

Naturalmente is a RETREAT CENTER in Algarve - Portugal, focused on a natural healthy way of living hosting Retreats and Activities for the evolution and expansion of consciousness **** we are opening for VOLUNTEERS to help preparing the space for events, general maintenance, and permaculture garden tasks **** we are looking for people motivated to co-create a sustainable healthy living project with us, and contribute in the co-creation of a harmonious and meaningful life together, and eventual becoming residents and join us long term **** WHAT WE OFFER **** Living in a place integrated in an extensive natural environment, where you can feel connected and part of a collective vision and live a Healthy and meaningful way of living. We provide a space for evolution and growth where you can learn more skills and experience and where we encourage Authentic and Harmonious Relationships This is a great place to re-connect with our Essence - connected with Nature and All the Universe...

We work in partnership with the largest NGO in Portugal (Santa Casa da Misericordia de Lisboa). We received asylum seekers selected by the NGO Volunteer work is the same as a hostel and simple to do. 24 hours a week with at least 2 days off but usually more days off We offer accommodation, breakfast and laundry facilities. We welcome volunteers as a part of a team in a familiar way. They have the opportunity to mingle with everybody else and be a part of a joyfull and neworganization.

We are Tina and Annwen, a couple who are embarking on a new adventure in the hills of the Algarve. Having lived on the south west coast of the Algarve for over 10 years we wanted a change from the busy coast and headed for the tranquil hills of Seria da Monchique. We purchased an old overgrown fruit farm with many neglected trees such as orange, lemon, apple, kiwi, persimmon, fig, peach, pear, olive, walnut and chestnut trees, two water mines and an old ruin. The land is made up of various flat agriculture terraces and a fairly steep hillsides as is the case with many of the farms in the area. We are surrounded by nature from old cork oaks, huge butterfly's, to plentiful birdlife, seeing birds of prey is common place as is hearing the owls sing into the starlit sky. We have plentiful walking trails nearby in fact the Via Algarvania way route goes past the top of our land. Our vision: It is our vision to have a self sufficient small holding with animals, organic fruit & vegetable ...

UPDATE - Some reviews talk about my wife, ex-wife now :-) Update - Accommodation At the moment I have a room just for you but part of the work to be done it's in this room. Need help rebuilding and maintain a 200 years old house Cultural exchange and learning opportunities: Every time that we have a chance, we will travel around the country or even Spain. We can travel North to visit Serra do Geres or other places, Serra da Estrela, Lisboa, Algarve and so on. Of course, we can go up Douro river and visit port wine caves. Above all stay curious and do your one research for things that you would like to do and maybe I can help you. Carpe Diem ------ Description I live in Porto city, North of Portugal and need help restoring my old house with everything that you can think of. Need help to maintain all the house and garden, clean and usable and always improving with painting, and high teck. I like to love and live the life, we just have one and we need to live it at 100% or more. I l...

Myself Filip, my ex-wife and our two sons live on our big sustainable farm. We are for the biggest part self-sufficient. We provide in our own food, wood, (warm) water and electricity. We have a omnivore diet who is almost all from own produce. We are standing for a free conscious moral life. We can use some help mostly in the garden. We ask 24 hours of help for a stay of 7 days. We provide WIFI, bedroom and shower and our own food. We eat one meal a day with the volunteers and for the other meals the food is provided.

We reside on an off-grid farm 3km out of the nearest village and 20km away from the nearest city (Castelo Branco). The work includes accomodation and food, a long time position can also include pocket money according to individual arrangement. There is plenty of free time available for personal activities but most important is to make sure you have the will and wish to work around kids and happy to communicate. VERY IMPORTANT : If you are only interested in obtaining a VISA for Portugal, please note that we can NOT offer assistance in obtaining one! Hello dear future volunteer, great that you are interested in our place. Let’s try to give you a good impression of what expects you when you come to work here : What kind of place is this? This is the home of a 7-headed family, a small heard of goats, loads of ducks and chickens, a few cats and dogs and many olive trees. We raise and educate five children, live in houses that we built ourselves, work the garden and for most of the yea...

we have place for you in a nice and cosy apartment to stay! Our property includes Sauna, swimming-pool, 2 apartments. We love animals: 2 dogs, 1 cat and chicken. our land is in the hills, there is a nice garden with plenty vegetable and a lot of trees : Olive- Almond, figs and Carob trees. We are a german couple, over 60 years old, living already 30 years in Portugal. Our children did grow up here, They are living closed with their family... our place is in the pure nature, very calm and relaxing area., about 2,5 km from the next village Estoi, 8 km to Faro and 4 to Sao Bras de Alportel, Here is some help needed with gardening, pruning etc. or construction helping eco house -if you like ! Welcome Lucia and Wolfgang

Hello HelpXers. EcoAlgarve and the CdC Project take sustainable living seriously. If you would like to help please read our web site and get in touch. www.ecoalgarve.com

HELPERS NEEDED NOW: OCTOBER 2024 (minimum 2-weeks stay) I'm a retired American woman living in a typical rural Algarvean house, 4.5km from the town of Loule and 15min (by car) from the sea. Am a former entrepreneur: restauranteur, IT company owner, forest wildfire fighter and Mountain Search & Rescue volunteer. I am a Mother, Grandmother and a bit of a 'recluse'. I have Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs. I'm happy to show you special hikes, and introduce you to small local family run cafes, and nearby wonderful beaches and cook local dishes with you! NOTE: *** I require a 10-day commitment NOTE: *** I cannot accept any pets (at all), nor families. I DO have space to park a campervan. NOTE; *** I accept couples and single women GENERAL WORKS: Gardening, maintenance of property, repairing things, dog walking, housekeeping, some cooking in the main house. **You MUST have a valid drivers licence and exprerience with dogs, using hand and power tools and be a self-starter. I cannot 'teach' you ...

LOCATION; Our hostel is located in the historic village of Aljezur. Situated on the southwest coast of Portugal, Aljezur is surrounded by incredible beaches, the closest of which are: Arrifana, Monte Clérigo and Amoreira (7km from here). Surfing takes place all year round, as do sunsets at sea. There are several hiking trails in the area, including the famous Fishermen's Trail of the Rota Vicentina, where we fit in by welcoming many hiking guests. VACANCY: Our vacancy is open for up to 2 to 4 people. We are looking for versatile volunteers who can help with making beds, cleaning rooms and common aereas, preparing breakfast and eventually helping in the reception. PERIOD AND WORKLOAD: We are openning for minimum stay of 20 days, from OCTOBER, 2024 TO MARCH, 2025. Our woarkload is of 4 hours/day with 1 day off. OUR COUNTERPART: We offer free accommodation (2 places in the volujnteers room + 2 places in the dormitory room), breakfast, a shared kitchen fully equipped, communal spaces, w...

Hi there, thanks for choosing to read our entry :)) We live on a small farm (2.5 hectares) inland of Central Portugal, 30km from the Spanish border in a beautiful wild area. From our land you can see the mountain of Monsanto (Sacred Mountain). We have 80 olive trees, 250 vines, various fruit trees and an ever-expanding vegetable garden. We are restoring the land; planting trees and digging ponds and swales. We are working towards a food forest, self-sufficiency, and money-less living. Those are our ultimate goals! Volunteers will be working on any of the land projects: digging garden beds, planting trees, watering the nursery, working in the veggie garden or helping us build because we are still in the process of creating structures. We like to use natural methods of building and work with reclaimed materials as much as possible. We are designing our property along the lines of permaculture principles. A friend recently called our life-style 'natural living'. We don't really know wh...

Everything have changed. Our reviews are about the B&B that we had in Pombal. We sold the quinta (farm), we bought a new place in Alpiarça, for our sound and light business. We were just moving in , then my husband, Richard, died. So now I have a huge building, . I am building on my own a little apartment in what used to be the shop. With help here and there I can live there. I have a lot of skills myself, but due to my age I more and more have to admit that there are limits. My goal is to make the huge workspace into something that can provide me an income. Starting with a permanent garage sale for all the stuff from our biuseness. And finally, finally, after a long life working in the music and theatre businesses, to sit down and make nice things. And doing workshops in art and tile painting. There is no garden but I am dreaming of creating a nice little patio. What I offer, your own room, with own toilet and shower. As you can see in my reviews, there were a lot of laughs in our...

We do have a small mediterrian plant nursery. Here we do need help for all the different works, e.g. clearing the ground, cutting, potting plants. We normally ask for help in the mornings, so most afternoons are free time for the helpers. As a helper you should like to spend some free time by your own and you can use our bikes to go around. Right now we need help with the plant nursery, beside keeping the pots clean, weeding and potting. And we need help in taking care of the whole plot, sometimes we also need somebody help us with painting or cleaning. The accommodation for a helper will always be together with a bathroom, depending of the time of the year, it will be a guest-room or a caravan. We do live 8 km away from the next beach and we can offer a bike to get there. Our farm is situated near Faro Airport. If you like to work outside, nature and animals and if you also can enjoy free time for yourself, please contact us. We prefer now one helper with driving license and wil...

OUR PROJECT: Im Gal and me and my 6.5 year old child are living on our small farm next to Odeceixe, a cute village in the Southwest of Portugal. Our place is located by the river of Odeceixe, 3 km outside of the village and 6 km from the Atlantic ocean. I bought the land in the spring of 2014 and I had been very busy sense! I have hosted over 100 volunteers the past years and i have had an amazing experience renovating my houses and building up the farm! We could never have done it without the help from so many wonderful and caring people, we are truly blessed! My vision is to live a quiet life in the countryside, give my son a good childhood growing up close to nature and growing as much of our own food as we can. We are practicing permaculture and we have renovated several houses built out of rammed earth. To support our selves we are renting out our self made houses for tourists. We have a garden and fruit trees to care for and some chickens. We need a bunch of strong hands and ...

Over the years we noticed a change in mentality and expectations. We feel the need to express the following; We invite people who associate with our vision and goals. Most interesting to know first how your experience/expertise or professional background can contribute to the project and lift it up. Gradually we will share our good and inspiring life on a wonderful location as well as knowledge, vision and experiences, also practice like on the go. If you would like to have a specific experience we advice you to follow a workshop for example on permaculture or natural building etc, that are also available in Portugal and in our area. “The whole is more than the sum of its parts”. We are relaxed, open-minded and see life as an ongoing learning experience. Our project was born from the idea that ‘You have to be the change that you want to see in the world’ (Ghandi) and our approach is professional, based on respect, trust and integrity. To create an economical basis to live here and to ...

We live in a beautiful small hamlet nestled in the hills of central Portugal. There are four houses which until recently lay abandoned for 60 years. The river Pera runs through the valley (with some great swimming spots) and a spring delivers our drinking water. We, Miguel and Shobha, live here with our twelve year old son, Saul, and nine year old daughter, Anaya, and are restoring part of the hamlet and reclaiming the land. We run a syntropic agriculture reforestation project and provide a retreat and workshop space. Helpers are needed for a vast array of tasks! These include landscaping, clearing, cleaning, cooking, gardening, tree-felling, pointing, dry-wall restoration, helping take care of guests when we have retreats running ... and more! Accomodation is either in tipis, domes or a self-contained room. The set up is basic but comfortable. We have a solar set up for electricity & wifi. We will also provide 3 nourishing meals. We ask for 5 hours work per day, 5 days a week, plus...

English version below... Bonjour amis Woofers, nous sommes français et nous venons d'acheter un terrain de près de 2 hectares au Portugal, dans le secteur proche de Mêda/Vila Nova de Foz Côa/Torre de Moncorvo. Nous aimerions pouvoir y vivre décemment en famille pour l'automne 2025, et je souhaite agrandir, en terre/chaux, deux bâtisses agricoles en pierres d'environ 20m2 chacune (dont un toit à refaire). Désirant être totalement autonome en eau et en électricité, puits et source sur place, j'ai à cœur de trouver des solutions pour alimenter les maisons en eau et en énergie libre, tout en pensant au recyclage des eaux grises et usées de façon la plus naturelle, ou à défaut, avec une fosse septique. Un walipini et un poulailler en kerterre sont aussi en projet. Nous ne pouvons rien enseigner aux wwoofers sur la construction des maisons en terre, ou sur la construction de façon globale, c'est plutôt nous qui comptons sur l'expérience des wwoofers. Pendant la construction/l'agrandissem...

We decided to quit the rat-race in London a few years ago and make our escape to the Portuguese countryside and work remotely! Sharlit is French, works as a Voice Over artist from our home studio, and Charlie is a British garden designer growing his knowledge of fruit bearing plants on our land here in Northern Portugal. We have recently opened up the space to accommodate other remote workers and travelling creatives, whilst learning Portuguese, counting on our very friendly neighbours to share their culture and knowledge of the land, and caring for our newest addition to the family, little Cobie, born in August 2023! Our home is nestled in a valley 30 mins away from Porto and our land backs up onto a beautiful waterfall! (makes for lovely water sounds to fall asleep to...) So far we have been getting help to refurbish some furniture, renovate spaces by sanding, painting, grouting and cementing, and doing some light building works using upcycled materials. These days we are in need of...

As well as the usual short term help as offered below ..we are also interested in a potential long 6-9 months or longer stay perhaps in your own van using the house as a support system for a much less hours exchange So if interested in long term stay let us know We have a bedroom in the house available from September 2024 ,during summer (May to late October) there are some other options. Also in summer we can only offer : either; a shower every 3 days or : 5 litres a day exclusively for washing yourself- but there is a clean ocean only a short (13 minutes) walk away .. . Current needs/wishes general help , . solar panel maintenance,(we will show you ) some daily food preparation and housework, we are open to other jobs using your skills and a mix of indoor and outdoor s, for example;mulching watering and land tidying weeding, path laying, land clearing and wooding, and indoor and outdoor decluttering and organising. repairs , carpentry dry stone walling, painting and...

Bom Dia, We (Nuno & Suze and dogs, cats and chickens) live on 6 hectares of beautiful coastal land, part of which is farmed and gets visited by our local shepherd with his flock. Nuno left English academia some years ago and came home to his native Portugal seeking the quiet life. He designed and built his own wooden house overlooking the sea. Suze is Dutch and a former midwife turned researcher. Together we set up the project based on the philosophy of Alberto Caeiro (Pessoa's heteronym). We have a tree house on the land and 3 personalized caravans. Everything is right by the sea, amongst typical Portuguese pine trees. The caravans and the tree house are rented out to guests. We also have another piece of land with fruit trees and grapes. We are completely off-grid and use solar panels for electricity. Life is basic but beautiful! We ask for 4-5 flexible hours of help a day (2 days off/week). The remainder of the time is yours to spend on the beach (or otherwise) which is about 20 m...

We live in an old Monastery, and we need help on the following: -Horses and fences -Gardening and planting -Help on some event's organizations, such as TT 4x4 lazer trip's (one day), summer camp's, kid's, cycling and some river sport's ... -Cleaning the house, cooking, painting, ... We have room's (individual and with more than one bed)and we offer meals and accomodation. The activities depend on the weather and on the season.

Hi ... Welcome... Alittle quick update.. Hi Everyone, thanks for taking the time and showing interest in this incredible vision. Life centre, healing lands. I love to work on the land, no day is ever the same, but connecting partly to what you wish to do and what needs to be done, and working in the shade at full sunny moments, it is so gratifying. Only people who dont mind to work the full time agreed, and our willing to enjoy with a positive manner, are welcome. Paid work also available if you would like to work longer days... Please also read below. Welcome!! COME WITH US ON A LIFE CHANGING JOURNEY, TO ACCOMPLISH THIS VISION. The vision is to cocreate an ergonomic flowing community, where to facilitate and invite both national and international space holders and guests. To host participate in retreats, workshops, training programmes, Vipassana meditations, gatherings and ceremonies. To connect to like minded people and gather in community, working together for the greater g...

We are a Portuguese couple, with a little girl born in July 2016, and a baby boy born in the 1st of January 2020, who lives in a small village laid abandoned for 20 years, in Central Portugal. The river Mega runs through the valley. We moved to the countryside because we wanted to be the change we wanted to see in the world. We are working on setting up a natural garden, restoring the stone house, collecting and drying herbs for teas, making natural soaps, graphic design and illustration. After a Permaculture Design Course and 1.5 year of WWOOFing (a month in Japan and the rest in Portugal, by bicycle), we embraced this adventure inspired by all the projects we met. We would love to share this experience with everyone who wants to shift life standards. We hope to inspire everyone who wants to live more close to nature and be respectful towards others. We are also implicated in saving seeds in an association. We care for what we eat. We are firm advocate of natural health, home birth ...

An old stone farmhouse and garden at the foothills of the Serra de Estrela in Central Portugal - Suzanna and Michael grow fruits, olives, root-crops, medical / culinary herbs; keep henz and bees; use log stoves and solar panels; a water mine and nearby fresh spring-water. They make wine, vinegars; breads, jams, preserves, tinctures, sauces, soaps, fermentations etc. Their focus is on health and independence. The lifestyle is challenging and rewarding. They require seasonal help with planting, harvesting, storing, processing, repair-work, house-sitting, watering, composting, mulching, fencing, maintaining equipment, etc. They offer a spacious room (21m2) with separate entrance via private patio and sun-room (15m2), kitchenette, a shared outdoor kitchen, use of a sauna; bikes /ebike/ moto. The nearby village (4km) soon to be connected by metro to Coimbra. They keep a cat; and they enjoy the quietness and tranquility of the countryside. Sue and Mike are a mature couple, with 25 ye...

Hi everyone, welcome to our home! We are a small family consisting of Alexander, Alice and our little boy. We are dedicated to community development based on permaculture. We live in the small village of Barco, with dreams and projects that have to do with personal, spiritual and community development, and music. We are starting to gather some people around us to create a kind of community in the village. We love the music and the crafts, and the deep connection. Barco is a very quiet town, where you can take a break from the chaos of the city. The town has shops and shops to buy everything you need. There are also many natural attractions for hiking, the river and the mountains are close by. In your free time you can do sport in a dreamlike landscape! The cities of Covilhã and Fundão are 30 minutes away by car. Covilhã can also be reached by bus. In our village, there is already a permaculture community and we have realised that its principles can be used to strengthen the village a...

We are Axel and Mônica (both 50). We are living in Portugal and our house with 3000 squaremeters of land is in a small village in the countryside of the beautiful Algarve. We can offer accommodation (bedroom - as you can see on the picture - and separate bathroom for you) and meals of course. Behind the village the mountains start, so here is a lot of nature,the beaches are 30km away. The next town (Messines) is 4km away, the next village about 1km. The main task for helpers would be gardening., cleaning and taking care of our dogs Otto and Milky. We need helpers in spring 2025. We prefer a couple or two friends, but if you are a single helper, you can contact us as well. Helpers are very welcome to our house!

Were looking for a couple for October We are the smallest Hostel in Lagos and perhaps in Portugal, 12 beds only. We are small like a Bee but we are big in activities and events, perfect for single travelers that are looking for some real adventure in the Algarve. We have unique and original events, stay with us and leave with a smile. We organize: sea kayak tours (all year), surf tours, bike tours (Lagos Cliffs, bars, beaches and caves), boat trips, beach BBQ’s, boat parties and many others. Guests have access to a shared and equipped kitchen.We are looking for a volunteer to help with house keeping, activities and reception, 4 hours a day 1day off, free acomodation in hostel . The hostel is set in the heart of Lagos within the Old City Wall where you can find great shops, amazing restaurants, tons of history & culture and last but not least its famous night life circuit. You will get to meet 'some of The Most Beautiful Beaches in the World' and be where the sun shines longer than a...

The property covers 19 hectares in Alentejo, Portugal (at Moura) and has olive trees. I welcome people who are motivated, even if they have no particular skills but great energy, good health to work with earth, wood, or stone. If you want to participate, learn and discover other natural spaces. We accompany nature with respect and we wish human relations with respect in sharing.. It is not necessary to know how to plant fruit trees and take care of them because we can show you how to maintain a vegetable garden, how to take care of a farm . At the time of the fruit harvest: pears, pomegranates, almonds, table grapes, loquats, figs, I would need people who want to participate in a fruit picking and conservation project by making jams, dehydrating. From the end of November it is the season for picking olives to make oil . It is a period of great traditional activity in the region because Moura is the champion of olive oil in Portugal, it is very interesting to discover olive picking ...

Hi, I am Antonio, 45, Italian.11 years ago i radically change my life and start to travel since i root in the beautiful hills of western Algarve. I am trying my best to be a farmer, organic, sustainable and have a low footprint lifestyle. I am starting a new project from scratch, for the 6th time..., in a plot of 2,5 ha. The new amazing final place has 1 ha of flat land where must be build the new wood house, container workshop, well, carport and the new garden set up...and 1,5 ha of hill side very wild and abandoned that needs hard core cleaning.Anyhow a lot of work, very interesting to who wanna start an off-grid life! All the project is inspired on permaculture, but i am not a teacher or a a fanatic.Instead i am fanatic of recycling and restoring, give new life on object, buy as less as possible and find cheap solutions, without compromise efficiency and beauty. You are welcome with your own van/car.I have 2 friendly female dogs, if you have also a dog or pet we will figure out ca...