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Permaculture & Eco Farming Experience

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1 - 16 weken  ·  Leeftijd 18 - 50+
rating  Uitstekend 4.8  · 
  Geverifieerd door Volunteer World
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Highlights

  • Learn about permaculture principles, new skills and have a hands-on experience in agroforests (food forests) and organic regenerative farming. The new way of agriculture!
  • Take care of all the farm animals and learn about composting and soil improvent, a healthy plant starts with good soil
  • Live in an international community and gain friends for life

Highlights

  • Learn about permaculture principles, new skills and have a hands-on experience in agroforests (food forests) and organic regenerative farming. The new way of agriculture!
  • Take care of all the farm animals and learn about composting and soil improvent, a healthy plant starts with good soil
  • Live in an international community and gain friends for life
  • Live in a beautiful and peaceful environment, surrounded by mountains, forests and waterfalls, far away from stress and city life
  • Experience the outdoor activities in the region, enjoy hiking, biking, horseback riding and many more! Or visit and explore Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis and Búzios during you free time

    • Vooral geschikt voor

    Leeftijd 18+
    Alleenstaanden
    Koppels
    Families
    Groepen

    Over het programma

    We invite you to join our eco project and have a real hands-on experience in agroforestry, organic farming, bioconstruction and sustainable community living.

    We are a young family that, in the beginning of 2020, left the city life behind to start a green self-experiment in a countryside in Brazil. As we follow the Permaculture principles, our goal is to learn together, share our experience, produce food and enrich the biodiversity of the land.

    This volunte

    Over het programma

    We are a young family that, in the beginning of 2020, left the city life behind to start a green self-experiment in a countryside in Brazil. As we follow the Permaculture principles, our goal is to learn together, share our experience, produce food and enrich the biodiversity of the land.

    This volunteer program is a real hands-on experience in agroforestry and organic regenerative farming. Also, it is a way to stay away from the hectic world, live in an international community and reconnect with nature.

    As a volunteer within our volunteer program, you will stay in the newly renovated and very comfortable guest house. It has 3 bedrooms - two of them shared ones, each with two single beds and one single room, one bathroom, a well-equipped kitchen with a beautiful dining area, a cozy living room and an outside terrace. The guest house is about 20m away from our main family house.We also offer an accommodation for a couple or single traveler in a separate room with private bathroom and a kitchen.

    On working days we lunch all together and there are supplies to make your own breakfast, dinner and meals on weekends. Also, cleaning your own room as well as to participate in tidying up of the common areas of the guest house will be one of your responsibilities. In your free time you can relax or do some hiking, explore some trails and waterfalls or visit the city of Nova Friburgo. On the farm we regularly organize game nights, cinema sessions or campfire.

    Location:

    The MAARA eco farm covers 30 hectares and is situated in the beautiful mountains of the Atlantic Rain Forest (a bioma much under pressure, only 7% of the original forest still exists), close to the Três Picos National Park, in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro.  The place is very quiet and peaceful. The center of Nova Friburgo is about a 25-minute drive from the site. Public transport to Nova Friburgo is just a 15-minute walk away from the farm and it takes about 30 minutes to get there.

    Dagelijkse activiteiten

    Volunteers will work 3 days a week and a typical workday starts at 7:30 am and ends at 5:30 pm. The activities may vary, but it might go something like this:

    7:30-12:00: Work on the farm, agroforestry or organic farming, bioconstruction or maintenance works

    10:00-10:15: Coffee break

    12:00-14:00: Lunch ...

    Dagelijkse activiteiten

    Volunteers will work 3 days a week and a typical workday starts at 7:30 am and ends at 5:30 pm. The activities may vary, but it might go something like this:

    7:30-12:00: Work on the farm, agroforestry or organic farming, bioconstruction or maintenance works

    10:00-10:15: Coffee break

    12:00-14:00: Lunch and time to rest

    14:00-17:30: Work on the farm, agroforestry or organic farming, bioconstruction or maintenance works

    15:30-15:45: Coffee break

    17:30: Free time


    Activities:

    Since we’ve arrived here in the beginning of 2020, we have implemented an agroforest, made a raised vegetable garden, built a greenhouse and planted lots of trees, transformed a conventional pool into a natural swimming pond, refurbished our sewage system into a sustainable one, and many more.  We further rebuilt two old farmhouses to suit our family, guests and volunteers to have a comfortable stay at our farm.

    Also, we opened an access road to further areas where we will make more agroforests, build a bio-constructed house and reforest parts of the land.

    Volunteers will help at the upcoming projects, such as:

    - Implement more agroforests with different objectives, one being implementing organic coffee culture

    - Build and plant a big fruit and vegetable garden

    - Redo the sewage system into a natural and sustainable one

    - Make grazing areas for and take care of the animals on the farm

    - Construct and maintain different kind of composting systems

    - Bio-Construct a house on the mountain based on permaculture principles

    - And many more!

    Vrijetijdsactiviteiten

    The other two free days of the week and the weekend are yours to explore some closest cities like Nova Friburgo or Lumiar, or stay around the farm. Some activities you can do around here are:

    Waterfalls and natural pools: on the property, within a short walking distance from the house, there is a ...

    Vrijetijdsactiviteiten

    The other two free days of the week and the weekend are yours to explore some closest cities like Nova Friburgo or Lumiar, or stay around the farm. Some activities you can do around here are:

    Waterfalls and natural pools: on the property, within a short walking distance from the house, there is a clean stream with many natural pools to cool off in hot days and a spectacular waterfall of about 40 m height.

    Hikes & bikes: this region is famous for many beautiful hiking trails with rewarding views over the mountain tops. Some of them like “Chapéu da bruxa” (Witch’s Hat), “Pirâmide” and “Babilônia” are within a short distance from MAARA. Also, some trails suit well for mountain biking if that’s your passion.

    Lake: feed the tilapias and have fun with fishing and releasing them back into water.

    It is also easy to take the bus and spend a long weekend in the city of Rio de Janeiro (3 hours by bus).

    Voorwaarden

    Voorwaarden

    Minimum leeftijd: 18 jaar

    Om deel te nemen aan het programma dien je tenminste 18 jaar oud te zijn op de startdatum van het programma. Er kunnen uitzonderingen gemaakt worden indien je een bewijs van toestemming kan aantonen van uw wettelijke voogd(en) of samen met je ouders deelneemt.

    Taalkennis

    Je dient over volgende taalkennis te beschikken Engels (basis niveau)

    Bewijs van goed gedrag en zeden

    verplicht

    Vereiste documenten

    Passport or Travel ID

    Nationaliteitsbeperkingen

    Geen beperkingen. Helpende handen van over de hele wereld zijn welkom.

    Andere vaardigheden

    Good physical and mental conditions.

    Tijdsinzet

    Uw helpende hand wordt verwacht op maandag, woensdag en vrijdag van 07:30 - 17:30

    Diensten ingesloten

    Diensten ingesloten

    Diensten door Projeto MAARA

    Hands-on experience in agroforest and organic farming.

    Workshops: We can schedule workshops with community members on crochet, native bees, agroforestry, crafts, yoga and more!

    Lunch: On working days we lunch all together and there are supplies to make your own breakfast, dinner and meals on weekends.

    Activities: In your free time you can relax or do some hiking, explore some trails and beautiful waterfalls in the area, horseback riding or visit the city of Nova Friburgo. On the farm we now and then organize game nights, cinema sessions or campfire. We will take you to some touristic sightseeing activities during your stay.

    Afhaal aan de luchthaven op Galeao Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport

    We can arrange a professional, English speaking airport pick-up for an additional fee - for now it is 130,- USD per trip (price depends on current fuel prices in Brazil).

    Airport pick-up is not included in volunteer program fee

    Accomodatie

    As a volunteer within our volunteer program, you will stay in the newly renovated and very comfortable guest house. It has 3 bedrooms - two of them shared ones, each with two single beds and one single room, one bathroom, a well-equipped kitchen with a beautiful dining area, a cozy living room and an outside terrace. Recently, we have opened a new accommodation (room with private bathroom, kitchen and your own entrance) suited for a single traveler or a couple.

    Eten & Drank

    On working days we lunch all together and there are supplies available to make your own breakfast, dinner and meals on weekends.

    We try to grow our own food as much as possible, but every week we make a list to buy the groceries we need and do not (yet) supply from our own lands. It is very rewarding to harvest your own grown organic greens, vegetables and fruits to prepare the meals.

    Internet toegang

    Makkelijke toegang op de project site

    Wat is er NIET inbegrepen?

    Wat is er NIET inbegrepen?

    Vlucht tickets

    De dichtste luchthaven is Galeao Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG) in Rio De Janeiro. We assisteren u met het vinden van goedkope vluchten naar Brazilië. VIND GOEDKOPE VLUCHTEN

    Reisverzekering

    Naar het buitenland reizen is een avontuur en het is best om goed voorbereid te zijn. Plots ziek worden of gewond raken, annulaties of diefstal - een reisverzekering voor Brazilië biedt zekerheid en is een meerwaarde. KRIJG EEN OFFERTE

    Vaccinaties

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    Gegevens over jouw aankomst

    We receive volunteers throughout the year depending on the availability. 

    If you arrive at the airports in Rio de Janeiro, we can arrange a pickup for an additional fee.

    Beschikbaarheid
    jan. feb. mrt. apr. mei. jun. jul. aug. sep. okt. nov. dec.

    Programmakosten

    1 week (min. verblijf) 353€
    2 weken 555€
    3 weken 731€
    4 weken 908€
    8 weken 1.563€
    12 weken 1.941€
    16 weken (max. verblijf) 2.345€
    Gemiddelde kosten 249€/week

    Programmakosten

    249€ per week 1 - 16 weken Leeftijd 18 - 50+

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    Duurtijd

    1 - 16 weken

    Waarborg

    De waarborg dient om je plek als vrijwilliger te verzekeren. Betalingen worden door PayPal behandeld, onze betrouwbare betalingsprovider. Indien je niet over een PayPal account beschikt, kan je ook met een credit kaart betalen.

    Finale betaling

    Uw finale betaling zal worden goedgekeurd door Projeto MAARA gedurende de aanmeld procedure. Veel voorkomende oplossingen zijn een banktransfer of contante betaling op de projectsite.

    Ontmoet je organisatie

    Projeto MAARA

    Uitstekend 4.8 rating (12 beoordelingen)

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    Gepresenteerd door

    Dace

    Gesproken talen: Engels, Duits, Letlands, Portugees, Nederlands

    Over de organisatie

    We left the city life behind to start a green self-experiment following Permaculture principles. Our goal is to learn, reconnect & grow with nature together.

    Ontmoet je organisatie

    Here at MAARA, we are dedicated to transform a conventional farm into an ecological sanctuary for nature, animals and people to thrive. In the beginning of 2020, we left the city life behind to start this green self-experiment surrounded by the mountain stretch of the National Park of Três Picos, close to Nova Friburgo in Rio de Janeiro state.

    We didn’t know much about living and working in the countryside, but we knew that we wanted to live ecologically and socially more sustainable, searching to create a more balanced and meaningful life, connected to nature and community. Permaculture principles became our main path to follow and to learn from. Since then, we literally daily gain new skills and build new connections and - the more we learn, the more we realize how much more is there to be learned.

    Our goal is to learn together with others and to share our experience, to produce our own food and enrich the fertility, productivity and biodiversity of the land, to learn to live in harmony and respect with nature and the community around us.

    Our volunteer program is a real hands-on experience in agroforestry and organic farming. Also, it is a way to stay away from the hectic world, live in an international community and reconnect with nature.

    12 beoordelingen · rating4.8

    Janine Zieher rating5

    2023 at Permaculture & Eco Farming Experience

    I have had a lovely time at MAARA! It is a beautiful place to stay, surrounded just by nature with all its colors and noises. I met lots of lovely people and every day was special. You feel that Dace and Robert love what they are doing. You can just feel like home during the stay in ...
    Marianne Majoor rating5

    2021 at Permaculture & Eco Farming Experience

    It was great to work together with this nice family in those magical surroundings. The volunteer house where I slept was nicely equiped and very confortable. I did a lot of work to improve the volunteer house, eg sanding the shutters and after that varnish them, etc. I also worked in the ...
    Daan De kroon rating5

    2021 at Permaculture & Eco Farming Experience

    fantastic experience to plant trees and help construct a home. Robert and his family received us in a very genuine and warm way, we were able to help planting trees and help construct a home. We learned a lot about different species and in general about life in the countryside. Definitely ...
    Bárbara Teixeira rating4.8

    2021 at Permaculture & Eco Farming Experience

    I had an amazing time at Maara! Dace and Robert are super friendly and both are willing to explain and help anytime. As a volunteer in the project, I was able to learn about agroforestry, compost and farming, and built international connections. Also, the work is mainly manual, so it requires a good ...
    As volunteer I participated in the renovation of some of the very old and neglected buildings at the project site under the skillful guidance of a Brazilian building expert. Also I took part in establishing the eco-forest, planting many different tree varieties and regular maintenance of the forest ...
    I had a great time at MAARA, learned a lot about flora and fauna. There are is beautiful and the landscape is breathtaking. It’s a privilege to live and work ...

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    Amerika > Zuid-Amerika > Brazilië > Nova Friburgo, RJ

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