Permaculture & Eco Farming Experience

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1 - 16 veckor  ·  Ålder 18 - 50+

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Höjdpunkter

  • 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


Särskilt lämplig för

Ålder 18+
Singlar
Par
Familjer
Grupper

Om programmet

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

Om programmet

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.



Typisk dag

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 ...

Typisk dag

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!


Fritidsaktiviteter

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 ...

Fritidsaktiviteter

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).


Krav

Krav

Minimiålder: 18 år

För att kunna delta i programmet måste du vara minst 18 år gammal på programmets startdatum. Det kan finnas undantag om du kan visa upp tillstånd från din(a) vårdnadshavare eller om du åtföljs av dina föräldrar.

Språkfärdigheter

Du måste tala Engelska (grundnivå)

Kontroll av kriminell bakgrund

krävs

Dokument som krävs

Passport or Travel ID

Begränsningar av nationalitet

Inga begränsningar. Hjälpande händer från hela världen är välkomna.

Andra Färdigheter

Good physical and mental conditions.

Tidsåtgång

Din hjälp kommer att behövas på Måndag, Onsdag och Fredag från 07:30 - 17:30

Vad som ingår

Vad som ingår

Tjänster av 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.

Hämtning på flygplatsen på 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

Boende

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.

Mat och Dryck

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.

Tillgång till Internet

God tillgång till projektområdet

Vad ingår INTE?

Vad ingår INTE?

Flygbiljetter

Den närmaste flygplatsen är Galeao Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG) i Rio De Janeiro. Vi hjälper dig att hitta billiga flyg till Brasilien. HITTA BILLIGA FLYG

Reseförsäkring

Att resa utomlands är ett äventyr och det är alltid bäst att vara förberedd. Plötslig sjukdom eller skada, avbokning eller stöld - en reseförsäkring för Brasilien ger trygghet och är ett plus att ha. FÅ ETT PRISFÖRSLAG

Vacciner

Om du har för avsikt att arbeta som volontär i Brasilien bör du söka medicinsk rådgivning innan du börjar din sociala resa. Kontrollera vilka vaccinationer som krävs för Brasilien. KONTROLL AV VACCIN

Detaljer vid ankomsten

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.

Tillgänglighet
Jan Febr Mars Apr Maj Jun Jul Aug Sept Okt Nov Dec

Pris för programmet

1 vecka (min. vistelse) 348€
2 veckor 547€
3 veckor 721€
4 veckor 895€
8 veckor 1 541€
12 veckor 1 914€
16 veckor (max. vistelse) 2 311€
Genomsnittliga priser 246€/vecka

Pris för programmet

246€ per vecka 1 - 16 veckor Ålder 18 - 50+

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Varaktighet

1 - 16 veckor

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Slutbetalning

Din slutbetalning kommer att överenskommas med Projeto MAARA under ansökningsprocessen. Vanliga lösningar är antingen via banköverföring eller kontant betalning på projektplatsen.


Möt din programledare

Projeto MAARA

Utmärkt 4.8 rating (12 fältrapporter)

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Värd är

Dace

Talade språk: Tyska, Holländska, Portugisiska, Lettiska, Engelska

Om projektet

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.

Möt din programledare

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 fältrapporter · 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 ...

Plats

Amerika > Sydamerika > Brasilien > Nova Friburgo, RJ

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