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Horse and Family Rural Life in the Northeast Capital of Archeological Sites in Peru
ReportLocation: Duraznopampa, Perú
My wife Jessica and I (Henry) are an international couple with our first child, living in the North of Peru. Henry is a medical veterinarian by trade, specializing in horses. Jessica has her education in preventative wellness and is a stay at home Mom raising our daughter.We just purchased our first home and property in the village of Montevideo, which is a small village approximately 1.5 hours away from Chachapoyas.
Horse Business Needs:
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️Photo sessions in real horse expeditions in Peruvian farming communities
*️️️️️️️️Route development / maintenance
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️Documentary development
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️First aid training for rural communities
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️Farriery practice and training for rural communities
*️️️️️️️️️️️️Taming and natural horse training
*️️️️️️️️️️️Digital design development for educational material
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️Equine vet assistance or Equine vet practice (castration)
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️Grant writing, Marketing and Networking applied to our sustainable and infrastructure project development
*️️️️️️Saddle and equipment maintenance
*️️️️️️Feeding, grooming and exercising of horses
Domestic Needs:
*️️️️️️️️Cooking
- meal planning
- preparing lunch and dinner for entire household
- batch cooking (breads,sauces, etc.)
*️️️️️️️️Home cleaning / organizing
- deep cleaning 1x per week
- superficial cleaning daily (such as dishes, sweeping, mopping, etc.)
*️️️️️️️️Animal care
- feeding chickens and/or dogs
- cleaning out chicken coup
- exercising and/or training dogs
Building / Maintenance (we will be working with natural materials as much as possible, if you know or have experience in natural building please let us know!)
*️️️️️️Compost
*️️️️️️Round pen for horses
*️️️️️️Stables for horses
*️️️️️️Chicken coup
*️️️️️️Building up home and garden perimeter
*️️️️️️Electrical work
*️️️️️️Plastering walls
Land:
*️️️️️️Clearing of community paths
*️️️️️️Preparing land for plants (both domestic and rural)
*️️️️️️Pulling weeds / removing stones
*️️️️️️Harvesting
Take Note:
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️Smoking is not permitted. We do not permit volunteers that smoke (weed, cigarettes, pipe tobacco, cigars, cigarillos or the like). Sorry, but past volunteers have ruined it for all of you.
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️Everyone contributes to the purchase of toilet paper.
Schedule:
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️We work by targets, not hours per day. Target schedules will be discussed with each individual volunteer based on our needs and your abilities.
-We cannot be held liable for any accidents that occur during your time with us, or while traveling to/from our location.-
Compensation:
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️3 meals daily
- any snacks or specialty foods outside these 3 meals are purchased by YOU
- only breakfast is provided on your days off.
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️Shared bedroom
*️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️Hot shower
