Volunteers

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Volunteers

We are currently accepting a limited number of volunteers for long term, 6 month stays.

These are partial work trade positions, which include meals and lodging.

** If you have kitchen, grounds &/or house keeping/hospitality experience, please reach out, we are looking for a help April- October, 2012... **

Rate:
First Month Trial: $500
For every additional month, with a six month minimum: $400 

 

Volunteers

Volunteers at Punta Mona enjoy the gift of living close to the land, working with a skilled and life long learning husband and wife team. We are open to your creativity as well as having you work with in our ever evolving vision as we further cultivate Punta Mona into a world class education center, botanical collection, permaculture farm and eco-lodge. 

You will enjoy seeing the fruits of your labor, the serene and sometimes intense ecosystem, beach front, jungle clad living, close to the elements and connecting with your Gaia rhythm. You can kayak, fish, snorkel, hike into Puerto Viejo to enjoy the night life, cool people, evolved services (bodywork, yoga, dance, art and more) and the weekly farmers market.

 

Please apply ONLY if you meet the following criteria:

~ you are able to commit for six months-1 year, minimum

~ you have agricultural/gardening/landscaping/practical permaculture knowledge/kitchen/hospitality/grounds &/or house keeping experiences, not necessarily tropical, not necassarily all....

~ you are committed to work 6 days per week, about 8 hours per day

~ you are clean, organized, intelligent, creative, fun, multi-skilled, a problem solver, adaptive, not afraid to get down and dirty, drama free, independent, loving, open minded, communicative, professional and able to work on a team.

 

Duties Include:

~ helping to maintain the infrastructure: building cleanliness & organization, general handy work, trails and beach 

~ kitchen participation: shared cooking duties, kitchen cleanliness & organization, slow food and field to the plate cuisine, harvesting and propagating food

~ feeding the animals: we currently have 2 cats, 2 ducks and 15 chickens, we will soon be adding two goats

~ hospitality: helping with groups, guests and workshops

~ gardens: chopping brush, composting, weeding, planting, propagation (seed, cutting, airlayering, grafting), harvesting, creating new gardens, turning old ones 

Punta Mona is Currently seaking volunteer staff in the following areas:

Kitchen Crew:

At Punta Mona we are dedicated to the principals of Slow Food, field to the plate, creative cuisine that is nutritious, filled with love and as sustainably raised, grown and collected as possible.

You will be a part of a 4-5 person team that will be feeding up to 35 people, 3 meals per day. Our food is primarily vegetarian, though we indulge in sustainably raised and prepared chicken, beef and fish as well as eggs and various forms of dairy. We explore raw, vegan and various ethnic cuisines as well as our own style of Caribbean cooking...


We consider our food jungle gourmet and spend a great deal of time planning and preparing each meal. We harvest minutes prior to preparation and cook many dishes over the fire.


Expect to work at least 2 meals per day, planning, preparing, cooking and cleaning. This duty will be shared with other staff and occasionally you will be putting more hours in to support larger groups and workshops.


To apply for this position please send a letter of intent to contact@puntamona.org with 3 practical applications in the kitchen as well as 3 references. Experience, team playing, cleanliness, organizational skills, great attitude is all a must!! Proficiency in the Spanish language is also required.

 

Grounds & House Keeping:

At Punta Mona we are dedicated to the providing a living experience that is close to the land, connecting our inner rhythms with that of Mother Nature. Our homes are built from fallen native hard woods, bamboo, cana brava, coral and other found and cultivated materials. Living in the jungle is never static and we are daily trying to improve the infrastructure through cleaning, constructing, deconstructing, repurposing and reconfiguring our living and work space.

You will be a part of a 4-5 person team of volunteers and local laborers, friends and family working to keep Punta Mona flowing. 

 


Expect to work at least 8 hours per day, around the houses, interior and exterior, in the kitchen and Zone 1 gardens, in the green house, with compost (chicken, duck, organic and humanure), assisting cooking, laundry, trail and beach maintenance, harvesting, planting and preparing food and more based on needs of the center. 


To apply for this position please send a letter of intent to contact@puntamona.org with 3 practical applications in the above areas, as well as 3 references. Experience, team playing, cleanliness, organizational skills, great attitude is all a must!! Proficiency in the Spanish language is also required.

All meals, lodging and internet are provided by Punta Mona Center.

Thanks so much and we look forward to hearing from you!!! 

 

We only are accepting a limited number ... All additional volunteer applications have the option to volunteer at our sister project, Tacotal Eco-Village. Located 45 minutes west of San Jose on the Rio Machuca, Tacotal is a permaculture based, homesteading community of 33 international families, looking for volunteers. Rate is $400 per month.

Application Process:

please send to contact@puntamona.org

Name:

Age:

Male/Female:

Time Frame for Participation:

Hometown & Current Location:

Languages:

Experience:

References:

Why do you want to be a part of Punta Mona:

Best Personal Qualities:

Challenging Personal Qualities:

Existing Medical Conditions:

 

 

 

We have friends near by who also offer volunteer positions:
Finca Inti offers:  

Internship program duration: one month 

Mornings start with an hour yoga class

Working and learning: As we are a permaculture farm you will continuously be expose to farming permaculture techniques. We will work side by side .

The farm is a great place for bird watching and to learn about plants, fruit trees and spices.

We are as well surrounded by very intresting neighbors like Don Candido, an indigenous medicine man, that will gladly shared his knowledge of plants and beliefs inviting you into his personal medicinal garden. Or our friend Doña Petronilla who has been supporting her family with cacao, she process the bean the way her mother taught her, traditional indigenous chocolate ways and stories are what she knows, like she says "only if the spirit of the bean likes you will it surrender the precious cacao butter."

At Finca Inti you can expect to eat delicious organic meals, mostly harvested the farm, if we dont grow it we will get it organic, supporting organic growers is most important to us. 

Accomodations: a beautiful wood bungalow with thatch roof , sleeps 3 .shower and water conscious toilet.

Work Hours: 4 hours in the morning, evenings off. Two days off a week .

Cost $400

Includes:

Yoga class 4 days a week .

3 meals a day, on working days

One professional massage 

One visit to Don Candido and one visit to Doña Petronilla.

 

For couples wishing to have the bunglalow for themselves prices is $700

 

You can check us for additional programs on www.fincainti.com or check us at  "finca inti talamanca" on Facebook

email to intitalamanca@hotmail.com, please let us know if you found us through the Punta Mona website...

 

Thank you!

-Alejandra & Tristan