Spirala - questionnaire & info for volunteers

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Opening 2024, we at "Spirala", an off the grid friends village located on a 10 hectare land in the middle of Portugal, start implementing our vision for a simple, friendly-to-nature-and- humans, accommodation space. We look for volunteers to join us, enjoy our small, on-premise group, and the surrounding nature, while working together to create the dreamy space we have in mind.

As there are many exciting, skilled people who would like to join, we created this form to maximize the match between our, and your needs. After filling it up, we'll soon be in touch!

Email *

"flat" details first:

1. What is your full name? if you don't mind, please also write your facebook account (assuming you have one) if its under an another name.

2. Where can we reach you? an Email or whatsapp/ telegram contact would do.

3. How many people do you represent filling this form?

Your context
1. At what moment are you in life? Age would be nice but not necessary. What do you do those days, where are you located/ considering to come from? What brings you to Portugal? are you travelling/ volunteering/ looking for a land? something totally different?

2. What is your specific interest in us, Spirala? what would you receive and give?

Have you ever volunteered for over than two weeks in an ecological/ off the grid/ farm project?
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Yes

If you have, please tell us where was it and more important - what were you doin there?
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Volunteering period

At the moment we look for volunteers to join us from October till end of December. We defined the minimum time here as one month so both parties will have time to get to know each other, and to allow significant contribution to the project to be created.

Does it suits you?

Yes

Between October and December - when do you have in mind to come here? estimated dates or weeks will help future coordination. *

Relevant experience

As we establish the accomadnaiton space/ nature lodge from (almost) scratch, most of our needs are for people with specific skills and experience. Please check the boxes for skills/ knowledge you have and that you'd love to harness for the project.

Building and maintaining structures (flooring, compost toilets, showers, roofs...)

Working with natural materials

Carpentry, wood working (simple tables, decks, drawers' cabins...)

Land development (digging, measuring spaces, singing roads and trails)

Water & electricity work (lightning installation,,,)

In-and outdoor maintenance work

Erecting camping/ glamping units, huts/ yurts...

Gardening, permaculture-ing

Another kind of experience that you think might be relevant and would like to share? if so - please elaborate in the next question.

Required

Please elaborate here based on your checked boxes in the previous question. We would love to know a bit about the project you took part in, what have you done, how independent you think you can and like to be?

This is also the right place to elaborate about the extra experience/ skills you might have marked in the previous question.

Volunteer conditions/ principles

During your time here in Spirala you'll receive a tent to sleep in, access to shared vega/ vegetarian kitchen, water, electricity, Wi-Fi, laundry usage and living space... and of course, gorgeous nature and spaces as the opportunity to have a glimpse at our basic communal life.

We ask for: 5 hours work a day, 5 days a week.

Are you content with the above?

Yes

Residency, movement and services

All over the land there is decent cellular reception and in the central (community) house there is also WiFi, as well as shared kitchen and common living room. Though we love to share meals and products from time to time, everyone are free to do as they feel.

Hot shower is available in the central house.

We have compost toilets spread across the land, covered with sawdust (and a lead :))

Movement

To Spirala one arrives with a car. We are also happy to pickup volunteers from the closest village (São Miguel de Acha).

There is no constant public transport getting to/ from here, so we are happy to for volunteers to join us when we drive to a closet market/ village or a city, usually 15-30 minutes away.

After reading, can you imagine yourself living here?

Yes

This is the last section. We would love you to add whatever you have in mind that you think is worth mentioning. Obrigado!

A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.

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