Our Mission - Nuestra Mision

Our Mission

Our Family Farm Hostel, on the rural/urban fringe of Buenos Aires city, is part of the Wellbeing Organic Network, www.wonfamily.net, and is affiliated with the River Lujan Basin Smallholders Association. At Family Farm Hostel we are focused on developing sustainable family-based lifestyles by providing our guests with a rich environment to enjoy nature, learn languages, exchange cultures and experience sustainable living through “ecovoluntourism”. In an educative home-away homestay experience, we cooperate to form examples of sustainable living by building natural constructions, keeping animals for dairy and draught power, cultivating the land organically and eating tasty healthy home-grown food. In an environment conducive to learning and experiencing new (and old) ways of living, we offer a Spanish/English Language School and a Sustainability School with people highly qualified in languages, natural construction methods, agro-ecology and permaculture. By choosing an ecotourist, ecovolunteer or language or sustainability student option, you choose how many hours you’d like to help out around the farm and what courses and activities you’d like to do. Regardless of how much you contribute, you will have the opportunity to share your ideas to better the project.

Nuestra Misión

Nuestro Hostal Rural Familiar esta basado en el desarrollo de comunidades sustentables centrados en la familia, o grupos familiares. Estamos afiliados con Los Pequeños Agriculturas Familiares de la Cuenca del Rio de Lujan y el Red Orgánica del Bienestar. En nuestro Hostal Rural Familiar, estamos interesados en dar a todos nuestros huéspedes la posibilidad de gozar de la naturaleza, aprender idiomas, intercambiar culturas y experimentar la vida sustentable a través del ecovoluntarismo. Vivimos juntos y cooperamos en cultivar la tierra, construir con adobe y materiales naturales locales y practicar la vida sustentable. Intentamos crecer orgánicamente a movernos hacia la autosuficiencia y a formar una Academia de Idiomas y Sustentabilidad. Nuestros huéspedes eligen ser principalmente turistas, voluntarios o alumnos de idiomas o la sustentabilidad en elegir cuantas horas de ayuda quieren hacer y que tipos de cursos o actividades. No importa con cuanto contribuyes, tendrás la oportunidad de compartir tus ideas para hacer este proyecto mejor.

Wednesday 18 January 2012

The past few weeks

Hello!!

My name is Vashti and I've been a volunteer on the farm for the last month. Here's on update on what's been going on...

Charlotte, Vashti, Laura and Sabastian
Litte do we know what we're about to get into.

Trying our best to Tango

Mark and Sol arranged a professor of Tango to come give us a lesson and it was amazing! All of us had a great time and even though there were stumbles and someone's foot was damaged (sorry Charlotte) we enjoyed every minute!!

The professionals

Tango therapy

But don't think all we do on this farm is dance!! We've been making progress with the hostel bathroom and shower. The walls are almost completely finished and the facilities are almost up and running. It's hard work and I usually walk away covered with mud from head to toe, but I also walk away satisfied that I did my part. Even though it isn't finished I feel content knowing I contributed a little and someday soon it'll be completed and be there for all the volunteers to enjoy!!

Mark working in the garden.

The garden is coming along great and we often dine on the yummy veggies.

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18-02-2012

To Mark, Sol, kids, grandparents, dogs, oxen + cockroaches.

Thank you for wecoming us into your family farm hostel, it has been a fantastic experience for us. It’s clear to see how dedicated and passionate you are about eco-farming and using natural resources to obtain a sustainable lifestyle. I think the progress you have made in a year is commendable and we wish you all the best for the future. We have made friends with the other volunteers and practiced Spanish with your family whilst learning about Argentinan culture and lifestyles. Sol’s food is of course amazing and hey! who needs meat?! Thanks for your kindness when I was ill and suffering from the heat, it was greatly appreciated.

Good luck with everything here,

Laura, Vicky and James (UK)

19-01-2011

I’m so glad I found this farm. Everyone here treated me like family and I can never thank you enough. I know everyone says the same thing about the wonderful food (it was wonderful), but what I will remember was the love I felt, especially from Sol. Sol thank you for taking me in and looking after me. It was hard at first to be away from all I know, but Sol made me feel right at home. I want to thank the kids (Manuel, Andrea, Seba and Sean) for treating me like a friend and welcoming me to hang out with them so often. And thank you Mark for teaching me about earth construction and permaculture. Thank you, Stella and Mike for the lovely care and for being so kind. I know it must have been very frustrating for everyone that I didn’t speak a lick of Spanish, but thanks for never showing it. I hope with all my heart that the farm continues to do well and that your family continues to be as positive and loving toward all the guests, as they have been toward me.

With love,

Vashti Nikuosakhan (New Mexico, USA)

13-01-2012

Thank you all so much for a fantastic week and welcoming my friends and I into your family. I’ve enjoyed experiencing a different way of life and meeting nice people. Sol, your food is fantastic! The tango lesson was so much fun as well. I wish you luck for the future and hope you achieve what you wish for this inspirational place here.

Laura (Gloucester, England) and Charlotte (London, England)

It has been said before in here, but Sol’s cooking is immense! And as much as I’ve enjoyed everything else, it needs to be highlighted first. The whole family has been great and very welcoming, we were lucky enough to meet the grandparents too. It’s been a really good experience and I’m so glad I did it. Mark’s vision for the future means it is only going to get better and part of me is sad thad we can’t contribute towards it longer. I know that the volunteers will keep cominging though. Before you leave, make sure you ask Sean to teach you guitar and ask Seba what poronga is!

Seba (Wales)

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Wednesday 18 January 2012

The past few weeks

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