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Lend a hand, share our days.

We're a small family project in the hills of the Algarve — animals, permaculture, garden and arts. We welcome volunteers for a calm, hands-on cultural exchange: a helping hand in exchange for a place to stay, food and good company.

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🐴 Animals & horses 🌱 Permaculture & garden 🎨 Arts & community ☀️ Tojeiro, Algarve
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What you'd help with

🐴 Animals

Daily care of our animals and horses — feeding, grooming, mucking out, time in nature with them.

🌱 Garden & permaculture

Planting, watering, harvesting, composting and building up the land the regenerative way.

🛠️ Around the place

Light maintenance, natural building, tidying and small projects that keep a smallholding alive.

🎨 Arts & culture

If you bring a creative skill — music, painting, crafts — there's room to share it within the community.

What we offer

  • A bed and three simple meals a day
  • ~3–4 hours of help a day, 5 days a week — two days off to explore
  • A relaxed, family-style stay (not a hostel, not a business shift)
  • Beaches, hiking and the west-coast Algarve right on the doorstep

📍 Where we are

Tojeiro, Marmelete · 8550-145 · Algarve, Portugal
Quiet countryside near the west coast, between Monchique and Aljezur.

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Tell us a little about you and when you'd like to come. We'll get back to you by email — and you can book a short intro call right below.

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See it for yourself

Two short films from Tojeiro — our volunteers at work and everyday life here.

Life at Tojeiro

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