Wwoofing around the world
Posted by Rosemary on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 · 2 Comments
What on earth is wwoofing? It stands for Willing Workers on Organic Farms and is an organisation which enables people to travel the world on a budget by exchanging 4 hours work a day for full board and lodgings. Its also a great way to get to know a community better – no longer a tourist but a traveller. Wwoofers become a part of the family – sharing meals, meeting the neighbours and learning a bit about sustainable living along the way.
I have a Wwoofer staying with me at present, helping me pack up Waihoihoi Lodge before I head off overseas. She is slaving away helping clean the house – it is far too wet to send even the wwoofer out to the garden today – she would be in danger of drowning,
Suz is UK born, trained as a nurse, child psychotherapist and spiritual journeyer. She has taken a year off to wwoof around Aotearoa New Zealand.
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The official Wwoofing organisations have great support and controls, but always travelling alone you have to be careful in my experience. As women one thing to look out for is whether the women are hosts either alone or along with their husbands, so you are not isolated.
I am planning a trip to South America and stumbled across wwoofing. i’m going on a shoestring budget and so this is very appealing to me. do you have any information on farming in Chile? are the farmers safe and trustworthy?
thanks
melodee