Mariette France

Mon séjour chez Vivien était ma première expérience en WWOOFing, et j'en suis très satisfaite :) Je suis restée à la Art Catz Residency pendant 10 jours, et je n'ai cessé d'apprendre de nouvelles compétences et à repousser mes limites. Vivien a su faire de sa ferme un lieu de partage, d'apprentissage et de repos, et cela toujours dans la bonne humeur. J'ai pris particulièrement plaisir à pouvoir rencontrer régulièrement de nouvelles personnes, WWOOFeurs ou artistes, venues du monde entier !

Deanna United Kingdom

My husband and I enjoyed volunteering at I See I Do Community School. Our days were split with garden work in the morning (8-11am ish) followed by teaching English (3 45min lessons between 1- 5pm). The garden contained fruit trees with some beds with crops. Our tasks included weeding, composting and preparing beds. We enjoyed spending time with the piglets that were ridiculously cute. The school pupils were polite and friendly, it was great seeing them become more confident around us with practising their English and learning new words and grammar. We recommend planning classes in advance as resources are limited, for example bringing a speaker could be useful for engaging younger classes. Ask Kim lots of questions to help you prepare! Kim and his wife really looked after us, the food was delicious and on our day off Kim showed us some of his other projects helping the community and took us to visit beautiful temples and the local market. There are small shops a short walk from the school to buy snacks and breakfast. It was great working for a cause where you can directly see your contribution. Kim works incredibly hard and he cares so much about helping the community, having volunteers to cover lessons really helps to reduce his workload and give him a well earned rest! If and when I'm next in Cambodia I would love to revisit the school. Thank you for a very memorable week Kim.

Josefine Germany

Mein Aufenthalt bei Elmar und Simona war sehr schön. Die Unterkunft für die Wwwofer *innen ist sehr gemütlich und die Umgebung ist wunderschön. Elmar und Simona nehmen einen sehr herzlich bei sich auf. Ich habe mich sofort sehr wohl gefühlt. Die Arbeit ist wahnsinnig unterschiedlich und Elmar lässt einen viele Dinge ausprobieren. Ich konnte viele Dinge von den beiden lernen und würde gerne wieder kommen.

Donát Hungary

I was completely welcomed and accepted from the first moment by the whole family. Gorazd is an incredible person who is really passionate about regenerative farming. He doesn’t just want to farm for himself, he farms for his community and his people, so he can provide delicious pasture raised eggs and meat to his customers and even the local school. He wants to share his knowledge and pass it on to the next generations. I am forever grateful for this opportunity, I learned a lot, got to experience farm life, ate great food, and went biking a lot with the bike Gorazd lent me. I enjoyed this stay a lot and would love to come back in the future. The practices on the farm are really interesting and quite different from conventional farming. Instead of endlessly extracting from the land, Gorazd plans to work along with it and mimic a natural ecosystem on his fields. As much as he takes from the land he gives back. There’s quite a lot of different things to do on the farm, although collecting eggs is every day. I had plenty of time for myself everyday and was never urged to do more work than what I want to, actually Gorazd kept telling me that if I have some plans to go biking or hiking somewhere I’m welcome to do so. Thank you Gorazd for this amazing opportunity and everything you taught me. And thank you Tatjana for all the great meals you cooked. I genuinely have not one complaint about my stay. It was perfect.

Josh New Zealand

This was our first wwoofing experience and it could not have gone better! We felt very welcome from the start and were treated as part of the family throughout our stay. The location is a great base for exploring and Tilen is an excellent guide! We learned a lot on and off the farm and the work activities were varied. Tilen is patient and takes time to teach and explain not only the how's but also the why's which was great for our understanding (including the philosophy of the farm and an overall holistic approach to life). We really enjoyed our meals - they were not only delicious (thanks Svetka and Teja!), they were good nutritious meals straight from the farm. We enjoyed spending time with the family, while also able to balance our own down time and travelling seamlessly. Communication was great and Tilen managed work expectations well. There is flexibility around when work is completed which was appreciated, though we also liked to be available when we were most needed. I recommend a good open and curious attitude to learning (whether its about farming, history, language, family life and many other topics) and you will get a lot from this stay! We have a deep love for Slovenia now and we hope to return someday. For now we will be taking what we have learned home with us. Thank you again for a wonderful stay and experience! We enjoyed every moment :)