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Profile information
Travel information
We are currently
Travelling
Our next destination:
Bali, Indonesia - from May 2025 until Jul 2025 View all
Description
We are motivated by learning. We travel & explore in order to learn from others and expand our perspective on life. Through our travels we look for opportunities to share our experiences & skills with others as well as gain new skills.
Interests
Music
History
Events & social
Cooking & food
Beach
Winter sports
Sustainability
Pets
Mountain
Gardening
Self development
Performing arts
Languages
Fitness
Camping
Architecture
Outdoor activities
Books
Yoga / Wellness
Van life
Nature
Culture
Adventure sports
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Russian: Fluent
Spanish: BeginnerMore details about my language interests
We are both interested in becoming better at conversational spanish
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Eco Projects
Charity Work
Life at a Farmstay
Animal Care
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Helping around the house
More details about your skills
My wife (Oxsana) and I are looking for various volunteer opportunities to break-up our travel segments. We are a retired couple from the United States that have been backpacking through South America for over 2 years. We look forward to volunteer opportunities that allow us to give back locally, expand our awareness, develop new relationships and exercise our skills.
More information about each of us:
Oxsana - Over 15 years of experience as a Mental Health therapist specializing in addiction treatment. She has a routine yoga & meditation practice. Oxsana is a Sivananda yoga teacher. She has been to the Sivananda Ashram center a number of times to take various professional training programs and to Vipassana meditation centers a number of times for 10 day silent retreats. During a previous 3 month volunteer period at Sivananda Ashram in the Bahamas, Oxsana worked in the kitchen, general grounds maintenance - organizing & cleaning community areas and was a personal assistant to an older female Swami. She is well organized & detail oriented.
Rick - Schooled in Mechanical Engineering & Operations Management, he has worked for several international companies where he completed extended expat assignments in Malaysia & China and a volunteer assignment in Malawi Africa. Additionally, Rick is an accomplished handyman, comfortable with household electronics, plumbing, construction and general maintenance. During a 3 month volunteer period at Sivananda Ashram in the Bahamas, Rick coordinated or personally performed room maintenance activities - repairing sinks, toilets, doors/locks, lighting and air conditioning units. Additionally Rick created & left an Operations Guidebook with videos for the next volunteer to assist them through routine tasks.
Overall we are hard workers and enjoy an opportunity to provide selfless service. We are open minded, follow directions well, self disciplined as well as respectfully suggest improvement/alternative options.
Age
61 & 55
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Hayfever and some catsSpecial dietary requirements
