New Permaculture Cafe and Skills exchange opportunity
Hi Everyone Nadia Lawton here
I’m very pleased to announce that we have opened a Permaculture cafe at The Greening The Desert Project site. We hope that the cafe will have many positive functions, bring in funds to further the project but also to be a centre point in the village where visitors and locals can gather and get introduced to the Permaculture concept. We will also sell home made products and organic, nutrient rich, food from the site. We aim to set up a small Permaculture library and host videos screening and events.
Skills exchange opportunity for a volunteer with Barista cafe experience.
I would like offer an interesting Permaculture skills exchange opportunity for a volunteer with barista cafe experience. We are looking for a talented individual who would like to be a part of The Greening The Desert Project for 1 to 3 months, by offering your skills and experience of working in a cafe to train our local staff on how to create beautiful coffees, texture the milk, use a coffee grinder and barista machine.
As this is our first time of running a cafe we would very much appreciate any help with the operational side as well, such as tips on industry best practices etc.
What I’m mostly excited about is to work together to develop a creative range of desserts and sweets to offer our customers. They will be made from the produce that we are growing on the site.
I think this can be a great experience and a lot of fun. Geoff Lawton and I, will be here on the site until mid November, so if you are interested in this position and would like to meet us while we are here please send in your application as soon as possible.
Skill Exchange Requirements
At least 6 months work experience as a Barista
Know how to prepare and serve hot or cold beverages, such as espresso drinks and teas
Knowledge of Barista machine
Knowledge of coffee grinder
Good understanding of customer service
Follow all Health and Hygiene requirements
Volunteer times
4 hours a day
5 days a week
What is included with the volunteering
Airport pickup and drop off
Private Room
3 delicious organic traditional Jordanian meals a day + coffee/tea/snacks
A private guided tour with Geoff and Nadia Lawton of The Greening The Desert Project
Permaculture hands on experience with the on site team
Please send us your CV, tell us a bit about yourself and how long you would like to stay for along with details on what aspects of Permaculture you are interested in.
Apply now
Kind Regards
Nadia Lawton
Some pictures of our cafe here at the Greening The Desert Project.
I see all the females in your pictures are wearing a head scarf. It might be useful to know the local custom regarding this for those that want to apply.
Are you growing coffee there?
That’s will be good for me
Bravo, Nadia! This is a great way to promote permaculture among ordinary citizens! I hope that many other permaculture projects follow your lead throughout the world!
Blessings,
Tom