I hope this is the correct forum in which to make this posting!!
Are there articles/books to read...people to talk to...etc...about how to develop an ethical work trader/live-in volunteer opportunity for our farmstead ...and how to identify an ethically based work trader “host” opportunity??
I read so many different interpretations of what is acceptable by hosts on HELPx, Workaway, WWOOF, etc...
Questions like—how many hours/day is an acceptable requirement for various combinations such as the host provides doesn’t provide:
lodging and all food/amenities; lodging and no food; all food but no lodging; a stipend (how much/week?) for food with either lodging or no lodging; the volunteer provides their own lodging and food—the host only provides utilities hookups, possibly access to kitchen, bathhouse...etc!!
The host providing a toilet is a given!!...but what about a shower facility, free WIFI/utilities and laundry/kitchen use??
I have first hand experience in work trader situations like all of the above!! Having to pay to use WIFI...laundry...providing most of my food...etc...and still being asked to work 5-6 hrs/day for the “host” enterprise!!
Of course...I and all other volunteers can CHOOSE for which host we want to temporarily hitch our wagons to!!...I want to educate myself as a work trader to identify opportunities where I’d risk being TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF!!...and also learn how to be an ethical “host” to work traders myself!!
I’ve never yet been a “host”...so perhaps just investigating the work trader “host” sites for guidelines is the answer??
ADVICE??
