Community

Living together

A place like this doesn't grow on its own. It grows with the people around it: neighbours, local associations, artists, and everyone who passes through the valley.

Over the past years we've supported and worked with more than 15 projects. Some with money, most with time, skills and a helping hand. Here's what we've been part of so far.

SHARING WITHOUT MONEY

Learning from our neighbours

Some of the best things here happen without any money changing hands.

SHARING WITHOUT MONEY

Learning from our neighbours

Some of the best things here happen without any money changing hands.

Celebrating potato harvest together

We helped our neighbours in the nearby campo with their potato harvest. Many hands bring joy, and make light work.

LAND AND WATER

Caring for the valley

Tree planting

We have planted over 500 trees, with many more to come in the future. We focus on local varieties, (wild) fruit trees, and species that once flourished in this area.

Restoring the communal oven

This oven has long been a place of togetherness, where women from the local hub came to bake their bread. Thanks to your generous donations, we’ve brought this abandoned space back to life as a vibrant meeting place once again.

We repainted the walls, restored the oven and door, built a new table and bench, and gave the space a fresh new look — ready to be used and enjoyed once more!

A crowdfunding to protect the valley!

When we heard this beautiful piece of land in the valley, five minutes from our own house would be sold to hunters and used for commercial agriculture, we felt a deep NO.

We helped the neighbors set up their association and made the video for a crowdfunding, in the hope to do a counter offer on the land.

Thanks to a golden donation, we were able to purchase the land with the association. It is protected now and will be part of our Freehive project!

Much more to come in the near future.

THE PEOPLE AROUND US

Meet the local community

SOMUNA

A new women's association to do more for the community. Three women signed the founding documents.

CREATIVE COLLABORATIONS

Making things together

The boy and the star dragon

A children's book with illustrator Yu Jeong-ok from South Korea.

WHEN HELP WAS NEEDED

The floods in Letur

In September 2024 floods hit the village of Letur, not far from us. Together with everyone who gave, we raised more than €2.500 for the people affected.

Know a project that could use a hand?

Are you part of an initiative in the area, or do you have an idea we could build together? We'd love to hear from you.

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