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Overall Description (photos here)
Casa Paz has three bedrooms, two standard rooms (9’x9’) with a bunk bed for
two people each and a shared bathroom, and a suite room (12’x12’) with bunk
beds with private bath for 3-4 people. There’s a fully-equipped kitchen and living
area, as well as a terrace. The house is located about 350 yards/meters from
the beach, a -block from the main road, a 20-25-minute walk to the Foundation’s
library, and around the corner or a 5-minute walk to a call-center and internet
cafe. All windows have screens for mosquito protection but volunteers are
encouraged to bring their own personal mosquito repellent and/or protection.
Mosquito nets for beds are provided as well. There's a sink in the backyard for
doing laundry.
The house is secured with multiple locks, iron bars in windows and door, water
is provided from rain or a well and the electricity works on 110 volts, similar to
the U.S. Drinking water can be bought in large 5-gallon containers at your own
expense (about $1.25 each). Kerosene lamps are available for the rare
occasions when the power may be out. Fans are provided in each room.
If you are particularly sensitive to noise it is good to know that there are roosters,
dogs that bark and babies that cry in the neighborhood. Noisy motorcycles or
vehicles playing loud music may pass by nearby streets. In general the town is
noisy regardless of time of day. The house is not noise-proof. For your comfort,
the roof is higher compared to standard housing in the country but it's made of
tin metal which can be hot during the day and noisy on rainy days. The terrace
offers a nice shade and the beach is not far away, but please think about
yourself in a place where levels of noise, heat and humidity could make you
uncomfortable. There are some critters as well, like lizards, spiders, some ants
and an occasional cockroach (inevitable in the tropics!). It’s all part of the
experience but please balance your expectations accordingly. Also, you may not
be a "tidy" person but for the comfort of everyone please try to be.
Address and Street directions
The street address for Casa Paz is:
Calle Salomé Ureña # 7-B
Las Terrenas, Provincia Samaná
Dominican Republic
The house is located on Calle Salomé Ureña, off Calle Principal (Calle Duarte),
one long block from the beach and the town's cemetery. Going down/north on
calle principal towards the beach, stop at, then turn right, in front of Banco León,
pass the Tricom telephone antenna to the left, find the third house on the left,
there's a link-fence gate right before the stone fence for The Plantation
apartment complex, the short garden and alley way behind the link fence will
take you to Casa Paz.
Costs
Reserve your room on the volunteer application form here. All rooms are only
shared rooms. Please pay for your estimated number of nights upon arrival. If
you shorten or lengthen your stay adjustments can be made locally and
depending on availability.
If available rooms can be made available to volunteers from other organizations
at $10 per person per night. Please reserve by writing to
correo@fundacionmahatmagandhi.com indicating your name, address, phone
number and requested dates.
Foundation volunteers living in the U.S. must send a check payable to Annette
Snyder to pay for their deposit and/or the total estimated room expenses (you
may also include the program fees). Please mail to:
Annette Snyder
1035 NE Hawthorne
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Volunteers from other countries must make individual arrangements by writing
to correo@fundacionmahatmagandhi.com or use the PayPal "donation" button
on our Website.
What’s included in your rent:
What's not included in your rent:
Reservations and Cancellations
Please indicate your interest in Casa Paz when completing the application form
here. Space is assigned on a first-come first-served basis depending on the
date when your deposit of $100 is received. Please pay the total of your stay
upon arrival if you haven't done so beforehand.
If you cancel 30 days or more prior to the date of arrival you will be refunded $90,
the remaining $10 are used to pay fees and mailing expenses for your refund. If
you cancel within 30 days of your arrival date you will lose your deposit in full.
Sorry.
Moving Out of Casa Paz
Volunteers have expectations and lifestyles different from the others and living
"in community" means different things to different people. Some like the
companionship and "dormitory" environment while others prefer to be able to
have a different social life with other people. Knowing that it is important for
volunteers to have a pleasant stay we do not feel that they must be obligated to
stay in Casa Paz if the rules and regulations that apply to guarantee the safety
and security of boarders are not acceptable to them. For instance, we do not
allow non-boarders or men inside Casa Paz.
Volunteers have two weeks to decide if they want to stay in Casa Paz. If you
decide to move elsewhere you pay only for the nights you used and we will
refund $90 from your deposit (minus any loss or damages of your
responsibility). However, if you decide to move after the initial two weeks you
would lose your deposit in full.
Staying in Casa Paz is a privilege, not a right. Casa Paz was built to ease the
experience in a possibly strange location and environment at a low cost for
everyone. Casa Paz is private property not owned by the Foundation. Please
help us preserve it and keep expenses low.
We thank you in advance for helping us keep Casa Paz a livable, joyful and
positive place to live for everyone.
Casa Paz has three bedrooms, two standard rooms (9’x9’) with a bunk bed for
two people each and a shared bathroom, and a suite room (12’x12’) with bunk
beds with private bath for 3-4 people. There’s a fully-equipped kitchen and living
area, as well as a terrace. The house is located about 350 yards/meters from
the beach, a -block from the main road, a 20-25-minute walk to the Foundation’s
library, and around the corner or a 5-minute walk to a call-center and internet
cafe. All windows have screens for mosquito protection but volunteers are
encouraged to bring their own personal mosquito repellent and/or protection.
Mosquito nets for beds are provided as well. There's a sink in the backyard for
doing laundry.
The house is secured with multiple locks, iron bars in windows and door, water
is provided from rain or a well and the electricity works on 110 volts, similar to
the U.S. Drinking water can be bought in large 5-gallon containers at your own
expense (about $1.25 each). Kerosene lamps are available for the rare
occasions when the power may be out. Fans are provided in each room.
If you are particularly sensitive to noise it is good to know that there are roosters,
dogs that bark and babies that cry in the neighborhood. Noisy motorcycles or
vehicles playing loud music may pass by nearby streets. In general the town is
noisy regardless of time of day. The house is not noise-proof. For your comfort,
the roof is higher compared to standard housing in the country but it's made of
tin metal which can be hot during the day and noisy on rainy days. The terrace
offers a nice shade and the beach is not far away, but please think about
yourself in a place where levels of noise, heat and humidity could make you
uncomfortable. There are some critters as well, like lizards, spiders, some ants
and an occasional cockroach (inevitable in the tropics!). It’s all part of the
experience but please balance your expectations accordingly. Also, you may not
be a "tidy" person but for the comfort of everyone please try to be.
Address and Street directions
The street address for Casa Paz is:
Calle Salomé Ureña # 7-B
Las Terrenas, Provincia Samaná
Dominican Republic
The house is located on Calle Salomé Ureña, off Calle Principal (Calle Duarte),
one long block from the beach and the town's cemetery. Going down/north on
calle principal towards the beach, stop at, then turn right, in front of Banco León,
pass the Tricom telephone antenna to the left, find the third house on the left,
there's a link-fence gate right before the stone fence for The Plantation
apartment complex, the short garden and alley way behind the link fence will
take you to Casa Paz.
Costs
Reserve your room on the volunteer application form here. All rooms are only
shared rooms. Please pay for your estimated number of nights upon arrival. If
you shorten or lengthen your stay adjustments can be made locally and
depending on availability.
- $7 per person per night.
- $100 of a refundable deposit (at the end of your term) if no damages are
incurred. - $50 is charged if you lose your keys (we'd need to replace locks and make
new copies for everyone). - If you cancel 30 days or more prior to your arrival you'll be refunded $90 ($10
is kept to pay mailing and fees).
If available rooms can be made available to volunteers from other organizations
at $10 per person per night. Please reserve by writing to
correo@fundacionmahatmagandhi.com indicating your name, address, phone
number and requested dates.
Foundation volunteers living in the U.S. must send a check payable to Annette
Snyder to pay for their deposit and/or the total estimated room expenses (you
may also include the program fees). Please mail to:
Annette Snyder
1035 NE Hawthorne
Hillsboro, OR 97124
Volunteers from other countries must make individual arrangements by writing
to correo@fundacionmahatmagandhi.com or use the PayPal "donation" button
on our Website.
What’s included in your rent:
- A room as specified above, with a single, bunk or full-size bed for your use, a
medium size closet with hangers and some shelves. - Two sheets for your bed, one towel (fresh ones are provided once a week)
though you’re encouraged to bring your own and a pillow. You could bring
your own and opt to donate them for future use by other volunteers. - Use of kitchen, including stove (and gas), refrigerator, silverware, glassware,
cooking utensils, shelving space for storage of food, dining table and chair.
Other appliances may be available. - Use of bathroom with toilet and shower (no hot water yet), a sink, mirror and
shelves. - General housecleaning once a week, including sheets and towel washing
(daily garbage disposal is your responsibility at a street dump nearby) but
you're responsible for keeping your own room clean. - Outside laundry sink with a laundry line for air drying.
- In order to keep housing costs down you are also free to bring appliances or
supplies for the volunteer house (twin and full-size sheets, towels, pillows,
cooking utensils and appliances, board games, lamps, etc.), but this is not a
requirement and do so only by choice. Duplicate or excess donations for the
volunteer house will be given to people in the community. - We may have a cell phone available for use in the house, but volunteers must
purchase a calling card in order to use it. If you have a spare or old cell-
phone you may bring it with you and activate it locally. The cost for
activation is about US$15 and it would allow you to use locally-purchased
calling cards. The activated phone will receive a local phone number with
area code 809 or 829, suitable for placing and receiving calls to/from the U.S.
and anywhere else in the world. If you have an old but workable cell phone
(with battery charger) and could donate it to the Foundation we could make
them available to other volunteers.
What's not included in your rent:
- toiletries, toilet paper, hot water (sorry!), laundry detergent, washing machine.
- drinking/bottled water.
- your own room cleaning.
- foods, seasoning, cooking oil, etc.
- a pillow.
- internet access or telephone.
Reservations and Cancellations
Please indicate your interest in Casa Paz when completing the application form
here. Space is assigned on a first-come first-served basis depending on the
date when your deposit of $100 is received. Please pay the total of your stay
upon arrival if you haven't done so beforehand.
If you cancel 30 days or more prior to the date of arrival you will be refunded $90,
the remaining $10 are used to pay fees and mailing expenses for your refund. If
you cancel within 30 days of your arrival date you will lose your deposit in full.
Sorry.
Moving Out of Casa Paz
Volunteers have expectations and lifestyles different from the others and living
"in community" means different things to different people. Some like the
companionship and "dormitory" environment while others prefer to be able to
have a different social life with other people. Knowing that it is important for
volunteers to have a pleasant stay we do not feel that they must be obligated to
stay in Casa Paz if the rules and regulations that apply to guarantee the safety
and security of boarders are not acceptable to them. For instance, we do not
allow non-boarders or men inside Casa Paz.
Volunteers have two weeks to decide if they want to stay in Casa Paz. If you
decide to move elsewhere you pay only for the nights you used and we will
refund $90 from your deposit (minus any loss or damages of your
responsibility). However, if you decide to move after the initial two weeks you
would lose your deposit in full.
Staying in Casa Paz is a privilege, not a right. Casa Paz was built to ease the
experience in a possibly strange location and environment at a low cost for
everyone. Casa Paz is private property not owned by the Foundation. Please
help us preserve it and keep expenses low.
We thank you in advance for helping us keep Casa Paz a livable, joyful and
positive place to live for everyone.
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Casa Paz--Volunteer House
Casa Paz is a housing alternative for female
volunteers that want a location that is safe, clean
and with basic facilities. Other types of housing
can be found here.
In general there's a low, middle and high season
in Las Terrenas, prices per room may vary from
$15 to $100 a day. Some places rent rooms or
apartments for much less, but usually
US$250-350 a month and may or may not include
a kitchen and/or utilities.
For the comfort and security of all volunteers, Casa
Paz is a non-smoking, drug-free & pet-free facility
that operates ideally for people who are willing to
work in creating community, while their bare
lodging necessities are taken care of and who are
also willing to enrich each other as they pursue
service in the larger community.
Casa Paz is limited to female volunteers only, for
their security non-residents, male or female, are
not allowed.
Casa Paz is a housing alternative for female
volunteers that want a location that is safe, clean
and with basic facilities. Other types of housing
can be found here.
In general there's a low, middle and high season
in Las Terrenas, prices per room may vary from
$15 to $100 a day. Some places rent rooms or
apartments for much less, but usually
US$250-350 a month and may or may not include
a kitchen and/or utilities.
For the comfort and security of all volunteers, Casa
Paz is a non-smoking, drug-free & pet-free facility
that operates ideally for people who are willing to
work in creating community, while their bare
lodging necessities are taken care of and who are
also willing to enrich each other as they pursue
service in the larger community.
Casa Paz is limited to female volunteers only, for
their security non-residents, male or female, are
not allowed.
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