Introduction
The Tapada do Castelo project is above all an experimental spiritual project, and love is the priority (the awareness and healing of the lack of love), and in particular the development of a personal relationship with God.
This is also a hosting place for people from all horizons who wish to experiment, discover and practice the loving laws of God and develop in love and responsibility.
This page explains how you can contribute or help this project, and which are the main projects that will not happen without your help.
On-site help
You have the opportunity to participate in the project as a volunteer, experimenting on site according to the present priorities. If you have particular passions that can support the objectives of the project, this is an opportunity to practice and refine your desires in harmony with God’s Laws Love and act for the common good (construction, garden, science, environment, art, science…).
You can also help by financing the purchase of materials (material donation) for a particular project that is important to you, whether it is in the list of projects or whether it is a new project to be validated.
Remote help – Donate
If you can’t visit, there are various environmental, construction, hospitality, food production, maintenance, planting, audio-visual and artistic projects that you can help by doing a one-time or recurring donation. This donation can be “general” (we use it for priority projects), “personal” for us or for “volunteers projects”, or “specific to a project”.
We will keep an accounting of donations received and expenses per project which will be posted online in a completely transparent manner on the site.
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What are the main projects to be financed
We are investing our personal resources in the energy systems that are essential to life (water and electricity), and in setting up a more comfortable living space for us and a camping structure to welcome visitors/volunteers. Our income comes mainly from donations, natural building activities (see Terpaille&Co) and our organic vegan friendly t-shirts online shop.
The following current projects are mainly basic infrastructure, essential to the purpose of making a place of reception and experimentation, and are just based on my vision and my desires. They will emerge gradually, as soon as we have the necessary materials. I can do them alone, but volunteers can help. Everything happens based on desire and what we attract to this place, and let’s not forget, the goal is love, the way we live and love, not material achievements which are experimental serve the purpose above all else. witty. This current list of priority projects is (3/2024) :
- Construction of 4x4m extension of the wooden cabin (kitchen/dining room /bathroom/laundry)
- Replacement of the old 6x2m outdoor deck
- Construction of a 10x4m farm workshop
- Construction of a 6x4m biology laboratory & office/meeting room
- Construction of a 4x5m room for visitors/campers/volunteers
- Construction of an 2x1m elevated dry compost toilet for visitors/volunteers
- Construction of a 6x4m deck for set up of a 4m canvas Teepee soul tent
- Construction of a roof and a terrace for the visitors/volunteers caravan
- Replacement of the visitors/volunteers caravane gas heater
- Construction of a buried saddler (conservation of fruits and vegetables)
Materials needed for projects can be:
- purchased by us out of our own funds,
- either donated (material donations),
- or purchased with the funds raised by your donations.
We would like to donate to volunteers working on the projects (especially for long periods of 4 weeks or more) if we can afford it.
On behalf of the community, thank you for your contributions!
