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Make Stories Like Sonia’s Possible

by execdirector@wwoof.ca | September 15, 2026 | News_english | 0 Comments

Hello , Last month, we shared Sonia's story — how a phantom smell turned out to be a brain tumour, and how her recovery led her to discover WWOOF and finally live out a childhood dream: caring for horses. WWOOFing left the same kind of mark on Matthew, who found...

A Shocking Diagnosis Led This WWOOFer to A Life Caring For Horses: Sonia’s Story

by execdirector@wwoof.ca | August 20, 2026 | News_english | 0 Comments

Some stories are about a diagnosis. Others are about what comes after. Sonia's story is one of resilience, hope, and discovering that life's greatest challenges can sometimes open the door to something unexpected and beautiful. Diagnosis, Recovery and Discovery It...

Letter to the Gardener: Urban/Rural Culture Shock

by Catherine Dallaire | June 23, 2026 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

When WWOOFers go WWOOFing for the first time. There can be a bit of …an adjustment. Of course there is. As many hosts know, more than sixty percent of WWOOFers come from abroad. For many of these French, German and Japanese WWOOFers, this is their first time...

Episode 1 – Basil Black

Mar 13, 2022 | WWOOFCastEN

In this first episode Rodrigo Rocha interviews Basil Black, the coordinator of the Federation of WWOOF Organisations.Basil has been involved in WWOOF from an early age and has a broad experience as a host, WWOOFer, as a local coordinator and at a global level as the...

This Couple Met While WWOOFing and They Just Got Married! – A WWOOFing Story

Dec 5, 2020 | News_english

WWOOFing brings people together - it’s something we’ve said over and over. But this is on another whole other level. Bastian and Anya met while Bastian was WWOOFing on Anya’s farm in McBride, BC in 2012 and they immediately connected. In 2016 Anya moved to Germany...

This WWOOFer was Made Redundant When COVID Hit, so he decided to Embrace #VanLife – A WWOOFing Story

Oct 11, 2020 | News_english

The September story winner of our #MyWWOOFCanadaStory contest, this story from Ian Messum tells about his experience leaving behind his normal life to go WWOOFing. Ian found that by reconnecting with nature he was able to battle his depression and learn a whole host...

Hosting in the Times of COVID-19 – a WWOOFing Story

Aug 16, 2020 | News_english

The July story winner of our #MyWWOOFCanadaStory contest, this story from Monique Belley tells about her experience receiving two french WWOOFers at her homestead in Matane, Quebec. Monique and her guests navigated countless obstacles brought on by the COVID-19 in...