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Volunteer in India at an environmental project
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Country: India

Last Activity: 20/01/2012

Description

A center for learning sustainable life style. The campus is a living textbook for environmental re-generation, soil regeneration and natural farming.
Our family is a small growing alternative school. At present we have 10 children living & learning with us, from age 8 to 20 years. We follow sustainable living practices.
As we all know, the basic resources of life come from the rural areas. Sustainability of the rural areas is the sustainability of the planet. Most of the development funds are focused at rural areas, but unfortunately, things don’t change much. We feel that the solutions must come from within.
From 1983, many people from around the world had been coming and staying with us to learn natural farming, simple environmental solutions and educational practices. Visitors and volunteers have helped us get a better understanding of different sustainable practices around the world.

Area

Kerala

Type of work

Art project,
Language practise,
Charity work,
Help with Eco project,
Farming,
Building

Work

We can provide accommodation in basic cottages and home-cooked food, but since we are not funded and we have to make some extra arrangements for you (believe us this is very much necessary) we charge for the accommodation and food.

Languages spoken

English, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi

Accommodation

We can provide accommodation basic cottage and home-cooked food.

What else ...

A genuine interest in other cultures and earth's future. We are basically trying to bring out simple solutions to everybody around us. You should have the capacity to learn and willingness to share your knowledge. Should be able to live simply. Knowledge of basic communicative English or Indian languages, Hindi, Malayalam or Tamil is a necessary criteria.

We are trying to re-build the campus. At least till October you will find unfinished houses, fence etc. Hopefully we will be able to mend everything by then.
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5.15 Euro (350 INR) per person per day for accommodation and food

My Photo Album

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Bamboo roots are the strength behind our check dams, not concrete.
A portion of diversity from our farm. Chillies and brinjal
Way to the old library. This is how it looks in the summer. Soon it is going to be green green greeeen!
We found a nightjar and its baby nested in the forest floor. One of the helps we need is to document the biodiversity of the campus
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