Come and help with our food rescue charity and eco-project in Randburg, South Africa

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  • Activité récente: 18 mars 2024

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  2024 

 Séjour min. souhaité : Au moins deux semaines

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  • Description

    Description

    Our suburban property is turning into a productive, sustainable space applying permaculture, organic and recycling principles to show that it can be done in a suburban environment. We try to involve our community and grow food on the sidewalk. We grow a variety of herbs, veggies, fruit etc. and we have some ex-battery hens.

    We've also converted our huge pool into a greenhouse. We need help with day to day garden chores like composting, weeding, planting and maintaining the chickens as well as with structural projects like rain water collection, irrigation etc. and we'd like to experiment with setting up a donated aquaponics setup. There are many ideas we want to implement and we learn as we go! We are members of our local Talent Exchange and run a craft studio, which occasionally means you can join us at craft markets doing tie-dye with kids.

    There's plenty DIY which needs doing, so if you have skills in that field, that would also be useful.

    We run a Food Rescue not-for-profit, so there is often food processing and preparation involved. We are a vegetarian household, most of the food comes from what has been rescued and we supplement meals from the garden where possible. We'd also love you to spread the word about what we do to your own networks on social media, so be prepared to think and write a bit about your experience here!

    We'd like you to work about 5 hours a day, 5 days a week, but tasks change from day to day and hours can be pretty flexibly distributed which leaves plenty of time to explore Johannesburg.

  • Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

    Bénévolat
    Projets artistiques
    Aide avec des éco-projets
    Enseignement
    Jardinage
    Bricolage et construction
    S’occuper des animaux
    Aide dans une ferme
    Cuisine/repas pour la famille
    Aide à la maison
    Entretien général
    Aide informatique/internet
  • Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

    Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

    Objectifs de l’ONU
    Pas de pauvreté
    Faim «zéro»
    Bonne santé et bien-être
    Éducation de qualité
    Égalité entre les sexes
    Eau propre et assainissement
    Énergie propre et d'un coût abordable
    Travail décent et croissance économique
    Industrie, innovation et infrastructure
    Inégalités réduites
    Villes et communautés durables
    Consommation et production responsables
    Mesures relatives à la lutte contre les changements climatiques
    Vie aquatique
    Vie terrestre
    Paix, justice et institutions efficaces
    Partenariats pour la réalisation des objectifs
  • Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

    You will get intimately acquainted with how broken the global food system is and learn more about food rescue and diverting produce from landfill. Don't underestimate it, it is a shock to the system!
    Johannesburg is a cultural melting pot and will more than likely be nothing like you expected - be prepared to be surprised!

  • Aide

    Aide

    Volunteer work over and above the daily house, greenhouse and garden chores pretty much depends on what projects are on the go at the time, but we also try to plan things according to the skills our volunteers have and what they like doing. There is often a fair amount of food prep needed.

    We are passionate about permaculture and sustainability and are learning as much as we try to teach. Suggestions are always welcome. If you happen to teach a craft, please let us know and we can try to schedule a class in the studio!

  • Langues parlées

    Afrikaans: Courant
    Anglais: Courant
    Hollandais: Courant

  • Hébergement

    Hébergement

    You sleep a dorm-style room with two single bunk beds and a queen-size sleeper couch. The bathroom is in-suite and shared. There is a separate volunteer kitchen and fridge although most of your cooking etc. will be done in the Nosh kitchen.

  • Autres infos...

    Autres infos...

    We are located in the Western suburbs of Johannesburg. Public transport is predominantly by the local minibus taxis, but there are other options such as metro buses, Uber/Bolt and the Gautrain train and Gautrain bus system. Johannesburg has many good art galleries and museums, and is home to the famous (and excellent) Apartheid Museum. There are many other activities a little further afield and even a day or so away, for which we normally recommend renting a car for a day or two. There is an excellent yoga studio in our road which offers amazing monthly specials and there is a rock-climbing centre and sports fields within walking distance.

    It is hard to describe what you would learn when you come here. There are always lots of things going on, our to-do list is a mile long and we are involved in many projects not on the premises, you definitely shouldn't get bored!

  • Informations complémentaires

    Informations complémentaires

    • Accès Internet

    • Accès Internet limité

      Accès Internet limité

    • Nous avons des animaux

    • Nous sommes fumeurs

    • Familles bienvenues

  • Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

    We have an uncapped fibre connection wit pretty good connectivity.

  • Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

    Deux

  • ...

    Nombre d'heures attendues

    5 x 5 days

N° de référence hôte : 654333132851

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