Nicholas

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Description

We are a couple traveling in Sri Lanka interested in local communities path towards sustainability in terms of education, economy and environment. We are currently in Kandy, Sri Lanka and looking forward to incorporate animal care, public health, and female empowerment into our volunteering efforts. Between the two of us we have skills in photography, Chinese language and more than seven years of teaching experience between the two of us. In addition, we are dedicated to making lasting cross cultural relationships, happy to fulfill administrative positions if the opportunity is presented.

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Chinese (Mandarin): Fluent
French: Beginner
Italian: Beginner

More details about my language interests
Throughout my life I have studied Mandarin Chinese, French and Italian and have over 5 years teaching English as a second language. My partner has 3 years teaching Mandarin Chinese and English. We believe that teaching and learning go hand in hand, with cultural immersion necessary to bring the language alive and make it stick!

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

I'm interested in:  

Eco Projects

Charity Work

Life at a Farmstay

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Some knowledge of:  

Art Projects

Gardening

General Maintenance

Helping around the house

Animal Care

Hospitality/Tourism

Helping with Computers/ Internet

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Able to teach about:  

Languages

DIY and building projects

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Teaching

More details about your skills

My personal experience lies mostly in Italy and Benin. In Italy I worked in a chickpea farm, lemon grove and processing olive oil. Here we mostly did work harvesting the beans, maintaining the farm in terms of pests/weeds, and finally supervising the olive oil making process from start to finish, which there was a lot to learn from!

In Benin learning about biofuel and fish farming was eye opening, as well as using small stations to power other stations. Such as using manure from the pig pen to fertilize the banana plantation, then using slops from the kitchen to feed the pigs.

My partner has some expertise, within mainland China she mostly helped her parents and grandparents on their farms during a time of rapid urbanization. As China continues to develop into a superpower, sustainable agriculture remains to be an important solution in the problems that lie ahead.

 Recently, our work in an orphanage in Nepal (Joon Project) seem to be the most relevant to this question, as well as our careers as teachers in and outside China. In the past, I have done political work in Chicago/food security volunteering in WA state during the holidays.

Age

30

What else ...

While I am an avid cyclist, photographer and enjoy cooking, my partner is interested in table top games and cinema.

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