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Our Farm is run by Els (from The Netherlands), who lived at the farm since 2007 together with her late Kenyan husband Kamande. The Farm is an organic vegetable farm in the Kenyan highlands, where lots of visitors from Nairobi come to enjoy farmlife and learn about 'where does your food come from'. Come help us with your experience in environmental education, cob building and other building and art works. We have a running vegetable farm, and we host lots of visitors. We already have 70 people working with us. Please let us know which specific skills you like to add? Builders, carpenters, plumbers very welcome :-) We need people who have experience with cob building, and to build an eco-toilet. Also let us know if you are good with desktop publishing, vegetarian cooking, and we still dream of making our own farm-cookbook!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Kenyan rural life may be quite different from what you are used to. You will learn to accept it is not always going as planned, you will learn to adjust, you will learn to work with what you can find (hardware stores are not very well equiped...), you will become very creative :-)
The farm is run by Els - a Dutch national, who lived at the farm since 2007 together with her late husband Kamande. The farm was started at Kamande's family land. Els' home country the Netherlands, and the difference with Kenyan rural life is quite a contrast. Staying with us at the farm also means you will see a lot of the village-life and we will have time to talk about the culture and way of living in Kenya.
Help
We have a beautiful farm just outside of Nairobi. For educational visits we started a foundation, to welcome schools and other groups to the farm. We would love some help from people who have experience in environmental education. We need to improve on our educational programs for the many schools that are already visiting us, and our staff would love to improve on their skills and knowledge to professionally welcome our visitors. So if you have educational power, please bring it on!
We also have many general tasks to work on, all noted down on our 'scrum board'. We look for a beekeeper who can teach some of our staff, a carpenter, plumber, and anybody who is experienced in cob-building is very welcome. Next project is another guesthouse (or 2) , naturally built with cob and a natural roof and a rocket stove inside. We do have people for the heavy labor, so we are more focused on knowledgeable people on education, carpentry, cob-building, arts and design, social media etc. If you like cooking, you are also most welcome to prepare diner and teach our kitchen staff new recipes.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Kikuyu: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Swahili (Kiswahili): Fluent
German: Beginner
French: Beginner
Portuguese: Beginner
Accommodation
The Farm is in a small Kenyan village, not far from Nairobi. You will be staying either in the farmhouse or at one of our 2 guestrooms (with eco-toilet) above the outside kitchen. We have 1 extra guest bedroom in our house. The farmhouse is more of a community house, for Els + an assistant manager + Kamande's brother. So you will experience the real 'farmstay' together with the farmers. We share the meals (mostly vegetarian/vegan) together, of course with lots of fresh vegetables from the farm.
What else ...
the Farm is in a real rural area, but only 1 hour away from Nairobi, so during your time off you can enjoy the best of both worlds - you can enjoy the peace and clean air in the village, it is beautiful to walk in the neighbourhood. Nairobi's citylife and shoppingmalls are not too far away and easily done by public transport.
We will be happy to advice!
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
This host can provide space for campervans.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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THe Farm is a green paradise and Els has the skills to make you feel welcome and at home right from the start.… read more
We contacted Els and Kamande pretty last minute and they welcomed us with open arms. Els and Kamande have a strong commitment to the environment and the local community. You can sense it in everything they do and how they live their lives. Apart from the farm, which has plenty of workers and is almost like… read more
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THe Farm is a green paradise and Els has the skills to make you feel welcome and at home right from the start.… read more
We contacted Els and Kamande pretty last minute and they welcomed us with open arms. Els and Kamande have a strong commitment to the environment and the local community. You can sense it in everything they do and how they live their lives. Apart from the farm, which has plenty of workers and is almost like… read more
What a lucky shot this was!!!
Sheetal is an amazing cook, and she is overall very talented in painting and all kinds of creative processes.… read more
They full of love, freedom, understanding for everyone.. I spend 2 and half months in pandamic time. I never feel stuck.. Everyday was new learning, new work with full freedom.. I really enjoys cooking.. Els shares, teach a lot about her culture, kenyan culture and her own experiments. You can see them all time working.. Specially… read more
