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The Farm is managed by Els (from The Netherlands), who lived at the farm since 2007 together with her late Kenyan husband Kamande. 80 people from the neighborhood work together with Els to run the farm. 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 90 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, carpenters, and to build an eco-toilet. Also let us know if you are good with desktop publishing, environmental education, vegetarian cooking, social media. We also still dream of making our own farm-cookbook! We welcome volunteers from 3 months or more. Please still send us a message if you like to spend a short period, we do also have accommodation for this.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiques
Aide avec des éco-projets
Enseignement
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Aide dans une ferme
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Accueil / tourisme
Entretien général
Aide informatique/internet
Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
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.
Aide
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.
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Kikuyu: Courant
Hollandais: Courant
Swahili (Kiswahili): Courant
Allemand: Débutant
Français: Débutant
Portugais: Débutant
Hébergement
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 also run a camping facility at the farm, this is for paying guests. 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.
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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 neighborhood. Nairobi's citylife and shopping malls are not too far away and easily done by public transport.
We will be happy to advice!
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Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des vans
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First of all, thanks to Els for her generosity in accommodating volunteers and providing for everyone’s needs. The quality of life here was beyond my… read more
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First of all, thanks to Els for her generosity in accommodating volunteers and providing for everyone’s needs. The quality of life here was beyond my… read more
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
