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What started as an idea by a group of friends with a love for adventure and sustainability, turned into a number of eco tourism projects in Malaysia. After so many adventures with volunteers from all over the world (turning an uninhabited island into a self sustainable place, setting up an oyster farm, building a floating lodge!) we are now looking for help with development of a nature lodge and campsite in a village in Kedah, north Malaysia.
We have 3 missions:
providing job opportunities for the local rural community,
promoting a sustainable lifestyle and offering nature education
letting people enjoy the beautiful Malaysian nature, together!
Does this appeal to you? Read on!Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten
Kunstprojekte
Hilfe bei Ökoprojekten
Unterrichten
Gartenarbeiten
Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten
Hausarbeiten
Tourismus / Gastgewerbe
Handwerkliche Arbeiten
UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt
Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten
If you decide you would like to stay with us, you'll become part of our small team of locals and other volunteers. One of the team members will cook delicious local foods, if you don't know already, Malaysian food is awesome! You'll experience a beautiful stay in nature, with lots of free time to explore the mysterious mangroves, watch amazing sunsets from the rooftop and explore the region. We have a motorbike and bicycle you are free to use.
As you'll be living in a small village, you'll surely mingle with locals and learn about the culture. Malay are a super friendly and curious bunch, they will be excited to share and get to know you.
You'll also learn about the mangrove ecosystem, local ways of building, gardening, gaining practical skills. Might want to pick up new hobbies, like birding, kayaking or fishing!Arbeit
DAILY TASKS
We need continuous help with keeping the area clean and tidy. This can be housekeeping before/after our guests arrive, landscape maintenance and general cleaning up. If you have a knack for it, you can help with gardening too.
PROJECTS
We are currently in the middle of setting up a campsite next to the mangroves, and we can use help doing this. Making a roof for the shower rooms, electricity wiring, painting, planting trees... many things to be done!
MAINTENANCE
We have a wooden lodge on the river, which is always in need of maintenance. If you are skilled in woodwork, there are always jobs to be done. Boat maintenance, painting jobs are some other things we can use help with.
ART
For the artists amongst you, we want to make our place beautiful! Murals, sign boards, decorations; we are open to hear your ideas and let your creativity flow!
NATURE EDUCATION
We want our place to be fun, beautiful and educational. We need help collecting and delivering information about the natural environment and sustainability.Sprachen
Gesprochene Sprachen
Englisch: Fließend
Malay: FließendDieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
Dieser Gastgeber gibt an, dass er dir gern seine Muttersprache beibringt oder selbst eine Sprache lernen möchte.
Bitte wende dich direkt an ihn, um weitere Auskünfte zu erhalten.Unterkunft
We have a wooden floating lodge on the river, with the best views. You'll feel like miles away from the civilised world! You'll share a dorm room with other volunteers (male/female seperate). Another option is camping, for which we will provide the tent. Depending on availability and what's more convenient in the moment you might be asked to stay in the dorm room or to camp. Of course you are welcome to setup your own equipment if you have it.
Was noch ...
We are located in the middle of river Merbok, with some beautiful spots in the area to explore. It's a pretty traditional, rural environment with sites of historical and cultural importance. The coast isn't far, neither are the rice fields which Kedah is famous for.
To get here, you can take a bus or train to Sungai Petani, after which you need to take a taxi or grab (about half hour drive).
When you're here, you're free to use kayak, bicycle and motorbike to get around. But frankly, you might not want to leave the breezy river view rooftop...Etwas mehr Information
Internet Zugang
Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang
Wir besitzen Tiere
Wir sind Raucher
Familien möglich
Kann Digital Nomads unterbringen
The place is awesome for remote work, however, as of now, WiFi is not supported in the area. You'll need mobile internet, for which reception is pretty good.
Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans
We have a campsite with basic facilities
Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal
mehr als zwei
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The host, Min is kind, interesting and full of ideas. he took us on a couple adventures in the mangroove and river.We had great conversations with him… read more
Thanks to all of my friends around to this project. Have been there soon after the beginning in 2015 and came back… read more
We dont know where to start! Your endless energey, positive attitude,curiosity and funny jokes was(and still is) big inspiration for us. We feel so lucky to have you hosted on the island twice and that you found a place close to your heart. Your willingness to learn and try new things is amazing. Also we will always be grateful for… read more
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The host, Min is kind, interesting and full of ideas. he took us on a couple adventures in the mangroove and river.We had great conversations with him… read more
Thanks to all of my friends around to this project. Have been there soon after the beginning in 2015 and came back… read more
We dont know where to start! Your endless energey, positive attitude,curiosity and funny jokes was(and still is) big inspiration for us. We feel so lucky to have you hosted on the island twice and that you found a place close to your heart. Your willingness to learn and try new things is amazing. Also we will always be grateful for… read more
It was an absolute pleasure to share our life, work and vision with you guys. Thank you so so much for adding a new card game to our collection and sharing your multiple talents with us. Your creative writing, photography skills and knowledge about exel helped us to create a webpage, easy but useful accounting system… read more
We are so missing you, more than a month spent together was super exciting and enjoyable!
This sweet Belgium girl brought in our collective positive emotions and neverending inspiration by her optimistic lifeview.
She showed a real excitement in simple livestyle of sustainable farming and with a great passion went through all… read more
They helped with all daily tasks and special projects, took part in beach cleaning, and gardening as well.
Gus is outstanding cook, his meals never repeated and we're filled with wonderful details.
Sara was very attentive and helpful in… read more
We went to work in the yoga retreat, the job would be to prepare a vegetarian menu for around 20 people during a week.
The work was very fun and enjoyable, many hours in the kitchen but it was worth the effort.
We made very good friends and formed a good… read more
He showed very attentive and gentle attitude to work. Very accurate in details. He took part in all types of activities, but special passion showed to cooking: we will never forget your singing and dancing in the kitchen! ))
Julien is a very sociable, kind, cheerful and humorous guy, he always can make any… read more
The island is a small piece of wild and beautiful paradise.
The work spectrum is very large and adapted to each and everyone’s capacities. The relation to work is very humain and sain. There’s no pressure but the one… read more
Very kind, hard working, initiative and attentive, Zach and Kelli were always ready to help in all types of activities. In addition of being very executive and accurate in daily tasks they gave a lot… read more
He… read more
That sense of organising she also used to tidy… read more
She was ready to do all the tasks, and proved the interest… read more
Eddy was involved in all types of activities and very often showed admirable initiative without any additional guidance. This guy in the best way showed all his love and passion, taking care of garden plants and especially… read more
Predo and Padil bring life to the island and have a obvious passion… read more
The other volunteers were also extremely inspiring - I learned so… read more
4 weeks I spent volunteering on a tiny paradise island named Pulau Bidan in Malaysia. There I was part in a wonderful project about permaculture and sustainability. In the beginning we were 5 people on the island, 4 volunteers and one founder of the project. The team always mixed up, volunteers left and new one came, the… read more
When communicating with them initially, we were told we'd be able to go to the island within 2-3 days, but once we got there we were… read more
I have nothing but good things to say about this project and everything that happened.… read more
Bilal is the break man who break the record which staying in the desert island with us about 3 month. So we are enjoy about your idea and many thank you about your help to come here. He manage to come back again after he left the project and for the first come. Thats is suprises for us he come back. So we hope you are enjoy in next… read more
I was supposed to spend a month there but just couldn’t manage to leave this slice of heaven.
First of all I wanna thank everyone on the… read more
We are appreciate about you to stay with us. Blanche is a handy women which easy for anything to do.. And she has a good hand for the art expecially for the painting, mural... Sampai kita jumpa lagi blanche and travel safe
I was planning on staying a month but I just couldn't leave these two places. I stayed a month on the oyster farm and a month in Pulau Bidan.
On the farm, you get to know the Malay culture, learn Bahasa, try Maksu's delicious food, play and talk with the kids and… read more
It was great to be able to host Virginie :) , she is practical and does the work independently. she is sensible and kind and any host would be lucky to have her. We wish her well on his journey :-) Hopefully we will meet again virginie..
First, take one man who wants to change his way of living for him, his family and all the community around. Then take an other 6 crazy men who deeply believe they can change the world: add a glass of love, 2 spoons of happiness, one kilo of faith in life, a touch of madness and… read more
She was a fresh air in this place and what a blessing to have her here!
She was helpful, easy going, great sense of humour,keen to work , learn and ENERGETIC :) .You set yourself a high standard for your work, are diligent and through. You did cooking, cleaning, Construction,Teaching a yoga. Thank you very much for staying with us.… read more
And it was all of that. I cannot recommend this project highly enough! It was so inspiring to see… read more
The project stakeholders are all AMAZING. I don't want to describe the mission you just need to discover.
We stayed with Thibaut 7 nights at the oyster farm and 3 weeks on the island. Both are great the only problem is to go back to civilisation. Even if have full 4G you are… read more
Thank you for you positive feedback, Yes we also miss you now :) Keep in touch. . Camille is also a hard worker that adds enthusiasm to his humour when helping out.Hope to see you again. Travel Safe bro
-predo
We can recommend him in every part....
Thank you so much...
Thank you everyone for your welcome, generosity and humanity.
During one month we learn a lot about permaculture, gardening, compost, fertilaser, oster farm, malaysian traditions...ok, we have to say, it's complicated to explain the adventure with you in this marvellouus project !! It was completly intense ! Thank You, we continue our… read more
I wish there was such a place in every country. The world really needs places like this… read more
You're such an amazing project, the organization and every volunteer I met; you guys taught me so so much - besides all the practical knowledge about nature, making ashtrays of bamboo, what all you can do with one cassava… read more
We have been very lucky with nearly all our Helpers and we were lucky again with ana who is one of the nicest people you could meet. Very, caring and always keen to help wherever she could. We miss her and wish her well for the future, hope we will see you again. .Perhaps this will be the start of a lifelong journey, the spark of a… read more
The hosts are very genuine folk who are passionate about what they do and ready to share their knowledge. They're also humble and responsive to suggestions and ideas.
The island is… read more
The island itself is paradise. If you like nature you won't be bored during your off time.
On the other hand the project itself is so enjoyable that it'll be hard to take time off… read more
I have only just left the project and I miss it already. It's great being in civilisation again but I also love the basic-ness of the project too. I was on Pulau Bidan for 3 weeks and the Oyster Farm for 1 week.
Personality Pulau Bidan was more suited to me, I was in the gardens where I looked after the plants, giving them water,… read more
Being there was so meaningful, and when you start working (that feels like playing) in something that cares so much about the world we live in, nature and people, you can't stop the good things to come.
You will find a community that grew so much in just 2 years with… read more
Meet new people that you know them since always,
Simply live in nature, at the rhythm of sunrises, tides and stars,
Live among incredible locals,
Work to live and not the inverse,
Work to see the projects grow up with satisfaction,
Walk on the mud and put your hands in the ground,
Welcome to… read more
I recommand it to anyone passing by !
I lived a lot of beautiful moments there; painting, creating, cooking, plant caring and geese teaching.
One day I will come back to see how florishing is that island; thank you to exist
xo
A lottttttttttttt of love from nothern Canada <3
xo
Lilly
For me the variety of work was one of the highlights. I had loads of 'first time' experiences, and made many beautiful connections with the hosts, other… read more
If you love nature, sea and jungle this is the place for you.
I met amazing people (both hosts and volunteers), ate tasty Malaysian food and learned a lot about sustainabilty and permaculture, plus I could express my creativity when needed..this project is just… read more
You can just be home on a small and beautiful Island in Malaysia.
You get to know the Malaysian culture while cooking Malay food, learning some Malay words, listen to some music or just talking to the locals!
The locals and the other volunteers have been really nice… read more
I've got the opportunity to learn a lot about permaculture (all the hosts are so passionate about this), conservation, but also about the Malaysian culture. The all team is… read more
Thanks for everything and sincerely hope to return soon :)
This project matches any project perfectly as long as you are looking for a solidarity-oriented project with a strong accent on Nature… read more
Pulau Bidan is like a little paradise and you can see it improving and growing everytime you come back. But what is paradise without friends and family.. here you have both!
There are a lot of projects to be finished and they are always open to new ideas and plans.
Thank you so much for… read more
This was such an amazing experience, everyone is so welcoming, the island is beautiful and while there is a lot of work to be done, it's also super chill. Thank you for everything, I will not forget it. (Don't worry, it's normal ;))
There are so many things to do on the island and so many projects that if you can see how to do them, you can make it happen and will be supported to do… read more
Big thanks of all your efforts at here , perhaps bring the guitarlele when come back to island someday :)
Thank you so much for letting… read more
j y suis resté 1mois et demi en novembre et décembre .Les hôtes sont de jeunes gens très sympathiques et plein de projets (projet récompensé par un Howard par les autorités malaisiennes en décembre en vue de préserver cette ile ) La vie y est très simple et dépourvue de confort… read more
We spent 12days on the island, and we really enjoy to meet the staff, live together with the others volunteers, and participate to the beginning of the project.
The most interesting part is everything have to be done. So you can let your imagination work to develop and make the best for this place.
Thanks a lot to… read more
The people I met there were genuine and authentic locals who are super great people.
A place to disconnect from the world, to learn about Maylasia and Asia, about how to enjoy the environment and take the advantage of the help it offers you. And also to learn about yourself.
Always something to do but always time… read more
If hair straighteners are the first things you pack, stay at home.
If you want to meet some brilliant people, with big ideas, on a real desert island, where the only internet is 3G and the only electricity is by generator, this is for you.
The island is beautiful and unspoilt - because it is virtually… read more