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Hi! My name is Ishwar. I live with my wife, my father and my son (born in 2011) in rural Rajasthan. I have a small sustainable organic farm & an english school in the area of Punjpur, Dungarpur. I am looking for volunteers who can help me teach or work at the farm. In your spare time, there are so many sites to see & other activities. You can meet the villagers, go for hikes in the green hills, swimming or even attend a religious festival or marriage. My farm is located 35km from Dungarpur town. We have so many lakes and water bodies near our farm, like Jaysamand lake (40km). Udaipur is only 90km from farm. Some wildlife sanctuary's & forests near our farm. I would love to make you feel at ease in my home, so you feel prepared for your next adventure in India. Together, we strive for world brotherhood!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Elderly Companionship
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
Help with Computers/ Internet
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
There are lots of opportunities to experience real rural India by participating in local & national level fair's, festivals, marriage & other social & community based celebration. People are really open and sociable, and will invite you in for tea any time of the day.
You can also gain experience teaching, learn Hindi or Gujarati, or new practical skills... A change of perspective will allow you to develop yourself further as a human being.Projects involving children
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Help
SCHOOL
I can use your help teaching children from 3 to 16 years old. I'm especially looking for volunteers with some experience in teaching or in main subjects such as English, maths, science, social studies... At the same time, their fluency in English will improve. You are also most welcome to propose your own project and introduce the children to your subject of choice.
FARM
My farm has 7 buffaloes, some fields for a variety of crops and many fruit trees. Help includes horticulture, vegetable gardening, taking care of the animals... I would love to turn my farm into a tourist retreat, far away from busy city life. For this I want to construct housing with sustainable local materials (like bamboo or clay) and make the farm overall more attractive (landscaping, art project, cleaning...). Other projects I am working on include developing a fish pond, building duck, goat and chicken housing, planting a flower garden and building a bee keeping facility, builing more storage area... Experience in these areas will be much appreciated! These several projects will help make my farm more economically sustainable in the future.
HOME
At home, you can help with cooking (indian dishes as well as your country's specialities), washing the dishes, housekeeping, helping my son with homework and having some fun together, taking care of my elderly father...Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Gujarati: Fluent
Hindi: FluentAccommodation
Volunteers have a large space upstairs with a fan, electricity and internet connection. You can also use the common bathroom and toilet and of course the living area downstairs. Sleeping outside on the roof is also an option, with a great view of the surrounding hills or the stars.
Food is fresh, vegetarian and organic. We cook Gujarati, Rajasthani and South-Indian dishes, but are also eager to try your favorite meal. 3 meals a day will be provided, with additional chai, snacks and lots of seasonal fruits like mangos, sapota, lemons... from the farm.What else ...
My house is easily accessible from the village of Punjpur, which can be reached from Indore, Mumbai, Udaipur, Ahmedabad...
I can help you plan all types of leisure activities: take you on a bikeride to ancient temples and to enjoy the scenary, suggest different hiking routes and opportunities for viewing wildlife, take you to meet my friends... Things my son enjoys are playing Monopoly, baking cake, drawing...A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
Space for parking camper vans
I have big space in my farm can use for parking
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 3 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (21)
You get to experience India from within in a way you never could with a simple tourist trip. We even got to share two Indian celebrations with them, in which they dressed us… read more
They are very respectful and become part of our family. And we will miss them forever.
They are anytime welcome again. And we recommend all the host for hosting… read more
The whole family made me feel welcomed from the very beginning and I felt like being home right after my arrival.
The scenery from the farm was beautiful. I could see the sunrise from the house every morning and the sunset every evening;… read more
He is very nice, loves children and helpful. He also integrated well into our team when it came to farm help.
We will miss him forever.
And would happily recommend him.
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You get to experience India from within in a way you never could with a simple tourist trip. We even got to share two Indian celebrations with them, in which they dressed us… read more
They are very respectful and become part of our family. And we will miss them forever.
They are anytime welcome again. And we recommend all the host for hosting… read more
The whole family made me feel welcomed from the very beginning and I felt like being home right after my arrival.
The scenery from the farm was beautiful. I could see the sunrise from the house every morning and the sunset every evening;… read more
He is very nice, loves children and helpful. He also integrated well into our team when it came to farm help.
We will miss him forever.
And would happily recommend him.
They are very respectful and become part of our family. And we will miss them forever.
They are anytime welcome again. And we recommend all the host for hosting them.
They are very respectful and become part of our family. And we will miss them forever.
They are anytime welcome again. And we recommend all the host for hosting them.
If we say least he came at… read more
She is a good workawayer, interested to explore other cultures and at the same time respectful. We have been very happy to… read more
In the morning I helped Ishwar to teach English in his school, it was very interesting, they have a different teaching method compared to my background. Kids are very sweet and happy to see people form other countries. Instead of, in the afternoon (not… read more
We will love to host her again.
The boys and girls of school are very cute, nice and caring.
I would say the best of it was the people, everyone in the village is caring and very generous.
Chundiawara will be in our hearts… read more
4th june 2022 to 20th june 2022
Learning:
Organic compost process from cowdung using earthwarm till the final black gold soil
I learned mangoes riping process, I plucked around 500 mangoes and then put it under dried leaves to make mangoes ripe
Alumunium Fencing was an opportunities through which i learned how to make fencing… read more
Our 11।
Years old son loved her very much. Her calm and friendly… read more
We really felt at home with them, we would definitely go back again. Thanks for everything Ishwar and friends:)
I miss black coffee and brunch we use to have together school children and village people are asking every… read more
During my time, I worked at farm with his father,78yr old still working hard at farm and helped his wife… read more