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Hi,
I am looking for people to help me start a permaculture garden and organic farm in the beautiful southern hill country in Deniyaya Sri Lanka.i am in to yoga and meditaion .I am a certified RYT 200 yoga teacher with a love of travel, culture, food, music nature, and community. last 4 yearrs i was traveling around india and nepal newzeland and europ to learn more abut yoga and meditation diffrent cultures.
Deniyaya
It's a place for different workshops to be run, we have a bakery included in the resort where many local people shop and are just about to start a small organic farm in the backyard. we have 6 local workers working with us.
We are looking forward to meeting interesting people and to learning a variety of things such as organic farming, sustainable building, forest conservation, butterfly farming, water conservation, bakery, eco-resort, advertising the place through the internet etc.
We are looking for people who are willing to take ownership of the tasks to fulfill and having a lot of freedom to organise themselves accordingly.
Your help needed
type of help :
building :
- woodwork, carpenter and joiner, make furnitures, wood floor
- fixing pipes and water solar system
- builder outside walls
- tiler, ceramic
- painting
- plasterer clay walls, earth floor
- mass clay heater or rocket stove
gardening :
- weeding,
- system of watering
- vegetable garden
- planting trees
- land art
art :
-landart in the garden
- mosaic
- sewing
- painting
clearing house and garage :
- cleaning, organising, tiding
We welcome those that would like to discover, to share their knowledge and skills, to meet people...
cleaning, the house, clearing the place and gardening, is always welcome
The rainforest in Sri Lanka is threatened.
This is a World Heritage Site, although protected by Unesco. Still it is getting smaller every year and in 20 years many animal species will get extinct if the cutting of trees for tea will continue in this pace.Sinharaja is being exploited by a leading Hotel chain, Major tea plantations and Poachers, hunting the protected animals of the area i need people who can help me with social media and document making to campain to save the rainforest.
If you want to stay one week,1 month,3 months,or more,You are More than welcome and your help will be greatly.appreciated!!
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Pets
Sustainability
Vegetarian or vegan
Culture
Farming
Plant care
Cooking & food
Yoga / Wellness
Nature
Camping
Mountain
Beach
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Cycling
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
farming.local culture. cooking.local area.
Apart from that, there will be plenty of time to explore the surroundings by bike or on foot. There are plenty of waterfalls nearby to swim in, nature, rice paddies and tea plantations to hike through and of course the Rainforest National Park - a paradise for nature lovers!
Help
We need help for a tourist resort. gardening, internet. helping in the a guest house. helping on internet campaigning about the rainforest. painting. cleaning.teaching children.
Please note that at the moment we are looking for people who can help us for a minimum of 2 weeks, the longer the better.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
Own room or possibly sharing with one other volunteer.
What else ...
Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a nearby national park and a biodiversity hotspot in Sri Lanka. It is of international significance and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The hilly virgin rainforest, part of the Sri Lanka lowland rain forests ecoregion, was saved from the worst of commercial logging by its inaccessibility, and was designated a World Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and a World Heritage Site in 1988. The reserve's name translates as Kingdom of the Lion.
The reserve is only 21 km (13 mi) from east to west, and a maximum of 7 km (4.3 mi) from north to south, but it is a treasure trove of endemic species, including trees, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Because of the dense vegetation, wildlife is not as easily seen as at dry-zone national parks such as Yala. There are about 3 elephants and the 15 or so leopards are rarely seen. The most common larger mammal is the endemic Purple-faced Langur.
An interesting phenomenon is that birds tend to move in mixed feeding flocks, invariably led by the fearless Greater Racket-tailed Drongo and the noisy Orange-billed Babbler. Of Sri Lanka's 26 endemic birds, the 20 rainforest species all occur here, including the elusive Red-faced Malkoha, Green-billed Coucal and Sri Lanka Blue Magpie.
Reptiles include the endemic Green pit viper and Hump-nosed vipers, and there are a large variety of amphibians, especially tree frogs. Invertebrates include the endemic Common Birdwing butterfly and the inevitable leeches.
his is a World Heritage Site, although protected by Unesco. Still it is getting smaller every year and in 20 years many animal species will get extinct if the cutting of trees for tea will continue in this pace.Sinharaja is being exploited by a leading Hotel chain, Major tea plantations and Poachers, hunting the protected animals of the area i need people who can help me with social media and document making to campain to save the rainforest.
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
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When we arrived we were greeted by the host Sidney and it was a pleasure to meet him. He showed us around the hostel which is in the middle of a beautiful green garden. We spent 10 days during off season and helped preparing the building and rooms for the high season starting in November. The… read more
The place is really lovely and especially the Yoga Shala with view on the jungle garden made my stay very special and allowed me to dive deeper into practicing. (because of the rainy season there also weren’t a lot of guests).
My main task was creating (mainly Yoga) social media… read more
thought Sidney wasn't present in the hostel he was always available to me for everyt question and had an answer to every need!
my Workaway experience was over all fantastic!
I felt like I had a great… read more
Sidney is full of energy and has so many (new) ideas about the rainforest campaign, but also about… read more
You will not be disappointed with the location of both places.
One hostel has a beach front, where you can enjoy your breakfast and admire vising huge sea-turtles. There is so much to do during your time off that you will not be bored. Additionally, the area of… read more
The place is simply amazing, a big white house completely surrounded by nature, coconut and banana tree, just 5min walks from the beach. We loved the vibes in that place!
Sidney, the manager, is a little… read more
Her smile is a gift that makes every instant colored and clear.
We will never forget the time she spent here with us. Very capable, willing and intelligent, she helped us enormously....we can't thank her enough. hope to see you again oneday.
Stephanie & Nicolas
To do housekeeping, looking after guests, help out in the bakery and other things in such a great team of other volunteers was a big pleasure and a great experience!
Wish you, your mom and the rest of the team all the… read more
I am curious to run my own hostel and Sidney gave a little hint how it could be... He showed how to manage the bookings, welcome and host guests, do the housekeeping, gardening and some shopping what ever was needed. I loved getting the curry for lunch by bike.… read more
We worked at different projects and had different tasks, such as already from other volunteers described, helping in the restaurant, improving rooms, and helping with the webside.
There is still a lot of work left so you… read more
This place has a special, friendly atmosphere, with a lot of travelers from all around the world. The village itself is calm, you… read more
We didn’t have occasion to meet Sidney, but he seems to be quite easy going man.
That part of Sri Lanka is lovely situated in the mountains, so its good place for a walks.
There is small problem with communication wit the restaurant stuff, but at the end of the day everything… read more
It was super relaxed, flexible working hours and different tasks (which I could choose) ranging from helping in the bakery to planting trees in the backyard.
It's a nice hideaway place from crowded bus rides and… read more
Flexible hours which means that its possible to take a bike and go exploring in the early morning before the afternoon… read more
