Help on our reforestation project in Bucaramanga, Colombia

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Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    We are a growing forest reserve, created by a married couple: Hugo (Civil Engineer) and Silvia (Doctor), who want to leave a mark and contribute many grains of sand to the fight against climate change and food security. We started this dream of creating an eco-hostel that protects nature and recovers the cultural roots of the Guanes as an indigenous people that inhabited the Chicamocha Canyon. We currently work with a peasant community in a village called La Peña, which is located in the lower part of the mountain where we are. The only way to get to this place is by walking or descending by rope; We are supporting boys and girls to find a decent life option in ecotourism, without abandoning their territory.

    Somos una reserva forestal en crecimiento, creada por una pareja de esposos: Hugo (Ingeniero Civil) y Silvia (Médico), que queremos dejar huella y arportar muchos granitos de arena para la lucha contra el cambio climático y la seguridad alimentaria. Empezamos este sueño de crear a @ como un eco hostal que proteja la naturaleza y recupere el arraigo cultural de los Guanes como pueblo indígena que habitó el Cañón del Chicamocha. Actualmente trabajamos con una comunidad campesina en una vereda llamada La Peña que se encuentra en la parte baja de la montaña donde estamos nosotros. La única forma de llegar a este lugar es caminando o decendiendo por cuerda; estamos apoyando a los niños y niñas para que encuentren en el ecoturismo una opción de vida digna, sin abandonar su territorio.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    Hospitality/Tourism
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    In our house are all the time our living, some local farmers from the area who will have much to tell and teach. For now, we go every weekend, time in which we can share experiences, meals and do outdoor activities.

    En nuestra casa están todos el tiempo nuestros vivientes, unos campesinos locales de la zona que tendrán mucho por contar y enseñar. Nosotros por ahora vamos todos los fines de semana, tiempo en el que podremos compartir experiencias, comidas y realizar actividades al aire libre

  • Help

    Help

    Hello everyone, we are Hugo and Silvia, we are currently starting a beautiful reforestation project in the Chicamocha Canyon in Santander, Colombia. Our project is located on the edge of the canyon and we are reforesting with species of native and fruit trees, recovering the ecosystem, supporting the birds and building a couple of cabins for eco-tourism. We are looking for people to help us with planting trees and gardening, planting home gardens and chickens :)

    Hola a todos, somos Hugo y Silvia, actualmente estamos empezando un lindo proyecto de reforestación en el Cañón del Chicamocha en Santander, Colombia. Nuestro proyecto se encuentra a la orilla del cañón y estamos reforestando con especies de árboles nativos y frutales, recuperando el ecosistema, apoyando a las aves y construyendo un par de cabañas para eco turismo. Buscamos personas para que nos ayuden con la siembra de árboles y jardinería, siembra de huertas caseras y gallinas :)

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    Spanish: Fluent

    This host offers a language exchange
    Quisiera aprender inglés

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    The accommodation will be in a house with an incredible view of the Chicamocha Canyon, where you will have a clean bed, a private bathroom, you will be able to cook your own food, you will have the right to be in 12 Hectares of tropical dry forest on the edge of the Chicacmocha Canyon

    El alojamiento será en una casa con una vista increíble al Cañón del Chicamocha, donde tendrás una cama limpia, baño privado, podrás cocinar tus propios alimentos, tendrás derecho a estar en 12 Hectareas de bosque seco tropical al borde del Cañón del Chicacmocha.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Estamos ubicados en un lugar fantástico, muy cerca de nuestra finca hay cuevas con pictografías Guanes (una atigua etnia que habitó el Cañón del Chicamocha), además hay lindas rutas para hacer caminatas, cascadas naturales y gente linda de la que estoy seguro que podrás aprender.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    Excelente espacio para dejar sus vehículos, además es seguro, cuentan con servicio de baño, mucha naturaleza, una vista increible y buena energía

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    Perros, gatos, elefantes

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

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    Hours expected

    Máximo 4-5 horas al día, 5 días a la semana

Host ref number: 424824829322

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