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We warmly welcome support in the following areas:
🌿 Gardening, landscaping, and caring for our garden spaces.
🏡 Creative ideas for blending nature and architecture around our second villa.
📸 Photography, storytelling, social media, and content creation to share the beauty of village life.
☕ Most importantly, bring your creativity, positive energy, and a love for new experiences!
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Dear Travelers,
Thank you very much for deciding to visit Sri Lanka and for showing an interest in supporting our project.
We are a villa nestled in the woods in a non-touristic village between Colombo and Kandy in Sri Lanka. We offer a unique mix of villa and homestay experiences for our guests. Our property is a two-story home, with the upstairs area currently rented to international travelers. This space includes three bedrooms, a small pantry, a balcony, a shared bathroom, and a common area.
Workawayers may stay in one of the available rooms, depending on occupancy, and will have access to the pantry.
Most of the time, you will have the entire upstairs area to yourselves.
We kindly request Workawayers to prepare their own meals using the pantry facilities.
You will be treated to Ceylon tea a few times a day :)
Further, we have recently begun restoring an old colonial villa next to our house.
Workawayers can support us by DIY projects, sharing creative ideas, helping with planning and design-related activities, documenting the progress of the project, and contributing to landscaping and garden development around the villa.
Volunteers can also assist with creative projects around the property and help bring fresh perspectives to our ideas.
It would be helpful if you have experience in architecture, design, farming, landscaping, gardening, painting, photography, or other creative fields.
Alongside these activities, we may occasionally need your help during guest stays by welcoming guests, sharing local knowledge, and providing general assistance when required. Outside of these responsibilities, you will have flexible working hours and plenty of free time to explore the village.
We're looking for volunteers who can stay with us and become part of our family, probably the 3rd child of mom and dad.
Due to limited monthly data bundles, we encourage volunteers to utilize their mobile data. However, we do provide access to our Wi-Fi as needed.
When messaging us, please start your message with "we are happy to be part of this family" so we know you have familiarized yourself with our profile.
We look forward to welcoming you!
Have a safe journey
Please contact us for location details before your arrival.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
Light gardening
Creative DIY projects
Help around the house
Light maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
During your stay at our village you will experience authentic non touristy village life. All the village people are respectful and innocent towards visitors. Most of my international friends who have stayed at my village in the past have been invited to enjoy food, fruits and local tea with our neighbours. Near by you are able to visit one of the main rivers, the longest hanging bridge in Sri Lanka, waterfalls and temples. Also within 1.5 hours travel you can visit an elephant orphanage, white water rafting and tea estates.
After the project is complete as a big thank you for your help we will be happy to offer you and your family members free stay at the guest house any time you wish to return to Sri Lanka during your lifetime.
Help
I want to convert our upstairs and garden into an eco friendly guesthouse / hostel . The special aim is to renovate the house and land natural landscape.
Local assistant workers can be provided at your request.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
German: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
Want to learn how to build cob houses, work on eco-friendly projects, and construct tree houses.
Accommodation
My parents will be happy to host you at our family home, which is the same property we are currently developing into a guesthouse and youth hostel.
You will have access to a separate unit with two bedrooms, a living room, a pantry, a bathroom, and a storage room.
We encourage guests to prepare their own meals using the pantry facilities. However, whenever possible, we are happy to share our family meals with one guest.
What else ...
Ideally we would expect you to work 3 hrs per day and at least 4 days per week on the project but we are happy to negotiate according to your travel plans
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
If you are a digital nomad, kindly note that you should pay for the internet and electricity connection by yourself.
Can possibly accept pets
Any pets which will not going to effect us , our cats, kittens and ducks :)
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Ducks
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Lakmini and MG are a lovely couple who cook a lot of delicious food together. They are always in a… read more
In fact, you will not find a family as kind and hospitable anywhere in the world,
They treated me like a member of the family and now I have a new home and family in Sri Lanka.
I was more comfortable in their home than in my own and I never felt like a stranger .
Dear Monti, my dear parents, I kiss your hands and thank you for… read more
First of all, you deserve a big thank you. You did everything you promised, and even more than we expected.
To all Workaway hosts, we recommend this hardworking young man without hesitation. Whenever Majid sees work that needs to be done, he quickly steps in and gets it done. What we noticed is that he truly enjoys working. His hands… read more
When she arrived, she settled in with us almost immediately. Within a few hours she felt like someone we had known for a long time, and she quickly became part of our… read more
Monti was so helpful from start to finish, he helped me and sent me a lot of useful information before my trip.
once I arrived in the house I was welcomed with tea and lovely conversations.
there… read more
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Lakmini and MG are a lovely couple who cook a lot of delicious food together. They are always in a… read more
In fact, you will not find a family as kind and hospitable anywhere in the world,
They treated me like a member of the family and now I have a new home and family in Sri Lanka.
I was more comfortable in their home than in my own and I never felt like a stranger .
Dear Monti, my dear parents, I kiss your hands and thank you for… read more
First of all, you deserve a big thank you. You did everything you promised, and even more than we expected.
To all Workaway hosts, we recommend this hardworking young man without hesitation. Whenever Majid sees work that needs to be done, he quickly steps in and gets it done. What we noticed is that he truly enjoys working. His hands… read more
When she arrived, she settled in with us almost immediately. Within a few hours she felt like someone we had known for a long time, and she quickly became part of our… read more
Monti was so helpful from start to finish, he helped me and sent me a lot of useful information before my trip.
once I arrived in the house I was welcomed with tea and lovely conversations.
there… read more
Whatever task we gave them, they completed it to an… read more
Creative things – Gardening – Cooking – Cleaning
Hannah was the shining star at our home during the Sri Lankan New Year.
We were very fortunate to receive her request to stay with us during this time, as the New Year is deeply cultural and meaningful, even for locals. Being a family home, we had many relatives and… read more
Although there's only 12 or so reviews, the family has hosted over 100 people over the years - couch surfers, workawayers etc so it is so easy to settle into life and work there.
The hosts living in the home, are… read more
First of all, we miss you dearly!
You brought so much joy and energy into our home, just like a ray of sunshine. We never imagined that such a young girl could be so strong and turn our messy room into a perfectly neat and tidy space! What a surprise you gave us!
You are respectful, hardworking, and always so kind. From the very… read more
Their home is in a peaceful place surrounded by nature, the perfect spot to relax and enjoy the beauty of Sri Lanka. I had the chance to renovate a bedroom, which was very rewarding, and I also learned so much about Sri Lankan cooking! Every meal was a joy! 😋
One of the best parts of my… read more
Fedor put in some incredible hard work building a courtyard in our garden. His strength and dedication really shone through, and the results are fantastic.
Alesia is a wonderfully talented artist who brightened our space with her beautiful paintings on our pots. She also treated us to delicious… read more
The bed for two people is too… read more
So thanks again Lakmini, MG and Monti.
And for all new volunteers, just go… read more
Victor clearly communicated with us in a very short period and promptly came to our place. Within a few days, he became Mom's favorite foreigner, which is the best achievement a volunteer can get
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First of all, we cannot list all the things he has done during his stay because he helped us in every way and with… read more
Despite heavy rain, Salima never stopped helping us. She adapted to indoor tasks such as cleaning, assisting with cooking, and other household chores alongside Mom… read more
Mire and Isa, both geologists, are two young power banks, always happy and jumping around. They quickly became like children to our parents, joining Mom on all her tours like travel buddies.
Their presence made our place energetic and filled with a happy vibe. They helped us immensely with the… read more
When we had a guest with a last-minute booking, they handled all the cleaning and preparations… read more
We loved sharing meals with him, especially when he showed his love for Sri Lankan food, especially… read more
I spent a week at their house, with the parents (Lakmini & MG) and all of the pets and wildlife.
While I was there I took the initiative to do some cleaning & organizing,… read more
During a particularly difficult period when my mother had to be hospitalized, Wyndham stepped… read more
She demonstrated impressive professionalism in her wall painting skills, transforming a dull wall into a vibrant masterpiece. Nargis took charge of gathering… read more
They are wonderful and very open people, willing to share their culture, traditions and views with kind people.
They cooked for us (with much less spices than traditional so we enjoyed every meal), taught us(traditional cooking, plants and… read more
Before arriving, we have had clear exchanges with Monti to organize everything.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and tea were always amazing (thanks again!).
If you want to discover Sri lankan culture,… read more
Upon his arrival, Robert… read more
Planing our stay, with Monti was very easy, since Monti is a very friendly person. Unfortunately we didn't get the chance to meet him in person but we stayed in contact almost daily.
We stayed with his parents for 10 days and it was a feeling like beeing at… read more
Grateful for the incredible transformation! This amazing couple painted and revitalized our pantry and bathroom with such energy and sweetness. Their dedication was a true blessing, and they made a lasting impact on my parents. Now, our home feels brighter and more vibrant. We miss them dearly and sincerely hope they'll return… read more
I was also very lucky to have met his parents who are one of the sweetest, loveliest people I have met in my life. He's mum in an incredible cook! Every meal she made was absolutely delicious, especially… read more
His mom's food is delicious (and she even avoided the hot spicy on mine), the place is confortable and with nature all around.
I enjoyed doing the garden tasks and overall the whole thing.
Thank you very much for this experience!
Wish you all the best!
Hugs, and lots of Love!
👍🙏🖖
