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I am Samathasiri Silva from Ambalangoda, which is on the South-West coast of Sri Lanka. I work in Colombo Port as a boatman and my wife name Nayana runs our household. We have 2 daughters and 1 son, the eldest daughter is In Australia studying medicine and my son and youngest daughter are both students in Sri Lanka. We have a beach cabana that we rent out and would love some help doing maintenance and some building on the property. While volunteers are helping at the cabana they can also stay there (it has a large double bed, indoor and outdoor shower, kitchen and anything else you might need)
Hi,I need volunteers who can do carpentry work and helpers for my cabanas.As I am going to make some beach huts soon I would like to invite workawayers come and help me my cabana for maintainance ,help tourists,and help for day to day work there.I would like to offer accommodation,food,accompany to show you around my area to show interesting places as sea turtle farm,moonstone mine,Mask museum , lake with 64 island,longest Buddha statue in south Asia,by staying you can visit Bentota,Hikkaduwa,Galle,Unawatuna.if you like for music you can enjoy with our oriantel music and beach activities.if you are a beach lover you have a nice sandy beach with my cabana.I am a aroma therophiest you can have lession from me.hope to see you.thanks.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We love hosting international travelers and have had many people come and stay with us at our home over the last 15 years. We can help travelers to go and see many sights in the area and help to arrange day trips to other parts of Sri Lanka if they are interested. When we have travelers stay with us, we think of them as part of the family.
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Help
We are looking for volunteers that can help us make our beach property better with general maintenance, some small construction/gardening projects and painting. We would love input from volunteers as well about what would make the property more appealing.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Sinhalese: Fluent
Accommodation
Either a private beach cabana or a room with a bed, bathroom and fan at our house
What else ...
There are many sights too see in the area: beautiful beaches, boat tours through mangroves and to different islands in the area, a turtle rehabilitation center and hatchery, moonstone mine etc. We can help arrange any tours or outings our volunteers would like to go on.
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
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They took us into their everyday life and showed us around the area. The food is local and made with mother's heart, fantastic. Can highly recommend everyone to visit the Silva family. Work.. didn't do much though we planned… read more
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They took us into their everyday life and showed us around the area. The food is local and made with mother's heart, fantastic. Can highly recommend everyone to visit the Silva family. Work.. didn't do much though we planned… read more
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