Learn the customs and culture of native indigenous Ashaninka and help to preserve the spirit of the jungle in Puerto Bermudez, Peru

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  Description

  Workaway note: Please contact this host in Spanish
  
  We are native indigenous people with different ethnic groups in the Central Selva that we share and learn different skills to make an eco-cultural exchange with you. By this way we can protect our nature of the community for the future of our native children. Making conservation of natural resources and implementation of reforestation, ecotourism and education of solid waste management with children.
  We are now involved 6: 4 adults and 2 children.
  
  My name Luidy. I am 38 years old and live in a native Ashaninka comunity named Santa Rosa de Chivis. Distrito -Puerto Bermudez .Provincia -Oxapampa, Departamento-Pasco .It's a geocentrical city of Peru.
  A year ago I met a person from Hungary and she was charmed by the jungle and decided to help us to carry out this project in which also is involved my father, me and my 4 year old daughter all with ashaninka origins, they are living in this native comunity of 70 families with lots of knowledge of medicinal plants from the jungle. We are also engaged in agricultue such as , cocoa, bananas, avocado, papaya, sugar cane, coffe and others.
  
  The Santa Rosa de Chivis vilage is 20 minutes from the city Puerto Bermudez.
  
  The village is surrounded by two rivers at 5 minute walk, with cristaline waters taht comes from the natural reserve of the jungle. In the water You can see very clearly the fishes and at two hours of walk from the comunity deep into the jungle we can visit a wonderful lake with a waterfall called La laguna Mono, for whom the local people have a lot of respect.
  You can observe calmly birds, such as parrots of different colors, aquila, butterflies in varieties like sacred lily and rock cockerel who lives near the waterfall, wich we can visit at the end of the week and also we can stop by Pichis river where we can camp and fish or swimming.
  If you want to taste exotic fruits, all you have to do is to pick them up.
  
  
  Somos personas indigenas nativos con diferentes etnias de la Selva Central que queremos compartir y aprender diferentes conocimientos para realizar un intercambio ecocultural con ustedes. Porque de esta manera podemos proteger nuestra naturaleza de la comunidad para el futuro de nuestros niños nativos. Haciendo conservación de recursos naturales y ejecución de reforestación, ecoturismo y educación de manejo de residuos sólidos con los niños.
  Ahora estamos implicado 3 personas: mayores
  Me llamo Luidy Castellano Soto. Tengo 38 años vivo en la comunidad nativa ashaninka Santa Rosa de Chivis. Distrito -Puerto Bermudez; Provincia -Oxapampa, Departamento-Pasco. Es la ciudad geocentrica del Peru.
  Desde hace un año conocí una persona de origen ungria que se encanto de la selva y decidio ayudarnos para llevar acabo este proyecto donde también están implicados mi padre, mi hija de 4 anos y yo origen ashaninka que vive en la comunidad nativa de 70 familias con mucho conocimientos de plantas medicinales de la selva y de los cuales también se dedican a la agricultura como: el cacao, plátanos, papaya, caña, palta y otros.
  El pueblo Ashaninka esta a 20 minutos antes de la ciudad de Puerto Bermudes. El pueblo esta circundado de rios a 5 minutos de camino donde uste puede bañarse de sus aguas cristalinas que vienen de las reservas del bosque y puede observar muy claritos los peces dentro del agua y a dos horas de la comunidad se encuentra una laguna encantada que se llama la laguna mono que se tienen mucho respeto. El lugar es tranquilo con una mirada panorámico de la selva. Usted puede observar con tranquilidad las aves, como loros de diferentes colores, águila, mariposas en variedades como la lirio .los fines de semana salimos a visitar la catarata ,el rio pichis donde se puede acampar,pescar y realizar otros actividades . Si usted desea disgustar de las frutas exóticas, todo esta al alcanse de sus manos.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Teaching

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Farmstay help

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  -speak Spanish
  -to know medicinal plants
  -Discover the process of working with coffee and cocoa
  -Preparation of typical foods
  -Cleaning and planting in the fields
  -to know the customs and cultures of ethnic Ashaninka
  -to interact with the indigenous people and make friends
  
  -hablar español
  -conocer plantas medicinales
  -descubrir el procedimiento del trabajo con cacao y otros
  -preparacion de comidas típicas
  -limpieza y siembra en las chacras
  -conocer las costumbres y culturas de las etnias ashaninkas
  -interacion con los indigenas y hacer nuevas amistades

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  We need help:
  - Build a house
  - Change the roof
  - Build an eco bathroom
  - Build small huts with local materials and build a longhouse for ceremonies
  - Cleaning of crops in the fields
  - plantation of forest timber, medicinal plants and fruit
  - If you have another initiative or idea is welcome
  -Help with the child's initial learning and learning English.
  By the start of classes we need help once or twice a week in the Ashaninka vilage to teach English, art, education of solid waste.
  
  
  -en este mes de april hasta noviembre necesitamos ayuda de varones para la chacra en cosecha y limpiesa de cacao
  - acerrar madera que se necesita para la construccion
  -construir un eco baño
  - construir cabañas pequeñas con materiales de la zona y construir una maloca para ceremonias
  - limpieza de cultivos en las chacras
  -plantación de madera forestales , plantas medicinales y frutas
  - si tienes otra iniciativa o idea es bienvenida
  - Ayuda con la nina su aprendisaje de inicial y aprender ingles
  durante estos meses necesitamos ayuda una o dos veces por semana en el pueblo ashaninka para enseñar ingles, arte y educación de residuos sólidos.con los niños y jovenes.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  Spanish: Fluent

  This 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.
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  Accommodation

  -where you can visit the tourist attractions with us who are local guide
  if we have many volunteers it is better to bring a tent
  -Bring flashlights, repellents, blocking, sunglasses,
  There internet / wifi only in designated places like a cafe, bar, play
  
  1 People Ashaninka
  You will stay in rustic house that have 3 rooms, one for the owner, other 2 rooms for the volunteers: the bigere room have 3 beds with mosqito nets, and the smaller one for a couple, also we have a big space for puting the tent.
  
  2 House on the farm
  
  What the volunteers need to bring:
  - rubber shoes,
  - Warm clothes for the night
  
  - Limited electricity, no problem to charge your phone though
  - there is no Internet
  
  The food is vegetarian (vegan is also possible) and we like to cook together,also we drink fresh juices, masato and cafe
  
  Volunteers who stay here pay 5$ per day. They are to help pay for food that is not produced here.
  
  Tenemos dos lugares de alojamientos:
  
  1 Pueblo Ashaninka
  La casa es rustica y tiene 3 habitaciones: una habitación de la familia y dos habitaciones para voluntarios, uno de las habitaciones es grande con 2 camas y el otro es pequeño para parejas, las camas son con mosquiteros y tambien tenemos campo para camping
  
  
  2 Casa en la chacra
  
  
  Que necesitan los voluntarios:
  -botas de jebe o zapatias
  - ropa libiana para la noche
  
  - luz limitado no hay problema para cargar sus teléfono
  -no hay internet
  
  La comida es vegetariana (vegano es possible tambien) y nosotros cocinamos juntos, tambien tomamos jugos naturales, masato y cafe
  
  Volontorias que se queda aqui pagar 5$ por dia. Son para ayudar a pagar alimientos que no producen aqui.

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  What else ...

  How you get here in Pichanaki:
  Very easy - you take a bus from Lima (from La Victoria- 28 de Julio) , directly to Puerto Bermudez by bus with Lobato Company. (tell the driver you want to get off a Santa Rosa de Chivis, 20' before Puerto Bermudez). You take the bus in the night and in the morning you will be here, it s like 15 -16 hours in the bus.
  
  Another way to reach our community you can make it with a little break: A bus from the same station (La Victoria) to Provincia de Chanchamayo, Lamerced city - 8 hours (there are many bus companies that operates this road). You can eat, rest a little here and then you need to take an offroard jeep through the jungle 5 hours to Santa Rosa.
  
  We live together with volunteers. We specialize in different activities: Luidy as a local guide and a specialist in sports with a lot of adrenaline
  Maria and her husband has a lot of knowledge on medicinal plants and their children have a great respect for nature and they are very curious to discover and learn from their parents we can also do a course of treatment with medicinal plants.
  
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  Nosotros convivimos juntos con los voluntarios. Somos especialistas en diferentes actividades : Luidy como guía local y especialista en deportes de aventura.
  Mi padre tiene mucho conocimientos en plantas medicinales,peces,madera forestables, que les puede dar informacion de cada planta y su procedimiento , yo estoy en proceso de aprendizaje sobre las plantas medicinales .para poder enseñar a los demas personas y si desean realizar dietas con las plantas tambien lo hacemos curso de tratamiento de sanasion con plantas medicinal.
  
  Como llegar a Puerto Bermudez ?
  Toma tu bus de Lima (de la Victoria - 28 de Julio) directamente a Puerto Bermudez con Lobato Empresa. Tomas el bus en la noche y llegas al día siguiente en la tarde , son como 16 horas de viaje. Dile al conductor que queres bajar al Santa Rosa de Chivis antes de Puerto Bermudez.
  
  Otro manera es un bus de Lima (mismo parada) a Provincia de Chanchamayo, Lamerced city - 8 hours (hay muchas emoresas por este camino). Puedes descansar alla un rato y despues tomas un carro atraves de la Selva 5 horas mas.

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Space for parking camper vans

  This host can provide space for campervans.

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  Can possibly accept pets

  This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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  This host charges a fee

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