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Alongside Dev river, bordering acres of jungle, which is the buffer zone to Kanha National Park, in the quaint village of Nandora, there are 20 households living mostly off the land.
Just outside the village Harshit has a piece of land where he has built a little mud house. His parents help him tend to the land.
CURRENT PROJECT
we’re extending the house and building another space to be able to more comfortably host volunteers.
SURROUNDING
Neighboring him is Pal Uncle, from Lucknow, who is planting many seasonal veggies and perineal fruit trees.
Five minutes away, Niranjan, a general physician, has built himself a round cob house.
Across the river, Neha is busy foraging to build a forest nest, a place for her to learn and grow.
Our land is about a ten minute walk from the village of Nandora, where there are about 20 households and one small general store. Here people mainly cultivate paddy.
Respecting the forest and the river, we all want to be connected to the mud, eat fresh food, breathe good air and learn from, and work with the villagers, offering our help where we can.
INVITATION
If you are interested in experiencing rural life in a rustic village, you could live with us and lend us a hand in our day to day activities.
We would need help in our building projects and in our gardens. The villagers would also appreciate a hand in their many tasks and are always willing to share their knowledge and wisdom with all of us.
Our approach is inspired by the culture and the wisdom of the Adivasi people living around Central India, we have collaborated with them on our building projects and hope to be a meeting ground for people from everywhere.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
The people in the village are extremely skilled and are also friendly, travelers benefit from the access to conversations with people living simple lives. To live in the tribal belt of India is a chance to gain insight into what it takes to live using only what is available in the natural surrounding. In the past we have learnt from them how to make things such as quilts, beds, brooms, to fermented beverages and there is no end to what one could learn here.
Help
Apart from helping in the garden and in the routine tasks of chopping wood and carrying water, we welcome all effort at experimenting with making things using locally available material, which we are lucky to have an abundance of.
We dream of trying out new techniques to build structures, so anything that anyone may want to try out will be conducive to our general project. We're not out to get it right, we're more keen to explore the process and enjoy making and doing things, making do with what we have.
We are up to ideate and discuss all possibilities.
Specifically, nowadays, we're working on building an open kitchen. We're looking forward to making different kinds of bricks and also to try out different methods of working with plants in our gardens.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hindi: Fluent
Kannada: Fluent
Marathi: Fluent
Telugu: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We hope to engage with the language that the Gonds, the Baigas, the Bhils, and other tribes that live in our surrounding area speak.
Accommodation
Volunteers may live with Harshit and his parents. They may also pitch tents anywhere, if they like.
Important to note that as of now, we don't have a toilet, we take a little shovel and a mug of water and find a well hidden spot out in nature.
We bathe in the river.
Only Pal Uncle has a limited amount of electricity and we charge our devices in the village, about a kilometer away.
What else ...
With your time off, you can walk to the village and chat with the ammas and the dadas there, or you can wander into the jungle or spend some time by the water, or in the water, you can go fishing, you can roll in the sand, collect stones, climb up trees, watch the birds and the insects, you can explore the space, explore yourself.
If you have a bike, you can go to villages that are further away and find people who are practicing crafts that interestsyou.
Away from the village, Kirnapur is a well-developed major town that is closest to us. Nearby cities are Balaghat and Gondia.
Nandora is a remote village and doesn't have access to public transportation, but we'll help find ways to get to where you want to go.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Space for parking camper vans
You may chose to bring your vehicle but do discuss it with us before you set out as the condition of the road that leads up to our land varies according to the seasons.
Can possibly accept pets
everybody is welcome as long as they don't threaten our furry and feathered friends.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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It was a truly amazing stay. We did a lot of things mostly aroud the treehouse, from cuting the trees needed to nail bomboo. It was verry fun learning all that and quite fulfilling to see the house growing.
Adi johar is a really peacefull place, where we met amazing people and were surrounded by nature.
Harshit is… read more
Freddy is a great person to have around, he is kind and helpful. We celebrated christmas with my family. I hope he enjoys the rest of his trip to India and… read more
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It was a truly amazing stay. We did a lot of things mostly aroud the treehouse, from cuting the trees needed to nail bomboo. It was verry fun learning all that and quite fulfilling to see the house growing.
Adi johar is a really peacefull place, where we met amazing people and were surrounded by nature.
Harshit is… read more
Freddy is a great person to have around, he is kind and helpful. We celebrated christmas with my family. I hope he enjoys the rest of his trip to India and… read more
We liked taking part in the building of the new house. So many different techniques were used, such as cob, adobe, stone and mud floor, wattle and daub wall, that taught us various skills. It was a good practice working with clay, testing and experimenting. We did everything with our… read more
The wattle and daub wall and the stone floor that they worked hard at are much appreciated… read more
Both Harshit and Neha are wonderful hosts. Learned a lot from both of them.
The food was very delicious and Gajar ka halwa was super yummy.
Currently they are building a mud house and it was a great experience to know the building… read more
He taught us many games that we played around the fire in the evening that we have continued to play even after he left. We're sure he's having a great time wherever he… read more
Very glad to have met him and hope to see him again, soon :)
Eager to explore and experiment with crafts, he was carving on stones when he was here and also made clay pendents using clay from the river.
He also worked hard with us, helped us in fencing our land, making garden beds and in building a mud hut. He stayed on a maachan by the… read more
