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Description
We as a family of 8 people altogether are working to set up a project near Shillong, which is both a help to the village nearby as well as to sustain our family through the income from guests who come to kayak in this state. We live by a river which is 10 Kms away from the nearest town and it's a beautiful hilly, jungle kind of life but no wild animals. We have been helping some of the local village boys who are extremely poor some never been to school, to learn kayaking. Two of them are now raft guides in North India. 5 are now training here daily.
Types of help and learning opportunities
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
This part of northeast India is very unique with a matrilineal culture. Guests can do a lot of sightseeing, caving etc. It's a tourist destination and plenty of things to do. Beautiful waterfalls, living root bridges, caves, etc are the attractions here. It's knowns to be the world's wettest place. Taxis can be hired for sightseeing. To reach our place there's roads but a bit rough.
In exchange for your help we can offer board and lodge and also use of kayaks and gears for those interested to learn kayaking. It's a beautiful hilly location away from towns and cities, very peaceful with some class 3 and 4 rapids in our backyard.
There's a small tea estate in front of us where you can get to pick tea leaves for them if interested.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We have built 3 A frame cabins for guests who come to kayak in this northeast state of India Have built a house for our family and building a good size kitchen. We need help of carpenter, electrician and anyone with experience in building with wood and steel. If someone has any knowledge and skills of setting up a mini hydro power, it will be great to have that.
We have most of the basic power tools like drills, grinder, sander,jig saw, router, small welder etc.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hindi: Fluent
Accommodation
We can spare one of the cabin which has attached toilet bathroom with two beds that can be joined together if needed. Inside of the cabin is insulated with bamboo ply which gives a beautiful cozy feel. The look out from the cabin is the river and the jungle across it. Guests eat with us and and so far we have had excellent feedback about the quality of food provided. Good job means good food.
What else ...
We are basically Christian mission oriented family but not forcing ourselves on others. All are welcome. We have been in this location for 4 years now. For the first six months we lived in tents without electricity, toilets etc. But now we have all those things. We are settingup this place in an eco friendly way.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week.
Feedback (1)
We didn't have a classic work away agreement because there wasn't much work at the time, and we wanted to learn to kyak, so we made our own agreement with the hosts to the please of all.… read more
He was not afraid to live on his own and took good care of the place and the cat for… read more
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We didn't have a classic work away agreement because there wasn't much work at the time, and we wanted to learn to kyak, so we made our own agreement with the hosts to the please of all.… read more
He was not afraid to live on his own and took good care of the place and the cat for… read more
