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Come to help us do farming on the "death land" in Cu Chi Tunnel, right at the outskirt of Saigon with real local people.
Living in HCMC or Saigon and working for a large IT company but I do love working in the farm with my mom and family that urges me to come back to the countryside on weekends. All my friends also loving coming along with me but their passion is just FOOD. No doubt they love all the food made by my mom and sisters with all the stuffs we pick up in the garden. At the moment I have guests (friends of my friends and friends.....) to come almost every weekend to enjoy the food and the sightseeing in the countryside and working in the farm. Furthermore, I would need people stay longer to help us to make the farm more fruitful and the isolated farm and village to be our lovely home to escape the noisy in the cityTypes of help and learning opportunities
Language practiceHelp with Eco ProjectsTeachingGardeningDIY and building projectsFarmstay helpCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceUN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
History:
- You will have a chance to meet and live together with people who were digging, living and surviving in Cu Chi Tunnels (please google it out about the tunnels)
- You will have a chance to explore the Kenh Dong, the largest irrigation system built by hand in northwest of Cu Chi, HCMC
Culture:
- You will know well about local living style that you could not find in any other tourist hub in the country
- You can learn more from people in the village
Free Food:
- You will have a chance to try the local food all home made
- You will also have a chance to learn how to cook food in traditional way
Others:
- Free bicycle or motorbike during your stay at the farm
- Beautiful sunset on the rice field everydayHelp
I was born in a small village close to Cu Chi Tunnel where I go back to visit mom and dad on weekend. Mom loves gardening and she has a farm with full of pomelo, banana, papaya, coconut and other seasonal fruits and vegetable. It was known as the "death land" during the war and we still need to do a lot of things to make the land more green and fruitful and life more joyful. The project that we are working on and need your help is working in the pomelo farm and planting more flowers/herbs in the farm. Building a cottage house is also another project on planning and we would need your help soon.
Please find the requirements in details as below:
- Are passionate about agriculture and handy work
- Love the quiet and peace in the countryside
- Can stand the heat around 35oC - 40oC under the shade during lunch time without AC
- Know how dig the soil and remove the wild grass in the garden
- Have good teamwork and good communication skill
- Love vegetarian and healthy food and know how to cook
- Know how to tidy up the house in a good order
- Love to plant flower and tree and vegetable in the gardenLanguages spoken
English: Fluent
Vietnamese: FluentAccommodation
We have a fully furnished farmhouse with a spare room for your (double room). Moreover, you can sleep on the hammock or set up the tent in the yard ( I have 2 tents at home). The kitchen is shared with all kinds of fruit, food and vegetable we have in the garden. Free tea and coffee for sure and you have to make coffee by the filter by yourself. My mom have many different kinds of herbal tea that she would be please to serve you everyday.
What else ...
There are buses to go there and it's about 30km to Cu Chi Town or 60km to Saigon.
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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The typical day starts at 5:30 in the morning, with a beautiful sunrise and a great breakfast, and then work from 2 to 3 and a half hours with breaks for refreshment. Since it is very hot, there is no work at noon so you can chill or take a nap, but before that you can enjoy a very big and tasty meal… read more
The family is so kind. They are always there for you. Grandma is working hard on the farm, she is incredible! She can not speak English but I could clearly understand what work I needed to do and in the evening we were… read more
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The typical day starts at 5:30 in the morning, with a beautiful sunrise and a great breakfast, and then work from 2 to 3 and a half hours with breaks for refreshment. Since it is very hot, there is no work at noon so you can chill or take a nap, but before that you can enjoy a very big and tasty meal… read more
The family is so kind. They are always there for you. Grandma is working hard on the farm, she is incredible! She can not speak English but I could clearly understand what work I needed to do and in the evening we were… read more
We had an incredible time with Nhung's family! We thank you again for accepting us with our little Zoé, and also for all the good dishes prepared by Mam, Hau and Chi ba, their dishes are always very generous, and Mam is always there to tell us to… read more
No doubt that Manon is a wonderful mom and she took a great care to our house and garden with love. And Zoé came to the farm as a little angel with a lot of smiles, funs as we have not have a kid at home for… read more
Nhung doesn't live there and her family doesn't speak English but communication was not a problem, we spoke by phone once in a while and we were shown what to do by her family. The work is not complicated (weeding, hoeing, gather straws, helping with rice harvesting and… read more
She is easy going and adapts to the farm conditions very well. Quite helpful at home with a lot of peanut tasks and perform well like a member in the family. She also helped to… read more
I mainly helped with… read more
Quite an easy… read more
Learning the daily routine was very interesting, but also experiencing things such as a death anniversary celebration, têt holiday and… read more
It was only 6 days but they made much more things then I expected. My mom was more than happy to have them at home to help her in the garden, my nephew was more than happy when he had Paloma and Etienne at… read more