Looking for Volunteers to help and create our food forest farm at Buriram, Krasang, Satuk, Buriram and Chomphra district, Surin Province, Thailand

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I am Green Angel, Thai & vegetarian. I have my own garden and it is located in Krasang, Satuek district, Buriram Province. It is a food forest farm which has 7 Rai and full of trees, bamboos, bananas, herbs, local vegetables and local trees. I like sustainable food and permaculture. In my community has 10 families, 50 people. It is 30 Kms from Satuek district. My mom makes reed mats and local food,snacks and dry herbs. I would like to have volunteers to help me on my farm for example compost, planting, watering, design building and etc. Thank you very much for interesting my projects. I would like to build a better world.

Also, I have another farm in Pathumthani province, Surin Province and Bangkok too.

How to get to Buriram? There are 3 options to go to my farm
Option 1 By Plane from DonMaung Airport to Buriram Airport
Option 2 By train from Hau Lampong train Station, Bangkok to Buriram Province then connect the bus to Satuek district
Option 3 By Bus from Mochit Bus Station, Bangkok to Satuek District

How to get Surin Province (Green World Education Foundation)
Option 1 By bus from Mochit Bus Station to drop of at Surin Province, then connect to Chom Pra district, after that rent the motorbike to Moo 13, Ban Tawanphrai, Maungleeng, Chompra, Surince province.
Option 2 By train from Hau Lampong train Station, Bangkok to Surin Province then connect the bus to Chompra district

How to get to Phathumthani Province farm?
By taxi
Type of help
Gardening
Building
Babysitting / child care
Elderly Companion
General Maintenance
Cooking / shopping
Farmstay
Other
Help with Eco project
Help in the house
Animal care
Helping with Tourists
Charity work
Language practice
Art project
Help with Computers / internet
Teaching
UN sustainablity goals this host is trying to achieve
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What's this?
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Volunteers can learn how to make vegetable bed, compost, grow vegetables&trees. Also, they can learn how to make Thai local food, snacks,the reed mats and etc.
Help
We are always looking for great volunteers to help out on our farm, with food forest project, building, watering, water system and planting. Volunteers work six hours a day and the rest of the time you can join how to make the mat from reeds, local food & snacks, and other activities.
Languages spoken
Thai, English, Cambodian and Laotian
Accommodation
We have 2 available rooms at my family's home which is in our farm. We have local food for volunteers. Volunteers can get vegetables, fruit in our farm for cooking by themselves during they live with us.
What else ...
Phanom Rung Historical Park, Green Village, Green World Education Foundation, and Elephant village
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week (max 25 hours/week)

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07/02/2020

Left by Workawayer (Nadia) for host

Dates: 12-18 AUG 2019

General Intro: It has been an amazing and lovely experience in some many ways with Green and her diverse projects! I am writing this review 7AM just sitting in front of a beautiful green farm and rice fields, surrounded by the sound of crickets, hanging bananas and moving trees. I would have loved to stay longer to keep… read more learning, but I had already some commitments. Green has a real passion for the world, trees and nature! She has donated all her land to the association that she has created, which she is trying to develop with our help, sponsors and the local community. So don’t think it twice and join to support!

Host(s): Chonthicha, but she prefers to be called Green; the landlord and his amazing family (wife and 2 daughters); Samsok; Super Peenong and her mom, Miss Rat; and the beautiful community of village.

Location: Surin Province. 1hr driving distance from Surin’s downtown. The Association from our staying farming house, it was only 10mins by bicycle. For local shops, it was also the same distance. You will have buffaloes as neighbours !

Transportation: From BKK you take the Nackonchaair Bus to Surin. It takes 5-6hours and costs 375THB with a comfy massage seat and a vegetarian meal. To move around the farming area, you can use a bicycle or motorbike if available.

Working Hours: 5 hours/day during 5 days a week. Timings were flexible. Some days, the support was needed in the mornings and others in the afternoons. Or some hours in the mornings and some in the afternoons. The previous night you will define with Green what type of support is needed for the next day.

Meals: 3 complete meals are provided by day. You will pick your own veggies from the farm or garden and create amazing dishes with the guidance of Green. One day she taught us how to cook Papaya Salad and Pad Thai! And many more delicious local dishes too! All will be fresh, organic and just cooked meals. Only vegan and vegetarian meals are prepared. Also you will have fresh fruits every day that the neighbours will share with you.

Accommodation: It will depend on the farm that you will support. I supported the one in Surin and this occasion, we stayed at the farm of one member of Green’s association. It was the option of staying at the village or to stay directly at the farm and Green chose the farm option. Definitely was the best option! We stay in a small house surrounded by rice fields and the sound of moving trees at night! You will wake up with a beautiful sunrise by 5AM-5:30AM! We had a mosquito net and our own private bathroom, Thai style. Green share her hotspot. All was very comfortable and it gave us the opportunity to live like the locals and to receive visits of many of them and share dinners, chats & laughs together at night. I felt, I belonged to that beautiful community !

Safety: It felt all extremely safe. We were just surrounded by beautiful farm nature.
Volunteers: We were two of us. Lucia, the teacher from Italy, and myself.
Support: The tasks will vary per day. To take pictures for a special event; help planting trees at an event or at her association’s land; baking banana pancakes for a training’s luncheon; seeding sugar canes, making a promotional video for getting online donations, etc. Green knows everything regarding Permaculture and gardening, and she loves teaching you and giving you tips. I learnt so much from her! If that is your field or very interested to learn something new, this is the place for you!

Others: Green is an amazing human being! I consider her my Thai sister. She is so accommodative. She is always trying her best so that you have everything and feel comfortable. She will consider you first. I got a motorcycle burnt on my leg before coming to support her and while in Surin, it was getting worse. She suggested I should visit the local clinic, and since that day she will coordinate a ride to the clinic every day to visit the doctor for cleansing. One night, she prepared for me a herbs’ soaking water for my foot, as it was all swollen cause of the infection. As I can’t really walk during those days, she found activities for me that require a minimum walk and effort. I felt even ‘VIP’, cause when we were getting a ride from one place to another, she will ask me to sit inside of the van, while her and the other volunteer will be on the back part of the truck. These are just few examples of the extent of her warmth and kindness. She was truly concerned about my health, and she wanted that I recover before my next stop to Kanchanaburi. I felt I was there to heal and Green was there in whole process. I will be always grateful for her care and love (L)!

(Excellent )

26/07/2019

Left by Workawayer (Katherine alexandra) for host

the best experience of my life, without a doubt, they changed my life, I am fortunate to have been 1 week and 3 days in this beautiful organic farm, in which I did various tasks from transplanting flowers, doing bags of rice, stacking banana leaves, painting a piece, in exchange for learning to cook various Thai dishes only with organic products,… read more

(Excellent )

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