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Join an environmental organization working in alternative education in Colombia

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 3 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    Our Foundation is an environmental organization working in alternative education, environment, culture and rural development. In the education program, the Farm School, converge all these areas of work, with enphasis in agro-environmental work. The Farm School involved vulnerable children and young people from different populations often displaced by violence or children from the slums of the outside sectors of the city, young farmers and indigenous kids or students with special educational needs.
    For 22 years we built high participation processes where students lead productive projects and social gain, arts and sciences.



    La Fundación es una organización ambiental que trabaja en educación alternativa, medio ambiente, cultura y desarrollo rural. En el proyecto pedagógico, la Granja-Escuela, convergen todos estos ejes de trabajo, su énfasis es agro-ambiental. En la Granja-Escuela participan niños, niñas y jóvenes de distintos poblaciones vulnerables: población desplazada por la violencia, niños y niñas del sector popular de la ciudad, jóvenes campesinos e indígenas de los sectores rurales, estudiantes con necesidades educativas especiales. Desde hace 29 años construimos procesos de alta participación, donde los estudiantes lideran proyectos productivos y de ganancia social, artes y ciencias.
    Amalaka, es desde Julio 2018 RESERVA NATURAL DE LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL COLOMBIANA.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Art Projects
    Help with Eco Projects
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Animal Care
    Farmstay help
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Hospitality/Tourism
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • Interests

    Interests

    Sustainability
    Politics / Social justice
    Farming
    Culture
    Architecture
    Performing arts
    Plant care
    Music
    Languages
    Gardening
    Books
    Art & design
    Animals
    Yoga / Wellness
    Nature
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    They can participate in workshops. They have the opportunity to interact with different work teams: environmental, pedagogical, cultural, and spiritual.

    Pueden participar de talleres.
    Tienen la posibilidad de interactuar con diferentes equipos de trabajo: ambiental, pedagógico, cultural, espiritual. Aprenden técnicas de diferentes expresiones artísticas, conocen la cocina local y nacional.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

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

  • Help

    Help

    People who wanted to develop a volunteer are welcome to:
    1) Support the improvement processes in agricultural and livestock systems where organic or clean work. We have vegetable crops, coffee, an ecological path, etc.. We have bees, cows, ducks, chickens, rabbits, chickens.
    2) To support the construction of infrastructures that require repairs or adjustments.
    3) Support the work in the arts and crafts workshops for children and youth
    4) Support with language and / or professions students in their classes.
    5) support the construction and design of various technologies appropriate

    Las personas que quisieran desarrollar un trabajo voluntario están bienvenidos para:
    1) Apoyar los procesos de mejora en los sistemas agrícolas y pecuarias donde trabajamos la agroecologia. Tenemos cultivos de hortalizas, café, un sendero ecológico, etc. Tenemos abejas, ovejos, patos, gallinas, conejos, gallinas.
    2) Apoyar las construcciones de las infraestructuras que requieren reparaciones o adecuaciones.
    3)Apoyar el trabajo en los talleres de artes y oficios para los niños, niñas y jóvenes
    4)Apoyar con su idioma y/o profesiones a los estudiantes en sus clases.
    5)Apoyara la construcción y el diseño de distintas tecnologías apropiadas.
    6) Participar en los talleres de bioconstrucción.
    7) Apoyar el mantenimiento de los senderos ecológicos y de los glamping, inclusive ayudar a atender a los vistantes.

  • Languages spoken

    German: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    English: Intermediate

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We have a room for two people, and later we hope to offer a house for volunteers. The bathroom and shower facilities are environmentally friendly and shared.


    Tenemos un cuarto para dos personas , mas adelante esperamos poder ofrecer una casa para voluntarios.
    Las instalaciones de baño y ducha son construidos ecológicamente y son compartidos.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    The Farm School is visited by many people, whether for social and humanistic pedagogy we use for daily work with students, or for offering comprehensive farm crops, animals, appropriate technologies, etc..
    Our idea is to turn it into an environmental theme park that is open to the public on weekends to the general public.


    La Granja-Escuela es visitada por muchas personas, ya sea para conocer la pedagogía social e humanista que utilizamos para el trabajo diario con los estudiantes, o para conocer la granja integral que ofrece cultivos, animales, tecnologías apropiadas, o por ser una reserva natural de la sociedad civil que ofrece turismos de naturaleza y la observación de aves, etc.
    Los fines de semana se abra el espacio CAFELIBRO RABO DE NUBE al publico en general, hay talleres, venta de productos de café y muchas delicias.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

  • My animals / pets

    My animals / pets

Host ref number: 931699824277

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