Seeking Volunteer Help at our organic food project in Oyugis, Kenya!

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  • Última actividad: 23 abr 2024

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  2024 

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  • Descripción

    Descripción

    Greetings from Oyugis Kenya,
    We are couples, Raymond and Jacky, we are blessed with one baby boy called Allan Raymond who is two years and half old now. We live in Western Kenya and as a community leader our mission is to bring Organic permaculture to my region. We are a community of small farmers facing changing weather patterns, low investment and relative isolation.

    The learning and connection we have experienced already by being involved in organic permaculture has been transforming and my dream now is to build on that by becoming a qualified and experienced permaculture teacher myself.

    My husband Raymond left our county for the first time late last year to study permaculture design at LAIKIPIA with teachers from PRI KENYA; this was a life changing experience for him !We are already teaching and sharing the ideas in our community near Lake Victoria and our ambition is to become a better and more effective teacher.

    when he came back from the PDC we managed to mobilize the community members and formed a CBO (Community Based Organization) it is run by 8 volunteers and our focus is to develop a working organic farm that not only provides organic food but aid in the education of farmers in organic practices and the importance of clean and safe drinking water source.

    The importance of Organic Permaculture education in communities is measured not just in the creation of clean food but in the creation of community. People naturally gather around water and food and it is the base of all civilizations and a clear path to the future is created in the process.

    When communities are provided with opportunities to work together creating food and water security it offers so much more because of the healing power that comes for feeding ourselves and our families. The practice also removes many fears of the future and of course clean water is key to all of this. The truth is that when there is clean water there is life and when that source is contaminated the project itself becomes impossible.

    We know that no human being is useless thus all community members are included regardless of sex, age, race and status.

    The most marginalized groups of people like the orphans, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWAS) and the old are all catered for in this project.

    So far with donations from friends we managed to buy a piece of land 0.25 HA, Processed our Tittle Deed, registered our project with the government, did the fencing, build our guest house, put the doors, put the inner door frames bought 6 water tanks for roof water harvesting, fixed all the gutters for the roof to harvest water when it rains, bought 3 beds for the volunteers. we have build our poultry coop that can carry 3000 birds, farm office and the store and our washrooms.

    We have been working tiresomely with our volunteers both locally and internationally, planting our small food forest, planting sweet potatoes, kales, cowpeas and local vegetables. We are always updating our supporters with pictures in every step we make. We also do outreach program where we go to the villages to train groups of people on organic Farming.

    Permaculture teaches how to learn from nature to build resilient systems that are more than sustainable; they regenerate degraded lands and also help build community. These are exactly the kinds of help we need in Africa now and our aim is to create a beacon of hope, inspiration and learning for our brothers and sisters in Kenya and around the world.

    We are again still in the lookout of people like you to kindly help us transform our community, in return we will certainly be grateful but more importantly we will be determined to reach out to and share this experience with as many people as we can.

  • Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

    Jardinería
    Construcción y bricolaje
    Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos
    Compañía para ancianos
    Mantenimiento general
    Cocinar para toda la familia
    Ayuda en una granja
    Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos
    Ayuda doméstica
    Trabajo de caridad
    Práctica de idiomas
    Ayuda informática
    Enseñanza
  • Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión

    Objetivos de sostenibilidad de las NU que intenta conseguir este anfitrión

    Objetivos de las NU
    Fin de la pobreza
    Hambre cero
    Salud y bienestar
    Educación de calidad
    Igualdad de género
    Agua limpia y saneamiento
    Energía asequible y no contaminante
    Trabajo decente y crecimiento económico
    Industria, innovación e infraestructura
    Reducción de las desigualdades
    Ciudades y comunidades sostenibles
    Producción y consumo responsables
    Acción por el clima
    Vida submarina
    Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
    Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas
    Alianzas para lograr los objetivos
  • Proyectos con niños

    Proyectos con niños

    En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.

  • Ayuda

    Ayuda

    Volunteers will help us do some work like planting, harvesting, digging in our demonstration farm. they will also help us during the training and follow ups. They will also help us reach out to the orphans and vulnerable children in the village.

    Volunteers will equally interact freely with our community and learn new languages.

    Volunteers will be sharing a house with us and get to know how to prepare our food if interested.

  • Idiomas hablados

    Inglés: Fluido
    Swahili (Kiswahili): Fluido

  • Alojamiento

    Alojamiento

    Volunteers will share a house with us, he or she will have his or her private room fixed with a bed, net, light and a chair. We will share our food together and volunteers are highly welcomed to learn how to make our local dishes. Due to high economy in our country right now in terms of high prices of food stuffs, We are kindly requesting volunteers to contribute 5 Dollars towards food.

  • Algo más...

    Algo más...

    Volunteers will get an opportunity to visit tourist attraction sites like lake Victoria and have a ride on a boat. Volunteers will also be able to see wild animals at the game park.

    The locally available transport is bicycle and motor bike. Private cars ( Taxi) can also be found on a request.

  • Un poco más de información

    Un poco más de información

    • Acceso a Internet

    • Acceso a Internet limitado

      Acceso a Internet limitado

    • Tenemos animales

    • Somos fumadores

    • Puede alojar familias

  • Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

    Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

    we have a bigger space for parking

  • ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

    Más de dos

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    Horas esperadas

    Maximum 4 hours a day, 5 days a week

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    US$5 per day to help with food costs
Número de referencia de anfitrión: 633512892676

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