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Dear volunteers.
We are a group of motivated people, Deepa and Thomas, Beemal, Dinesh, Ramesh (4 nepalese and 1 norwegian) who love farming and want to make positive change in our village areas.
We started our organic farm project in 2014.
The priority of our work is to support the community to generate income in the village through farming. Many people leave the village these days for work, and we would like to provide opportunities; be an example on how to grow profitable permaculture crops like coffee.
We’re trying out a lot of new projects, new crops, prossesing methods and we are looking for volunteers to help us with the work and to exchange ideas.
At the farm we live together like a family.
The farm is situated in a less touristic, yet beautiful part of Nepal. Surrounded by fields and and forest. Bird and wildlife. Altitude at almost 1600 meter.
Located 2,5 km from nearest town and main village. The town provides acess to goods and has regular bus service to kathmandu.
Our specialty crop is coffee and hibiscus. But also different species of Citrus fruits, Guava, Nepali hug plum, Sichuan pepper, black cardamom, kiwi and many more.
On the land you will also find a great variety of native and non native trees, including Buddha chitta, Rudraksya and Ginkgo tree.
Many of the trees are only 1-3 years old and lot of care is needed.
The community here is mixed with different ethnic groups, the Tamang tribe beeing in majority.
Bénévolat
Pratique d’une langue
Aide avec des éco-projets
Enseignement
Jardinage
Bricolage et projets de construction
Aide dans une ferme
Cuisine/repas pour la famille
Aide à la maison
Accueil / tourisme
Entretien général
You will be working with Nepalese and living closely with local families during your stay with us. There’s lots of opportunity to watch the way they work, to try engaging with language and communicating in other ways, and you can see the general lifestyle of village members as you walk around and explore. You may find yourself eating with local families, working with Nepalis in the field, and going for walks around the village with local people.
As far as learning experiences, you will see our organic methods for increasing soil fertility, managing pests and diseases. We have planted our trees to suit local microclimates and you can learn about these Nepali crops, black cardamom, Szechuan pepper, citrus, medicinal herbs, as well as Western orchard crops.
We are looking for volunteers that are very independent, self-motivated, and interested in learning about a range of skills and topics.
Work from day to day may vary a lot, depending on who is around and the time of year. Volunteers should be prepared to experiment with the Nepali language, there may even be times where there are no fluent English speakers on site besides other volunteers.
We love when volunteers take charge. If you see something that needs to be done or you have your own project.
We also recommend that volunteers be very proactive to have the experience they seek during their time here. If you want to apprentice someone, learn a specific skill, if you want to try something new…..please ask any of us and don’t be shy!
Otherwise, tasks that my be given to volunteers include: weeding, helping with tree care (we will direct), coffee processing, tree planting, help with projects around living quarters, watering, nursery work, mulching.
Days will be active, but to the degree that is comfortable for each volunteer. No experience is required to work with us, just a willingness to contribute. We appreciate the time you can give. Please let us know if there is a specific type of work you are interested in.
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Hindi: Courant
Nepali: Courant
Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
All of us likes languages and to learn new words in any language. 1 of us speaks Tamang as well as Nepali.
We have 3 rooms,double, single and twin, in the new farmhouse. Volunteers can normally have single room if wanted.
For breakfast we usually have beaten rice, bread, egg or porridge.
2 times a day, at noon and in evening we typically have Daalbhat, rice, lentils, vegetables. But also other dishes like Thukpa, Dhilo and international dishes.
We love to learn and you are most welcome to join cooking with your ideas.
In between meals: snacks. Tea, coffee.
Meals are mainly organic, sourced from our local area or own field.
Basically vegetarian, but we also have meat regularly.
BUS DIRECTIONS from Kathmandu:
Go to Chuchepate, Helambu buspark, on main way to Baoda from Chabil, near hotel Hyatt. Bus 06.00 to 09.00. To Nawalpur Via Melamchi. (no prepaid ticket)
You can catch a bus in the morning from 06.00 to 08.00 am from Tinkune bus Park that goes to Nawalpur via Chatutara or Shivaghat, but it's longer way.. (prepaid ticket system available)
The bus from Kathmandu to Nawalpur will arrive in the afternoon between 1 and 3 pm. Cost usd 3.
The Farm is 2, 5km / 40 min walk from Nawalpur. Some of us will meet you in Nawalpur.
We will coordinate with volunteer if we are traveling from kathmandu ourselves at the time.
In KATHMANDU we have relatives that runs a small travel office in Thamel.
They are our associates in Kathmandu and most of our volunteers are in contact with them. For a touch base, bus directions or just a chat.
The FARM is located in rural area near jungle with good opportunity for hiking and nature exploration.
A bit further up it's trails where you can see great views of the Himalayas on a clear day.
Visit Drubgon Jangchup Choeling buddhist monestary.
When you stay with us, you must go and see at least once!
It's a peaceful and quiet place. Good for reading books (we have a small library) yoga, meditation, language training and such.
But also a place for playing music and meeting people. To explore and experience local village life. We have occasional visitors from the local area, other parts of nepal and international.
The temperatures are similar to Kathmandu. Winter is cool, especially at night. Summer rainy and warm. Bring warm clothes, socks, hat etc., raincoat and gumboots accordingly.
There is wireless internet and hot water.
We recommend you bring a head-torch light, flip-flops or other easy to wear house sandals (you don’t want to wear your hiking boots the whole time), clothes you are okay with getting dirty.
Volunteers are kindly requested to contribute to our evolving farm, by contributing $5 dollars (600 rupees) per day per person for your food.
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
The wifi works well most of the time but we do have occasional power break. Specially during monsoon season.
Deux
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week
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