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We are an agroecological farm based in Niaguis, 12 km from Ziguinchor. The objective is to grow what we eat and to eat what we grow with the aim of making money in order to foster local development.
Bourama created this project with his friends ; we are six young Senegalese men working at the farm. Our purpose is to further develop the farm in such a way to create local employment especially for women and young people, to reduce poverty and illegal immigration, which are significant issues within our community. The project has already inspired other people in the village who have followed Bourama’s example and created their own farm to make a living.
Bourama has a master’s degree in international cooperation and local development. After his studies in Ziguinchor, he decided to come back to his village and start with the project. Bit by bit, the farm was developed. In the future, the project will be expanded to also support local schools and to create awareness of the environment. Step by step we want to make a real change ! It is also foreseen to help the population to learn from the farm by hosting public training sessions.
We are currently cultivating 1 ha ; another 3 hectares belong to the farm and need to be developed. At the farm, we have fruit trees and a veggie garden. There are already chickens at our farm. As a next step, we want to raise cattle and start the production of honey. At certain times, we are processing our harvest to transfer it into jam, juice, dry fruit, vegan meat),... (still in process) with a solar dryer and the procession unit from a family member.Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
BénévolatProjets artistiquesPratique d’une langueAide avec des éco-projetsJardinageBricolage et constructionS’occuper des animauxAide dans une fermeAide à la maisonAccueil / tourismeEntretien généralObjectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Niaguis is a village of multicultural ethnic groups with different practices. People in the village as well as the guys working on the farm have been welcoming people from all around the world since 2011. We are used to share our culture. If you want to experience cultural exchange and be part of the community, you can go by yourself to the village during your free time. We live in the middle of the forest, 45 minutes by walk or 10 minutes by moto taxi (Jakarta) from Niaguis. Ina, the mother of Bourama, lives there. Dependings on the period, we go to visit friends or family, celebrate local events such as weddings, baptism, cultural and religious meetings, … Niaguis is a small village, you are easily integrated in the community.
Aide
Each day, your help is needed for the basic jobs at the farm : this includes the tasks around agriculture (watering, planting, sowing, crop maintenance), feeding the animals, composting, cleaning the solar panels, filling the pools, etc. Depending on the season, we also transform mangoes, harvest cashew, make juice from the cashew apple and build more infrastructures on the farm. These tasks usually take only 2-3 hours per day.
An important part of this project is to bring in your creativity: we are always looking for new ideas and small projects from you! The rest of the day you have thus time to work on those ideas independently : Examples include taking pictures for the website, managing the social media account, making a documentary, constructing a solar oven, painting or decoration, initiating the collection of required materials or fundraising for schools, building a subsoil fridge... Be creative - you can bring in your talent !
Update for this periode, we do not have a lot of work so we are looking for people who are very creative and independent.
We are also always looking for additional partnerships to further develop our project (other associations to work with and create a network, fundraising opportunities, exchange knowledge).Langues
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Français: Courant
Portugais: Courant
Wolof: CourantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Bourama studied foreign languages. We are very interested in languages and sharing. At the farm you can hear wolof, diola, manding, pular, english, french, spanish, portuguese !Hébergement
We live in a small Senegalese house built in 2021 on the farm. The farm is in the middle of the forest and surrounded by fields and nature. No neighbour, just peace and silence. Day after day we are building new infrastructures to make it more and more comfortable. Currently, we have 2 showers and a squat toilets. Our electricity comes from our solar panel system. For the moment we don't have a battery to store the energy so we don't have enough light at night.
We built a second house in 2023 on the farm.
There are 2 rooms for welcoming our volunteers. Each room has 2 mattresses and mosquito nets. You will share the room and you will live as we do.
We usually share breakfast, lunch and dinner all together. We eat mostly rice and fish, sometime veggies from our garden. We love to make you discover local dishes as Thieboudienne, Mafé... However, we are not used to cook great variety of meals so you're welcome to cook a special dish from your country ! Also, feel free to buy extra-food as you can / want. For example fruits, more vegetable, butter, local honey or pasta. There's a small market in Niaguis, you can go by yourself or just ask the guys to buy what you need. Also, Ziguinchor with bigger supermarkets is not far away.Autres infos...
The Casamance river is not far. You can easily go there from Niaguis to swim. You can also take a 7 places or moto taxi (Jakarta) to go to Ziguinchor where you can discover the local markets (marché Boucotte et marché artisanal). We are happy to advice you for travelling around Casamance! Or even organize tours for you (one of the guys also works as a tourist guide).
If you want to get involved with children at the school (during your free time), we can discuss about it. However, this is only possible if you stay for a longer period of time.Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
You get electricity and you can buy 4G connection sharing from smartphones. We have already had digital nomads here. (4 Go is about 2000 F XOF, 3 euros).
Espace pour garer des vans
You can park here.
Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux
We have dogs at the farm.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Plus de 2
Nombre d'heures attendues
5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (34)
Preston IS very good girl hé help a lot in our project when hé was here. Iam happy to me him.
His someone you may meet on your project . He very sympathic.
Bro you have thé salut of membrers.
I Hope to see again.
Good Luck of thé future project.
Bourama
Bab's as we called her was welcoming in our farm.
It was à great expérience with rich échange.
She an open minded girl
I Hope to see again Bab's
Thank you for all.
Leggui leggui
Spending time here, in the midst of nature and enjoying the nature sounds, is lovely in itself. But what made this experience really unforgettable, was being able to meet Bourama's friends and family, who live in the village or at the farm. Everyone is… read more
It's Laura and Aina. We stayed here for 2 weeks and we cannot have a bad word for it. This is a beautiful place with lots of things to do, not only helping with the farm but also spending time with everyone here. They are willing to help you with everything and also try to make you feel like home.
They're open minded… read more
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Preston IS very good girl hé help a lot in our project when hé was here. Iam happy to me him.
His someone you may meet on your project . He very sympathic.
Bro you have thé salut of membrers.
I Hope to see again.
Good Luck of thé future project.
Bourama
Bab's as we called her was welcoming in our farm.
It was à great expérience with rich échange.
She an open minded girl
I Hope to see again Bab's
Thank you for all.
Leggui leggui
Spending time here, in the midst of nature and enjoying the nature sounds, is lovely in itself. But what made this experience really unforgettable, was being able to meet Bourama's friends and family, who live in the village or at the farm. Everyone is… read more
It's Laura and Aina. We stayed here for 2 weeks and we cannot have a bad word for it. This is a beautiful place with lots of things to do, not only helping with the farm but also spending time with everyone here. They are willing to help you with everything and also try to make you feel like home.
They're open minded… read more
Here you can enjoy the beautiful nature of Casamance, the joy of living of Senegalese and of course work in the farm (it was pretty chill when I was there but I really enjoyed my stay).
Bourama's project is one of those projects that are so… read more
C'était une très belle expérience elle nous a beaucoup dans les travails agricole mais aussi dans les réseaux sociaux. Ysa comme nous avons l habitude de l'appeler et très sociale et aime communiquer avec tout le monde. Tout te dit merci et nous souhaitons te revoir.
On y découvre et y vit tellement de choses différentes en si peu de temps ! C'était pour moi mon premier voyage seule et sur le continent africain, et je n'ai pas été déçue.
À et à Niaguis, on vit comme les locaux, on mange comme eux, on dort comme eux, on partage des fêtes, leur… read more
Merci pour tout.
Bourama et… read more
On a passé un très bon moment avec vous, ravis d'avoir pu découvrir cette belle ferme, ce beau projet, et d'avoir pu échanger avec vous. on s'est considérablement amélioré au défrichage à la machette, même si on est encore loin du niveau des "concouranes"… read more
Fede was here in our project for two months it very interesting moment . She is very interested in agriculture. Iam so lucky to meet and share experiences with Federica. I suggest you to meet her you will never regret..
i hope to see again sister.
Burok !!!
Bro I hoppe to meet you again. Good luck for the future.
I’m very thankful for not only the growth that I’ve experience through this amazing stay but also all the beautiful… read more
They were so nice and helped me a lot in gardening and the house staff .
I wish you meet this couple .
Foti came one more time again on his way back from Guinea Bissau.
Thank you Foti and you are always welcome here.
Ces quelques semaines passées sont d'une Importances capitale.
Paul nous a aidé dans plein d'activités allant de préparions du sol au repicage. C'était vraiment très cool de t avoir au près de nous.
Bonne… read more
It is a nice project in a special location in the middle of the forest in Niaguis surrounded by Cashew and mango trees.
The village of Niaguis is 45 minutes walking and we enjoyed a lot our walkings there or in the surroundings.
This is probably one of the best projects in Casamance leaded by great young people, that… read more
Bourama, Tamba and Alpha… read more
We had nice moments at the farm growing , watering and taking care of the plans.
Nils is a chef in cooking just trust Jim and you will wish hé cook averyday. Nils you are Always welcome.
Thank you For comming.
The farm is beautiful and the work is great, but experiencing the Djola culture with Bouramas family and attending traditional dances and ceremonies were definitely the highlight of my stay.
Besides that I met a lot of great people volunteering with me and we… read more
N hésitez jamais de la accueillir chez Vous.
Eva you're Always welcome
I wish to see again Tanja.
I was planning to start my two-month travel in Senegal there, but I stayed two month.
Because this project is beautiful, intelligent, meaningful so that you quickly want to be part of it. Because here you have the opportunity to really discover the local culture… read more
they help a lot in cleaning the farm and In construction.
they also help in our inglish club and at primary school where they gave some important matériels.
thank guys, your are always welcome.
i didn't our yoga sessions.
Bourama is a very shiny, smart and humble person. He is involved in lots of activities to help his community and he is always full… read more
We are a couple. We had our own room and bathroom. We shared all the meals with the family. All the family is welcoming, very open minded and communicating. We worked at the farm (5 km… read more
je vous recommande vraiment de les recevoir chez vous elles sont très ouvert et très sympathique.
à… read more
Le projet de Bourama est très noble, il travail à l'amélioration des conditions des habitants tout en les impliquant dans le but de lutter contre l'exode rurale. Son… read more
à bientôt
bourama
With him I discovered the village where he lives and also the surounding nature, where his project is based.
Bourama is very welcoming, friendly and he takes his time to explain you things you want to know, or just to have a nice talk… read more
Elle s'entend bien bien avec ma famille et tout le monde l'apprécie bien.
Je suis très content de t accueillir chez moi et je serai très honoré de te revoir.
Bonne chance pour tes projets
Bourama
Bourama est un gars intéressant, avec beaucoup de projets et d'idées pour le village. On espère pouvoir revenir pour voir l'avancement du jardin.
Venez à Niaguis pour… read more
Je suis vraiment content de vous les gars pour votre aide.
Nous avons eu l'occasion d'assister au camp des scouts organisé dans mon village niaguis. La visite de l'école élémentaire et… read more