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We are a socially responsible enterprise consisting of a commercial dairy and production facility to make products such as yogurt, cheese and ice cream for local and overseas customers. Plus a tourism and farmer training centre.
We have built a facility to house the buffalo, milk them, and make cheese.
Male buffalo in Laos are primarily used for meat and occasionally working in the fields. Female buffalo are kept to produce more buffalo. At the core of our sustainable business model we rent the female buffalo at $110 each (approx. 1 month salary) from the farmers for a period of approximately 8 months. In addition we provide all vaccinations, improved feed and care for the calves. Left in the villages, up to 40% of calves die. After the 8 months the buffalo and calf are returned to the farmer with the additional income. In conjunction with the Laos government we have also implemented a breeding program to improve the genetics of the local buffalo.
We also provide various practical workshops for the local agricultural college and university and training for local farmers on basic animal husbandry, grass cultivation and biogas development.
The farm employs 40 local team providing training from visiting veterinarians and experts, some team have been overseas for training, we provide free English lessons 4 times per week for our team and the local school kids, and complimentary housing.Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Pratique d’une langueAide avec des éco-projetsEnseignementJardinageBricolage et constructionS’occuper des animauxAide dans une fermeAccueil / tourismeEntretien généralAide informatique/internetEchange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
You will be located in the UNESCO World Heritage location of Luang Prabang Laos. You are close to the to night market, restaurants and cultural attractions, giving you the opportunity to learn more about Laos culture and history.
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We’re looking for one or two people to assist at our farm to help with our tours. This would involve welcoming guests to the farm, touring and explaining to guests how the dairy works, our community programs, working with the farm team to set up and participate in, interactive workshops such as bathing and feeding the buffalo, milking demonstrations and calf feeding.
Ideally we’re looking for people with two languages, one of which is English, and ability to stay for a minimum of 4 weeks. Some experience in hospitality an advantage. Please do not ask to stay less as it is not beneficial to use and we cannot accept you.Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Lao: CourantHébergement
Accommodation provided with access to bathroom, laundry, housekeeper once a week.
All meals on working days and breakfast items on non work days.
Lending bicycles included.Autres infos...
Located in the UNESCO World Heritage location of Luang Prabang Laos. Walking distance restaurants and cultural attractions. Waterfalls, Elephant riding, local villages, trekking all within 40 mins. River cruises and kayaking also available on Mekong and Namkhan Rivers.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
Deux
Nombre d'heures attendues
4 days a week, 10:30-5:30 with lunch break (max 25 hours per week)
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Tim is welcome back anytime if he so chooses!
If you ever make it back around this way again, you are more than welcome to come stay with us again!
Sarah is welcome back again if she ever hits this region - we'll make room for her!
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Tim is welcome back anytime if he so chooses!
If you ever make it back around this way again, you are more than welcome to come stay with us again!
Sarah is welcome back again if she ever hits this region - we'll make room for her!
Rachel, Suzie and Steven are great hosts ; there is so much to learn from them, and always so much to do at the farm. Every person… read more
She really was an invaluable member of our team for the time she was here and… read more
She is truly a top notch workawayer and is… read more
Workawayers are asked to work from 9 to 17:30, 4 days a week, at least 32 hours instead of the 20 to 25 hours.
There is an additionnal 30 minutes drive to cover the 20 km from the volunteers' house.
Meals are… read more
and it was much better than what we expected!
First, this is more than a simple farm, it is a social project. Everyone benefit from this project: the local people can improve their skills and learn new ones, the animals have a better life and the visitors a nice and delicious… read more
Working and spending time with Steven, Susie, and Rachel felt like being part of the family and the stories they told were hilarious. We had a lot of fun not only in the evenings.
Working on the farm was a great experience we wouldn't miss.… read more
First of all, I wish to thank you Rachel, Susie & Steven for their warm welcome.
The experience at the farm was amazing : very well organized, you will receive beforehand a pitch for preparing the tour and knowing about your daily tasks (in my time tour guiding & caring about ice cream hut and caffee at the farm 4 days/week between 9am-5pm… read more
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The accommodation was… read more
Having previous farm experience I was hoping to be helping with the animal care as well as… read more
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The farm is beautiful and the project is really forward thinking; helping benefit local communities as well as the animals.
The work for volunteers is centred around taking tourists around the farm and serving ice cream in the hut. Everything is very easy and the tourists… read more
We love our job here where is located 25km from home on the way to Kuangsi waterfall. It took 45 min to reach the farm by motorbike. If you dont know how to ride motorbike you can go with Susie and Rachel by tuktuk. But in that case you should stay… read more
+ nice, fun work with great staff (and buffaloes)
+ nice room, good meals
+ you get to try delicious dairy products
The communication before we started was good (fast reply) but we would've liked the arrangements about meals a little bit clearer... The first weekend we had a misunderstanding about dinner, we were… read more
A typical day involves leaving the home at 9am, allowing one hour to get to the farm, working hours are strictly 10am-5.30pm and another hour at the end of the day to go home. If you don’t have transport these days can be longer. We appreciated the hosts letting us know what to expect regarding the… read more
Being new to workaway we were his first place to stop at and he acclimated nicely.
We recommend having him come be one… read more
Rachel, Susie, Steven they are very good at business,not only host a guest house,but also prepare for host a farm, at the same time, they take care 3 kids,life and study,science and history,for the 11 years old kids,they… read more
I highly recommend Pedro and he will truly be missed around here! He's… read more
We would highly recommend them to any workaway host.