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Actuellement, je suis
en voyage
Les activités qui m'intéressent :
I am serious about learning permaculture, living close to primary wilderness, and sharing insightful and healing experiences with others
Description
I enjoy living off grid and is passionate about visiting primary nature. I plan to own my own farm one day
Centres d’intérêt
Yoga / bien-être
Dev. durable
Dev. personnel
Voile / bateau
Nature
Photographie
Montagne
Randonnée
Histoire
Ferme
Culture
Cuisine et alimentation
Camping
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Chinois (mandarin): Courant
Compétences et connaissances que j'aimerais partager ou apprendre
Ça m'intéresse :
Accueil / tourisme
Bricolage et projets de construction
Tenir compagnie à une pers. âgée
Travail associatif
J'ai des connaissances :
Éco-projets
Enseignement
Jardinage
S’occuper des animaux
Aider dans une ferme
Aider à la maison
Je peux apprendre aux autres :
Préparer les repas / cuisiner pour la famille
Aide informatique / Internet
Quelles sont vos compétences ?
✅ composting, mulching, pruning, watering, planting, fruit picking, general gardening, stone wall building, watering, ✅ 🤏coffee processing, animal feeding, and eco-tourism
Âge
37
Autres infos...
Look inside, look outside, eventually find nothing but life in peace as it is
Informations complémentaires
- Fumeur
- Permis de conduire
- Allergies
  No
- Régime alimentaire spécial
  No

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3 févr. 2026

Laissé par l'hôte (Welcome help on cacao and ...) pour le workawayer ()

Thank you for sharing your experience. In the interest of clarity and learning on both sides, we would like to clarify some points so future volunteers can better understand how we operate and decide whether this environment aligns with their expectations.
Our operating model
We operate as a hybrid model: a family-run social enterprise that funds… read more and works alongside the Foundation, which focuses on children, elders, local farmers, and community-based environmental education. Volunteers contribute to real, ongoing work that supports both livelihood and community outcomes. This is not a classroom, retreat, or training center, but a living project embedded in a rural community.
Seasonality and workload realities
Task allocation varies by season, event schedule, and project priority. Not all volunteers work on all tasks, and hosts cannot work side-by-side on every activity—particularly when hosting multiple projects and 10+ volunteers per month. Certain activities (such as cacao fermentation, biochar production, or construction) are not active at all times due to harvest cycles, weather conditions, and community events. Volunteers are expected to adapt to these realities, as they are part of working in a real agricultural and community setting.
Teaching and learning approach
We train long-term volunteers to become project leaders. Once they gain experience, they are encouraged to guide and support newer volunteers. This creates a shared learning environment that benefits existing volunteers, newcomers, hosts, and the wider community.
Learning with us happens primarily through learning-by-doing, observation, and repetition. We cannot always offer step-by-step, one-on-one instruction. Volunteers are not paid clients receiving private training; rather, they contribute to shared work and gain knowledge through collaboration, responsibility, and peer learning. Many volunteers appreciate this autonomy and the trust placed in them.
Communication structure
To avoid confusion and mixed messages, we use a one-person communication structure for instructions and coordination. This system is intentional and designed to ensure clarity. One of the hosts mentioned as “rarely speaking” was never asked to teach cacao fermentation; therefore, there was no refusal. This host focuses on action-based work rather than verbal instruction by design.
Record-keeping and responsibility
Some tasks, such as chocolate making, involve high-value ingredients and shared knowledge contributed by collaborators from different regions and countries. For reference, formal cacao fermentation and chocolate-making courses typically cost several thousand baht.
For this reason, detailed record-keeping—both physical and digital—is required of all volunteers involved. This system exists to support transparency, shared learning, and collective growth, not as an administrative burden.
Context of the volunteer’s stay
There were challenges prior to arrival, including multiple date changes and short notice, as well as arrival earlier than expected. The volunteer arrived on a day when we were hosting a community and children’s event, including free lunch and a shared birthday dinner. This event was part of our foundation’s ongoing work with local children and community partners and was fully supported by our team and volunteers.
Chocolate-making projects are typically allocated to experienced chocolate makers. In this case, the volunteer had the opportunity to learn alongside a volunteer who had already been trained by us earlier. This provided full access to our bakery facilities and equipment, as well as several kilograms of craft-grade cacao beans and high-cost local ingredients (such as macadamia nuts), all supplied for learning and experimentation.
The volunteer also participated in a cacao and coconut farm visit, which included learning exchanges on coconut products and permaculture practices with partner farmers.

A small fee of 150 THB paid by volunteers went directly to the farmer, who later donated the full amount to children at a local orphanage for a New Year celebration. Transportation, coordination, and meals related to this activity were provided by us at no cost.

During the same period, volunteers were exposed/witnessed to everyday village life and cultural events, including a Buddhist retreat period, neighborhood ceremonies, exchanges with elders (vegetable selling and recycling collection), and traditional craft activities such as broom making with local grandmothers. We also regularly shared food and chocolate with neighbors in exchange for materials and hosted informal evening gatherings with shared meals and hot cacao. Chocolate tasting and experimentation happened almost daily among multiple volunteers, not as an individual activity.

Despite challenges, we continued to support the volunteer’s learning. We arranged a video call with a trusted collaborator and transferred 5 kg of cacao beans free of charge to support continued learning in Northern Thailand.
Reflection

We recognize that expectations around teaching style, authority, and host availability can differ. While we continuously refine our communication and volunteer profile, we also maintain clear boundaries around how this place is run in order to protect the work, the community, and the people involved. We encourage future volunteers to read our profile carefully and communicate openly before arrival to ensure alignment.

(Neutre )

29 janv. 2026

Laissé par le workawayer () pour l'hôte (Welcome help on cacao and ...)

**can not recommend this place, unless you don't care about meaningful work or learning

As an experienced volunteer, I've seen challenges from both the hosts and the volunteers side. My main concern here is volunteers contribute to owner's personal business goals instead of learning. good Communication, effective work structure, and good… read more

(Bien )

5 janv. 2026

Laissé par le workawayer () pour l'hôte (Learn about self-sufficient ...)

the farmland and the entire volunteering vibe Pure has created is at the heart of this experience. for me as someone passionate about doing on on the farms and permaculture, this is an ideal place: designed with clear principles, maintained according to the needs, and growing naturally per the goals of both for the farm and for the owner… read more

(Excellent )

28 déc. 2025

Laissé par l'hôte (Learn about self-sufficient ...) pour le workawayer ()

Wei is a highly passionate and knowledgeable person when it comes to farming.

He was a great help in the garden, assisting with planting, weeding, and the general care of plants, always working with attention and dedication. He also played an important role in building a water system and contributed to various construction projects around the… read more

(Excellent )

1 déc. 2024

Laissé par le workawayer () pour l'hôte (Help restore the oasis and ...)

Info : L’échange a été annulé à la dernière minute

(Host cancelled stay at the last minute)

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3 févr. 2026

Laissé par l'hôte (Welcome help on cacao and ...) pour le workawayer ()

(Neutre)

29 janv. 2026

Laissé par le workawayer () pour l'hôte (Welcome help on cacao and ...)

(Bien)

5 janv. 2026

Laissé par le workawayer () pour l'hôte (Learn about self-sufficient ...)

(Excellent)

28 déc. 2025

Laissé par l'hôte (Learn about self-sufficient ...) pour le workawayer ()

(Excellent)

1 déc. 2024

Laissé par le workawayer () pour l'hôte (Help restore the oasis and ...)

Info : L’échange a été annulé à la dernière minute

(Host cancelled stay at the last minute)

1 déc. 2024

Laissé par le workawayer () pour l'hôte (Join a local family building ...)

I stayed two weeks on Oumayma’s family farm. The farm has a lot of potential, with unlimited things to do and learn from. Oumayma has a bright personality and is willing to share her culture as mentioned by other volunteers. I met some positive challenges while there which I’ll explain briefly at the end.

First of all, the farm is truly… read more

(Très bien)

1 juil. 2024

Laissé par le workawayer () pour l'hôte (Help with permaculture, ...)

if you want to see the REAL LOCAL NEPALI organic, original farm life style. this is the place to be.

Pros: live in small number (1-2) with local families in a small Gorkha village; where experience the traditional way of farming (no machine, no chemicals, grow with the season and plow woth cattles); delicious home meals

Pay attention to: there… read more

(Excellent)

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