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I live irn peri urban Kerala with my mother, on a half acre food forest and garden, started on fallow land 2.5 years back. I have a few rescue dogs, most of whom have been with me for close to 14 years. There is always room for a few more dogs here, if they come seeking help. In the past I worked as a graphic designer and illustrator. Now I'm trying to learn new skills and live a simpler life.
Tipos de ajuda e oportunidades de aprendizado
Jardinagem
Construção/faça você mesmo
Cuidar de animais
Ajuda a cuidar da casa
Manutenção geral
Interesses
Sustentabilidade
Política/justiça social
Mascotes
Fazenda
Trabalho beneficente
Jardinagem
Desenho e pintura
Faça você mesmo
Carpintaria
Arte e design
Animais
Oportunidades de intercâmbio cultural e aprendizado
You could visit Sasthamcotta temple and the lake it's been built on, designated as a ramsar site and one of the largest fresh water lakes in India. There's Munroethuruthu (island) not too far (about 25 minutes) which is picturesque. Varkala, with is famous cliff beach is about an hour away. Culturally, you'd experience what small town Kerala is like. And in my house, you could participate in a host of farm and garden activities, wood working and animal care.
Ajuda
Current project: I've just about (November 2025) started construction work for a tiny cottage for our house help. I'm seeking volunteers interested in participating in hands-on construction. I'm learning on the go. This is not a natural build, with which I've some experience, but uses earth blocks for the walls. My plan is to finish the construction in 2 months. Other than that, there's always garden tasks, a ton of weeding, mulching, fertilizing the plants, making beds, more planting. Ideally, we'd love for volunteers to also be animal lovers because the dogs demand a lot of attention.... so bathing, grooming, walking them sometimes, playing with them, belly rubs and scratches is par for the course. I also have small wood working projects ongoing. It's easy going on the whole and if you are interested in exploring places around here, I'd be happy to tag along, since Kerala is still pretty new to me.
Idiomas
Inglês: Fluente
Hindi: Fluente
Nepali: Intermediário
Malayalam: Iniciante
Acomodação
Room with a shared bathroom, bed linen, laundry facilities, decent internet, pescetarian diet but you could opt for vegetarian or vegan.
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I'm just beginning to explore around me. Big cities like Trivandrum and Cochin are around 2-3 hours away. The coastal town of Varkala is an hour away. The closest town is Sasthamcotta which has an old temple and a large fresh water lake which has been designated as an important ramsar site. Kerala has a dense network of roads, many of which are rural, so traveling around is easy. Wayanad is about 3 hours away.
Mais alguns detalhes
Acesso à internet
Acesso à internet limitado
Temos mascotes
Somos fumantes
Pode hospedar famílias
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Meus animais / animais de estimação
Christiane (12 anos)
Christiane was born under an abandoned car in a parking lot near my house. She loves to talk and has mastered the art of coaxing others, including plants and bushes to be her personal scratcher.
Pilot (13 anos)
Pilot was a stray who started visiting my home in 2013 when he was around a year and a half old. Like most of the others who are house dogs now, we fed and vaccinated Pilot for five years and when the opportunity arose to take him in, we sterilized him. He's always been a shy and serious boy who loves to eat and be scratched.
Tom Tom
Tom Tom is around 3 years old. He's a rescue who was living the wild life in the hills of Gorubathan in the lower Himalayas. He's been with us for just over a year and has decided to appoint himself bossman. I was amazed at how quickly he had everyone wrapped around his little paws.
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So Girirsh. It is really difficult to find someone that actually cares and dedicate love to help others, in this case the animals and being open to talk about how the humans can be so mean, and this is not only with the rescued animals, he also take care of the ecosystems in… read more
They have a simple and efficient system to take care of all the dogs, they know them, they know where they are, they know what they need. All the dogs around the neighborhood are in perfect condition thanks to them.
They do… read more
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So Girirsh. It is really difficult to find someone that actually cares and dedicate love to help others, in this case the animals and being open to talk about how the humans can be so mean, and this is not only with the rescued animals, he also take care of the ecosystems in… read more
They have a simple and efficient system to take care of all the dogs, they know them, they know where they are, they know what they need. All the dogs around the neighborhood are in perfect condition thanks to them.
They do… read more
They helped us a lot giving us big advices about how to move in India.
Stray dogs need a lot of love because a lot of people over there is not always so kind with them so if you have some time just go there. Remember to ask Girish and Cecile that you want to… read more
