GSS 4
In het kort:
- Land
- Sri Lanka
- Soort werk
- Landbouw, Natuur
- Projectduur
- 30 mei t/m 8 juni
- Aantal deelnemers
- 10 (5 mannen en 5 vrouwen)
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- Werk
- Accommodatie en maaltijden
- Locatie en vrije tijd
- Organisatie
- Vereisten
- Opmerkingen
- Eigenschappen
- Kosten
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Basically project consists with two parts. First four days we are work in a plant nursery/vegetable garden and second four days we are moving around villages to meet the community and going to work with them. Farm work are like making different kind of composts systems, making beds, planting seeds and plants, fill composts to bags, planting plants and seed in bags, are main among the work at the farm. In short, 1. Establishing the nursery with 5,000 plants, 2. Assist the other farming activities at farm 3. Working at vegetable garden 4. Support to village children society’s work 5. Support to GSS members home garden activities. 6. Assisting to village children’s English class are the main
Volunteers will stay at a training center located inside the farm. Electricity, cold/hot water, beds, pillows, and toilets with commodes are available so you can use toilet papers. Internet facility is poor but can manage to check your email etc. Main mobile connection such as Dialog and Mobitel are working. Cloths have wash by hand and can hang outside to dry.
A mountainous area and elevation is 1,100 m a.s.l., 130km from Colombo. Environment is cool, windy and low humid. Used for tea plantation by the British people until late 19th century. After that, they abandoned the area because all the planters moved back to UK. Still some plantations can be seen and still as majority, south Indian Tamil people are living here. Agriculture, dairy farming and the tea plantation are the main incomes of the community.
This project is actively working for SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and SDGs 15 (Life on Land), organized together with Green Volunteers for Green Future (GV4GF) since 2012 (since 2020 in this place!).The local partner Gami Seva Sevana – GSS - (Shelter for villagers) are established as a integrated organic farm in 1977 with the financial support from some international donation agencies. Eight years ago, all the funds are terminated suddenly then most of the activities are collapsed. After that another group had taken the responsibility to development the collapsed project. Again, its management has change and all the activities stopped by new management. Covid pandemic hit very badly and workers have to stay at home. It was big hit to farm work and all the activities have to stopped. Now GSS is monitored and administrated by Retied Bishop and he started dairy and vegetable projects again. Volunteers assist to GSS to rehabilitate and rebuild the farm while establishing plant nursery, a vegetable plots and other work for future development.
High motivation to work while experiencing different type of life style, accept challenges, adopt to local environment, respect and accept local life and culture.
- Study theme
Local SDGs (2030 goals) of GSS and Sri Lanka
- Other activities
Organizing cultural exchange events, Visit village temple, Excursion, Environmental Education, Farewell party, etc.
- Participation fee
225/ 185 USD for 10/ 6 days to be paid on your arrivals. 20 USD less for repeaters of GV4GF workcamps and vols. from less expensive countries. There is optional service of 45 USD to pick up at the airport and one night stay in the guest house.
| Projectnaam | GSS 4 |
|---|---|
| Projectcode | NICE-23S-0530A |
| Land | |
| Soort werk | |
| Startdatum | 30-5-2023 |
| Einddatum | 8-6-2023 |
| Aantal vrijwilligers | 10 (5 mannen en 5 vrouwen) |
| Leeftijd | 18 t/m 99 jaar |
| Lokale bijdrage | ¥ 255 (Japanse yen) |
| Taal |
Jongeren onder 18 jaar moeten voor vertrek verplicht een training volgen. De kosten hiervoor zijn € 50 euro en worden apart in rekening gebracht.
Let op: naast het inschrijfgeld betaal je ter plekke nog een lokale bijdrage van ¥ 255. (Ca. € 2)