Gal 3
In het kort:
- Land
- Sri Lanka
- Soort werk
- Landbouw, Onderwijs
- Projectduur
- 27 juni t/m 6 juli
- Aantal deelnemers
- 10 (5 mannen en 5 vrouwen)
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- Werk
- Accommodatie en maaltijden
- Locatie en vrije tijd
- Organisatie
- Vereisten
- Opmerkingen
- Kosten
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- Eigenschappen
Basically project consists with two parts. First four days we are supporting to harvesting work and second four days we are moving around villages to meet the community, school, self-help groups and youths. At the community you can work with a family, groups of women’s or other kind of group such as farmers associations etc., children and youths while sharing your knowledge and experiences. Among work, 1. Help farmers to harvest seasonal crops 2. Meet and activities with students at village school 3. Activities with youth 4. Sharing and work with self help group members/families.
Village house with a host family, located like middle of the jungle. There is electricity and mobile phones are working. But no internet or WiFi. You can’t use toilet papers here. Because of toilet papers will block the drainage lines. You have to wash your cloths by hand and have to hang outside for drying. At the night you can see lots of bright stars at the sky.
Galgamuwa. 167km from Colombo, suburb of Kurunegala, one of the ancient kingdoms in Sri Lanka. Many people depend on paddy farming and population density is 227 people/ km2. Located on dry zone, having low rain, warm climate. Organizing cultural exchange events, Excursion, Environmental Education, Expeditions, Farewell party, etc.
This project is actively working for SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and SDG 4 (Quality Education), organized together with Green Volunteers for Green Future (GV4GF) since 2012 (first year in this place!).Nanneriya Village Development Council (NVDC) is a local NGO conducting lots of activities to develop the status of the village. And helping the village school to find necessary resources to help students from poor village families. They actively involve village social activities especially religious ceremonies, development actives etc. Villagers’ main income source is agriculture and planting vegetables, paddy and different seasonal crops such as finger millets, green grams, pumpkins etc. Volunteers are going to share their energy to assist the harvesting activities. After covid pandemic, community are trying to reestablish their agricultural work and other livelihoods. Not only pandemic, but also economic crisis impacted every sector in Sri Lanka. These sectors are trying to reestablish their own work but they need external assistances to continue their work.
Onderstaande informatie komt direct van onze partnerorganisatie en wordt daarom niet in het Nederlands weergegeven.
High motivation to work while experiencing different type of life style, accept challenges, adopt to local environment, respect and accept local life and culture.
Fee: 20 USD less for repeaters of GV4GF workcamps and vols. from less expensive countries. There is optional service of 55 USD to pick up at the airport, one night stay in the guest house, following day breakfast, drop at Negombo bus terminal and highway bus cost to Colombo.
Let op: naast het inschrijfgeld betaal je ter plekke nog een lokale bijdrage van $ 225. (Ca. € 208)