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Help with permaculture and farming in rural Gorkha, Nepal

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The experience

Welcome to our permaculture farm in Patiswara Village, Nepal! We're a cooperative of 3 families practicing organic, perennial agriculture with a focus on the Fukuoka method. Our small business produces essential oils, vegetables, and more. Volunteers help with farming and new projects. Experience traditional village life, cultural exchange, and sustainable farming. Come join us!

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 5 Per day

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers and Materials for volunteer activities

Description: The daily fee per day covers the costs of food (vegetables come from our gardens, but potatoes, eggs, oil, flour, etc. must be purchased), and to help cover additional expenses of the families envolved in the project.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Beginner English or Beginner Hindi

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

All of us are very passionate about organic, subsistence-scale agriculture, and about making village life in Nepal a financially viable option for young Nepali people.
When you stay with us, you experience the traditional aspects of village life, like traditional farming techniques, village celebrations, home-cooked organic meals, as well as the modern aspect of the projects we are building, like new ways to grow food, generate income without village members having to work in the city or abroad. Our farms are located in Patiswara Village, a Gurung village in southern Gorkha district. We are at 1400m elevation with great views of the Himalayas. Village life here is peaceful, with plenty of interaction with neighbors. We always have a variety of small projects going on at one time, in all seasons.

Activities & Shift

Volunteering can be in the fields and everything we do is by hand and may include digging, weeding, cutting back vegetation in the orchards, making seed balls, threshing, harvesting, etc. Work may include helping to build structures, helping to carry mugwort from growing areas to the distilling unit, packaging business products, deshelling coffee, etc. Some of the work is physically demanding, but we don't intend to break our backs or yours! We work at a reasonable pace, and would never ask our volunteers to do more than they feel comfortable. On average, volunteers can expect to work about 4-5 hours per day, but if you would like to do more or less, you can just let us know. We are flexible.

Rules

Be kind :)