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Volunteer at the biggest bamboo farm in Davao & Philippines🎋🎋🎋
The experience
Let's step into the heart of nature and culture! As we aim to teach the Matigsalug Tribe to take advantage of their vast forest land, we are looking for respectful volunteers who are passionate in building up the confidence of the local tribes in communicating with the visitors by teaching English. At the same time, you will be required to help us in some gardening stuff.
We are off-grid (mountain area) but Wifi is available.
What you offer
30 hours of help per week
Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
Arts: Help with painting, graffiti, sculpting or drawing.
Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.
Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.
Additional fee required
Amount: US$ 10 Per day
Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project
Description: Volunteers contribute $10 per day to cover expenses for food, facility & accommodation maintenance, laundry/dryer utility, activities such as traditional coffee making & bamboo utilization activities and for teaching materials.
What you get
1 day off per week
Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.
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.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Requirements
Beginner English or Fluent Tagalog / Filipino
Between 21 and 80 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Program Details
I am one of the founders of an education group called the Bamboo Bootcamp where we teach Bamboo Building and Earth Building Fundamentals to remote indigenous communities all over the Philippines. The staff we have, including myself and the executive team, are all volunteers. All volunteers are treated as vital members of this project and whatever they are willing to contribute is welcome.
Activities & Shift
Activities can include :
Orientation: A walk through the farm, understanding traditional farming methods and challenges.
Role Definition: Our team will explain the tasks required from you i.e. teaching English & gardening (we are looking for volunteers who are flexible & passionate to help)
Cultural Exchange: Engage in traditional farming activities and share global success stories of sustainable farming.
Feedback Sessions: Discuss the feasibility and efficiency of newly introduced techniques.
Tour: As we are located around the mountain area, we can tour around the waterfalls & hike around the area during free time
Our farm can be quite cold at night, you may want to consider bringing long pants & jacket for your own comfort!
Rules
No noise after 9PM
No illegal drugs
Host in high demand at the moment
Many worldpackers have been applying to this position recently. The host will probably not be able to respond to all of the applications, so we recommend that you also apply to other hosts in our community and not just this one :)