🌿Help Build a Bamboo Homestay in the 4000 Islands🏝️

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The experience

Come experience authentic village life on one of the peaceful islands of the Mekong River!

Our family is creating a small bamboo homestay in an Island, part of the stunning 4000 Islands in Southern Laos. We’d love your help building traditional bungalows, gardening, and sharing good moments with us🛖

If you enjoy nature, want to learn about Lao culture, and are excited to help build something meaningful — this is your place 💚

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What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

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

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Teaching Languages: Teaching a language to the host, guests, or local communities.

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What you get

2 days off per week

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

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.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

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Requirements

Intermediate English

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Travel insurance

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What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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Program Details

We’re a warm and welcoming family — La, Mrs. Vieng, Jammy, and little Candy — and we live right by the river. We also have two boats for tours, and we love meeting people from all over the world. Volunteers become part of our home and our dream.


Volunteers support us with:
🔨 Building traditional bamboo & wood bungalows for our homestay project
🌱 Helping in the garden – we grow bananas, vegetables, and rice
🐓 Feeding animals – we raise chickens, pigs, and goats
🍲 Cooking & sharing meals with the family

While it's not a task, we also love when volunteers chat with our kids in English or teach them a few fun words — just through natural conversation and play 😊. No pressure, just connection.

This is a hands-on, meaningful project — and a great way to immerse yourself in slow living, local traditions, and unforgettable nature.

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Activities & Shift

🕒 Up to 25 hours/week, with 2 free days
Example schedule (flexible depending on the weather and needs):

Mon, Wed, Fri – Bungalow construction

Tue, Thu – Gardening (banana, veggies, rice)

Sat – Free day to visit other islands 🛶

Sun – Help cook for the family, local market visit & BBQ 🍚🔥

We’re flexible! You’ll always have time to rest, explore, or watch the sunset by the river ☀️

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Rules

We share our home — please treat it with love and care ❤️

Respect local culture and the quiet pace of life

We live simply, with joy — kindness goes a long way

No smoking or loud behavior around children

Help keep the space clean and peaceful