📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Association of Ecotourism Development in Yunlin County.
The project is mainly recruited overseas youth volunteers through international work camps form Shibi-community to assist guest navigation of farming experience and tour guide service. Currently, Shibi-community faces an aging population, lack of young people to service visitors. There is a good ecological environment and tourist sites in Shibi.
We have also done a lot of farm experience gained a lot of support, but there is not enough manpower for tour guide. We hope international volunteers could help to solve these problems, and know our culture, ecology, living style, agricultural production. In eleven days, we Living together to know each other, you must have a great impression of us. Localhost is Association of Ecotourism Development in Yunlin County. They Concern about regional tourism development and environmental and ecological issues, also an actual implementer.
💼 What the programme involves
Farmer-Experience Activities:
We need you to learn the farmer-experience activities (Dig bamboo shoots, brew tea, brew coffee, Know the forest) in the first 6 days. Free Day for 2 day 1 night (7-8day). And then we hope you could direct or teach our guest to complete working, or be a tour-guide to introduce our activities as possible in last 6 days.
Objective:
1) Help our community as a tour guide to oral expound of ecological Species and farm planting.
2) Help our community as a director to teach our guest doing correctly and safety in farming activities and handmade DIY of banboo.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Guest Room of Tong-Bi Villa. Sleep in shared room with wooden bed. Showers and toilets are available. Vegetables and meat will be offered by association. Cooked by Volunteers.
📍 About the location
No.81-5, Shibi, Gukeng Township, Yunlin County 646, Taiwan.
23�ã36’34.8"N,120�ã42’35.8"E
Excursion, culture exchange events with local people, eco-tourism (optional),etc. Volunteers should cover the transportation and living expenses by themselves during free time.
ℹ️ Additional information
1) It is recommended to those who are interested in nature ecology and forest leisure activities 2) High motivation for learning and respect to local culture.