📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Organized together with Green Volunteers for Green Future(GV4GF) since 2012 (1st time in this place). GV4GF is a NGO newly founded to promote voluntary service, environmental protection and improve rural life. NICE's been co-organizing the projects to enable them to do by themselves from 2015! The center for mentally challenged people was located in Galle city, but by the big tsunami in 2004, it has been moved to this small village. They expect our workcamp to change their daily monotonous life!
💼 What the programme involves
We will 1. do some activities with mentally challenged people and local youth such as painting, singing and dancing, 2. clean the premises and make a simple garden for planting flowers and vegetable, 3. support the kids activities such as excursion and 4. support members home garden activities.
STUDY: Future plan of workcamps in Sri Lanka and global cooperation for it. Bring some info.!
🏠 Accommodation on site
Village house. Be ready to enjoy simple life.
📍 About the location
In the mid of rich tea and rubber plantation where cinnamon is also a common crop. 30km from Galle, a capital city of Southern Province, 148 km from Colombo. Most of villages are farmers. Terminal: Colombo (you need to arrive by the end of May 17th and can leave there after the midnight of May 31st)
Leisure: Excursion, environmental education, farewell party, etc.
ℹ️ Additional information
230 US$ to be paid on your arrivals. One week participants (03/02-03/08) should pay 160 US$.