📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This is an abandon tea plantation area and colonized on mid 1950s. People paid attention to earn
using fields but they couldn’t understand the balance of nature. As a results of their destructive activities, lost big trees, rich and fertile soil as well as water streams. But increasing the carbon percentage cannot visible to common community.
Local partner NGO is Gami Seva Sevana – Shelter to Villagers, established in 1977 and registered as an organization in 1991. Environmental friendly agriculture, awareness rising among community on conservation and income generation activities are main among their projects.
Impact – After 3 year, average tree consumed 12.7Kg of carbon per year and trough this plantation,
(12.7Kg x 3,300 plants =) we expect to reduce 41,910Kg of carbon per year.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will undertake following activities:
1) Making composts
2) Making pots
3) Plant seeds or branches
4) Making pit and fertilize them,
5) Keep recording the growth
Working day : Five days per week. On Saturday they can join with village English class if they like.
Working hours is 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Type of accommodation : Dormitory
* Sleeping: ( ) Single room (x ) Sharing with other vols. ( ) Sharing with locals
* Meals: ( ) Cooked by vols. ( ) Cooked by vols. & locals ( x) Cooked by locals
* How and how long to go to work: Volunteers are staying at the project site.
* Smoking: ( x) Totally impossible ( ) Only outside building ( ) OK also inside
* Internet access: Only in certain place and time (Limited due to located in remote area)
* Any other points: No alcohol, pork and beef, and dangerous drugs
📍 About the location
This project is located at GALAHA, 128km from Colombo, 18Km from Kandy, second largest city
and world heritage site, and 914m above sea level. This mountain area was a tea plantation area
during the colonial period and after independent, tea plantations are abandoned. Majority of the
community is Hindu Tamil people, who came from South India during the colonial period, Buddhists
and Muslims are also living there. Some parts are still can be seen as traditional villages. Whether is cool, day temperature is warm, dry and less moist.
⚠️ Requirements
We are not eating beef and pork. No drugs, alcohol or smoking during the project period.
* Required skills/ experience/ motivation: Contribute to the project, work at fields, sharing with
local communities
* Preferable skills/ experience/ motivation: learn about nature, knowledge about agriculture,
forestry
ℹ️ Additional information
*Study theme
Workshops on Carbon reduction research and offset, Fund Raising and Project coordination
*Other activities
Visit community, working at the farm, help to English class, visit meditation center, visit nearest
Kandy and other historical sites