Higu 10(7 days)

Name: Higu 10(7 days)
Start: 2019-05-09
End: 2021-01-03
Location: Hingurakgoda, Sri Lanka

Code: 01575fc4ef0b4eed851f1aa24a19fdaf Copied

Sri Lanka Farming Environment Children Social work Farming Environment +2 Fixed dates

About the project

Higu 10(7 days)

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

This project is actively working for SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities), organized together with Green Volunteers for Green Future (GV4GF) since 2012 (since 2017 with this community). GV4GF is a NGO to promote voluntary service, environmental protection and improve rural life. This area has a lot of young marriages and separation. If village headman noticed any other threat to children such as family problems, separations and parents dead, he asks district courts to transfer them into the children home to an orphanage to minimized the threat. But during the school vacation, they are emotionally isolated and thinking about their homes, overthink and eventually get sadder and depressed. *Outcome of this workcamp: In 2019, 21 international vols. joined in 3 short term workcamps and made great impact to make positive changes on their lives and positive development of the way they thinking!

💼 What the programme involves

In the 1st week, we will do activities in the children home such as paintings, teach and sing songs, dancing, playing with them, sharing volunteers’ life, country with children etc. In the 2nd week, we will visit around and do 1. Cultural exchange programs with villagers including youth. 2. Working with village families and 3.Assist self help group member’s.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Village house with a host family, close to nice paddy fields. There is electricity and mobile phones are working. 3G/2G data connection is working, but no WiFi. You can’t use toilet papers here that block the drainage lines. You have to wash your cloths by hand and have to hang outside for drying. At the night you can see lots of bright stars at the sky.

📍 About the location

Polonnaruwa, Subrub of Higurakgoda, located at 256 km from Colombo, with a lot of legendary stories. It is a rural area with low facilities, but lot of kind and friendly people. Surrounding are lakes and paddy fields with fresh breeze, you can feel. Leisure:Organizing cultural exchange events, Excursion, Environmental Education, Expeditions, Farewell party, etc.

⚠️ Requirements

High motivation to work while experiencing different type of life style, accept challenges, adopt to local environment, respect and accept local life and culture.

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

185.00 USD ≈ 166 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

3X2J+75P Sri Lanka Air Force Base Hingurakgoda, Hingurakgoda, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR / ₨)

Exchange rate

1 LKR = 0.002693 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

India Standard Time

Local time: 21:06 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Sinhala Tamil