📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The association was founded in 2009 by a group of passionate individuals from different fields of professions, industries like education, media, design, culinary, tourism, and art. We have acquired many years of experiences on promoting the aesthetics of agricultural activities, events, brands, and lifestyle.
In 2017, we decided to push ourselves further and designed the program called "agro-living wellness". With this program, we hope to advocate the importance of Taiwanese organic farming, ecology, and sustainable living. We aspire to influence farmers and non-farmers of Taiwan and around the world.
💼 What the programme involves
take place in Taoyuan City, activities will include, lessons on Mandarin Chinese, local arts and crafts, visits to local villages, touring temples, local market, and some amazing natural scenic sites that you can explore during your free time.
Roll Up Your Sleeves: Activities such as digging irrigation pools, cutting rattan, harvesting fruit are all examples of the type of hard work that makes a difference to the lives of others, which in turn, increases positive energy!
Heal Body & Mind: Volunteers will keep a simple daily schedule. Waking at dawn and resting at sunset will help reset your internal clock, which will lead to a more balanced body & mind.
Preserve Folk Art: Hundreds of village artists combine their creative skills to express the beauty of their simpler life philosophy.
Pursue Culinary Art: The process of Culinary Art begins with our beloved soil. It produces organic fruits and vegetables that are healthier for our bodies.
Exchange Cultures: We can enrich each other’s lives by learning about each other’s unique backgrounds; creating new experiences, supplementing one another’s shortcomings, and promoting personal growth as a team.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers stay in the village in either a shared or private bedroom
📍 About the location
Learn By Serving: Your time and energy is a gift to the local farmers, as well as to the environment. Your aid creates a positive cycle that generates feelings of serenity and belonging between yourself and the people you help. This is also a gift to yourself.
Improve Rural Habitat: Organic and natural farming requires a great deal of labor force. Combining the efforts of people from all walks of life can bring the manpower and energy needed to optimize the environment of Taiwan’s more rural areas.
Sustainable Spirit: We can show our appreciation to Nature by treating it with respect. Sustainable agriculture benefits the environment by maintaining soil quality, reducing soil degradation and saving water.
ℹ️ Additional information
Please take note of the project's minimum requirements: •Min age 18 •High school graduate •Able to work in heat (sunlight), nature with insects •Good physical fitness •Love a good sweat •Police clearance form •Immunizations (please consult your doctor)