Rusinga Island

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Volunteer on an eco-village in Kenya

Immersion in community life

Practice permaculture in Kenya

Discover permaculture techniques in Kenya and live with the villagers of Rusinga Island.

Rusinga Island

Dates

All year round

Duration

Minimum 1 month

Tariff

590,00 €

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Detailed programme

Badilisha Eco Village promotes permaculture, farm design techniques, and ethics, earth care, people care, and sharing the surplus. It is a model farm, or epicenter, for both sustainable agriculture and holistic community development. Badilisha successfully hosted a Permaculture Development Course in March 2011 and aims to become an International Permaculture Center.
There is a primary school within the project that provides education to vulnerable children around the community. The project’s main aim is to promote and demonstrate sustainable practices, in particular food production and domestic issues, guided by the ethics and principles of permaculture.

The volunteer’s tasks:
The volunteer will be an integral part of community life:
⦁ Permaculture generally involves farm work activities like digging, weeding, slashing, mulching, and clearing of bushes in the project’s farm
⦁ Assisting the old and sick in doing general cleaning in their homesteads such as: doing laundry and washing dirty utensils during visits
⦁ Engaging in environment conservation activities such as collecting litter at the center’s compound, slashing and clearing of bushes, planning and coordinating environment conservation awareness and campaigns days
⦁ Soil conservation activities to manage soil erosion and improve soil fertility such as planting of trees and making of biodegradable manure for farm use
⦁ Beach cleanup exercises to improve sanitation and hygiene around the community

Dates

Programme available all year round

Location

Rusinga Island, Kenya

Duration

Minimum 1 month, maximum 6.

Living Conditions

For easier hosting, the project welcomes at least 2-3 volunteers at a time and not 1 volunteer. Volunteers will be accommodated at the project or in a host family by the project where all meals shall be provided. There are pit latrines, bath shelters and a kitchen at the project available for use by the volunteers.
Free time on the weekend to discover Kenya.
During weekends, volunteers can visit:
⦁ Lake Victoria,
⦁ Kisumu Museum,
⦁ the Equator line
⦁ Kisumu city

Tariff

590,00 €

for 1 month
2 months: 990 €
3 months: 1390 €

Fees cover the following services:
⦁ Aiport transfers (Arrival and Departure)
⦁ 3-day orientation seminar
⦁ Introduction to the city
⦁ Accommodation and food during orientation and during placement duration
⦁ Coordination and office support
⦁ Membership fees to the association

Application Process

Please contact us by email to receive the application package!

Good to know

Our partner organizes tours and safaris to spectacular sites of interest in Kenya.
Volunteers, who wish to participate, should let us know as soon as possible in order to enable us to make proper arrangements.
The fee charged is all-inclusive of meals, transport, park entry fees, accommodation and tour guiding.
The cost of a 3 days safari to Masai Mara National Reserve is 340 Euro.
It includes:
Day 1 : Nairobi – Maasai Mara : game viewing drive in the evening
Day 2 Maasai Mara : game viewing drive in the morning and the evening
Day 3 : Nairobi – Masaai Mara game viewing drive in the early morning