2019 at Ecological Farming Supporter
from 1,220€
Ecological Farming Supporter
Highlights
- Volunteer and expand your gardening knowledge
- Help bringing economic investment, awareness, development as well as outreach to people in the farming community
- Help establish brand new and sustainable smallholder cooperatives and partnerships
- Work towards inspiring others to practice environmentally best farming practices
- Relax in one of many riverside hammocks while watching the jungle life swing and sing around you
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About the program
Volunteers support in the maintainance and running of an ecological farming project based here in Bukit Lawang, North Sumatra!
Food is in our family, it is in our culture, it connects us to nature. But do we know where our food is grown, how it is grown and by whom? The answer is Eco-Farming.
Our program with the EcoFarm is important because it helps bring economic investment, awareness, development and outreach to people ...
Typical day
Volunteering at the Trust is no gap year holiday, our volunteers typically work from 08:00 to 18:00 on week days, and occasionally on weekends for training events and action days. We maintain an ethos of hard work and selfless commitment and all of our volunteers are here to serve the local ...
Free-time activities
Literally meaning "door to the hills", Bukit Lawang is a small village situated 90 kilometers northwest of Medan, the capital city of North Sumatra, Indonesia.
The village is on the edge of the magnificent Gunung Leuser National Park, which is one of the richest tropical-rainforest ecosystems in the ...
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Details on arrival
In 2023 we have 5 volunteer intakes during the year as follows:
Elephant Cycle: Friday 7th July - Sunday 3rd September
Leopard Cycle: Friday 8th September - Sunday 5th of November
Rhino Cycle: Friday 10th November - Sunday 17th December
The dates for 2024 are likely to be as follows but may change slightly depending on public holidays and events:
Orangutan Cycle: Friday 12th January - Sunday 10th of March
Tiger Cycle: Friday 19th of April - Sunday 16th June
Elephant Cycle: Friday 28th June - Sunday 25th August
Leopard Cycle: Friday 30th August - Sunday 27th October
Rhino Cycle: Friday 1st November - Sunday 15th December (6 weeks only)
Program fees
Meet your organization
Bukit Lawang Trust
Non-profit - founded in 2004
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About the project
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