Biodynamic farm & communal life 2018
Rihun kyläkoulun Oppimiskeskus ry
Rihun Kyläkoulun oppimiskeskus RY
Heinola, Finlandiya
Description
We are community/collective based farm in the middle of finnish forest and lakeside. We have many volunteers through the year, mainly in summertime. We are growing biodynamic and organic vegetables in open-land and greenhouses, so its lot to do with farming, but we also renovate buildings, fix tools and machines, do animalcare(cows) and many other things involving the life in finnish countryside life. We are working daily in small or big groups depending whats seasonally most urgent. With our work we are trying to make this area and place for all people who like to have an experiment with rural lifestyle and nature with not much facilities, learning self-suffiecnt skills, ecological lifestyle and sustaineble development. We also making different small social&cultural projects village surrounding us and other small villages nearby. Volunteer will be part of making happen differrent events on the farm area or nearby small cities.
Konaklama, yemek ve yol ayarlamaları
We have 350m2 communal building with twin-bed rooms to sleep in. Also house have dining room, kitchen, tv-room, office, library, kids-playroom, toilet, shower and sauna. We using outside toilets in summertime. We are eating always together and we share the cooking turns. We also take care of house together, cleaning, washing dishes etc. Nearest town is Heinola, 30km away and local transpotition is poor. From Heinola can take buses to capital and other places. Volunteers with licence can borrow a car for free-daytime-activities with own responsibility.
Training during the activity
On-arrival training Finnish vocational training once a week at the farm.
Participant profile
Looking for volunteers aged 25-30, with supporting idea of having unemployed persons. We are hoping to have 7 month time of activiting persons who maybe dont have inspiration of working in their own countries. We hope that persons who arrive would be self-reliant and are willing to guide other younger (..or older) persons who arrive as well to the farm later in summer. No need any special skills, just we hope that youre interested in the topics we work on, thats very important. We have already 3 persons coming from another coutries, still looking for a person from GERMANY ONLY :)
Activity dates
Tarihinden 13/03/2018 tarihine kadar 31/10/2018
Activity location
Rihuntie 731, Heinola, Finlandiya
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Almanya
Activity topics
Deadline for applications
Son başvuru tarihi: 10/01/2018 23:59