logo-vm
TIPO DE BECA CODIGO PAIS LUGAR ACTIVIDAD INICIA TERMINA
Mediano/largo plazo
Menores de Edad
Senior
SMILE MLTV05 INDIA Madhyamgram TEEN/FARM/CUL/ENVI 10/05/2023 31/12/2023

URBAN ORGANIC FARMING AND NURSERY DEVELOPMENT|SMILE MLTV05| 2023-05-010 - 2023-12-31| TEEN/FARM/CUL/ENVI  Age: 16-99

Encourage Urban organic farming among city dwellers and training youth volunteers .

Exciting sustainable environmental project at SMILE NGO ,India !! Save the mother planet. Our tagget to develop the. Nursery where we make saplings for community distribution.To  grow vegetable for street and refugee children everyday food requirement and to aware city dwellers how to grow vegetable even living in small apartment or lawn or even on the roof!!  Volunteer Group with motivated youth are welcome !!This project can help to grow organic vegetable and fruit . lets help us to bring revolution in horticulture and floriculture  . International volunteer would have learn how to grow vegetable in urban area where open space not available.Through organic way of farming an farming backyard /roof/lawn or any other place available in any urban house . This project could resolve the food problem among urban based poor and lower middle class people. Also through our rooftop and vertical farming can bring down the carbon footprint. Even a person living on street can grow enough vegetable for him .This project can bring down environmental pollution level in cities if we can spread it around and creat proper awareness . There would be painting activities as well as cultural exchange programme  !! Energetic youth group for short or long term would be valuable in this project .

Your volunteers as individuals or groups welcome .

Work Activities:-

* Clay preparation

* Watering

* Organic fertilizer preparation

* Care taking of the Nursary

* Growing sapling

* Germination assistance

* Manual activities

Accommodation and food:  Accommodation: Dormitory basis in  host family  as per available on arrival ( on cot with mattress/on floor with mattress,  2--4 volunteers in one  room) shared accommodation (normally male & female separate room). You will get accommodation till 6 pm on the last day of your camp.We are unable to provide you any accommodation before or after these dates. Please arrange your own accommodation in case of early arrival or late departure .You are requested to meet our representative at the meeting place on exact time given above. If you arrive early then you can have your stay in any of the different hotels available nearby Airport, within 2 -3 km .on the road popularly called as V.I.P road. You are requested to take any cab to check in any of these hotels. If you arrive at earlier night then you are requested to stay inside the airport terminal and meet at the next morning with our representative at 12 noon.

Food: You will get 3 times local home made food  from host family as per available on arrival.  Please do not expect any kind of special dishes (veg/non veg) or cold drinks or special living room or air conditioned room during your term. You are requested to get ready for a simple and challenging life.

 

Location:  Madhyamgram

Location and Lesiure:  INDIA is an amazing country with diverse  culture and tradition .Interesting people ! Explore the country with exciting diversity .Kolkata ,the city of joy was known before as Calcutta since the colonial time. This ancient city was used to be the capital of British colonial period. Madhyamgram is a suburb with full of heart . All modern amenities are available in the suburb.Local people are basically belongs to the middle ,lower middle and poor class . City Kolkata is known for its busy traffic ,huge population ,warm weather and poverty around the street corners! It is a great place to visit for every tourist coming to India.  Kolkata( itself is a great tourist place with its historical value ) is well connected with many famous and attractive tourist places .

 

Requirements:.  Should have Covid 19 vaccination. E-Tourist visa is easy and quick  as long as you are a short term visitor and  purpose of visit  is Tourism. If you wish to volunteer for longterm then you should Apply for Employment Visa for Volunteering purpose in  registered NGO like SMILE Society. You are requested to bring required docs like passport copies, visa copies, 2 copies of your recent photos etc. which you requested to submit on your arrival to our representative.

Meeting point: Airport pickup (volunteers are requested to meet our rep at the meeting point on time .Meeting details would be given through this info sheet.

Date of Joining : Anytime of the year.

Nearest Rail Station: Madhyamgram

Language:  English

Extra Fee: 400 US/month