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Join Casa Vainilla, a 33-hectare private property and preserve, where we cultivate organic vanilla and protect the Amazon Rainforest's biodiversity. We are dedicated to eco-friendly vanilla cultivation, while promoting local development and collaboration with our neighbors' farms. We view vanilla and cocoa as sustainable farm alternatives. Help care for our organic vanilla plants while supporting biodiversity conservation and sustainable farming.
20 hours of help per week
Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.
Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.
Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
Amount: US$ 150 Per week
Fee pays for: Materials for volunteer activities and Donation to project
Description: Volunteers pay US$ 200 per week, which includes private accommodation, daily lunch, and all farm activities (vanilla and cocoa farming, plus preserve and trail monitoring and maintenance).
2 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.
Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Beginner Spanish or Intermediate English
Between 18 and 65 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Travel insurance
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Our property has 2 vanilla greenhouses with 2,000 plants. Caring after the vanilla plants is the main daily task of the volunteers. 90% of our property is forest, primary and secondary, and we have a network on connecting trails that also need monitoring and maintenance. And we also have a processing facility where we make vanilla extract.
We also work together with a neighbor who grows cocoa trees, and who processes beans and makes organic chocolate when in production.
We have local staff who lead our work, and the volunteer/s will work with and assist them.
The volunteer is expected to carry out around 20 hours of work weekly, divided in 5 shifts of 4 hours each. Daily tasks can include:
- Watering the vanilla plants
- Cleaning the vanilla beds (weeding)
- Processing the organic composting boxes, gathering organic material or carrying material to the composting sites
- Applying organic fertilizer on the vanilla plants (as needed per the workplan)
- Doing trail maintenance, clearing the internal trails.
- Harvesting vanilla pods, and cocoa beans.
- Processing cocoa beans.
- Making artisanal chocolate.
- Some landscaping (using shovels, machetes, and/or brush-cutter/trimmer machine).
- Some construction/repair work. Assisting our staff if required.
Please:
No partying. No loud music.
