Revitalise Agriculture in Grenada at this Sustainable Ecolodge

  Grenada

St. David

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months, 1-2 years and over 2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: All year

Description: This community service program will start in Early Spring 2008 by building an organic nursery -that does not yet exist in Grenada- to produce seedlings for short crops as well as spice trees. The beneficiaries are -often older- farmers that could not start up their farm because the access is still blocked and/or covered with dead trees and debris, caused by hurricane Ivan in September 2004. The program is a private initiative of the resort. Since local volunteers are not available, the resort decided to introduce the Volunteer Vacation that offers a balance between volunteer work (4 hours on weekdays) and enjoying the island. Volunteers only pay for meals, drinks and services; the accommodation is free. Volunteers are asked to work every morning on weekdays and enjoy a high end activity program, including social contacts with locals. For the nursery the project seeks support from nursery suppliers. Everything from shade cloth to nursery sprinklers is welcome as the nursery needs to be built from scratch. The size can be as small as 200 square feet. Organic seeds have already been committed -and sent- by High Mowing Organic Seeds. The resort is carbon neutral and during your stay your help to off set your CO2 emissions from your flight and probably more.

This project is part of Ecoteer - the solution to travel and volunteering on a shoestring

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Highlights: Role of Volunteer

This volunteer vacation lets you experience the friendly people of Grenada at local festivals and volunteer work, enjoy the beautiful nature, hike to waterfalls and explore Robinson Crusoe beaches, watch dolphins and whales, do a Catamaran trip, ride a horse, scuba dive and other great activities. On 5 mornings per week you assist farmers to rebuild their crop or tree farms (destroyed by hurricane Ivan in September 2004). Most of the selected beneficiaries are older people without the resources to start up their small farms.

Cost: We offer volunteers free accommodation in appreciation for their efforts to help the local people, We only charge for meals/drinks/services. This can be either a Full Board (all meals and drinks during meals) at US$ 65 per day or Super Inclusive which adds a wide variety of excursions and all drinks outside meals for 94.50 US$ per person/day. The difference between the two is pure cost, so it really does not make a difference to us which option you chose.

Qualifications: None

Cost in US$: 65 per day

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Grenada Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 1-5

Application Process Involves:

• Other
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

Ecoteer's Mission Statement: To help locally run grass root organisations to achieve their aims via attracting paying volunteers and tourists. Plus we personally help develop and improve the projects we work with to help them to achieve their objectives.

Year Founded: 2005