INDIA / Sadhana Forest
Our main project is the reforestation of 70 acres of severely eroded land in Southern India. We are working to re-create the Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest indigenous to our area. This forest type is found only in Southern India and Sri Lanka and provides a rare biological richness due to its very high species abundance (over 1000 species of trees, shrubbery and liana). The Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest is now close to total extinction as only 0.01% survives. This is a last moment effort to keep this very rich and beautiful Forest on earth. As part of our reforestation effort we are also working on water conservation and soil management.
We are happy to welcome volunteers of any skill level here at any time of the year and always have plenty of space for them. The minimum stay is 4 weeks from December 1st to March 31st, though many volunteers stay for a few months or more. For volunteers arriving from April 1st to November 30th the minimum stay is 2 weeks.
Accommodation is provided in return for a 25 hour working week and additional community shifts of cooking and cleaning. Unfortunately we cannot afford to provide free food for volunteers as we are a charity. However, we share the cost of our 100% vegan and organic meals equally. The total cost of food per person is 200 Indian Rupees per day (this is just over $4 US.)
Please contact sadhanaforest@gmail.com or www.sadhanaforest.org for more information.
Expires: Feb 15, 2013