Volunteer in a Eco Yoga Ashram

India - Mayapur project

2011-04-23T01:03:00.000-07:00

This project, called Jhanavi Kunja, is placed just next to the Ganges river, 4 hours ride north of Calcutta in West Bengal. It breathes the beauty of simple living and high thinking and this is where you will be staying of you come here. The program here is quite flexible, as the number of volunteers and their abilities and interests vary. The projects that volunteers will be engaged in (according to their interest and according to what is urgent for the moment) are:

Practical cleaning of chosen areas

Many (almost all) areas are inundated by plastic. Previously, India was the best recycling nation, with leaf plates and clay cups and dry toilet systems. But the effects of globalisation has brought to india an inundation with plastics, in form of bags, emballage, bottles, cups and plates, now even the areas that are concidered holy are being polluted and the cow, that for so long and still is concidered holy, has a diet of plastic bags and garbage.

So in this Mayapur project we have dedicated to clean up some chosen places to show people and educate how much the atmosphere and beauty of a landscape/village changes when garbage is taken care of and is not laying around everywhere. The desire to change is the first step, and we see that is must come from witnessing and experiencing the difference.

Education - sustainable alternatives

We invite for lectures focused on a sustainable lifestyle, on supporting local villagers etc etc. Similar to the work that Ghandi started many years ago but that was drowned when TV invaded India with the american dream. You may also according to your interest also help local children by teaching them english and to value a sustainable lifestyle.

Food distribution

Very often in India there is a reason to celebrate. You will be amazed to see that there is almost every week some special day. These days, and other days as well, vegetarian foods are distributed and for sure this is something you can help out with.

Extra opportunities for you

Ofcourse, since you are in India, you have the great opportunity to learn the practical and deeper aspects of Yoga. All around the area there are alot of people singing bhajans (hindu songs). Learn indian music instruments. Opportunities vary.

Since Jhanavikunja also is functioning as an ashram we ask you to refrain from drugs, sex and any type of meat (meat, fish, eggs).

What you need to bring:

- Sleeping bag, sleeping mat, blankets, mosqito repellent, sun block and a hat for the sun.

- Personal hygiene articles to wash yourself and toilet paper, too.

How to come here - by Train

From Howrah station (twin city of calcutta)
If you are catching a train at Howrah, a clean and less-crowded train to catch is Intercity express, which leaves Howrah at about 3pm (the train does not operate on Sundays.) It reaches Nabadwip Dham by about 5:45pm.
There are trains leaving Howrah and which pass through Nabadwip Dham, practically every hour and a half, but they are sometimes quite crowded. It takes about 3 - 4 hours to reach Nabadwip Dham from Howrah.
Once you reach Nabadwip Dham station, you have to take a rikshaw to Mayapur Ghat and then get on a boat to cross over the Ganga to reach Hular Ghat at Mayapur. Take a rikshaw to come to our farm.
From Sealdah station
Sealdah is a train station located within Kolkata. There are trains leaving Sealdah and which pass through Krishnanagar. Usually these trains are crowded. It takes about two hours to reach Krishnanagar from Sealdah.
From Krishnanagar, you can catch a rikshaw to go to the bus terminal (“bus stand”) and catch a bus to Mayapur. Or, you can get into a three-wheeler to go to Mayapur Ghat in Swarup Ganj (where Bhaktivinoda Thakura used to live), get on a boat to cross over the Jalangi river to reach Hular Ghat at Mayapur. Then take a rikshaw to come to the farm.

Train ticketing

If you need to book train ticket, you can do it yourself directly from Indian Railways official online booking website at http://www.irctc.co.in (free registration required). Usualy you have to do booking 1-2 months in advance, especially for popular routes and periods. If you are unable to do advance booking and for all the trains all general quota tickets are already booked, still you have chance to get some extra tickets from TatKal quota, for which booking starts 4 days before the train. TatKal quota tickets will cost you Rs.150 extra.

Alternatively you can also contact us for booking train tickets and taxis:

Contact:

Phone: +91-0565-2443932 or +91-9800496392
E-mail: vrindakunja(at)gmail.com

If you receive no answer neither by phone nor email you can always email: vasudeva.das(at)gmail.com

Ecuador - Saraswati Ahimsa Vana

2010-01-20T01:10:00.000-08:00

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Welcome to Saraswati Ahimsa Vana… a hidden paradise in the Amazon Jungle that words cannot describe. We are a Bhakti-yoga orientated family starting up an organic farm and nature reserve to protect part of the Amazon rainforest and the animals within. Our goal is to teach our foreign visitors and Ecuadorian neighbours about simple living, high thinking.

At the current moment we are reforesting 26 hectares (approximately 60 acres) of secondary rainforest with native plants and trees from the Amazon, returning natural feeding grounds to the hunted animals. We are in the process of forming a legitimate Ecuadorian foundation to offer a haven to the surrounding Amazon wildlife.

for contact and exact location, visit their website: http://wisdomforest.org

Our project is a non-profit based community living system but we kindly ask for donations to be able to enlarge our nature reserve before the rainforest is cut down. To enroll on our volunteer program we ask for a donation of $10 a day, $70 a week... or $300 a month. This is to cover the cost of food and personnel and anything left over goes towards the nature reserve foundation. If you would like to give an extra donation to help buy surrounding land to protect the animals from hunters it'll be more than welcome too. We'll give you good vegetarian food 3 times a day...(please do not bring any meat, fish or eggs) and we ask you to help out with a minimum of 7 hours service a day, there is lots to do as this project is just starting up... We kindly ask everyone to refrain from smoking, drugs and getting angry throughout their stay... this place to get away from all of that boring stuff....

LODGING FOR VOLUNTEERS

We have just finished building the new lodge for volunteers. We have one big room for male and another for female volunteers. Both have a nice view of the jungle surroundings.

House during construction (now it looks like on the picture below.) We want to construct more houses like this and smaller ones for volunteers to live in.

This house hosts kitchen, yoga/conference room and toilets.

As a volunteer you’ll have the opportunity to experience a different culture and different way of living based on Vedic Principles, with people who care about nature and ecology. Volunteers have the opportunity to help and learn about vegetarian cooking, permaculture, natural medicine, green building, yoga, meditation, philosophy, and will learn about working with conscious art and educational programs for children living in and around the community. You can also bring your creative energies to our workshops, make new friends and have the experience of a lifetime.

The wild animals (monkeys, capybaras, toucans, macaws, deer, armadillo, boa constrictors just to name a few) are still hunted for food and the nearby forest is disappearing as we speak. Our goal is to work with the local community schools throughout the Napo Province and Ecuador to teach alternative sustainable ways of living and create a better future for Ecuador and its people.

If you are nice to the animals they will like you :)

This is the most dangerous animal in the whole forest but some fortunate souls are allowed to play with her

Can you see the bird?

for contact and exact location, visit their website: http://wisdomforest.org

WHAT TO DO THERE?

Tropical Permaculture

In the rainforest everything grows very fast and permaculture is the natural way to go here.

Green Building

Composting

Compost is great help in rainforest permaculture

Yoga and Mantra Meditation

for contact and exact location, visit their website: http://wisdomforest.org

Plus much more...

- Chocolate Making
- Drumming
- Teaching English
- Learning Kichwa
- Vegetarian Cooking
- Tubing in the river

And much more... every Sunday there’s an excursion to incredible river or waterfall off the beaten track, unforgettable places...

If you enjoy swimming you´ll be in your element around Saraswati Ahimsa Vana…

Planting coconut trees

Take a swing like tarzan!

Temascal - Aztec sauna

Banana harvest

for contact and exact location, visit their website: http://wisdomforest.org

Colombia - Varsana Yoga Monastary

2008-09-26T08:13:00.001-07:00

1 hour outside of the city Bogota you find this beautiful Yoga Monastary. There are 10 hektars of the most wonderful water sanctuary where the river comes directly out of the mountain.

Work; preserving the watersourses, organic agriculture, community development, kitchen work, eco trailmaking, tourguiding, sleepingbeds (unlimited)

Contact: Nispapa

Tel. 0057-(9186)69028

Homepage: http://www.varsana.com/

This is a vegetarian restaurant on the land constructed from bambu.

A nun meditating in the morning...

Sculptures in the park...

Sometimes one have to watch out!

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Bolivia - Coroico Eco Bambu Mandal

2008-09-26T04:37:00.000-07:00

Project location: COROICO is a Bolivian population situaded 100km from La Paz and is the capital of the province Nor Yungas.

It has a temperate to warm/hot climate depending on the season and is one of the principal tourist destinations of the provinces of La Paz.

The population is aymaras (indigenous peoples), afro-bolivianos, mestizos, and foreigners. The town yields to all types of service, also the town itself is picturesque and one can appreciate from whatever point the majestic mountains, captivated in its full leafy natured effulgence.

Some minutes away in an automobile and an hour walk, you will find yourself along the flowing veins of mother nature's Black rivers and Coriguayo.
Also you can enjoy the surrounding furtile energy of the coca, banana, coffee and citric fruit plantations, which is the means of survival for this region-along with tourism too.

The Afro-Bolivian community Tocaña is located near this sector, where we are able to relish ourselves with their culture through their traditional dances and the quality in which characterizes their people.

To arrive at Coroico from La Paz:

· Take the normal highway
· Take the famous highway "The Highway of the Dead" with breathtaking views and panorams.
· Walk following the precolombian tourist path "El Choro" that last 3 days.

The Yungas is a region of Bolivia located to the northeast from the city of La Paz.
It's situated at the downhills of the eastern cordillera of the Andes towards the amazonian basin with a varied altitude that varies from 600 to 2.500 meters above sea level.

Yunga belongs to an ecosystem that is characterized for being humid with fog and precipitation, also it's home to succulent green hillsides, cliffs, rivers, waterfalls, and exuberant vegetation.

Of the entire country, Yunga is one of the richest eco-regions that contains an abundant quantity of species of animals and vegetation. For example, the tapir, peccary (wild hog), agouti (rodent), otter, weasel, monkeys, jaguars, foxes, ferrets, coati raccoons, guinea pigs, mouse opossums, and birds.

In the warm Bolivian Yungas valleys it's common to see terraces carved out to cultivate coca, coffee, sugar cane, bananas, papayas, lacayotes (squash), lúcumas, amaranto (kiwicha), achupallas o bromelias (flowers), corn etc.

Ethnologically, the Yungas is the name given to mixed peoples of the region with melanoafricanas origins; who were descendents of African slaves brought to the Americas to work in the "mitas", the Peruvian mines during spanish colonialism. Later they estableshed themselves in the warm, damp and humid valleys of the eastern Bolivian region of the Andes.

HOW TO CONTACT US

For more questions write us in english, spanish, french or italian at the following email:

voluntariosarica@yahoo.es

Also you can call us at the following numbers:

- (0056) 989730227 - Chile (en español, ingles, francés o italiano)
- (00591) 2413485 - Bolivia (en ingles o español)
- (00591) 71551831 - Bolivia (en español)

HOW TO ARRIVE TO COROICO

From the city of La Paz it's easy and safe to arrive at the finca with public transportation including some members of the finca would be more then happy to accompany you there.

1. Take a minibus at the ex-gasolinera of Villa Fatima terminal (La Paz) that takes you to Coroico's terminal, for the price of 15-25 bolivianos ($2-4) with a trip duration of 2hrs and 30minutes.

2. Get off at the terminal in Coroico, walk 5 minutes climbing the stairs of the terminal until you reach the center (el centro).

3. From there take a minibus for 3.50 bolivianos directly to Carmen Pampa, 15 minutes.

4. Ask the driver to get off at the Hotel Finca, the Monastery is the property that follows.

Also in the city of La Paz you can take a taxi for 200-300 bolivianos ($28-40) directly to the finca.

There exist the option of walking the precolombian tourist path called "El Choro" that last 3 days, depending on the walking velocity.

For more information please don't hesitate to contact us via mail or by calling us:

voluntariosarica@yahoo.es

- (0056) 989730227 Chile (en español, ingles, francés o italiano)
- (00591) 2413485 Bolivia (en ingles o español)
- (00591) 71551831 Bolivia (en español)

read more and see more pictures:
http://volunteeringbolivia.blogspot.com

WHAT TO BRING TO COROICO

For your comfort bring the following:

- sleeping bag
- warm clothes and rain-proof garments
- flashlight
- hygiene bag (toothbruh, shampoo,etc)
- notebook, pen and USB (memory) to share information
- hat, natural sun-screen (block, protector) and natural bug repelant.

Realize that the eco-village is situated in a raw, rural environment with subtropical climate and that it is still in its first sprouts of constructional existance. Being here is determined by austere conditions.

AVAILABLE SERVICE AT COROICO

The eco-village is still under construction but there's the availability of rooms for volunteers and an area for camping.

The eco-village has electric connection(220volt), water and gas.

There's the possibility to take therapeutic alternatives, yoga, mantra, and hindu music classes as well.

HOW IT WORKS

As explained earlier in "Volunteer at Coroico" the volunteer will do 6 hours of service, at a cost of $ 7.00 (US dolares) daily.

This includes:

• 3 lacto-vegetarian meals daily
• houseing in shared rooms and seperated by gender
• possibility to camp
• daily clases on vedic philosophy, meditation mantras, hindu music
• yoga clases and natural therapeutics (when available)

This is the old road to Coroico. It is no more used for busses, because of the simple reason that it is the most deadly road in the world.

Cusco - Pioneer project by the Inka "Apu" mountain

2008-09-26T03:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to "Shraddavan", so far consisting of 1 hektar uncultivated land. It has most amazing bathing facilities, it lays next to a river at the feet of one of the sacred mountains of the Incas called "Apu". It is close to san salvador, and you can go there by the arequipa road that goes through the sacred valley of the Incas.

Spectacular beauty, only for those who can stay in tents right now, facility under construction. Here we want to plant trees and many things.

In charge: Chaitanya nitai and Saranagati, they have a yogacenter in Sanblaz square in Cusco, from where they organize tours. This is a new project. You get there from the Yogacenter in Cusco.

Address: "La Casa de la Cultura" - Street Carmen Alto 111 San Blas, Cuzco, Peru.
Phone: 084-223846 móbil 9326175
Email:chaitanyand@gmail.com
Website: yogacusco.com

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Ecuador - Vrindavan Jardin Ecologico

2008-09-02T02:37:00.000-07:00

Vrindavan Jardin Ecologico is located in beautiful subtropical jungle, 60 hektars of land (of which most is virgin forest), spectacular waterfalls for baths. This farm receives visitors from all over the world and has a nice vegetarian restaurant and has a steamy sweatlodge.

In the Ecological Corredor you can find more than 1000 species of the 3700 Orchids of Ecuador. Situated in the heart of this beautiful valley, you can appreciate these beautiful gifts of mother nature in our orchid farm.

There is no other place in Ecuador where you can eat great vegetarian food, play with a monkey, admire orchids, plant herbs and sweat out toxins in a temascal.

Your participation:
needs help in eco garden
orchid plantation
construction
kitchen
etc etc

How to get there:
Arrive in Quito, then you go to Esmeralda 853, where is our main center in an old style colonial monastary that is now a Yoga temple. From there we take a bus to Rio Negro via Baños. Vrindavan is situated 3 kms from Rio Negro, a town situated halfway between Baños and Puyo. From Rio Negro, cross the bridge over the Pastaza river and follow the road uphill until you arrive. In the town you can ask the local people for a camioneta (taxi) which will transport you to the farm for $ 2.

contact: Sukamrita, fincavrindavan@yahoo.com
Cel: (593) 86016152

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Brazil - Vrinda Bhumi farm

2008-09-02T02:10:00.000-07:00

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Dear visitor or volunteer
We are located in Minas Gerais and are working with enthusiasm in an eco community named Vrinda Bhumi. There is alot to do which provides great opportunity for learning and hope for your help to improve services to our local community. The climate is very nice and it is possible to live in a tent.

Vrinda Bhumi is a pioneer project of extraordinary beauty. There are more than 10 water falls in our farm with beautiful facilities and a big river for swimming. You can find many other waterfalls at walking distance. Vrinda bhumi is a pioneer project. Swami Puri, who is also a Inbound Yoga instructor, started this community 6 years ago. We are making Eco Paths through the jungles and maintaining beautiful organic cultivations, fruit trees, etc. We are composting and working with lombriculture.

We are in the beautiful Mingerais area of Brasil, next to Baependi in a place called "The water circuit". The surrounding mountains are called "The Crying Mountains" or "Serra de Mantequeira".

In Vrinda Bhumi we have nice camping facilities with nice bathroom. We probably have the first and only termate hill mandir inspiring our Inbound Yoga Meditation. We are deep in the jungles, with much wild life, such as different monkeys, tropical birds, tucans, pumas.

Artistic contributions are welcome

Volunteer program:

We offer you to learn Portuguese and Spanish, and hope that you teach us English :). Learn to play drums, to meditate with nice music, and you will learn discipline, which helps us to control the body and the mind. Live here far away from facebook and electricity, with pure air and nature sounds.

Hatha Yoga:
The practice of this healthy modality of yoga will give flexibility to your body and put your mind in a very relaxed modaliy, allowing you to experiment harmony through a mind and body transformation. The practice of Hatha Yoga is made in the fields what helps your body and soul to reach the proper connection with your inner voice.

Agriculture and vegetarian food:
Agriculture is one of the most important activities in Vrinda Bhumi, so we are preparing the land to offer us the perfect food. Organic vegetables are part of good nutrition and in order for us to get them you will learn about natural plantation what will allow you to evolve orders in this magnific process which includes, through knowledge and practice, to protect and respect the environment.

Sorting out the seeds/beans

Planting the seeds

Planting trees

Beautiful cows in harmony with humans, giving more milk than the calf can take

Life Philosophy:
Vedic philosophy classes are offered on daily basis. The main purpose of these classes is to show that is it possible to perform a really great service to humanity.

Early morning

Construction:
You will learn how to construct different architectural buildings using ecological materials. You will learn about the Truly constructions and temazcals.

Important points to be considerated:
The food is lacto-vegetarian and it consists of three meals per day, based on healthy lacto-vegetarian natural products.

Please note that we request our visitors or volunteers to abstain from intoxicants and extramarital relationship to preserve the sanctity of the project.

The community does not have electricity nor internet.

What you need to bring:
-A tent, a sleeping bag, blankets, a lantern, a camping math (if possible), hat, mosquitos repellent, sun block.
-Confortable clothes and also warm clothes in order to keep you well sheltered up to the night.
-Personal hygienic articles (preferably organic ones) to wash yourself and toilet paper too.

What you cannot bring:
-Any kind of drugs or hallucinogens, tobacco, alcohol, etc.
-Any kind of food that contains any kind o meat (including fish) or eggs.

Cost: 6 US daily or 180 US per month corresponding to three meals per day. This is also equivalent to 4 or 5 hours of work in any of our areas.

The program includes Hatha Yoga and other classes, Meditation, Vedic philosophy study programmes, ecological paddles, accommodation and full vegetarians meals. We follow Mahatma Gandhi's concept of sustentable living we are bulding more huts with clay made by ourselves. Our Truly to Meditate just need some finishing touchs. And if all this appeals to you, we are only 5 hours from Sao Paulo's airport. You can make contact with us and we explain you how we can meet.

Contact: Marissa Fidalgo (speaks english) mohanamurti(at)gmail.com
Tel.: 0055 (11) 5908-1361

Blogg: http://volunteeringvrindabhumi.blogspot.com/

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Costa Rica - Shantivan farm

2008-09-02T01:51:00.000-07:00

This farm is located close to the active volcano Arenal. It´s in a very beautiful area with alot of wildlife. In the farm is 5 cabins that can hold 8 people each. With its 10 hektars of land alot of help is needed :)

Your participation:
To help in the organic farming under the expert guidance of Vrajendra and Nandalal, help in the trekkingprograms, cooking, maintainance and gardening.

Contact:
cabanias@pocosol.co.cr

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Argentina - Eco Yoga Park

2008-01-28T01:19:00.000-08:00

The Art Workshop

Experience a Sustainable Way of Life
Focus: A, Ed, M, SD

Description: Eco Yoga Park is a non-profit organization which is developing a life in balance with nature. The eco village is located in a beautiful rural environment just 60kms from Buenos Aires. Eco Yoga Park welcome vegetarians or those who like to experience a vegetarian lifestyle. Within this eco conscious community, you will learn about yoga, meditation, vegetarian cooking, organic agriculture, nutrition, different kinds of art and life philosophy. Volunteers work for 4 to 5 hours per day on sustainable activities in the park (i.e. organic gardening, eco building, teaching English, etc), and have the opportunity to participate in various workshops. They welcome anyone that wants to expand their horizons, be connected with nature and the inner self.

Listen, read and see the report from one of the volunteers...

Organization: Eco Yoga Park Address: Rute 24, km48, General Rodriguez, Buenos Aires Project

Location: General Rodriguez, 60km from Buenos Aires

Languages: English or Spanish

Who can volunteer? Teenagers, adults, seniors of both sexes

Cost: The project costs US$15 per day for stays of less than 2 week or $US12 per day for stays of more than 2 weeks. The fee includes accommodation in touristic cabin (bed, hot water, blanket, etc), organic vegetarian food, and various activities (Hatha yoga classes, meditation, Spanish conversation, music-therapy with oriental instruments, Vedic philosophy study programmes, etc)

Commitment: 1 week minimum

Contact: Thakur Das
Email: info@ecoyogapark.com

Website: www.ecoyogapark.com

Phone: 0054 11 49010744 or 0054 11 1565070577

Fax: None

Cooking course

The restaurant where all vegetarian food is served. (Meat is prohibitied)

Meditation with bells

Yoga training

Stevia - a very good and healthy substitute for sugar

Indian music

Chomp Chomp (the cat) likes volunteers

see more pictures...

Peru - Eco Truly Park

2007-12-03T06:52:00.000-08:00

Dear

You are welcome to participate in our volunteer program. We hope that we can provide you with the experience to live in a community and learn by helping. Here you will find special people that will do their best to make you feel comfortable and at home; you will have such an experience that you might want to stay here forever and never leave. Below is a brief description of the community. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions.

*Please read this carefully.*

Best Regards
//Druva

Eco Truly Park is a beautiful Peruvian Pacific coast ecological, artistic community founded on Vaisnava principles, strategically located on Chacra y Mar beach, a district of Aucallama, in the province of Huaral, one hour by bus or car (63 km) north of the capital city, Lima.
We live together according to principles of non-violence, simple living and elevated thinking, and visitors can learn and experience how it is possible to live happily in harmony with nature, others, and themselves. We are looking for people that are basically open-minded and want to practice tolerance, compassion and patience.

The architecture and values of the community is in part inspired by Indian traditional teachings and lifestyle. We are the first lively ecological educational center in Peru and have inspired similar successful projects in neighboring countries such as Chile, Ecuador, Colombia and Bolivia. http://officebap.com/directory/ The community is located at 2.5 m above sea level and consisted previously of completely sandy, unworkable land, but in the last 18 years we have developed a unique organic awareness cultivation and ecological program run by an increasing number of residents and volunteers, with the goal of becoming fully sustainable and self-sufficient.

Today our community is visited by the people from Lima and all over the world, who are able to experience an alternative way of life. The surrounding area of Huaral has thus been positively influenced in terms of the development of ecological consciousness. According to recent professional studies, Eco Truly Park programs have become a model of sustainable alternative solutions for the extreme poverty that impacts more than half of Peruvian citizens (over 14 million people) living in rural and urban marginalized villages. Nowadays, Eco Truly Park is also recognized as an important tourist destination by local government and the Peruvian media, receiving over 75,000 visitors since its inception.

Usually the minimum requested time commitment for volunteers is one month, as it is costly for us to train and provide services to new volunteers. Some of our volunteers can only stay for a few weeks, so we understand that people may be time limited and accept short stays (minimum ten days) on a person by person basis, if you would like to stay for only a few days, there is the option to stay in our hostel.

Volunteers are allowed to stay at Eco Truly for as long as they wish. To get the most out of their experience, we estimate interns will want to commit themselves to at least 4 hours/day. Volunteers of all ages and backgrounds are welcome to join us; the only requirement is that you are enthusiastic about working with our community. Our basic accommodations are separate shared rooms for men and women; if you would prefer a separate, individual room in our hostel, we can provide that service for a slight cost.

We have a number of workshops that you can take advantage of including yoga, art, and vedic philosophy. You are also more than welcome to help out in our kitchen, vegetarian restaurant or bakery (operational 2 days a week). If you are willing to get dirty, you are can work in our organic farm with our biodynamic agronomist who also imparts theoretical and practical classes on organic agriculture, preparation of humus, and composting. More than anything we hope that you make new friends, and have the experience of a lifetime.

The nearest town is only 15 minutes away by car and provides Internet (about 1 sol per hour) and international calling service. There are also some small shops closer where you can by most necessary items. We do have a machine for laundry as well as sinks (if you want to wash clothes the old fashioned way and conserve energy).

In this moment we don't offer Spanish lessons but we do have a number of English speakers, and it is a very good place to practice Spanish in the performance of daily activities. People come here from all over the world, so we try and help out as much as possible to accommodate language difficulties.

We have a computer in our office that is available to for limited use, but we do not have available Internet. Electricity in Peru is 220 Volts, alternating at 60 cycles per second, so you may need a voltage converter.

Basic things we suggest that you should bring with you:
-A sleeping bag
-Toilet Paper.
-A book with a pen
-We recommend you to have an mp3 player. We love to share our music, audio books, and Vedic Philosophy classes.
-An ID Card , personal documents.
-And the will to be open minded and happy.
-NO drugs including alcohol and cigarettes please.

Remember that you are coming to join a group of people living together: this is a community group and it's a non-profit community. To know more about how we live please check out Oida Therapy at http://www.oidatherapy.org/. There you can download a book on the topic. There is an Vaisnava Ashram here too.

Picture galleries:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Ecotrulypark
http://pictures.aol.com/galleries/ecotrulypark
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8421419@N04
http://www.slide.com/r/WFYxHWue6T-muGjGRW-WVREVvySoHCHV?previous_view=lt_embedded_url

Contact Person: Druva
Email: voluntariado@ecotrulypark.org
PS: Check our mail reply in your junk mail box

Cost 2009: $300 us dollars per month covers operating costs, basic
housing, meals, and extra activities.
10 days minimum time : $100 us dollars

Website: http://www.ecotrulypark.org/ http://www.ecotrulypark.blogspot.com/
Phone Number:00511-998271110

How to get there...
Our "Eco Village" is strategically located on Chacra y Mar beach, a district of Aucallama in the province of Huaral, one hour by bus or car(63 km) north of the capital city, Lima.
How to arrive: if you are in Lima , take a taxi to "PLAZA ACHO" at the end of "Abancay Avenue" , there is a bus station called "TURISMO HUARAL". We recommend that you take a taxi. The TURISMO HUARAL bus costs 5 soles.
You can take the taxi from outside of the airport , it is less expensive and you can bargain for a lower price. Maybe 20 or 15 soles. The taxi service from inside the airport is a bit more expensive but also more secure.

Eco Truly Park is located at the end of Pasamayo Road about one and a half hours north of Lima by the sea at "CHACRA Y MAR BEACH". Pay attention, as you will have to get off the bus at "PARADERO OVALO".
You can tell the bus assistant to advise you when you get to "PARADERO OVALO". From there you take a Taxi (5 soles)to "CHACRA Y MAR BEACH".
There you will see the big mud constructions (a traditional Indian structure called a Truly).
We will be waiting for you. You can call us at:
Cell: 998271110

Greetings !!
Druva
Eco Truly Park