Volunteer at a eco coffee farm in Cajamarca, Peru 🇵🇪

We belong to a long and old coffee producer family. We have got around thirty hectares of land of which we are working five of them with coffee, cacao and other fruits like oranges and bananas.

Our project consists of developing the farm sustainably and organically, improving the quality of coffee through the right processes without using chemical products (herbicides, pesticides) and protecting the environment.

We also try to improve the family’s quality of life.

The team is my family (parents, brothers and cousins) and we all work together to achieve this project.

We all like the spirit of volunteering and the strength of people who really want to discover how is the coffee process is while they protect the environment.

You have got two ways to get to Tamborapa Pueblo, from Piura or from Jaen

1. Piura – Huancabamba: 7 hours and 30 soles ($9); Huancabamba – Tamborapa Pueblo: 3 hours and 25 soles ($7)
2. Jaen – Tamborapa: 4 hours and 25 soles ($7)

As soon as you arrive in Tamborapa Pueblo you will contact Victor`s family who lives in the town and they will show you the way to go to Huaquillo (20 min in moto-taxi and 10 soles ($3) or walking 2 hours).

We need to help with no more than 6 volunteers at the same time. The hours system is 25 – 30 hours/week.

We have separated two big groups of activities to do during the volunteering:

Activities in the camp:

• About the coffee: Harvesting, field cleaning to planting and planting.
• Harvesting different fruits like oranges, sugar cane, and bananas.
• Cow management ( feeding, moving, etc).
• Wood chopping.
• Construction of vegetable garden.

Activities in the house:

• Construction of a cleaning garbage system (including compost).
• Construction of paths from the road to the entry of the house and inside of it.
• Preparation of the ground in the house for the ceramic and other tiles or Wood/rocks.
• Construction of simple house furniture (support for candles, kitchen tools, support of clothes, etc).
• Improve the house by fixing windows, and tools.
• Help with cooking.
• Childcare /teaching/walking to school.
• Cow management (feeding, moving, etc).
• Wood chopping.
• Construction of vegetable garden.

What to bring:

• Gloves to work
• Headlines
• Card games
• Pillows
• Mosquito repellent.
• Sleeping bags
• Own food (if you have a specific alimentary regime)

Where do you sleep:

The conditions of living are very simple and basic (no electricity, no internet, no warm water in the shower) and volunteers share a room in a basic bed with protection from mosquitos.

Which language:

Possibly Spanish or intermediate Spanish at least.

What else:

In your free time, you can do trekking and explore the área like the three waterfalls and improve your Spanish with the family and the locals in Huaquillo.