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Arabic
Housing
Hostel

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The contribution provide your accommodation, food, internet access as well as project materials for the farm and community projects.
Apr 14, 2016
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Bustan Qaraaqa is an experimental permaculture farm where techniques to address the environmental problems facing the Palestinian people are developed and tested. The farm also serves as an education centre to the volunteer team who help to implement the projects.
Tried and tested techniques are then implemented in the Palestinian community.

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Samuel Kessens

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Farm and community work at Bustan Qaraaqa
Samuel Kessens is from Wettingen, Switzerland and currently works in a rating agency. After finishing his Bachelor at the age of 24 he decided to go abroad for an internship.
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Why did you decide to volunteer with Bustan Qaraaqa in Palestine?

I looked for an internship abroad and since other organisations did not reply, I searched the ETH-website and found this project. The issue awakened my interest so I tried it. As you see, I didn’t plan to go to Palestine in the beginning.

Describe your day to day activities as a volunteer.

There is no typical work day. Normally we worked two days "off site", which means together with land owners, and three days „on site“, on the farm in Beit Sahur. There we harvested olives, pruned olive trees, filled bags with soil, planted trees, etc. „Off site“ I worked together with local farmers and helped planning permacultur projects.

What made this experience unique and special?

The location. Palestine is such a diverse country, in both cultural and ecological way. I traveled around a lot, also to Israel, and learned a lot about the people and the nature of this region. The two days off allow you to get to know the region by yourself.

How has this experience impacted your future?

I can't tell anything about the impacts this internship had on my future career. But I think, that every stay abroad makes your curriculum vitae more interesting. Personally I was able to learn a lot for my future. The Arabic culture is different in so many ways and the people I met showed me a different point of view of several aspects of life.

Location

Location:
Palestine
Currency:
Israeli New Shekel
Weather:
Jan-Mar
68 F / 50 F
Apr-Jun
81 F / 57 F
Jul-Sep
86 F / 72 F
Oct-Dec
81 F / 54 F
Airports:
Eilat-Ramon
( ETM )
Haifa-U. Michaeli
( HFA )
Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
( TLV )

While traveling in the Palestine region, you will be confronted with their tumultuous history. The main pull for traveling in this region comes down to learning about the culture and breaking down unsubstantiated ideas. There is a lot to learn form the people, history, and political climate.

About Bustan Qaraaqa

Located in Betlehem in Palestine, Bustan Qaraaqa is a permaculture non-profit farm that promotes environmental sustainable and creative solutions for local communities to the dry climate and food and water insecurity that Palestine is upon. The farm where staff and volunteers are living is also the research and experimental center. Here many of the...

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