OUR AIM

Sadhana Forest is an international vegan organization working in India, Haiti and Kenya. Our work in Haiti started in 2010. The aim is to support long-term food security for people living in the area of Anse-à-Pitres, in southeast Haiti. We do this by planting indigenous food-bearing trees in partnership with the local population. Our four acre campus includes a fully shaded nursery containing 25,000 trees, one large and two small dormitories for volunteers, a training hall, a kitchen, and a small solar power system.

We are not a disaster relief organization! We do not provide short term solutions such as food and medicine distribution, short term employment for local people, etc. 

OUR VOLUNTEERS

We are happy to welcome volunteers here any time of the year and always have space available!

The minimum stay asked of volunteers is 2 weeks, although we strongly suggest staying longer in order to enhance your experience of supporting the local community and participating in sustainable living.
Project tasks occur during seva (selfless service) times, which run from sunrise to breakfast and from breakfast to lunch, Monday through Friday. In addition to working in the forest and the tree nursery, volunteers also serve inside the campus, maintaining the facilities, cleaning, organizing, cooking and washing after meals.

We are a non-profit, non-business ecological and humanitarian project that does not generate any income. Therefore, we unfortunately cannot provide free food for volunteers. We ask for a food contribution equal to $6.00 USD per day. This food contribution is only used for food and helps to support your stay with us.

COMMUNITY MEALS AND WAY OF LIFE

We practice an eco-friendly way of life including whole food veganism, alternative construction, solar energy, biodegradable cleaning products, and compost toilets; and we aim to be a zero waste zone.

Toward that end, Sadhana Forest is a completely vegan environment. We ask volunteers not to bring in or eat any non-vegan food in the forest. Our primary motivation to be vegans is to reduce animal suffering and practice non-violence toward all living beings. A vegan is a person who avoids the use of any animal products for nourishment or for any other purpose. Vegans do not eat meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, honey.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Our experience with volunteers has been very positive. Volunteers from all over the world create a dynamic community atmosphere. Living together and sharing brings us in harmony with nature and with ourselves. We are a close-knit community that shares the daily tasks necessary to the project’s success. As one of our volunteers put it very nicely in her letter to us when she left, “May there be many forests to grow people”.

Interests

Water management, soil erosion control, seedball throwing, nursing and planting trees, soild development and more. We are also growing a food forest with vegetable patches on the community land using permaculture concepts.

• cooking
• vegan
• volunteering
• forests
• sustainability
• water

Countries I’ve Visited

Dominican Republic

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, Kenya