While volunteering for HVTO, the volunteer will participate in a homestay in the village. The homestay allows visitors to experience, up close and personal, the local way of life in rural communities in various parts of Cambodia. Families warmly welcome guests into their homes and are delighted to be able to share and exchange knowledge and offer insight into Khmer culture and traditions.Homestay
The program is new to Cambodia but it has been enthusiastically received by both travelers and villagers. Participation in a homestay program is generally a village initiative. Up to a dozen homes within each rural community offer to host both foreign and Khmer guests.
Visitors are free to decide how they wish to spend their time. They are able to relax in a hammock, go into the fields to plant and harvest, herd the cows to pasture, ride an ox-card, or toss a net for fish.
For the visitor, a homestay is often the highlight of a trip. There are few experiences to rival a tranquil night’s sleep. There is nothing quite like being nudged from sleep at dawn by the sounds of a village’s myriad inhabitants greeting the day.
Angkor Homestay
While volunteering for HVTO, the volunteer will participate in a homestay in the village. However it is possible to take part in the homestay without volunteering. A side-project named Angkor Homestay has been formed to allow people to stay with a family purely to experience rural Cambodian life. Homestays (without volunteering) provide villagers with an opportunity to earn income that is usually spent in the more sophisticated travel industry. It also enables them to meet outsiders they often see only from a distance and to experience a wider world through sharing their lives with others.
The profits from Angkor Homestay are used to fund the humanitarian efforts of HVTO.
The program is new to Cambodia but it has been enthusiastically received by both travelers and villagers. Participation in a homestay program is generally a village initiative. Up to a dozen homes within each rural community offer to host both foreign and Khmer guests.
Visitors are free to decide how they wish to spend their time. They are able to relax in a hammock, go into the fields to plant and harvest, herd the cows to pasture, ride an ox-card, or toss a net for fish.
For the visitor, a homestay is often the highlight of a trip. There are few experiences to rival a tranquil night’s sleep. There is nothing quite like being nudged from sleep at dawn by the sounds of a village’s myriad inhabitants greeting the day.
Angkor Homestay
While volunteering for HVTO, the volunteer will participate in a homestay in the village. However it is possible to take part in the homestay without volunteering. A side-project named Angkor Homestay has been formed to allow people to stay with a family purely to experience rural Cambodian life. Homestays (without volunteering) provide villagers with an opportunity to earn income that is usually spent in the more sophisticated travel industry. It also enables them to meet outsiders they often see only from a distance and to experience a wider world through sharing their lives with others.
The profits from Angkor Homestay are used to fund the humanitarian efforts of HVTO.
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