We are always grateful for the many offers of help we receive from people in Bali and beyond. If you would like to volunteer please read the information on this page and then contact us using the form that best fits your own situation.

You can either:

1. Apply to fill one of the specific advertised roles listed below, or

2. Express your interest in volunteering in other areas.

We are currently calling for volunteers for a range of specific roles in priority projects. Most of these opportunities are suitable for either remote or on-location work, so they are open to anyone anywhere provided you have the skills and experience we need. If you feel you are a good fit for any of these roles or projects please apply using the form via the button at the bottom of this section.

 Website Designer 

• As the aim of Bekandze Farm is to promote and enable change towards organic and resilient farming, we will launch a website to enable communication of various kinds. We seek support in the initial website design and construction, and (potentially) ongoing development and maintenance. Website must include capacity for online training, events bookings, and e-commerce.
• Timing, location and workload: IMMEDIATE, any location, 1-2 weeks, and potentially ongoing 1 day a month.
• Expertise and experience: We are particularly interested in hearing from you if you have a portfolio of past work.

Videographer

• We will be creating an online course for farmers in Indonesia and elsewhere to learn about regenerative and resilient farming methods. This will be based on videos of the live teaching we do on our farm.
• Timing, location and workload: Aug-Oct/Nov 2024 inclusive, at our farm near Tampaksiring, Bali, minimum 1 day per week (specific dates and hours according to the training schedule) for 3-4 months.
• Expertise and experience: We are particularly interested in hearing from you if you have a portfolio of past work and have all the necessary equipment. 

Video editor

• For the online course, we need an editor to work with us to produce videos from the raw footage from the farm training, as well as production of ‘teasers’ for our TikTok and YouTube channels.
• Timing, location and workload: Aug-Oct/Nov 2024 inclusive, can be remote but ideally in Bali near Ubud or Tampaksiring, minimum 2 days per week for 3-4 months.
• Expertise and experience: We are particularly interested in hearing from you if you have a portfolio of past work. In addition, fluency in Bahasa Indonesia is very helpful.

App designer / Developer

• To achieve the greatest possible access for farmers and students throughout Indonesia our online training will need to delivered via a phone-based app. We are seeking assistance from experienced people to help us with the design and implementation of the app.
• Timing, location and workload: From July 2024, any location.
• Expertise and experience: either training in, or a portfolio of work with app development.

Digital Illustrator / Cartoonist / Comic Book Creator

• To meet the needs of farmers and students with low levels of literacy our training materials will focus on visual learning approaches, requiring the extensive use of illustrations. We are seeking skilled illustrators to help us turn text and photographs into simple, easy-to-understand illustrations in a comic-book style.
• Timing, location and workload: From July 2024, any location.
• Expertise and experience: either training in, or a portfolio of work with, creation of comic-book style sequential art.

Training portal designER

• We are launching a training portal for students of regenerative and resilient farming. This requires the design and implementation of a bi-lingual (Bahasa Indonesia and English) online ‘knowledge base’ using an open-source content management system, such as Moodle or similar.
• Timing, location and workload: Initially from Aug-Dec 2024, any location, likely a total of 20 days work.
• Expertise and experience: either training in, or a portfolio of work with, an open-source content management system, such as Moodle or similar.

Social Media Creative

• Online outreach will help us reach students for online courses. Therefore, we seek assistance with management of our social media accounts, via the production of content at our farm and editing/posting to our social media accounts.
• Timing, location and workload: IMMEDIATE and ongoing, including the minimum of a visit to our farm once a week, and about half a day of editing and posting per week. Additionally, there is the possibility of a remote working editor to use our raw footage for short videos.   
• Expertise and experience: existing experience with Instagram and TikTok is necessary and fluency in Bahasa Indonesia would be a bonus to us.

Women’s Program Developer

• We seek support for the development of our women’s program, where we work with local women (initially in the Tampaksiring area) to create producer cooperatives for organically grown produce, and teach the skills for making value added products such as dried fruits and herbs etc.
• Timing, location and workload: As soon as available and ongoing, time commitment negotiable.
• Expertise and experience: Experience in developing and running similar programs elsewhere essential. Remote mentoring and guidance of local staff (in English) is feasible. On-location mentoring and support requires good Bahasa Indonesia language skills, strong background in community work, and preferably living in Ubud or Tampaksiring areas. 

School Program Developer

• We seek support for the development of our schools program, where we welcome local students to the farm, and advise them on launching their own organic garden at their schools. Working with international schools is also possible but a secondary priority.
• Timing, location and workload: As soon as available and ongoing, time commitment negotiable.
• Expertise and experience: Remote mentoring and guidance of local staff (in English) is feasible. On-location mentoring and support requires good Bahasa Indonesia language skills, strong background in youth work or school education, and preferably living in Ubud or Tampaksiring areas.

Grant Writer

• We seek leadership in finding and applying for appropriate grants for our various programs (from international funding bodies).
• Timing, location and workload: As soon as available and ongoing, time commitment negotiable.
• Expertise and experience: background in international projects on regenerative agriculture is useful and experience of grant writing is essential.

Agri-Tourism Program Developer

• We seek help to develop, market and (potentially) co-host our farm-based experiences and courses for foreigners visiting or living in Bali (in English).
• Timing, location and workload: IMMEDIATE, initially 10-days work before end of Aug 2024, then negotiable, ideally based in either Ubud or Tampaksiring area.
• Expertise and experience: Experience in agro-tourism and/or eco-tourism isdesirable, as is experience in tourism operations in Bali. Passion for the environment, regenerative agriculture, organic food, alternate healing modalities, Bali and Balinese culture, art and music are all desirable.

FundraiserS

• We seek support with fundraising both locally and internationally, including through outreach to the successful companies in Bali, and their owners, who want to promote organic and regenerative farming here.
• Timing, location and workload: IMMEDIATE and ongoing, time commitment negotiable.
• Expertise and experience: some knowledge of organic farming is useful and experience of liaising with relevant companies about their community engagement is essential.

Mentors

• We seek one of our locally-based volunteers to also explore acting as a mentor for some of our staff and incoming volunteers. This is not a standalone role and would need to be combined with one of the ones outlined above.
• Timing, location and workload: As soon as available and ongoing, time commitment negotiable.
• Expertise and experience: relevant knowledge and experience for the other volunteer role being undertaken, as well as some management experience in small to medium sized organizations, in nonprofit or social enterprise sectors.

We welcome offers of support from around the world, and many of the roles described can be performed remotely from anywhere.

To comply with Indonesian Immigration Law, for on-location volunteering we can only accept offers from Indonesian citizens or foreigners who can legally work in Indonesia. We particularly encourage Indonesians with a passion for the environment, regenerative farming and/or community development to apply for these on-location roles.

Foreigners visiting Bali on tourist or other short-stay visas are not legally permitted to volunteer since this would breach of their visa conditions. If you are a foreigner visiting or living in Bali we recommend you join one of our Farm Immersion Experiences, attend a Workshop or Special Event, or enrol in one of our Courses. Details are available in the Visitors section of our website.