Volunteers have the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational and community aid programs. This will give you a chance to make an important contribution to the people of Nepal and while doing so gain an in-depth experience of the country and culture, which will stay with you the rest of your life.
|| Our Volunteer Programs
The volunteer opportunities are in the following areas:
1, Home-stay and Cultural Exchange Programs - Among our 55 host families
2, English Language Instruction – Teaching in a school
3, Teaching at our Children’s Resource Center – We have set up 10 Children’s Resource Centers.
4, Environmental & Sanitation Awareness – ecotourism or working with green clubs
5, Primary Health Care Education – We have got 7 health posts and two health camp placements
6, Working in Orphanages or the INFO Nepal Happy Home Children's Care House – We have got 7 Orphanage homes where we have been sponsoring the children.
7, Work in a Disabled Care Facility – We have been working with Disabled centers
8, Provide Veterinary Care – Among our Host Families’ animals and village animals
9, Administrative Support – To help in the office with fundraising, developing the program and correspondence
10, Volunteers are welcome to design their own program in various areas – You are most welcome to work in any field and we will support you to arrange all the necessary things
*Please note that if you choose to volunteer at an orphanage or resource center, these take place during the mornings and afternoons. Most of our volunteers will thus choose to volunteer at a local school during the day.
a) Teaching English at our Village Resourse Center
The primary purpose of the Center is to offer community youth the opportunity to develop their English language skills and to give the young people a beneficial and positive way of spending their time rather than taking up drinking, smoking or gambling. INFO Nepal's Resource Centers offer English language instruction and cultural interaction to young people and adults in the community. Ultimately, the philosophy is that improved language skills will lead to employment, particularly in the Chitwan and Pokhara tourist areas as well have enormous advantage in any further education: English language is the medium for tertiary education in Nepal. Being able to consolidate classroom knowledge with a native or very good speaker of English is an enormous advantage to learning English and learning about cultures is also enriching and important.
(B) Environmental Awareness
Volunteers will teach environmental awareness at the local school and/or Environmental Post for 2 to 4 hours each day, Sunday through Friday. Environmental awareness projects will be defined by the individual volunteers based-upon their areas of expertise and the needs of the village community. Example projects include: creating "green" clubs, planting a flower garden, planting trees, garbage management, recycling programs making a smokelessstove, building a toilet pit, etc. Volunteers may also provide assist to youth clubs or women's groups in the community sharing their ideas, skills and knowledge about environmental issues. After completing the Nepali language and cultural training, volunteers will be placed with a Nepali family in one of the program villages. The host family will live no more than one half hour from the school/Environmental Post INFO Nepal local co-ordinator will be helping to volunteers..
(C)Cultural Exchange & Homestay Program
Homestays and cultural exchange programmes can be arranged in most areas of Nepal with our 55 Hostfamilies. Participants will be placed with a Nepali family in a small rural village for the duration of their stay. This provides the volunteers with an excellent opportunity to learn about all aspects of Nepali culture, lifestyle, language, food and people. Volunteers should remember that this is a cultural exchange and that an effort to offer some knowledge of their own home culture and customs to the family with whom they stay is appreciated. During their stay, volunteers will attend 2 hours of language lessons in the morning and in the afternoon. They will also have the opportunity to visit and help out at the local school. Home stay programmes are best organised from August to December which is the time when most large local festivals take place. This makes for an overall more exciting experience for the volunteer. Nepali culture is distinctively friendly and open and participants are made to feel as though they are part of the family. INFO Nepal local co-ordinator will be on hand to help volunteers.
(D )Health Post & Sanitation Issues
INFO Nepal's health post program provides a wide variety of experiences depending on the time of year. While at your placement, volunteers may be doing very hands-on work such as giving shots and treating wounds; conducting home-visits; developing and delivering information on health issues such as birth control and personal hygiene; providing office support; and providing knowledge transfer to the health post doctors on the latest first aid techniques.Volunteers usually work approximately two to four hours a day in the health post, supplemented by teaching health education classes at a local government school or women's group. Prior to your placement at the health post, volunteers will receive two weeks of Nepali language and cultural training. During their placement, volunteers will stay with a local Nepali family located within a half-hour to an hour from the post. An INFO Nepal local co-ordinator will be available to help volunteers.
(E )Teaching various subjects in Schools
In this program, volunteers teach various subjects at theirs choice at government schools to students of varying age and ability, although most students are aged ten to sixteen. Depending on the school, volunteers will either teach independently or with another Nepali teacher. Volunteers teach between two to four 45-minute classes each day, six days a week (Saturdays are holidays).Volunteers enrolling in this program will also be expected to share their own teaching methodologies/experiences as well helping the school's teachers to develop their own conversational English skills. Prior to their placement, volunteers will receive two weeks of Nepali language and cultural training. During their placement, volunteers will stay with a local Nepali family located between a half-hour to one hour from the school. An INFO Nepal local co-ordinator will be available to help volunteers.This will be one of the most fulfilling experiences of your life.
(F) Volunteering at Orphanage
Volunteers will be placed in an orphanage where they will live with the children, or with our host family,assisting them in their day to day routine. The children are mostly between the ages of four and fifteen, and have a basic understanding of English. The general role of the volunteer will be to act as an older sibling: to care for, look after and encourage the children. Volunteers will teach the children general life skills, including health and sanitation, as well as arts, crafts and music.Depending on your own skills and interests, though, you can also teach songs, music, dance, cooking, or any number ofactivities, and generally just spend quality time with the children
(G)Fundraiser for our Resource Center and other projects
Volunteers are needed to raise funds for INFO Nepal . We need grant writers and fund-raisers of any kind to bring urgently needed funding to the organization and it's project. We would like the volunteer to raise funds to run the program we are running in different parts of Nepal and the different types of programs. The volunteers will raise money and send it to INFO Nepal and the volunteers will also provided with one of the various volunteering opportunities we are providing.
|| PROGRAM LOCATION
The placements are available in Kathmandu Valley, Kavre, Langtang, Pokhara, Nawalparasi and Chitwan, all of which are near to a major city. Volunteers can look up the places to get more of a feel for the areas and we can discuss where you will stay when you arrive according to your needs and with considerations of safety of volunteers and availability. Our local co-ordinators will be looking after you.
We also can manage placements for 30 people as we have 30 facilities to place volunteers at a time but we need to receive flight arrival information at least a month in advance.
|| YOUR DAY AT THE PLACEMENT
In a typical placement volunteers stay in a family where they eat Nepali food with the family twice a day (around 9 o' clock in the morning and 7 o' clock in the evening). Tea is served in the morning and in the afternoon. Volunteers may have the opportunity to get together with other volunteers and share their experience. You will be able to travel to nearby towns to purchase things for daily use and could travel to other areas on longer vacation. Besides your project work, volunteers can utilize their spare time in organizing the youth and women's groups of the community to do some worthwhile activities like building a smokeless stove, toilet by using local materials, making a soak pit, kitchen gardening, making a solar dryer, garbage management or paper recycling.
|| PROGRAM REQUIREMENT
We do not ask for any formal qualifications from our volunteers. All we ask is that you have a genuine desire to help people and willing to experience new culture and lifestyle.
|| PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Our programs run throughout the year. The volunteer program starts on the 1st and 15th of each month. You can volunteer for any time from 2 weeks to 5 months. We are also flexible if you would like to start the program at another time.
|| TRAINING
During your training period you will have:
Basic Nepali Language classes – 2-3 hrs, morning.
Nepali cultural orientation/ general cultural exchange - 1hr, afternoon.
Language and Skills Activities - 1hr, afternoon.
Sightseeing - 1 1/2 hrs, afternoon.
Playing with Orphan children
Different Nepali dinners
Training length will be accordingly to your stay. It ranges from two days for two weeks up to three weeks for five months. Training will be in two phases the first phase will be at Happy Home, Kathmandu and second phase will be in Dhulikhel / Sanga village.
After completion of your orientation phase you will be escorted to your assigned placement with our staff. You will be staying with a host family so you can immerse yourself in Nepali culture
and get the most out of your stay here.
|| PROGRAM COST
2 weeks is euros 250€
4 weeks is euros 450€
6 weeks is euros 525€
8 weeks is euros 600€
10 weeks is euros 650€
12 weeks is euros 750€
The program fees cover: airport pickup, language training, administrative charge, training, accommodation and main meals during placement, cultural sightsee, transportation for volunteers and supervision.
The other costs you will need to meet are:
Your flights, Visa (a 60 day tourist visa is only US$30, the extensions are US$30 per 30 days with three renewals possible),
Shots, travel insurance, police check, and corresponding airport departure taxes. Also you will need a weekly budget from US$20 to cater for all your other expenses like bottled water, personal items, beverages and entertainment. Living in a village is relatively inexpensive in comparison to most western countries and usually it is difficult to spend more than US$ 10 per week during your placement.
For the final confirmation we need to receive your flight arrival information and we will send you a welcome package with more information about does and don’ts. The program fee can be paid on your arrival at the INFO office.
If you fill out the online application form we can make records of your request. I hope this information is of use but if you have any further questions upon visiting our website www.infonepal.org please e-mail or telephone us any time that suits for you and we will get back to you promptly.
Joined: 05-16-07
Volunteers have the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational and community aid programs. This will give you a chance to make an important contribution to the people of Nepal and while doing so gain an in-depth experience of the country and culture, which will stay with you the rest of your life.
|| Our Volunteer Programs
The volunteer opportunities are in the following areas:
1, Home-stay and Cultural Exchange Programs - Among our 55 host families
2, English Language Instruction – Teaching in a school
3, Teaching at our Children’s Resource Center – We have set up 10 Children’s Resource Centers.
4, Environmental & Sanitation Awareness – ecotourism or working with green clubs
5, Primary Health Care Education – We have got 7 health posts and two health camp placements
6, Working in Orphanages or the INFO Nepal Happy Home Children's Care House – We have got 7 Orphanage homes where we have been sponsoring the children.
7, Work in a Disabled Care Facility – We have been working with Disabled centers
8, Provide Veterinary Care – Among our Host Families’ animals and village animals
9, Administrative Support – To help in the office with fundraising, developing the program and correspondence
10, Volunteers are welcome to design their own program in various areas – You are most welcome to work in any field and we will support you to arrange all the necessary things
*Please note that if you choose to volunteer at an orphanage or resource center, these take place during the mornings and afternoons. Most of our volunteers will thus choose to volunteer at a local school during the day.
a) Teaching English at our Village Resourse Center
The primary purpose of the Center is to offer community youth the opportunity to develop their English language skills and to give the young people a beneficial and positive way of spending their time rather than taking up drinking, smoking or gambling. INFO Nepal's Resource Centers offer English language instruction and cultural interaction to young people and adults in the community. Ultimately, the philosophy is that improved language skills will lead to employment, particularly in the Chitwan and Pokhara tourist areas as well have enormous advantage in any further education: English language is the medium for tertiary education in Nepal. Being able to consolidate classroom knowledge with a native or very good speaker of English is an enormous advantage to learning English and learning about cultures is also enriching and important.
(B) Environmental Awareness
Volunteers will teach environmental awareness at the local school and/or Environmental Post for 2 to 4 hours each day, Sunday through Friday. Environmental awareness projects will be defined by the individual volunteers based-upon their areas of expertise and the needs of the village community. Example projects include: creating "green" clubs, planting a flower garden, planting trees, garbage management, recycling programs making a smokelessstove, building a toilet pit, etc. Volunteers may also provide assist to youth clubs or women's groups in the community sharing their ideas, skills and knowledge about environmental issues. After completing the Nepali language and cultural training, volunteers will be placed with a Nepali family in one of the program villages. The host family will live no more than one half hour from the school/Environmental Post INFO Nepal local co-ordinator will be helping to volunteers..
(C)Cultural Exchange & Homestay Program
Homestays and cultural exchange programmes can be arranged in most areas of Nepal with our 55 Hostfamilies. Participants will be placed with a Nepali family in a small rural village for the duration of their stay. This provides the volunteers with an excellent opportunity to learn about all aspects of Nepali culture, lifestyle, language, food and people. Volunteers should remember that this is a cultural exchange and that an effort to offer some knowledge of their own home culture and customs to the family with whom they stay is appreciated. During their stay, volunteers will attend 2 hours of language lessons in the morning and in the afternoon. They will also have the opportunity to visit and help out at the local school. Home stay programmes are best organised from August to December which is the time when most large local festivals take place. This makes for an overall more exciting experience for the volunteer. Nepali culture is distinctively friendly and open and participants are made to feel as though they are part of the family. INFO Nepal local co-ordinator will be on hand to help volunteers.
(D )Health Post & Sanitation Issues
INFO Nepal's health post program provides a wide variety of experiences depending on the time of year. While at your placement, volunteers may be doing very hands-on work such as giving shots and treating wounds; conducting home-visits; developing and delivering information on health issues such as birth control and personal hygiene; providing office support; and providing knowledge transfer to the health post doctors on the latest first aid techniques.Volunteers usually work approximately two to four hours a day in the health post, supplemented by teaching health education classes at a local government school or women's group. Prior to your placement at the health post, volunteers will receive two weeks of Nepali language and cultural training. During their placement, volunteers will stay with a local Nepali family located within a half-hour to an hour from the post. An INFO Nepal local co-ordinator will be available to help volunteers.
(E )Teaching various subjects in Schools
In this program, volunteers teach various subjects at theirs choice at government schools to students of varying age and ability, although most students are aged ten to sixteen. Depending on the school, volunteers will either teach independently or with another Nepali teacher. Volunteers teach between two to four 45-minute classes each day, six days a week (Saturdays are holidays).Volunteers enrolling in this program will also be expected to share their own teaching methodologies/experiences as well helping the school's teachers to develop their own conversational English skills. Prior to their placement, volunteers will receive two weeks of Nepali language and cultural training. During their placement, volunteers will stay with a local Nepali family located between a half-hour to one hour from the school. An INFO Nepal local co-ordinator will be available to help volunteers.This will be one of the most fulfilling experiences of your life.
(F) Volunteering at Orphanage
Volunteers will be placed in an orphanage where they will live with the children, or with our host family,assisting them in their day to day routine. The children are mostly between the ages of four and fifteen, and have a basic understanding of English. The general role of the volunteer will be to act as an older sibling: to care for, look after and encourage the children. Volunteers will teach the children general life skills, including health and sanitation, as well as arts, crafts and music.Depending on your own skills and interests, though, you can also teach songs, music, dance, cooking, or any number ofactivities, and generally just spend quality time with the children
(G)Fundraiser for our Resource Center and other projects
Volunteers are needed to raise funds for INFO Nepal . We need grant writers and fund-raisers of any kind to bring urgently needed funding to the organization and it's project. We would like the volunteer to raise funds to run the program we are running in different parts of Nepal and the different types of programs. The volunteers will raise money and send it to INFO Nepal and the volunteers will also provided with one of the various volunteering opportunities we are providing.
|| PROGRAM LOCATION
The placements are available in Kathmandu Valley, Kavre, Langtang, Pokhara, Nawalparasi and Chitwan, all of which are near to a major city. Volunteers can look up the places to get more of a feel for the areas and we can discuss where you will stay when you arrive according to your needs and with considerations of safety of volunteers and availability. Our local co-ordinators will be looking after you.
We also can manage placements for 30 people as we have 30 facilities to place volunteers at a time but we need to receive flight arrival information at least a month in advance.
|| YOUR DAY AT THE PLACEMENT
In a typical placement volunteers stay in a family where they eat Nepali food with the family twice a day (around 9 o' clock in the morning and 7 o' clock in the evening). Tea is served in the morning and in the afternoon. Volunteers may have the opportunity to get together with other volunteers and share their experience. You will be able to travel to nearby towns to purchase things for daily use and could travel to other areas on longer vacation. Besides your project work, volunteers can utilize their spare time in organizing the youth and women's groups of the community to do some worthwhile activities like building a smokeless stove, toilet by using local materials, making a soak pit, kitchen gardening, making a solar dryer, garbage management or paper recycling.
|| PROGRAM REQUIREMENT
We do not ask for any formal qualifications from our volunteers. All we ask is that you have a genuine desire to help people and willing to experience new culture and lifestyle.
|| PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Our programs run throughout the year. The volunteer program starts on the 1st and 15th of each month. You can volunteer for any time from 2 weeks to 5 months. We are also flexible if you would like to start the program at another time.
|| TRAINING
During your training period you will have:
Basic Nepali Language classes – 2-3 hrs, morning.
Nepali cultural orientation/ general cultural exchange - 1hr, afternoon.
Language and Skills Activities - 1hr, afternoon.
Sightseeing - 1 1/2 hrs, afternoon.
Playing with Orphan children
Different Nepali dinners
Training length will be accordingly to your stay. It ranges from two days for two weeks up to three weeks for five months. Training will be in two phases the first phase will be at Happy Home, Kathmandu and second phase will be in Dhulikhel / Sanga village.
After completion of your orientation phase you will be escorted to your assigned placement with our staff. You will be staying with a host family so you can immerse yourself in Nepali culture
and get the most out of your stay here.
|| PROGRAM COST
2 weeks is euros 250€
4 weeks is euros 450€
6 weeks is euros 525€
8 weeks is euros 600€
10 weeks is euros 650€
12 weeks is euros 750€
The program fees cover: airport pickup, language training, administrative charge, training, accommodation and main meals during placement, cultural sightsee, transportation for volunteers and supervision.
The other costs you will need to meet are:
Your flights, Visa (a 60 day tourist visa is only US$30, the extensions are US$30 per 30 days with three renewals possible),
Shots, travel insurance, police check, and corresponding airport departure taxes. Also you will need a weekly budget from US$20 to cater for all your other expenses like bottled water, personal items, beverages and entertainment. Living in a village is relatively inexpensive in comparison to most western countries and usually it is difficult to spend more than US$ 10 per week during your placement.
For the final confirmation we need to receive your flight arrival information and we will send you a welcome package with more information about does and don’ts. The program fee can be paid on your arrival at the INFO office.
See some volunteer's Testimonials: http://www.infonepal.org/volunteers.htm
Monthly Newsletter: http://www.infonepal.org/newsletter.htm
Current Volunteers : www.infonepal\current_volunteers.htm
Latest Newsletters: www.infonepal\current_volunteers.htm
If you fill out the online application form we can make records of your request. I hope this information is of use but if you have any further questions upon visiting our website www.infonepal.org please e-mail or telephone us any time that suits for you and we will get back to you promptly.