Description

Crawl welcomes all international and national volunteers to participate in our different welfare activities for the underprivileged children and women in India, primarily Kolkata (Calcutta) and its outskirts. We have different projects for their benefit.

We have the following programs for our International Volunteers:
1. Long term Volunteer Programs [ 4-12 months]
2. Medium term Volunteer Programs [2-4 months]
3. Short term Volunteer programs [1-2 months]

Project Details:
1. Shikshan (Non-formal Educational Centre) Project
2. Patashishu Unnayan (Street Kids Beneficial) Project
3. Mahila Shachetanata (Women Awareness) Project
4. Swanirvar (Self Help Group) Project
5. Sasthya Pariseva (Free Medical check-up) Project

Types of Volunteering:
- Long term Volunteering [5-7/7-9/9-10/10-12 months]
- Middle term Volunteering [2-4 months]
- Short term Volunteering [3 weeks-1 month]
- Internship Program [2-12 weeks]

In all these volunteering programmes, our international volunteers get the opportunities to share experiences in different projects.

- Teaching English and basic Mathematics, Social Science, General Knowledge to the poor slum and street kids,
- Nursing care to the needy persons as per their requirements, Health related programs.
- Participate in regular food distribution; occasional clothes distribution; attend various entertainment programs with the poor street and slum kids in different projects.
- Participate in intensive Craft Training Program for the poor kids and women to make them self-sufficient in future.
- Participate in different Women Awareness Training Program related with HIV AIDS, Pre-natal care and Family Planning.
- Manual Volunteering in the different projects related with poor kids and women.
- Helping the officials of the organization in different welfare projects, official works like Advertisement, Internet and Web Designing, etc.

Internship Programmes (2 weeks to 3 months for the international students, ages 16+ years)

The organization has a special facility for Internship Program. We welcome all international students for this program. The students who are willing to do volunteering in their holidays and like to gather experience and knowledge to work in different cultures are most welcomed to our Organization. They can join in our following programmes:

- Teaching English and other Indian languages,
- Indian culture and tradition,
- Social survey in various parts of Kolkata (Social-cultural condition, educational system, behavioral patterns, life style etc.),
- Different women and gender issues,
- Learning Yoga.

During these programs, the interns are provided a separate flat as a group or individual. They will prepare a report of these programs. The organization will also provide the food and accommodation. Travel expenses between the flat and the project will also be covered by the Organization. They get constant support from the local people and the staffs of the organization in every sphere. The volunteers will also learn about many things regarding Indian heritage, its society and its culture by the Social Science Experts. The volunteers can join with us at any time of the year.

Highlights

Our vision is to establish non-formal free schools and vocational training centers for the poor kids around India. We also have a plan to arrange different training programs to enlighten the poor women. These are some of our highlighted projects:

1. Shikshan (Non-formal Educational Centre) Project

This Project is designed for the special benefits of the kids who are living in the Khradah slum areas of Kolkata (Calcutta). In this center, we give the children between age group of 8 to 15 years, the educational training (Basic Mathematics, Languages like English, Bengali and Basic Hindi, Social Science, General Knowledge and various crafts training,Physical Exercises) along with necessary educational materials, entertainment programs, cloths, medical support and other kind of help if any. We have another school under this project, which is known as Mid Day School for the very little preschool kids (age range is 3 to 7 years).Here we teach them basic English and Maths by playing them with flash cards, and other preschool games.

2. Patashishu Unnayan (Street Kids Beneficial) Project

The Project is started to help the street kids where we provide educational support, food, cloths, and first aid medical treatment for the poor kids and lactating mothers as well as for all the station dwellers. It is our one of the main Projects and the first center of this Project, which is running at Sealdah Railway Station. We have another center of this project which is at Dumdum Jn. railway station.

3. Mahila Shachetanata (Women Awareness) Project

We are now arranging the different awareness programme for the slum women in the spheres of nutritional care, prenatal care, family planning, sex education and HIV AIDS. Here we also give a guide line to the women 'how to give your child a better health against malnutrition'. The women are also taught about different herbs and its usefulness - that is different herbal medicines, herbal cosmetics etc. We give them different herbs and seeds and by these they grow different useful vegetables for their daily life. We also try give them some ideas about our nature and how to save our nature. Other than these, we also teach them different crafts. It is a short training programme for three to four weeks in every month with due course of interval.

4. Swanirvar (Self Help Group) Project

To make Self-Help Group of children between the age of 12 to 15 years, we will arrange crafts training program for them by a group of experts in the slum and street areas.

We also have also started the similar type of project among the women folk of the slum area to reduce the economical need. In their crafts, they are making different Indian ethnic as well as trendy jeweleries like necklaces, wristbands, anklets, ear rings. Also they are doing glass painting, fabric works. They are doing different stitching works like wall hangings, wall pockets, pillow cases, bookmarks, table mats, napkins, jute bags, T shirts etc. We are planning to sell their products and make them self sufficient economically.

5. Sasthya Pariseva (Free Medical check-up) Project

This is our proposed project in which we will arrange free medical check-up by a group of medical experts for the needy slum kids. Medical check-up will be arranged by the organization at regular intervals. We will also arrange vaccination to these kids to prevent different transmissible diseases.

For this program we need huge help from the Volunteers, who will help the organization to serve for these needy and poor kids. Therefore we invite Volunteers from all over the World to join with us, to teach the kids and to make a better future for them.

We will arrange various internship programme for the International Volunteers thrice in a year at the interval of four months. Interested Volunteers and Groups are requested to come and join in the internship programmes.

Qualifications

The volunteers should be 16 years and above of age. The volunteers from any qualification are welcomed to join Crawl Society. Experience not required. But we also welcome professionals with any background. As our projects are mainly highlighted on street and slum kids and women so the volunteers must adopt the soft kind hearted mentality to work with these poor street & slum kids and women. They must be willing to adapt to totally different cultures and different people. Volunteers will need to be flexible and expect different situations, though the local people will help them at every aspect whenever they will need.

Intern Types

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

126 for 1 week

Cost Includes:

• Food
• Housing
• In-country staff support
• Language instruction
• Registration fees

Program Fees Include:

The costs include food (three times daily), seasonal fruits, snacks, accommodation (provide a seperate flat with all facilities like purified water, westernized toilet, electricity, refridgerator, electric hotplate for cooking foods, computer, mobile phone) and travel expenses during programme time.

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

A volunteer must adopt the soft kind hearted mentality to work with Crawl projects. He/she will need to be flexible and accept different situations during the programmes. He/she will have to adjust with typical Indian food, accommodation and must be willing to adapt to totally different people with different cultures.

Age Range

16 years and above

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

in Groups of 3 or more

Application Process Involves

• Resume
• Written Application

Post Services Include

• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Crawl's Mission Statement

Our vision is to establish non-formal free schools and vocational training centers for the poor children around INDIA. We also have a plan to arrange different training and awareness programs to enlighten the poor women.

Year Founded

2006