Description

Each year, hundreds of children leave their destitute villages to find work in Nepal's crowded cities. Most of these children deprived of education end working as child laborers in restaurants, factories, and hotels. These disadvantaged children need attention, love, care, and the opportunity for education.

The Orphanage Volunteer program in Nepal under VIN offers the street children the support and devotion they deserve. Volunteers teach Basic English, creative works and other subjects such as math and science to these eager learners. As a volunteer, you also organize tours, games, drawings, singing, dancing, painting and other activities that the children enjoy and also learn something at the same time. Volunteers may help the children prepare for school, and help with their homework.

VIN Volunteering in Nepal Orphanage program is an enriching and life changing experience for our volunteers as well as the children. Many of our former volunteers have reported that this project, in particular, has been memorable and fulfilling, and has changed the way they view the world.

VIN has been working with two different orphanages of Kathmandu. There are 9 kids in one orphanage and 15 in the other and supporting them by making donations and placing volunteers. VIN is also in a process of establishing one more orphanage in Kathmandu. Most of the orphanages in Nepal are poor resourced , under staffed, and are struggling to run their programs. There is urgent need of any kinds of help and support. There are many areas where volunteers can use their education, skills, and time making meaningful contributions in the life of orphan kids of Nepal. Helps are urgently needed in education, skill training, sanitation, and administration.

Volunteer's Role

VIN runs different educational and skill training programs for orphans under VIN child care in Nepal. So depending on the need of project and skill/interest of participants, volunteers can get involved in any of following activities:

* Teach English (2-3 hours a day) in orphanage or school (when the orphanage kids go to schools during the day)
* Sanitation (helping kids in brushing teeth, shower, and personal hygiene)
* Organizing games, drawing, singing, dancing, and other creative education and extra curricular activities
* Taking kids on educational tours
* Helping kids to do homework, monitor academic progress, and make sure kids complete next day's homework
* Child care services for orphans who can not go to school
* Help kids to dress up and reach safely to school
* Help in food distribution, kitchen, and kitchen garden
* Other helps on administration
* Help in other activities or programs designed for kids

Skills/Qualifications Needed

There is no need of specific qualification for Orphanage Programs in Nepal. However, volunteer interested to work for orphans children must have love for the children and willingness to share time and passion for them.

Room/Food/Supervision

VIN manages room/food for volunteer. In most of the cases, volunteer stay with kids in the orphanage where we manage a separate room and Nepali food three times a day for volunteers. In most cases, volunteers stay with host family.

Location Descriptions

Orphanage programs are located in the outside area of Kathmandu (within 6 - 10 KM). Kathmandu is a vigorous capital city of Nepal with places of great tourist attractions like Thamel, Patan, Swaymbhu, etc. Kathmandu has a wide range of restaurants, internet cafés, clubs, shopping centers, and banks. The volunteers also have numerous opportunities to explore the sites under cultural heritage during free time. Our volunteers can simply hike in near by villages, ride bikes in Kathmandu, walk around the tourist city of Thamel, the options are many.

Working with the Street Children

VIN also mobilizes it volunteers to support the street children placing with othe partner organizations who have expertise to work with them. The volunteers can do research and recommend the solutions to these kids. They can be sent to the day boarders or even to schools. They need more counseling to bring them into main streaming of education. To do so they need shelters! Want to help them. They deserve to have basic rights to food, shelter, education and health.

Working with Elderly Citizen
We also support interested personnel who want to serve elderly people, however this is not our main focus. Interested volunteers will be placed in the care centers for the elderly and can help the elderly citizens with their daily activities. If you love to serve elderly people then contact us. We can be the right hand to help you work with them.

Highlights

VIN supports 3 orphanage centres and there over 20 children in each orphanage centres. One is in Kopan and the rest are in the city of Kathmandu. Working with children is really a rewarding job.

Qualifications

Anybody who wants to work with children and can play games and care them can apply. No specific qualifications required

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

Starting at EUR 220 for a week.

Program Fees Include:

- Transportation: Pick up from the airport;
- Pre-service (e.g. Nepali language and culture, health talk, program orientation, e.g. teacher training -TEFL tips);
- One day sight seeing around Kathmandu, world heritage sites, (e.g. Patan Darbur Square, Pashupatinath, Baudhanath Stupa, Swoyambhunath Stuple);
- Accommodation and Food during program induction in a budget hotel (VIN has set menu);
- Accommodation and food during placement with a host family / hostel (Nepali standard 2 to 3 meals a day);
- Administrative charge;
- Stationeries during program induction;
- Transportation to the project site;
- 24 hours emergency support;
- Regular follow up support / visit (1-2 week interval) by VIN's staffs;
- Support for local staff and volunteers;
- Support for ongoing VIN's established projects in the community;
- Online / off line program advertisement
- free wireless internet at our office

* For more details please visit our website.

Experience Required

yes

No

Volunteer Types

Typical Volunteer

Very motivated towards the works

Age Range

+ 18 no age bar

This Program is open to

American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays
• Other

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently or in Groups of 3-7

Application Process Involves

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Resume
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

1 week

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network

Volunteers Initiative Nepal's Mission Statement

Our mission is to empower marginalized communities, with a focus on women and children, through enhanced education programmes and whole community training to achieve democracy and raise economic productivity.

Year Founded

2005

Volunteers Initiative Nepal is a No based organization. We do not require our participants to be of the same faith. Our volunteers will not be involved in religious proselytizing.