Code | Name of Project | Location | Date | Type | Vols No. | Age |
VINWC15-04 | Children Development Project 2015 | Jitpur community | 19 Feb -3 March 2015 | KIDS/EDU & MANU | 8 m + 8 Fe | 18+ |
VINWC15-10 | Jitpur community | 19-31 May 2015 | KIDS/EDU & MANU | 8 m + 8 Fe | 18+ | |
VINWC15-22 | Okharpawa | 7- 18 Sep 2015 | KIDS/EDU & MANU | 8 m + 8 Fe | 18+ | |
VINWC15-25 | Okharpawa | 27 Sep -9 Oct 2015 | KIDS/EDU & MANU | 8 m + 8 Fe | 18+ | |
VINWC15-28 | Jitpur community | 5 Dec-18 Dec 2015 | KIDS/EDU & MANU | 8 m + 8 Fe | 18+ |
Background/Project: Child Development is one of the major programs of VIN’s Integrated Community Development Approach. Goal of the Children development program is to protect the rights of all children in the community by providing them with access to basic quality education, developing their life skills & providing access to health services through community health program. VIN has different projects in children development program such as Children’s Clubs (CC), Early Childhood Development (ECD) School Attendance Project (SAP) and Orphanage. VIN welcomes volunteers from across the globe so as to assimilate the children with the latest teaching methodology and way of providing care.
Workcamps will be organized with the cooperation of local community schools for community development, education and working together with local teachers/children/ villages in community development projects. Most of the schools around Okharpawa and Jitpur lack basic infrastructure like school building, education material, playground and drinking water. Volunteers can make a big difference in the daily lives of these children by providing the necessities listed above and educating through funny ways.
The workcamp will also involve teaching children from poor and marginalized community in the formal and non-formal schools about Basic English and Mathematics, Health and Hygiene, and Environmental protection through creative learning methods like art, music, games etc. There will also be house visits and meetings with local people as part of inter-cultural learning and to give awareness on health and hygiene. In addition, volunteers also will get a chance to take part in simple renovation work at local schools and engage in activities like painting, tree plantation, protecting from landslides etc. As part of the cultural exchange, volunteers will witness and participate in the available cultural programs with local community.
Objectives: To work for Children development project and exchange the experience, paint and colour the classrooms to make it child friendly, teach different skills to the children.
Work: Conduction of session on experience sharing, creative writing, Child Rights, community drama etc. Teach basic English and Mathematics, Develop some infrastructure of the schools, Renovate library classrooms, school compound wall etc. Assist Early childhood Development (ECD) teacher for caring & teaching ECD kids, Orientation of parents on good parenting for Early Childhood Development, Painting and Decoration of classrooms with locally available materials
Location:
- Jitpur community: Kathmandu District, which is only about 11 km away from main ring road to Balaju, Kathmandu
- Okharpawa community: It is in Nuwakot District, which is 17 km from Kathmandu with fields, woods and hills.
Placement Support Process: Each volunteers are greeted and received by VIN local staff from the airport and dropped to local host family. The first day is the arrival day. The second day volunteers will receive a full day orientation at VIN office in Kathmandu. The placement orientation will cover, cultural tips, survival phrases on Nepali language, health tips, and project activities preparation and about VIN. Then actual workcamp starts on from the day third. You will be always guided by a Nepali camp leader and VIN supervisors will visit you time to time for follow up support. Should you have any concerns on the workcamp, you may always call us for immediate help. During or after the workcamp, our staff will take you a half day sight-seeing to cultural heritage sites. On the last day of the workcamp, you will submit a detailed work report, fill up an exit form and sit with VIN executives for exit interview and feedback session.
Accommodation: The volunteers will stay with the host family/hostel identified by VIN. The living facilities are simple and basic. Male and female Volunteers will share the same living area with separate rooms. There will be 2-4 persons in one room. Volunteers are required to sleep on the simple beds. Please bring your sleeping bag.
Language: Basic English should be spoken among participants
Participation Fee: The participation fee 230 Euros is to be paid on your arrivals at VIN Office or upon booking the placement by Paypal or bank transfer.
The Participation Fee Covers:
Food and Accommodation: Nepali Standard at a local host family – 3 meals a day
Transportation: Airport pick up and pick up and drop to the working community site
A half day guided sight-seeing for the world heritage site of Kathmandu
Materials for the work-camp, community development projects support
Local volunteer support cost
VIN T-shirt and certificate of participation
24 hours emergency support
VIN admin cost,
What’s Excluded: Airfare, VISA, Travel medical insurance, return airport transfer, entrance fees on the world heritage sights, Personal travel and weekend activities expenses etc
Meeting point: VIN staff will pick each volunteer from the airport. The volunteers are requested to send their flight details to VIN on time so that we can send our staff with your name card and VIN’s Logo.
If you want to come earlier and explore the country more, you may find pre-paid taxi at the airport or VIN may help you on that. You also can come VIN office, Balaju on the first day at the latest 12.00 midday.
Airport : Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu
Leisure Activities: Either before or after your workcamp, there exists the option to undertake a short VIN-organized tour to one of Nepal’s nearby attractions.
(The detail info sheet and acceptance letter will be sent from VIN after we receive your Complete Volunteer Exchange Form from the sending organization)