Painting, Decoration and Gardening Project 2015

 
Background/Project: Painting, Decorating and Gardening Project 2015: VIN has been working for the welfare of the people of marginalized communities. VIN has implemented its holistic approach and focuses for women and children to achieve its goal. VIN aims to empower the children of those communities through educational programs and training. VIN is supporting local public schools with the help of volunteers involved in construction and maintenance, teaching English and sharing their skills. The schools lack basic infrastructure. The walls of the class rooms are not painted or decorated. The land around the school is not protected well. It is barren and, due to the lack of the trees, landslides occur frequently during the rainy season.
 
 
The teaching method in Nepal is mostly based on the ‘talk and chalk’ system. VIN, in partnership with the District Education Office (DEO), and some international organizations have been providing different types of training using a variety of educational materials to make the teaching more effective.
 
Recognising these concerns, VIN organises camps to address these environmental and educational issues. The work will vary largely in the camps and will include some simple physical work. This project aims to plant flowers and trees around school to make it an environmentally friendly area and protect nature and its beauty. The workcamp volunteers will be involved in producing a colourful and fun learning environment for the children by creating alphabets, numbers, pictures of animals, birds, body parts and so on. The kind of schedule and the focus of the project will be adapted to the season, the possibilities and the needs of the moment, to improve the achievements in a long-term view.
 
Objectives:
To paint the wall, class rooms and fence of school compound, to make the ground plain, to make garden around school area, educate the children to build a better and more conscious society. To promote friendship, understanding and solidarity among local people and international volunteers.
 
Work: Fence, classrooms and wall painting and decoration, Gardening, Clear the ground.
 
Location:

1.  Jitpur community: Kathmandu District, which is only about 11 km away from main ring road to Balaju, Kathmandu
2. Okharpawa community: It is in Nuwakot District, which is 17 km from Kathmandu with fields, woods and hills.

 
 
Placement Support Process: Each volunteer is 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, 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 2-6 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 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)