Code | Name of Project | Location | Date | Type | Vols No. | Male | Female | Age |
VINWC16-05 | Urban Garden Project | Kathmandu | 5-17 April 2016 | MANU, ENVI | 16 | 8 | 8 | 18+ |
VINWC16-09 | Urban Garden Project | Kathmandu | 5-17 June 2016 | EDU, MANU, ENVI, SOCI | 16 | 8 | 8 | 18+ |
VINWC16-24 | Urban Garden Project | Kathmandu | 13-24 Sep 2016 | EDU, MANU, ENVI, SOCI | 16 | 8 | 8 | 18+ |
Background/Project: A park is a beautiful thing, which entertains us if we visit there. A public park is necessary in a city like Kathmandu because people come to take fresh air from the crowded and smokeful area. In Kathmandu, the houses stand side by side. There is not enough open space in many houses. The alleys are very narrow. People want free air and light.
People in this fast-paced city life often prefer outdoor recreational pursuits during weekends and holidays. But, what if the visit to parks and other recreational spots becomes an unpleasant experience?
Such is the condition of the famous parks in Kathmandu as they are now in dilapidated condition, which are barely luring the townies.
The sorry state of affairs persists as the authority concerned — the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has not been able to look after such sites due to the lack of proper mechanism and manpower.
For the people of Kathmandu, green and well-maintained parks where families can spend quality time together on holidays have always been a distant dream.
It is not that there aren´t parks in the capital at all. The city boasts of spacious parks like Ratna Park, Balaju Park, Tribhuwan Park, Gagadol Park and Sankha Park etc. But, those parks and others are in a sorry state.
Families prefer not to visit the parks as they are usually littered with wastes and have turned into hangouts for drifters. Most of the parks in the capital lack basic facilities like toilets and water taps. Even those that have toilets such facilities have been left to fall apart in want of upkeep.
Now days, the parks are being polluted. People visit the place, throw papers, break flowers and destroy the beauty. In some parks, mazes are burnt and sold but they throw jackets of maize and cobs. The husks of fruits are thrown here and there.
Objectives:
Educate the people to make them more responsible with nature.
Educate the people regarding the property like public parks/garden: don’t throw rubbish everywhere, save plants (Garden means plants, plants mean water and water means life).
Collect the rubbish and clean the park.
Plant and care the trees and flowers.
Develop a green collect point to collect all bio-degradable rubbishes and make bio compost to use for the plants in the park.
Work / Activities:
Develop different materials like poster, placard and other materials and provide education to the people about the parks.
Collect the rubbish and clean the park, paint and decorate it.
Plant and care the trees and flowers.
Help develop bio compost in the park and use it for the plants.
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, preparation for project activities and an introduction to VIN. Then actual workcamp starts on from the third day. You will always be 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 on a half day sight-seeing tour 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.
Location: Kathmandu valley
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, food 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: VIN takes you a half day cultural sightseeing. Either before, during or after your workcamp, there exists the options to undertake 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 (VEF) from the sending organization)