Code | Name of Project | Location | Date | Type | Vols No. | Male | Female | Age |
VINWCEQR-14 | WASH for Disaster Relief | Jitpur Phedi /Okharpawa community | 5th -18th Jan 2016 | CONS, EDU, HEALTH | 16 | 8 | 8 | 18+ |
VINWCEQR-15 | WASH for Disaster Relief | Jitpur Phedi /Okharpawa community | 19th -31st Jan 2016 | CONS, EDU, HEALTH | 16 | 8 | 8 | 18+ |
VINWCEQR-16 | WASH for Disaster Relief | Jitpur Phedi /Okharpawa community | 6 Feb-18 Feb 2016 | CONS, EDU, HEALTH | 16 | 8 | 8 | 18+ |
Background/Project:
After the devastating earthquake of 25th April, 2015, the situation in Nepal is desperate! Over 8500 deaths, thousands of people injured. Over 600 hundred thousand houses were destroyed. 1.7 million children are directly affected and need urgent support. Over 125,000 pregnant women affected.
The communities, VIN has been working in, Jitpurphedi and Okharpauwa, are badly affected. Almost 90% houses are destroyed. Jitpurphedi and Okharpauwa alone have witnessed 22 deaths and over 3 dozen injured! The water supply is damaged and destroyed. Some water sources became dry and some badly destroyed. Most of the people have been using water from the natural and direct sources and because of the open defecation practices, the water is totally contaminated, and this has made community people especially children, suffer from diarrhea and many other diseases. The land filled site of Okharpawa is another reason for suffering people from different diseases. Because of their low economic status and lack of awareness, they are not able to construct toilets themselves. VIN had already constructed 550+ transitional homes for the needy earthquake victims in those communities. They have simple shelter to live but no toilet. VIN aims to construct minimum 500 toilets for the needy and poor families.
- Objectives: To construct toilets for earthquake victims, back warded marginalized and indigenous groups to declare open Defecation Free (ODF) communities.
- To help people increase correct health and hygiene practices including washing their hands with soap water through aware raising campaign and training.
- To educate target groups to safe drinking water and basic hygiene and sanitation
Work: Construction, renovation and awareness raising.
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 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, and project activities preparation and about VIN. 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)