Volunteer in Nepal

  Nepal

• Kathmandu: 
Kathmandu
• Pokhara: 
Pokhara

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months, 7-12 months, 1-2 years and over 2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: any time

Description: Volunteer teaching, orphanage work, internships in journalism and medical. We also organize mid and long-term project attachment, which takes a minimum of 2 to 6 months. This is mainly for volunteers who seek to sharpen their skills or do research while at the same time helping local communities in the area of their training/interests. This is done upon request from the volunteers. Some of the areas/fields of internship Volnepal organizes are:

* Social Work
* Health Services
* Youth Development
* Education and Training
* Research
* Agricultural Development

Sponsor a needy child!

In the course of our voluntary service and assisting the community group(s) in marginalized areas we have met many young children who are ill-treated, malnourished, lack proper clothing, orphaned and lack medical attention. There are many desperate children out there that are longing for your help. Children are a gift and blessing from God and believe it is our responsibility and duty to take care for all children.

The sponsorship is categorized as follows:

Category I - Covers education: tuition fee, text and exercise books and school uniforms. Cost: USD 250 per year

Category II - Covers education and medical care. Cost: USD 350 per year.

Category III - Covers education, medical care, clothes and food. USD 500 Per year

The sponsorship can be as long as you wish. The sponsor will be furnished with all the details of the child or children, family background, school report and progress of the child. A picture of the child will be sent to you and you will receive a letter from the child or the guardian.

So if you're interested in sponsoring a child please contact us.

Other Project/Programs Community Development

The Volunteer Nepal, partners with organizations to support community leaders and youth workers in community building, rural development, and sustainability efforts. Our model, which forms the basis for much of our work, is an adaptable approach to community building in which youth and adults work as partners to examine community resources, develop a community vision, and take action to create meaningful change.

With our partners, we have extended the model to develop tools and strategies for engaging youth and adults as partners in creating positive community change.

* Create new job opportunities by training change-agents for integrated rural development
* Promote consultancy, research and development in technical and social fields
* Diffusion of innovations, education, motivation and awareness through mass communication
* Non Formal Education for Women and Old people
* Water Supply Health & Sanitation Program
* Children Dev. Activities for capacity build-up
* Women Dev. Activities for Capacity build up
* Youth Dev. Act. for self reliance & employment
* Promote job-oriented education and primary healthcare
* Youth Development, Leadership Development
* Support for school building and other infrastructure development
* Provide scholarship for children (who are orphans, disabled, lower caste, poor)

Highlights: Located in a beautiful, quiet corner of the Kathmandu Valley, we offer volunteer projects that provide a great opportunity to visit Nepal while helping Nepalese communities, gaining memorable cultural experiences and knowledge about Nepalese society, history and much more.

Arriving in Nepal could be a culture shock. The first city you will see before reaching your final destination, is Kathmandu, a typical developing-world capital rushing into the modern era. Making your way through the outskirts of the city to head West, you might suffer overload from crowds, noise, concrete monstrosities, billboards, and the vast array of vehicles that use the one lane roads: trucks, buses, tractors, bicycles, rickshaws, motorcycles, as well as cows, goats and buffalos, all sharing the road with you and many other people.   

Leaving the big city behind you, you ride westward and reach a junction where the road splits - going straight will take you to nearby Bhaktapur, a much quieter city, with its historical city centre closed off to traffic. Following the road to the left instead, will slowly take you uphill away from big urban developments. You will cross through rice, corn, mustard or wheat fields. The landscape around you might be green and lush, or dry and dusty, depending on the season you come. You will see people farming, red brick houses, and huts; the sounds of traffic will make way to those of the farmland with cows mooing and people calling each other across the fields. This is not a big town. It is a small village set at a higher altitude from Kathmandu, which you will clearly see from the rooftop of the house, with the lights of the airport illuminating the surrounding sky at night. The village actually stretches all along the road and into the fields, but the school itself is near the centre, a square (Neupane Gaun) with a couple of large trees where kids play, men chat, or watch people go by while sitting at a couple of tea shops. With the additional barbershop and a few grocers, this is as much as you're going to get as far as commercial activity.

The town is known in the valley for its nearby Nepal Engineering College. It is a few minutes walk downhill, where the campus, its football field, basketball court and dormitories stretch along a river carrying all the water descending from the hills of this North-Western area.   

Many of the people are farmers in this area. Fields alternate with small patches of trees and bamboo. There are many trails that wander off in all directions, but a popular short one takes you to the Southern entrance of Changunarayan, a temple which origins go back to the IV century a.D. whose present architecture is from 1702, having been rebuilt after a fire. From the temple, on clear days, you will enjoy spectacular views of the whole valley, and behind you of the mountains, gradually ascending towards the highest peaks. Mt. Everest will be clearly visible from Nagarkot, another popular destination one and half hour walk from Duwakot.

There are frequent buses going straight to Kathmandu every half an hour. Bhaktapur is more easily accessible. The distance is actually quite reachable on foot - there is a trail cutting through the fields, which takes 45 minutes. Taking the road is half an hour longer, but preferable if you don't like mud in the rainy season. Accessing any of these two cities will be necessary for any special errand you might need to run, or for Internet and international calls. Otherwise, there are more than one persons' needs that are readily available in Duwakot. All volunteers that have come, enjoyed this village for its simplicity, for the familiarity of its people who recognised them through smiles on the streets, for its charming countryside, and for the complete absence of the hustle and bustle typical of Kathmandu. This is where life goes back to basics, with every day starting with the call of roosters and birds chirping, and ending with the soothing lullaby of crickets.

Qualifications: Near-native fluency in English.

Cost in US$: email us

Salary / Pay: Email us

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Any outgoing, sharing person who is curious about other cultures, and who likes to work with people, particularly children.

Age Range: over 18

This Program is open to World Wide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Nepal Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups

Scholarships are Available.

Application Process Involves:

• Other
• Resume

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Job and Internship Network
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Volunteer in Nepal's Mission Statement: The mission of Volunteer Nepal National Group is to mobilize and sensitize women and youth on the issues affecting them and how to utilize the resources available in order to promote and support sustainable self-help projects focusing on advancement of women and youth initiatives, income generating activities, human development and environmental conservation efforts. Our objective is to co-ordinate socio-cultural interaction between people of diverse background by creating opportunities for both local and international volunteers to exchange their experience and skills. We provide volunteer service opportunities for people who are genuinely interested in learning about a new and different community and culture while contributing their time and skills to benefit worthwhile community service throughout Nepal. By partaking in the program, it is hoped that participants will experience personal growth as well as open communication channels between different countries and cultures.

Year Founded: 2000