Nepal Health & Medical Placement - Siddhi Shaligram Briddhashram

  Nepal

• Kathmandu: 
Kathmandu

Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: Year round, departures at the beginning of each month

Description: This is a new project that just opened on in Oct 2005, and they need help to get it off the ground. Working with the elderly is a very new concept in Nepal, so there are limited resources available. Any experience people have working with geriatrics is very useful.

The Siddhi Memorial Foundation has a lot of passion and vision, but lacks the experience, skills and organization that volunteers can provide.

Highlights:
* Siddhi Memorial Hospital specifically needs help in administration and management of the new elderly home.
* Assistance with developing better sustainability and fundraising is also imperative. Someone with some new ideas for fundraising could really help.
* Someone with experience with geriatrics to run activities and assist with organization and developing new programs would also be great.
* Developing a local volunteer initiative with youth to help with the elderly.
* Developing a handicraft rehab program and potential fair trade initiative for future sustainability.
* Fundraising proposals and assistance with paperwork and website, translation and document processing etc.
* Depending on your experience and background you may be able to assist witht he Women and Children's hospital on-site.

Qualifications: You must be flexible and patient to work in any Nepalese setting. Festivals and strikes constantly disrupt the work day, and things just don't happen very efficiently. You also must be self motivated and capable of thinking for yourself, proposing your ideas and making suggestions. The SMH needs someone to help them take ideas and make them happen.

Anyone who can not wait or who is frustrated by people being late is not reccommended for this placement. Unfortunately this is just a reality that you must learn to live and work with.

Cost in US$: $1905 for 8 week duration, $105 each additional week

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: We believe everyone can contribute by volunteering. Recent graduates from high school, college or university, professionals taking a career break, recent retirees, individuals or groups who are interested in a change and the chance to enrich their own life and the lives of others. If you are 18 years or older you can apply for any of the placements available. If you are from 16-18 years old you may apply for placements near our Volunteer Abroad Office and Residence, so that we are able to give you more support. Both students and professionals are needed for placements in all our countries.

Age Range: 20 +

This Program is open to World Wide Participants.

Participants Travel to Nepal Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Resume
• Written Application

Volunteer Abroad's Mission Statement: We believe international volunteering promotes cross-cultural learning that helps create global awareness, understanding between cultures and provides the platform for positive change. Our volunteers have taught in schools, provided disaster relief support for the International Red Cross, conducted essential research to improve the management strategies of threatened environments, built homes for impoverished people, provided vocational training and programs for street kids and have worked in co-operation with hundreds of local organizations to distribute aid and improve the quality of life for people throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Year Founded: 1998