Teaching & Renovation projects in India - Volunteers needed from Feb 2009

  India

Cochin

Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: Flexible Start dates

Description: Teaching Projects
Year Out India teaching programs in rural communities focus on teaching Art to the children of the many rural schools we work with. Year Out India volunteers help in conducting activities like clay modeling, painting, drawing, singing, art & drama, dancing, group work, games or other similar activities. Your help and assistance will be greatly appreciated in these rural schools and will be a refreshing change to existing curriculum. These schools typically have limited resources, both infrastructure and staff.

Medical Internship
Join our medical internship placements at rural hospitals, clinics and volunteer for our Medical outreach programs. This placement is ideal for volunteers who haven't started medical training yet and for pre-university gapers who are thinking of a career in medicine. Volunteers during this placement will be able to help at all levels, observe the work of different departments, patient management, care and counseling. Medical/Nursing students will be able to get more involved in patient diagnosis, treatment and assist the doctors and surgeons.

Community Development Projects
There are various community development projects running in rural villages in the western ghat mountain of South India. These projects are a wonderful way for you to get a true insight into Indian culture and way of life as you will be living and working at community projects located at some breathtaking locations in the western Ghat mountains of south India. You will have a unique opportunity to work with the Manna tribe and take part in our ongoing community projects, sanitation and drinking water projects. Our projects are working towards the United Nations Year of Sanitation. Please join us for at these fantastic and worthwhile projects.

Highlights: Come and volunteer your time and energy to these worthwhile projects and take back memorable and unforgettable experience. There can not be a better way to spend your gap year or career break and use your energy and enthusiasm make a real difference at these projects! A real way to Volunteer, Travel and Discover India.

Qualifications: Year Out India looks for committed individuals with a passion for Teaching, Rural development and conservation to assist in our various initiatives at the grass root level. We have several programs running in these areas. Volunteers are allocated programs taking into consideration their interests and the time they have available to spend for these programs.

We are looking for volunteer to come to south India this summer and volunteer at our teaching and community development projects in the beautiful Western Ghat Mountains, in Kerala, India.

Whether you're looking to take a gap year, a few months break, have recently graduated or just finished school, Yearoutindia volunteering programs give you the chance to take some time off and to spend meaningful time travelling, living, working and exploring India. Anyone over the age of 17 is welcome to come and volunteer.

This is fantastic opportunity for volunteers to come and work at unique locations in South India. Yearoutindia provides the easiest and most economical way to explore and experience South India by enabling you to penetrate deep into the lives of the common man through which you feel the heartbeats of the people and experience their culture and traditions. Come, join us in our various initiatives and make a difference where it really does count.

Cost in US$: $700 -$1000+ for 4 weeks all inclusive

Airfare or other travel to the site, visas, free-time expenses etc are NOT covered in the program fee. All additional free time travel outside the work program, accommodation and food expenses are to be borne by the volunteers themselves.

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: Our typical volunteer is anyone from any background who is self motivate and determined to make a real difference to the communities we work with. The key trait is to be kind, considerate and willingness to get involved in everything from local traditions to getting mucky at a community building site. Volunteers realize that YOI projects are real project and not touristy ones and every project site is very personal to everyone involved as we do really make a difference to the lives of the people we work with. If you have a skill or a specific expertise we can use, come and join us soon.

Age Range: 17 - 45

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European and Kiwi Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to India Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 2-3

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Other
• Resume

Post Services Include:

• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Job and Internship Network

Year Out India's Mission Statement: Year Out India aims to represent, support and facilitate, teaching, child welfare, community development and wildlife conservation programs in south India through professional and well planned volunteering programs. We are committed to direct involvement in local communities and environment conservation programs. We aim to assist volunteers to come together for a common purpose, to promote and develop local volunteering and voluntary action and to enable local people to benefit directly from such activities. We constantly strive to develop our strategies and methodologies to ensure harmony between visiting volunteers and local social, culture and natural environment.

Year Founded: 2004