International Volunteering in India

  India

Calcutta

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: Whole Year

Description: Watch Society (Women Activity Training & Child Help) Society is a registered NGO. Our foremost object is to make better universe for the poor women and children. We hope to achieve this through the provision of different projects. Therefore we welcome all national and international individuals and students to participate in different welfare activities to help us with this projects.

We have the following programs for our International Volunteers:

1. Long term Volunteer Programs [ 4-12 months]
2. Medium term Volunteer Programs [2-4 months]
3. Short term Volunteer programs [1-2 months]

We have the following projects:

1."Happy House" (Education Centre) Project

It is a project of free school where we give services like education, food, entertainment programs, games etc. to the slum children.

In Happy House we teach basic Mathematics, language like English, Social Science, GK. Beside these we also provide crafts training for them. We provide free medical support for the kids as per their need.

We have already started one non-formal educational centre under "Happy House" project at Khardah (Calcutta). We have a plan to establish similar centre at the different slum areas in and around Calcutta for the betterment of the needy slum kids. For this we need individual from all over the world to help these needy kids.

2. "Street Kids Welfare Projects"

It is a project for the street children, where we provide education, food, cloth, medical treatment etc.

This project is running at Sealdah station. It is one of the main station ok Kolkata and many needy homeless children live here with their families and some of them live there alone without any parental care. These needy children don't get proper medical support because no body take care of these street dwellers.
      
We start the work normally at early morning from 6.00 am to give service for these needy kids. We serve these children for two and half hours. During this time, we clean these children and supply a breakfast, give a basic education etc. We also give free medical support to them. We also try to give them some enjoyment through drawing, different games.

We also provide cloths to these needy kids on a certain interval of time. At present we run this program thrice in a week but want to wake this program every day but for this we need huge no. of volunteer participation in this project. So come and join WATCH and help us to improve our steps and fight against the poverty, Illiteracy and Hunger.

3. "Wounded People Care Project"

This is one of our important project in which we treat wounded people and slum children.

We treat those people and children who can't afford medical treatment. We dressed their wound, give them antiseptic cream etc. (All Medical equipment must be bring by the volunteer.) For this project we need individuals especially from the medical background.
      
4. "Mahela Sachetanata" (Women Awareness) Project

This project is under construction. This project is specially designed to help the poor & slum women. We provide these women about the health hygiene concept, In flux of population in one of the major problems here. These people live in slum areas and they have a huge number of children. It is happened just due to lack of awareness. They don't have any idea about family planning. Through this project we aware them.

5. "Self Income Project"

To make a self help group of children between the age of 12 to 15 years, we will arrange craft training program for them.

The slum people are basically very poor and & they suffer in money problem. The main object of this project is to make the slum children self sufficient through special crafts training & to earn money to support their family.

Program Details

Duration of the program: 2 weeks - 3 weeks (as per volunteer's choice).
Working hours: 20-26 hours per week (flexible as per need).
Work Place: In and around Kolkata.
Food:- Four times daily (local food).
Accommodation: In a separate flat as a group/Individuals.

The volunteers are invited to join intership program through out the year.

Highlights: We need volunteers who can help our kids.

Qualifications: Volunteers need to give love and affection to the needy kids and this is the only thing we need from the volunteers
- Basic English knowledge is a must thing
- Knows how to teach kids
- All volunteers with soft heart and dedication to work for the welfare of street/slum kids are welcome

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: We are working with the street/slum children of India and we have our permanent as well as work camp programs where we need huge number of volunteers throughout the year. Our volunteers need to work with the needy children and the only qualification we need that every volunteer should treat these kids with love and affection, In our work, we give food, cloth, medical service [first aid], basic education, and many other entertainment program. We need our volunteer to adjust with the local food, culture, accommodation and all other things. If any volunteer need any other information please contact us or direct to the head office.

Age Range: 17 years and above.

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

Participants Travel to India Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups of 5-20

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Watch Society's Mission Statement: Our goals are: establish non-formal free schools and vocational training school for the poor children; arrange various training programs for the poor, uneducated women regarding family planning, HIV, AIDS etc; establish various training programs for the poor women to enable them to become economically self sufficient; help poor old aged people; establish halfway shelter for the poor children & old people and form various self help group for women & children.

Year Founded: 2007