Volunteer in Women Empowerment Programmes

  Nepal

Kathmandu,  Pokhara,  Solu

Term: Throughout the year 
Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 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: 9-12 weeks
Dates: on Going

Description: Program at a glance:

Program: Women's Empowerment
Start Dates: 1st and 15th of each month
Language Requirements: English (Basic Nepali is provided)
Food and Accommodation: Nepali standard with host family in the working community
Key Activities: working with women in the field, account keeping, awareness raising, technical skills, small grant writing
Beneficiaries: women from disadvantaged community
Working Hours: 4 to 5 hours a day, 6 days a week
Required Qualifications and Skills: No formal training required, passion to work with women, flexible attitude

VIN will be indebted to any volunteers with experience in this area. The forage development project aims to save women time by having grass closer to hand to feed their animals, which is their major source of income
Roles of Volunteers:

    * Work with VIN's local staff to train women
    * Help women's groups for account keeping
    * work with women in their farm
    * Awareness raising activities
    * Women's rights
    * Women's health issues
    * Life skills
    * Teaching English
    * develop small grant proposals to fund women's empowerment programs
    * Help explore possible market for them
    * Research and case studies

So VIN invites all interested national and international volunteers to be part of our womens development programmes. Come with expertise and help women learn or come with no expertise and learn together. Your small effort can make a big difference to women in the most marginalized communities!!! We do however request our volunteers to be flexible! It takes time for you to learn about the local women before you start your actual work and you need patience for that. Working in the community is not like a computer program, which is preset; you click and it works. You will be working with women of a totally different culture and lifestyle. Your steps will work slowly but SURELY!

Volunteer with VIN in the womens development programme, teach women to be literate, skilled and empowered. Let's help women to leave their homes and experience the outer world!

Highlights: Volunteer with VIN in women development programme, teach women to be literate, skilled and empowered. Let's help women to come out of their homes and experience the outer world!

Qualifications: Anybody who is interested to work for women development programmes can participate

Minimum Education: High School

Cost in US$: 1,000 - 1,500

Salary / Pay: Volunteers should pay

Experience Required: yes

Not a constraint. We provide trainings

Typical Volunteer: Anybody with great motivation to work with women, children, youths and teachers can apply for VIN volunteering programmes

Age Range: there is no age bar 18+

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

Participants Travel to Nepal Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups of 3-7

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Letters of Reference
• Resume
• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Alumni Network

Volunteers Initiative Nepal's Mission Statement: Our mission is to empower marginalized communities, with a focus on women and children, through enhanced education programmes and whole community training to achieve democracy and raise economic productivity.

Year Founded: 2005

Volunteers Initiative Nepal is a No based organization. We do not require our participants to be of the same faith. Our volunteers will not be involved in religious proselytizing.