Grassroots Service Project with Women in India
India
Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Summer, Throughout the year, Trimester, Winter
Durations of Program: 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: Year-round
Description:
Volunteers are needed to help with a grassroots project in Northern India hat reuses plastic bags to make artisan bowls and baskets. The service work includes organizing materials for the projects, helping market the textiles and assisting the director with other administrative tasks. Volunteers will learn how to make the textiles themselves as well as work with local impoverished women and children who are making the textiles.
Highlights:
This volunteer project is run by a woman who also runs a small family style guest house. This is a fantastic project for people interested in working a local project that employs undereducated females in the area as well as learning about how to start and manage a grassroots organization. Internship volunteers should be mature, innovative, and prepared for long days in a culture that can be challenging. The guesthouse is in a semi-rural setting near a large city. Women should be prepared to dress in traditional and conservative clothing throughout the duration of their volunteer project.
Qualifications:
Mature, self motivated, hard workers. Must be comfortable working with impoverished women and children.
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Intern Types :
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- Art/Fine Arts
- Communications
- Creative Writing
- Education
- Environmental Studies
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- Human Rights
- Humanities
- International Trade
- Journalism
- Marketing, Ad, PR
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- Sales
- Social Work
- Sustainable Development
- Web Design
- Women's Studies
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Cost in US$: $700 plus travel expenses and R&B
Cost Include Description:
The $750 is a one time fee that includes the internship placement, pre-departure orientation and reliable in-country resources.
$300 a month covers room and board and volunteers get to stay at the guest house and enjoy the familial atmosphere.
Experience Required: no
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Volunteer Types :
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- adult education
- arts
- business
- childcare/children
- community development
- community health
- community organizing
- consciousness-raising
- conservation
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- culture
- economic development
- education
- English teaching
- environment
- gender issues
- global warming
- grassroots organization
- health
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- marketing
- media work
- micro-enterprise
- organizational development
- playgrounds
- small business development
- social services, social work
- volunteering
- women
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Typical Volunteer: Typically our volunteers are gap year students aged 17-35. Volunteers placed by our organization are eager, outgoing, take initiative and are dedicated to international and local service work.
Age Range: 17 - 35
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
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Typical Living Arrangements :
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- Group living
- Home-stays
- Independent living
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Participants Travel to India
Independently
Typically Participants Work
Independently
Application Process Involves:
- Phone Interview
- Resume
- Written Application
Post Services Include:
- Exit DebriefingAbroad
- Job and Internship Network
- Re-Entry Debriefing at Home
LEAPNOW: Transforming Education's Mission Statement: Leapnow's primary purpose is nothing less than transformation and positive change on the planet. We aspire to keep our work on the cutting edge of human evolution. We feel that we can have the most positive impact on the world by working in the area of education- which ideally is all about transforming and expanding the consciousness of our students. Cultural immersion, study and work abroad are our main vehicles for learning about one's self and the world.
Year Founded: 1993
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