Volunteer Nepal

  Nepal

• Other Cities in Nepal: 
Chitwan
• Kathmandu: 
Kathmandu
• Pokhara: 
Pokhara

Term: Fall, Spring, Summer, Throughout the year, Trimester, Winter 
Durations of Program: 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks

Description: Our Volunteer Program provides special opportunity to volunteers. The local community, in turn, gets support, inspiration, motivation, help and empowerment from our volunteers. We especially request people from developed country to volunteer in rural communities of Nepal where people are living with more difficulties. Your presence in rural communities brings more change more then you think.

Volunteering abroad is the opportunity of a lifetime, and our flexible programs let you design your ideal experience in Nepal. Volunteer in meaningful projects that will let you work side-by-side with local people and experience Nepal's culture like never before.

As an international volunteer with Volunteer Aid Nepal, you're making a positive contribution, by sharing in the goals of a local community that warmly welcomes you. You'll gain new perspectives and insight into the culture and yourself. It's an exciting and personally inspiring experience, and you'll develop memories that will stay with you forever.

Highlights: For Teaching Aid program, volunteers are placed in local schools to teach conversational English and reading classes to Nepali children. It is our goal to ensure that the children of Nepal are able to advance their practical written and verbal English language skills. In Nepal, English is becoming more and more of a required skill for job placement, educational advancement and future success. Schools in Nepal often lack in funding and resources. Class size can range from 10 to 80 students. School runs from Sunday to Friday with Saturday off, students are between 4 and 16 years of age. To teach English at a Nepali school you don't need to have formal teaching qualifications. You will need a good command of written and spoken English, plenty of enthusiasm and a lot of patience. Festivals, exams, holidays and strikes disrupt the teaching schedule at various times throughout the year. We ask that volunteers in the teaching program have a second choice of program for these times. You may also like to consider teaching in an informal setting within the orphanage program where many children need additional assistance with school work.

Why Teach in Nepal?

Nepal is a country of great natural beauty, stunning Buddhist and Hindu temples, a rich culture and a dynamic history. Sandwiched between China to the North and India to the South, Nepal has a population made up of a range of different ethnic groups amongst which up to 100 different dialects are spoken. Despite all Nepal has to offer, it still remains to be one of the poorest countries in the world and is heavily dependant on foreign aid. There is also a lack of education for all of Nepal's many children. In this context, Projects Abroad decided to start sending willing volunteers to Nepal to help with English teaching.

Why do Voluntary Teaching?

Voluntary teaching is beneficial to everyone involved. Firstly, it provides our volunteers with the opportunity to work in an environment culturally different from their own. This provides volunteers with an experience that is unique to Nepal and they will return home with a far greater understanding of the way in which millions of the world's population think and act. They will more importantly have an understanding and appreciation for Nepalese youth culture and during their teaching classes will gain an insight into the way in which their students think, live and interact. Teaching will ultimately equip them with fuller and better cross-cultural understanding.

Secondly our volunteers are providing an important skill for the students they teach, that of conversational English. Having a native English speaker is a massive advantage and very helpful to the schools in which they teach. Both students and staff members alike wholly appreciate the language skills and enthusiasm our teaching volunteers bring to their classes. The students also use the opportunity of having a foreign teacher to learn about the customs and practices of the West.

We hope our teaching programme will provide an opportunity for two different cultures to learn from each other. In the 21st Century the importance of greater cultural and linguistic exchange cannot be underestimated. We hope to provide new language skills for the students in the schools in which we place volunteers and also for the volunteers themselves to learn and gain knowledge from the classes in which they teach.

Qualifications: Volunteer Aid Nepal's programs are open to everyone. We are dedicated to providing a meaningful placement for anyone willing to volunteer, and believe that the main skills required for international volunteering are a willingness to learn and an open mind. No specific qualification and experience is required to work as a volunteer in Nepal for Teaching AID Volunteer program. Any person from anywhere can join over the year. Program starts every week. We are requiring 50 volunteers for Teaching position in Nepal.

Cost in US$: visit our website

Salary / Pay: Volunteer Aid Nepal offers a wide variety of programs and experiences, but all of our volunteers come away with the same benefits: - Personal Growth - Having a Purpose - Gaining Independence and Confidence - Connecting with Others - Seeing a Country from the Inside-Out

Experience Required: yes

no experience is required. We will guide you on how to work there.

Age Range: 16-60 year

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian and European 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 15

Application Process Involves:

• Essay

Volunteer Aid Nepal's Mission Statement: Volunteer Aid Nepal's mission is to work as a facilitator and motivator to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged people. Being a helping hand and support center for the holistic progress of marginalized community, we work as a path finder of the local club and groups to achieve their goal of social justice, equality, prosperity and development. Another mission is to work as a global volunteer placement center to build good partnership between emic and etic member of community to unite for the peace and development. Volunteer Aid Nepal envisions making a new society where every member of society has equal access to opportunities. Furthermore, we also want to see Nepal as the best destination for global volunteers.

Year Founded: 2007