http://www.volunteer-nepal.org Participants will have a unique experience of different life style. For the first few weeks participants will be placed with a family in an urban settings and have experience of city life style with all the modern technology like TV with many channels, western style toilet, and telephone internet. After few weeks? experience in city area the participants will be placed in small rural village for the some portion of duration of their stay.
This provides the participants with an excellent opportunity to learn about all aspects of Nepali culture, lifestyle, language, food and people Nepali cooking, dancing, playing instruments, games. Participants should remember that this is a cultural exchange and that an effort to offer some knowledge of their own home culture and customs to the family with whom they stay is appreciated. During their stay, participants will attend 2-3 hours of language lessons with experienced Nepali language and cultural trainer in the morning and in the afternoon. They will also have the opportunity to visit and help out at the local school, local NGOs, Orphanages. Home stay programs can be arranged one week to five months at participants? available time. This program is best organized from at any time of the year but August to December which is the time when most large local festivals take place. This makes for an overall more exciting experience for the volunteer. Nepali culture is distinctively friendly and open and participants are made to feel as though they are part of the family.
Upon your arrival you will receive orientation and training appropriate to the length of your stay. During orientation, you will receive an intensive training that covers Teaching English as a Foreign Language, communicative Nepali, cultural information, project description and travel information etc. During your orientation phase you will be staying in Kathmandu with either a Nepali host family or in a Hotel. After completion of your orientation phase you will be escorted to your assigned placement. You will
be accommodated with a Nepali host family nearby work location. Our host family will provide you with food and board.
There is a program fee associated with our program as we don't have any donor agencies; our organization is run by volunteers' and internship fees. The program fee covers administrative charge, training, accommodation and meals during your training and placement, transportation for volunteers and supervision. We also provide scholarships to needy children and donate funds to the schools we are affiliated with.
Program fee:
One month fee is Euro 400€
The other costs you will need to meet are:
Your flights, Visa (15 days:- US$25
30 days:- US$40
90 days:- US$100
Per extra day US$2), vaccinations, travel insurance and corresponding airport departure taxes. You will need a weekly budget of up to US$20 to cater for all your other expenses like bottled water, personal items, beverages and entertainment. Euros 20€ airport tax when leaving the country.
Web-site:
http://www.volunteer-nepal.org
