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Volunteer NEPAL Kathmandu Disable Care Center

On-site, Volunteer must be in or near Elkins Park, PA
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  • Details

    Commitment Details:
    From 1 week to 12 weeks
    Recurrence:
    Recurring
    Cause Areas:
    Arts & Music, Health & Medicine, Volunteering
    Good For:
    Teens, Public Groups, Age 55+
    Participation Requirements:
    Attend Orientation
    Other Requirements:
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    Description

    Volunteer NEPAL Kathmandu Disable Care Center

    Volunteers needed at a Special needs children’s care center located in a suburb of Kathmandu. This center is caring for physically challenged children by providing them with the accommodation, daily care, health care, medication in the form of corrective surgery and education. Most of these children come from poor families who cannot care for them at home. Currently there are more than 40 children being cared for, most of them between 10-12 years old.

    Volunteer duties include helping take care of the children’s daily activities, getting them ready for school classes, creating interesting activities, playing with them, home work assistance and helping them to learn better English and other subjects.

    The following activities are practices in the center:
    • Physiotherapy
    • Musical therapy
    • Speech therapy
    • Art therapy
    Required:
    • Volunteers required to pay US$100 for each month they volunteer at this program paid with the program cost.

    Note: No prior experience is needed for general care giver however; volunteers should be caring and have a lot of patience. Those with medical/therapy training are welcome and will be placed under the local registered medical profession supervision.

    Volunteers needed at a Special needs children’s care center located in a suburb of Kathmandu. This center is caring for physically challenged children by providing them with the accommodation, daily care, health care, medication in the form of corrective surgery and education. Most of these children come from poor families who cannot care for them at home. Currently there are more than 40 children being cared for, most of them between 10-12 years old.

    Volunteer duties include helping take care of the children’s daily activities, getting them ready for school classes, creating interesting activities, playing with them, home work assistance and helping them to learn better English and other subjects.

    The following activities are practices in the center:
    • Physiotherapy
    • Musical therapy
    • Speech therapy
    • Art therapy
    Required:
    • Volunteers required to pay US$100 for each month they volunteer at this program paid with the program cost.

    Note: No prior experience is…

    Location

    On-site
    Volunteer house, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, US

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