Volunteer, Nepal

Volunteer, Nepal
Closing Date: Monday, 30 June 2014


Volunteer Aid Nepal

Closing date: 30 Jun 2014
Location: Nepal - Pokhara


Rural Education and Empowerment Program ( REEP ) - Info

The Rural Education and Empowerment Program (REEP) of Volunteer Aid Nepal in Nepal is located rural area of Western Development Region of Nepal. We provide volunteer work in Nepal at grassroots level, helping local community organizations and School to achieve their goals in Nepal. Volunteers of Rural Empowerment Program (REEP) help local schools and Community Based Organization (CBO) by Teaching and working with community workers, teacher, students and villagers. The mail objective of the program is to empowering local people for community change and Human development. The focus groups of REEP project are
disadvantaged youth group, School Student, and other back warded Dalit, Janajati, women etc.

Rural Education and Empowerment Program- Location

# Placements are in areas with very basic facilities such as electricity, health, communication and transportation
# Volunteers placed in mixed-nationality and gender groups of 3-5
# Live and work in rural communities with the local school as a base
# Based in Rural area of Western Development Region of Nepal
# Volunteers live with Nepali families or in local school or community hostels
# Most placements have public telephone booths, mobile telephone service, basic health service and email …services are available most of the Village Development Committee (VDC).
# The main source of the subsistence of the villagers is Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry.

The activities of volunteers on the Rural Education and Empowerment Program (REEP) include:

# Teaching formal and non-formal timetabled lessons in schools (Health, Environment, Volunteerism and English
# Publishing “Volunteer Post” Wall Newspaper Monthly including activities of Volunteer club, Volunteer events, …School events, Local events, Environment issues, development issues, Social poems, Success stories etc
# Empowering and encouraging Student, Teacher, Parents and School Management Committee (SMC) and …forming Student Club for keeping good environment of School
# Conducting extra-curricular activities involving non-formal education techniques, (e.g. drama and art, Poem …writing and Games) to explore sensitive topics with Health, Volunteerism, Human right, Climate Change etc.
# Establishing links between the youth club, user group, Mother group, community Based Organization (CBO) …the local health post and local medical personnel.
# Conducting exposure visits to health center and services for local Children and women.

Program Requirements

# Volunteers for program must:
# Be 18 years or older
# Be eligible to obtain a tourist visa to Nepal
# General knowledge of English Language
# Flexible, commitment and adjustable

Program Information

# Project Duration: Min one weeks to Max 12 Month
# Application fee :USD $ 150 only after arrival in Kathmandu
# Location of project: Around Local City of Kaski , Dhading , Gorkha Districts
# Working Hours: 4 hour per day
# Program Fee : 3 Package is avaiable (participant , semi and full package rates)

How to apply

Please follow this link : - http://www.volunteeraidnepal.org/volunteer-application-form.doc

or

# Log on : http://volunteeraidnepal.org ( www.volunteeraidnepal.org )
# Click on " Apply Now "
# Download Application Form
# sent at info@volunteeraidnepal.org ( Only completed Application Form will be considered. To see Program fee please clickon " Program Fee ")
Reference Code: RW_7NZA44-21



Source: Reliefweb