Description:
Nepal offers a wide range of volunteering opportunities, allowing for participants to lend their skills to those in need. Projects include teaching English, orphanage work, medical elective, and remote health post work in both urban and rural Nepal. There are endless opportunities for participants to bring their skills to the table, as well as gain an appreciation for another culture. Volunteer NOW through International Volunteer HQ's partner organization in Nepal.
* Teaching English
More than 80% of the children from Nepal's villages and cities are unable to access a good educational system. This is due to a lack of financial and physical resources as well as the remote mountain geography of the country. Volunteers participating in the Nepal Teaching English program will teach English at a Nepali public or private school, depending on the need for volunteers when you are in the country. Volunteers can also assist with creating low-cost teaching materials for the school and help organize health check-ups for students. Teaching English volunteers are more than welcome to participate in other school activities such as sports or sanitation programs while they work at the school. Many volunteers teach English in the mornings before arranging sports, drama and song in the afternoon.
N.B. Volunteers do not need to be a qualified or experienced teacher.
* Orphanage Work
In lesser developed countries such as Nepal, thousands upon thousands of children are orphans, with no real home, no family and no opportunity to get an education. Through the IVHQ Nepal orphanage work program, volunteers will be placed in an orphanage/care house where they will assist children in their day to day routine. The general role of the volunteer will be to act as an older sibling to the children. What volunteers do specifically in each orphanage varies depending on where they are placed and the requirements at the time of the placement. However examples of work include; helping teach the children and assisting with tuition of general life skills through participating in administrative chores, health education, games, and by drawing and painting with the children. By volunteering for IVHQ's orphanage work program, volunteers help to mold and shape the young minds of talented, charming and grateful children.
IVHQ Placement: Namaste House - Located in central Kathmandu, this orphanage is very typical of many on our program with many children and not enough staff and resources. (Please Note - This is just one of many orphanages on our program and not necessarily the one you will be working at).
* Medical Elective
Volunteers can do their medical elective at a hospital in Kathmandu or Bhaktapur where they will have hands on clinical experience in a field of operations relevant to their expertise. IVHQ's medical elective program is invaluable for a career in medicine. Volunteers will experience first hand the stark contrast between Western medical practice and the realities of medicine in developing countries. Key requirements for a volunteer on the Nepal medical elective program are initiative, enthusiasm, and readiness to work in unfamiliar circumstances such as surgeries with minimal resources and understaffed hospitals.
N.B. For the Medical Elective, volunteers need to be training or qualified in a relevant medical field. Therefore, volunteers are required to present a copy of their qualifications and certificates to our program partner on arrival in Nepal. The medical elective also incurs a surcharge of USD 5 per day to cover costs associated with this program. This will be included in the fees quoted to you when you apply.
* Remote Health Post Work
Remote health clinics in Nepal struggle to attract qualified doctors and medically trained personnel let alone sufficient resources such as equipment and medicine. Volunteers working at village health clinics will assist local health staff in performing day to day tasks such as dressing wounds, administering vaccinations, drawing blood, screening and organizing patients, collecting medicines and generally helping in whatever capacity they are required. There is also the need to conduct seminars to motivate and educate local villagers on health initiatives.
N.B. For the remote health post work, volunteers need to be training or qualified in a relevant medical field. Therefore, volunteers are required to present a copy of their qualifications and certificates to our program partner on arrival in Nepal.
Highlights:
* Extremely affordable fees
* 24/7 support
* Home stay with a local Nepal family
* Meals
* IVHQ Pre-Departure Information Booklet
* Orientation
* Language Course
* City Tour
Qualifications / Skills Needed:
Volunteers must be over 18 years of age at the beginning of the program and have at least a high school education. Volunteers participating in the Medical Elective or Remote Health Post must have appropriate training and certification (to be presented to IVHQ partner staff on arrival in Nepal).
Language:
English
Cost in US$: Program Fees from USD 250 (1 week) to USD 1,400 for 5 months
Cost Includes:
Excursions,
Food,
Housing,
In-country orientation/Training,
In-country staff support,
Language instruction,
Pre-departure orientation/Training
and Registration fees
- You will also receive a dedicated program coordinator.
Experience Required: no
Typical Volunteer Projects:
adult education,
AIDS,
childcare/children,
community development,
community health,
counseling,
culture,
education,
English teaching,
gender issues,
health,
health care,
health education,
home visit,
homelessness,
hospital,
medicine,
nursing,
orphans,
primary education,
public education,
recreation,
social services, social work,
sports,
street kids,
teaching,
tutor,
volunteering,
women,
youth
and youth development
Age Range: 18-70
This Program is open to
Worldwide
Participants.
This Program is also open to
Families, Couples and Individuals.
Typical Living Arrangement:
Home-stays
Participants Travel to Nepal
Independently
Or
in Groups
Typically Participants Work
Independently
Or
in Groups of 2 to10
Application Process Involves:
Typically The Application Process Time Is 1 week
Post Services Include:
International Volunteer HQ's Mission Statement: International Volunteer HQ aims to provide volunteers with quality, flexible, safe and highly affordable volunteering placements in developing countries. In addition to providing aid and assistance to these countries, International Volunteer HQ endeavors to increase education and heighten awareness through not only the skills and expertise taken by volunteers to their host communities and institutions, but also through the experiences and lessons volunteers will in turn take back to their own countries and cultures.
Year Founded: 2007