Welcome to Volunteer Aid Nepal - A center  for Community development. If you are looking for a volunteer work experience, career break, or just a meaningful travel experience, Volunteer Aid Nepal offers a variety of  Community based volunteer aid programs.  When you volunteer with us in Nepal you are guaranteed a professional support network to guide you throughout. Socially acceptable and financially independent volunteering programs take place in a multicultural and  hospitable environment . Our Volunteer programs are the perfect way to help others, make a difference, explore new areas of interest,  expand your horizons, make new friends and Strengthen your resume. Have a unique experience that is fulfilling, very worthwhile… and lots of fun and adventure.  Please review the community based volunteer programs, fill out an Online Application Form and we will work with you to make your placement possible.

As a development and volunteer organization, Volunteer Aid Nepal mobilizes national and international volunteers and local people into the sectors of education, health, agriculture, environment, etc. The aim of mobilizing these volunteers is to empower local people and raise awareness with a “bottom up” development strategy, and to help local people directly, through the various aid programs Volunteer Aid Nepal is running.

At Volunteer Aid Nepal, we believe that volunteerism is an important aspect to leading a healthy, fulfilling life. We also realize that action, not just awareness, is the way to bring about much needed social improvement. In order to translate the concept “Think Globally, Act Locally” into action, we utilize an international community of volunteers to help change the local way of life for the better. Though the local people of Nepal are certainly specialists of their region, international volunteers have much to offer them, as they are usually more privileged than their Nepali counterparts. Thus, at Volunteer Aid Nepal, we help volunteers empower the local people, so they in turn can “Act Locally.”

Volunteer Aid Nepal runs various research programs to help discern exactly what it is that rural Nepali people need, as well as investigate the subtle differences in each of the many ethnic and social groups that call Nepal home. We collect this information in order to more effectively help the People.

Mission and Vision

Volunteer Aid Nepal’s mission is to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged people. As a helping hand and support center for the holistic progress of marginalized communities, we work with local clubs and groups to achieve their goals of social justice, equality, prosperity and development. We also work as a placement center for international volunteers, so that we can provide them a base from which positive relationships with local people can grow.

At Volunteer Aid Nepal, we envision a society in which a wide range of opportunities exist, and each community member is guaranteed an equal chance at those opportunities.

Our Way Forward

Here at Volunteer Aid Nepal, we will continue to strive for excellence by helping marginalized people in Nepal. We firmly believe that our efforts should be focused upon the needy first, and in this way, we can more effectively raise the standard of living here in Nepal. Our community outreach programs will continue to be implemented as the driving force behind our goal of empowerment, and with the help of international and local volunteers, we are determined to reach this goal.

Our Policy

As a largely undeveloped nation, Nepal needs outside help in order to reach a proper standard of living. This help is most effectively obtained through volunteerism. One volunteer can empower ten, if not more, local people, and an empowered local can empower 100 or a whole community. Essentially, we need leaders to create leaders. This policy of development through volunteerism will help bring about a better Nepal, and in turn, a better world.

Objectives

Volunteer Aid Nepal is a social, Non Profit, Non Government, Social and Volunteer Organization.

1. To mobilize volunteers for development, reformation, and progress of the community.
2. To assist volunteers.
3. To produce media materials to increase the feeling of volunteerism among the People and international community.
4. To increase the skill of volunteers, and through volunteers, develop the skill of people and communities.
5. To mobilize volunteers in the sectors of education, health, environment, human rights, agriculture etc.
6. To operate programs for un-educated people and communities.
7. To help local youth clubs, mother groups, and user group etc.
8. To study the society and culture of Nepal.
9. To publish volunteerism promotion materials.
10. To promote volunteerism in the international and local communities.

To fulfill our objectives, the support and help of Volunteers, Partners, and local people is required.

Nepal is famous for her natural resources, Cultural heritages and hospitable people around the globe. Nepal owns the highest peak in the world, i.e. Mt. Everest. The beautiful Himalayan range in the north, the deep gorges, diverse flora and flora including the endangered spices and many spectacular places are her invaluable ornaments.

The multicultural, multilingual and multiethnic people from east to west, from Himalayas to terai, united together for a common spirit of nationalism attract all around the world.

Though Nepal is rich in natural resources, cultural heritages and its loving people, the Human development condition is still poor. Through located between the two economic superpowers in the Asia, the pace of development is slow in this country.

It is our pleasure to come forward with this small effort to request you all from every corner of the world to contribute a little to help our country.

International volunteers form any part of the world are kindly invited to visit Nepal at least once with all your family. We, with your help can form an international network of Volunteers with representative form as many countries as we can.

There is shortage of manpower in the education sector, health sector development sectors, Agriculture sectors, here in Nepal. So you kind people can contribute by teaching these small children in their school, can help by providing primary health care ( some first aid) in the villages or help in construction, agricultural, environmental etc. works. You can educate the ignorant people on various issues in the communities well.

So, you can contribute a little in these areas which will be beneficial for the Nepalese and will your great help for the sake of making. You, simply can tell your family members, friends, relatives to visit Nepal and contribute in these areas

Please think once! Will my small effort, Change the life of many people who are living in a world of poverty? Can I do something for the well being of mankind? Will not it give me a great satisfaction?

If you thought yes then move a head with the goal of a small effort for humanity.

Volunteer Aid Nepal Member Board

Volunteers will teach English to the monks, both young and old, for around 3 to 5 hours every day. Volunteers can also have a chance to participate in some monasteries run programs & meditation during free time. This program combines religious learning & research through Volunteering. This Teach English volunteer program will help Tibetan kids to explore more scriptures written in English and to circulate Buddhist teachings practice to the whole world. Often volunteers on this teaching English abroad programme are left to their own devices when teaching English.

Eligibility and Skills Required

Teaching English in Monasteries Nepal

* You do not need any formal teacher training or experience to participate, but whatever experience you do have will be taken

into account when arranging your day-to-day activities.

* A good command of oral and written English

* Volunteers need to be independent, enthusiastic and adaptable, hard-working with an open-minded attitude.

* International volunteers are welcome.

Application fee: US$ 99

Program Fee : US$ 450 for first month and US$ 100 for extra each week

Includes: Airport Receive/ Transfer, Accommodation in Kathmandu during orientation/training phase (2 days), Program Orientation , Basic  Nepali Language and Volunteer Work ideas Course,  Kathmandu sight seeing tour , Land Transportation to and from Project Location, Accommodation and foods in Project Location.

What additional costs will you have?

Visa, flights, travel insurance (recommended), vaccinations, souvenirs, trips or tours you do while in the country, Personal expenses etc

What we provide

Orientation: Orientation will be taken by our staff. We cover areas like, culture, greetings, locations, Project details, responsibilities, placement information, Volunteer Work Ideas etc.

Nepali Language Class: Basic Nepali Language class will be taken in Kathmandu during orientation phase (2 days).

Lodging: Volunteers will be staying with a local welcoming and educated family.

Travel assistance: If participants like to travel around, we provide with full support for bookings & arrangements to travel within the country.

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Volunteer Aid Nepal is looking volunteers to research, write, and produce a documentary film on the issue of Children in Rural areas of Nepal. The main root cause behind the poor status of Nepalese Children is Poverty. Nepal also has lots of Social problems that promote the poor status of Children. As a developing country of South Asia, Nepal’s population growth rate is high. So, the population of children is obviously high.
The UNICEF reports says – more then 50,000 children die annually in Nepal with malnutrition as the underlying cause in more then 60 % of those deaths, half the children in Nepal are underweight, the literacy rate for 15-24 year olds is 81 for males and 60 for females, 31% of children aged 5-14 are involved in some sort of Child Labor *.

Volunteers for program must:

• Be 18 years or older
• Have no major health problems
• Some related knowledge on documentary film making
• Be eligible to obtain a tourist visa to Nepal
• General knowledge of English Language
• Flexible, commitment and adjustable
• Priority is given to those who have Video Camera and Technical Equipements

Volunteer Aid Nepal invitess application from skilled and interested candidates. Please fill out an Online Application Form. Thank you.

* UNICEF 2005 Reports ( Status of Children is slowly improving in Nepal )

( Girija Prasad Koirala, 5 time Prime Minister of Nepal, devoted much of his life to the pursuit of peace, democracy, and human rights in Nepal. He died on March 20, 2010 (2066).

Sir Hillary’s family members include spouse, three children, and six grandchildren. After the historical ascent of Mount Everest on 29th May 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary has spent the rest of his life in uplifting the life of the remote mountain people of the  Solu Khumbu district in Nepal through his works with the Himalayan Trust. Sir Edmund Hillary established a close friendship with the Sherpa people of the in the Mount Everest region through his link with mountaineering activities in the early 60s. However,  he saw that there were lots of things lacking in the area. There was no school, no medical care, and he wanted to help the people there. On one occasion, when Sir Hillary and a group of Sherpas were crossing the pass of Tashi Lapcha, between the Rolwaling  Valley and Khumbu Valley, they had to spend one night in a rock cave around a little fire amid friendly discussions. Sir
Hillary asked one of his friends, Urken Sherpa, “What would be the best thing to do for the Sherpa people if I could of help?” Without  waiting Urken said, “Our children have eyes but they cannot see because of illiteracy, and therefore, we need a school in the village of Khumjung” (the largest Sherpa village in the region). Sir Hillary raised the funds and the first school came up in Khumjung in 1960. Since then, Sir Hillary has been involved in a number of development projects in the district. He has established the Himalayan Trust through which health ad education projects are implemented. Today, there are more than 26 schools and one college founded by the Himalayan Trust. The government administers these schools.
The Trust also provides scholarships to bright students eager to pursue their higher studies in the fields of education, health, forestry, medicine, and other vocational areas  in any part of the country but these scholarships are limited to the students from the Solu Khumbu district. In the health sector, the Himalayan Trust has built two hospitals  – one in the village of Kunde in Khumjung VDC set up in 1966 and another in 1975  at Phaplu

village near the district headquarters. Khunde Hospital is run entirely by the Trust with volunteer doctors from abroad, and a local staff, and provides free medical services to all the Nepalese arriving for medical care. The Phaplu Hospital was handed over to the government in 1983 and is now the district hospital. Besides these two hospitals, there are dozens of village health clinics managed by the Trust, which provides primary medical care and other services such as family planning, safe motherhood, vaccinations etc. Today, Sir Hillary is known in the world more for his humanitarian works than his conquest of Mount Everest and has received great admiration for the works he has done in Nepal over more than half a century. The Volunteers of Himalayan Trust work in a number of areas in various regions of the country and often return with unforgettable memories and experiences. Sir Hillary says, “Volunteers who come to Nepal should have a pure objective to serve the people with specific goals. They  should have a keen sense of respect for the local people, their culture, and their aspirations. The volunteers should not decide what the local people want but should respond to what they want and should try to become a part of the community.”