Study Internship and Volunteer in Nepal

  Nepal

• Kathmandu: 
Kathmandu
• Pokhara: 
Pokhara

Term: Fall, Spring, Summer, Throughout the year, Winter 
Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 1-2 weeks

Description: Nepal volunteers will organize a 4 day of tours of Nepal where you will experience Nepal's rich past, exciting future, wonderful culture, and natural beauty by visiting some of popular tourist destinations of Kathmandu (wonder city of Hindu temples), Pokhara (a gateway to Annapurna trekking), Chitwan (home of single thousands of rare wildlife of the world). In our mini-Venture you enrich your volunteering experience by trekking most popular trekking destination of the world (Annapurna sanctuary).

Highlights: Homestays and cultural exchange programs can be arranged in most areas of Nepal. You will be placed with a Nepali family in a small rural village or within a city for the duration of your stay. This provides the volunteers with an excellent opportunity to learn about all aspects of Nepali culture, lifestyle, language, food and people. Nepali culture is distinctively friendly and open and made to feel as though you are part of the family.

Teaching English: The system of teaching is different in Nepal. Volunteers do not need to use the same method; but there will be times when you need to follow the school curriculum - for example - to prepare the students for exams. They will be encouraged to use their own teaching methodologies. Volunteers will stay with a Nepali family near the school. Volunteers will teach for anywhere between 2 to 6 hours each day for six days a week (Saturday is the day off).

This will vary from school to school. The age range of the students will vary, but generally fall between 10 to 14 years of age and have basic level of English. Volunteers for this program are encouraged to work with local teachers to develop new teaching practices and help with their personal conversational English to enable them to teach English in the future.

Orphanage work: Volunteers will be placed in an orphanage or Children's Care House where they will assist the children in their day to day routine (Volunteers still live with a host family or where available in the actual orphanage/ Care House). There are several orphanages you can be placed in, all within an hour from Kathmandu. Parijat Nestle, Kathmandu examples of Children's Care Houses in Kathmandu, established to give a rebirth to the past and futureless girls from the prison and abandoned ones by including social, cultural
and family values and civic sense to them.

The children are mostly between the ages of four and fifteen, and have a basic understanding of English. The general role of the volunteer will be to act as an older sibling: to care for, look after and encourage the children. Volunteers will teach the children general life skills, including health and sanitation, as
well as arts, crafts and music. In some of the orphanages the children do go to school,and you can help the children with their school homework.

Hope & Home Improves Health Care Program

Each year, many Nepalese die or suffer unnecessarily due to lack of health education and access to adequate health care resources. The sick in the mountain regions or villages sometimes die long before a physician can even diagnose. Because of the poor transportation, patients often have to be hand-carried in bamboo baskets to the nearest health center, often many miles from their village. Individuals with special knowledge in the following areas are always needed.

-Primary Care and General Medicine
-General Dentistry/ Oral Surgery
-Pediatrics
-Gynecology and Women's Health
-Health Education
-HIV/AIDS counseling

Hope & Home: Volunteer Program is working to address these issues by sponsoring village level community health initiatives, to do this we need volunteers who can train Nepalese health workers as well as provide direct health care services.

Our Medicine projects are an invaluable preparation for a career in medicine. You will experience the stark contrast between Western medical practice and the realities of medicine in developing countries. Sadly, you will also see medical conditions that have remained untreated and have developed to an advanced pathological stage uncommon in developed countries

The key requirements in a medical volunteer are initiative, enthusiasm, and readiness to work in unfamiliar circumstances - a surgery with minimal equipment, an understaffed hospital, a clinic for leprosy or tuberculosis patients. This program has the potential to give you plenty of hands-on experience and exposure to the medical field.

- HIV/AIDS Care and Education Program

In Nepal there is a serious stigma attached to those with HIV/AIDS. People have limited knowledge about HIV/AIDS; many poor people inNepal are not educated enough to understand the causes of AIDS and how it is transmitted.

The instability that creates the problem of human trafficking also generates considerable labor migration and internal displacement. Most migrants and internally displaced persons are men who move to urban areas either in search of employment or to escape the Maoist insurgency, leaving their partners in rural areas. As a result, Nepalese women face a higher risk of infection when their partners return home from areas of high HIV prevalence. Compounding the problem, many health facilities in rural areas of Nepal are either damaged or destroyed completely. Nepal's current lack of strong community cohesiveness is creating a high risk environment for HIV infection. Whilst prevalence in Nepal remains low relative to countries in Africa, latest figures show that over 60,000 people have the HIV infection and there is increasing alarm that the disease is escalating.

People who become infected are often excluded from their own family's home and from society. In Kathmandu, some organizations are working to improve HIV/AIDS awareness, education, and care of HIV-infected patients. The goal of these groups' activities is to foster awareness of the disease and work to change attitudes and behavior towards those unfortunate enough to be infected. These clinics are involved in many worthwhile activities:

* Providing shelter for HIV/AIDS patients
* Counseling HIV-positive people and their families

Volunteers in this project will work with local groups and will be responsible for a variety of tasks:

* Counseling activities
* Skill-sharing and training activities
* Rendering help in treatment (trained volunteers with a health care background only)
* Helping to prepare and present educational programs
* Any related help requested by local organizations

Qualifications: We does not ask for any formal qualifications from our volunteers. All we ask is that you have a genuine desire to help people and are committed to seeing the programme through.

Cost in US$: 350 USD

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: * A desire to help the people and environment of Nepal * Flexibility * Self-motivation * An openness to a new culture and a willingness to learn

Age Range: 16+

This Program is open to American, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and World Wide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Nepal Independently Or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Year Founded: 1997