BLUE CITY HERITAGE CULTURE (JODHPUR)

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Our partner is a non-profit organization that organizes Volunteer Programs with special themes at different locations, with strategic partners: Government, NGO and Universities all over India. The focus is on constructive learning for the volunteers and benefit to the local community.

Our partner's Volunteer programs deliver extra support to the communities. For e.g., building play parks, construction of sanitation facilities, digital education, providing computers to rural schools, awareness paintings on school walls, distribution of educative materials, medical aid, etc. depending on the specific needs of the present situation.

💼 What the programme involves

The camp will focus on the volunteers to understand the social and cultural aspects of the community they work. The volunteers will be given experience through interactions, workshops exchange of ideas, need analysis with the support of the team leader, planning and being a part of completing the scheduled work with the group of volunteers to the benefit of the communityand a learning experience to the volunteers.

The camp will consist of community service, Learning, Culture and evaluation.

Activities:

interactions with the community to understand their need and social challenges;
attend a thematic workshop;
teaching Basic English to the children;
unleash your creativity with educational drawings (murals);
intercultural activities through cultural exploration;
creating awareness on waste management;
unteraction with Indian family members to Understand local culture and tradition;
present the project outcome with reference to the SDG to the University/ School Students.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation: at a rented guest house or hostel, with shared rooms.

🍲 Food

Food: North Indian vegetarian and non-vegetarian food will be provided for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Safe, filtered water is available for drinking.

📍 About the location

Location: Jodhpur Rajasthan, North India, 600 kms from Delhi.

Jodhpur is a city in the Thar Desert of the northwest Indian state of Rajasthan. Its 15th-century Mehrangarh Fort is a former palace that’s now a museum, displaying weapons, paintings and elaborate royal palanquins (sedan chairs).
Set on on a rocky outcrop, the fort overlooks the walled city, where many buildings are painted the city’s iconic shade of blue.

🎒 Leisure activities

1. Mehrangarh Fort, a huge hilltop fort in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, was built about 1459 by Rao Jodha, a member of the Rathore branch of the Rajput clan and the 15th Rathore ruler of Marwar.

2. Jaisalmer popularly called the Golden City, Jaisalmer is one of the most famous destinations in the state of Rajasthan. Situated in the westernmost region of Rajasthan, the town is known for its location right in the middle of the Thar Desert. Tourists love going out for a Desert Safari amidst the vast sand dunes of the desert.

3. Jaswant Thada - Another brilliant example of Indias architectural wonders, Jaswant Thada sits beside a lake just a little away from the Mehrangarh Fort. This white marble monument, built in the 19th century, commemorates the memory of Maharaja Jaswant Singh II who once ruled the city.

4. Umaid Bhawan Palace - Your trip to Jodhpur would be incomplete without visiting the grand Umaid Bhawan Palace. Built in 1929 by Maharaja Umaid Singh, this palace is one of the largest private residences in the world. It currently houses the royal residence, a luxury hotel and a family museum ( the only part of the palace accessible to the general public.