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CARE FOR THE ELDERLY

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Nepal Older people Older people International Permanent

About the project

CARE FOR THE ELDERLY

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Volunteers Initiative Nepal (VIN) is an NGO with the mission to empower marginalised communities through inclusive and holistic development programmes. This is done through the following project areas: • Education • Health and Environment • Economy • Basic Infrastructure Within the above project areas, we conduct the following programmes: • Women’s Empowerment • Children’s Development • Youth Empowerment • Disaster Risk Reduction • Environment and Conservation • Public Health and Medical Care 

🏠 Accommodation on site

The program fee includes accommodation and food for the duration of your volunteering or internship. VIN has a hostel which can accommodate up to 35 people, with up to five bunk beds per room. During the volunteer induction, volunteers will share these rooms.
If the hostel is unavailable, VIN organises accommodation close-by in a hotel or different hostel. During your stay at the host family or monastery/nunnery, your sleeping arrangements may be private to sharing basis. Bathroom and toilet facilities are shared with your host family or monks/ nuns. Hygiene standards vary from family to family/place to place. Sometimes it is very basic, and hot water might only be available. We kindly ask volunteers to be flexible and be prepared to cope with non-western standards.

🍲 Food

In regards to food, volunteers will receive three meals a day, in Nepali standard. The main dishes are rice-based such as daal bhat (lentil soup and rice), vegetables and curries are staple foods. Nepalese people rarely eat meat or fish and have a mainly vegetarian diet. Eating bread is also uncommon. Nepalese food is high in carbs. If you wish to supplement your foods with more variety (such as types of vegetables, eggs or fruits) then the cost lies with you but host families are happy to prepare the extra food items for you. In the host families and monasteries/ nunnery you will share their food and please inform us if have any specific allergies or dietary requirements.

📍 About the location

VIN works in three different districts Kathmandu, Nuwakot, and Okhaldhunga are the three districts where VIN works. If you arrive early or wish to stay in Nepal after your volunteer period, VIN offers weekend travel tours to Chitwan Jungle Safari, Pokhara, and Nagarkot at reasonable prices.

🤝 Meeting point

On arrival day, each volunteer will be picked up at the airport by one of VIN’s staff members and then dropped off at the hostel or hotel.
After your induction, we will also drive you to your host family or monastery/nunnery. Once your placement is completed, VIN will also pick volunteers up and bring them to the head office in Kathmandu again (not the airport).
These three journeys are included in your fee. Any other personal travel is on your own.

ℹ️ Additional information

Please note that:

The Four Weeks Volunteer & Travel Tour fee is €890. The Five Weeks Volunteer & Trekking Tour fee is €1675
If a volunteer chooses to do more than one placement, then an additional fee of
€80 needs to be paid.
Placements for Medical Care , will be €100 Extra.
Placements out of Kathmandu Valley - Okhaldhunga (250KM) will cost 200 EUR; Sindhuli (150KM) 150 EUR; and Okharpouwa (35KM) 60 EUR extra for Jeep.

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📅 Available sessions

VINL/MTV05 - F

01/01/2016 → 30/12/2016

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 30
♂ 0/15 ♀ 0/15

VINL/MTV05-F

01/01/2016 → 31/12/2016

Closed
Volunteers registered 5 / 10
♂ 0/5 ♀ 5/5

VINL/MTV05 - F/2017

01/01/2017 → 30/12/2017

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 10
♂ 0/5 ♀ 0/5

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–80 years old

Solidarity donation

550.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Kathmandu 44600, Nepal

Nepal

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Nepal Rupee (NPR / रूपैयाँ)

Exchange rate

1 NPR = 0.005958 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Nepal Time

Local time: 20:52 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Nepali