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CHILD SPONSORSHIP FACILITATION

Nepal Children Children Permanent

About the project

CHILD SPONSORSHIP FACILITATION

📝 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 https://www.volunteersinitiativenepal.org/

💼 What the programme involves

VIN believes that equal access to education, the protection, and promotion of children s rights, holistic/ overall development of children, and childhood development.That is why VIN has a Child Sponsorship Program in which people from all around the the world can make a donation in order to help a child from poor family background to access schools and education.It is important to us that as an organization to encourage children to go to school and we are looking for volunteers who can help us with that.Activities- Visit the children who get sponsored, get to know the children, take pictures and write updates about the children and then help us send these updates to the people who have sponsored the child.- Conduct creative arts expression and life skills classes.- Conduct research about some children referred from school or local government who really need support for their education.- Search and contact individuals, organizations, and companies who are interested andcan sponsor those children and confirm for the sponsorship.- Conduct tutoring classes for the sponsored children on a cluster basis.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers stay with the host family/hostel identified by VIN. The living conditions at the host family/ hostel are simple and basic. Male and female volunteers will share the same living area but have separate sleeping rooms. The volunteers sleep on simple beds/mattresses. Please bring your sleeping bag. The food will be provided in Nepali standard i.e. dal Bhat (rice, lentil soup, vegetables, pickle, eggs).

📍 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.

⚠️ Requirements

Application for Placement Booking Volunteers must apply to our partner organizations in their own country. - Attach your updated resume/curriculum vitae (CV) with two referee contact details (referees can be for your work/university/family); - Await confirmation from VIN for acceptance; - If you wish to work for more than one placement, then you are required to pay euro75 extra to cover our added logistical work. - VIN Volunteer / Internship project induction starts on the 1st and 15th of each month. The induction period is considered part of your project period. If you wish to come in between for a short period, you will receive a basic orientation before the placement. Please arrive one day prior (e.g. on the 14th if you are starting on the 15th) to the project induction date. Registration All the registration formalities will be completed in the first three days during the induction period. This will consist of understanding and signing a contract and paying the project fee and doing a PCR test. Please note that the entire project fee will be collected during the induction days and your PCR cost is not included in the program fee. You will have to produce a photocopy of your passport, fully vaccinated certificate, your visa as well as a passport photo. VIN will issue a volunteer identity card for you.

ℹ️ Additional information

Fee for four weeks is 555 Euro, then 75 Euro for each extra week. For Everest Region Placement, there will be 60 EUR extra to cover transportation. Volunteers require to do PCR test after 3 days of their arrival which will cost 15 Euros.

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📅 Available sessions

VINLMTV03E

15/04/2022 → 30/12/2023

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

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–80 years old

Solidarity donation

555.00 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

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Nepali