DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL WOMEN (MYSORE)

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India Culture Education Social work Culture Education +1 Fixed dates

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 in. 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 workshops on women empowerment in India;
visit self-help groups and social entrepreneurship units managed by women;
working with women in agriculture farm;
teaching basic English and mural painting at school;
cultural exploration at Mysore city;
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: South Indian vegetarian and non-vegetarian food will be provided for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Safe, filtered water is available for drinking.

📍 About the location

Mysore is located in the state of Karnataka, 185 kilometers north of Bangalore, and 138 kilometers from Bangalore satellite bus station.
Mysore, or Mysuru, is the third largest and second most populous city of Karnataka state in Indian subcontinent. Situated right at the foot of Chamundeswari Hills, Mysore was once upon a time the capital of Kingdom of Mysore. The rich cultural environment of Mysore has eared it as the maker of Cultural capital of Karnataka. Mysore Dasara is being celebrated with great prompt grandeur for ten days and people from every nook and corners of the globe
visit Mysore during the festivals.

🎒 Leisure activities

1. Madikeri is a hill town in southern India. Framed by the Western Ghats mountain range, its known for the Rajas Seat, a simple monument overlooking forests and rice paddies.

2. The Dubare Camp, where elephants were trained for the famous Mysore Dussehra, found a brand new calling. Today, its a place where hundreds of tourists get one-on-one with their biggest (quite literally) dream.

3. Nagarahole National ParkIt has among the densest vegetation and wildlife population and is known for its tiger sightings