Environmental Education

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Rural Centre for Human Interests (RUCHI) is a community development organization with ever increasing focus on youth development and intercultural learning through voluntary

service. RUCHI got registered in 1983, under Indian Societies Registration Act as a nonpolitical, non-profit making voluntary organization.

RUCHI was established keeping in mind the problems and restrictions that a remote community faces on day to day basis. These could be due to poverty, lack of knowledge,

poor infrastructure or at times difficult terrain. As a result RUCHI has always implemented its project with people centered approach and gave priority to community development.

With 33 years in this field, RUCHI has accumulated extensive knowledge in communitydevelopment with project area ranging from semi-urban background to extremely remote

communities requiring two days of walk certain time of the year.

Over time RUCHI has also developed and successfully implemented many low cost technologies. We are now acting as a resource organization for Indian Government and

other NGO’s pursuing rural community development work.

RUCHI has a head office in Bandh village and two regional offices in Rajgarh and Punjab. RUCHI is well equipped with staff, infrastructure and technical support to implement

developmental projects across country with help of partter NGO’s.

💼 What the programme involves

This project aims to protect our environment using creative education. Local community and environment are inter-related and depend on each other for survival. Therefore education of local community towards social and economic benefit of environment is vital for their coexistence. Based in rural environment volunteers will familiarize themselves with local environment and life. They shall be visiting local schools, SHG’s, local community gathering and even organise an environmental workshop to disseminate environmental awareness and good practices. Working closely with local youth following tasks shall be undertaken:

1. Using creative art as a medium to disseminate environmental awareness.

2. Working with eco-clubs in local schools by assisting and coordinating their activities.

3. Mobilising youth towards environmental protection.

4. Educate people on environmental concerns like Global warming, climate change, depletion of natural resources, etc. We believe, innovation is key to success therefore volunteers with prior experience in related work are welcome to bring in new ideas.

The project will be implemented in 30 communities around Baddi township over a period of three years.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation is on sharing basis with common toilets and bath. Most likely, the volunteers will be staying in RUCHI Campus. Food offered will be simple authentic Indian vegetarian and freshly cooked. Three meals a day will be served/provided. Assistance while cooking is desired of volunteers. Volunteers are free to cook meals of their country choice on every Sunday.

🍲 Food

Freshly cooked Indian authentic meals served daily. Mostly vegetarian.

📍 About the location

Baddi is an industrial area. Economically poor people migrated to the area in search of jobs and established their temporary settlements. These settlements are devoid of even basic amenities and hence called aeurooeslumsaeuro. Industries and increased human population is pressurizing the already depleting natural resources and causing a serious environmental, health and amp; sanitation problem. During leisure time, the volunteers can visit the famous Rock Garden in Chandigarh, Pinjore Garden, Shimla and Kasauli Hills.

🎒 Leisure activities

During leisure time, the volunteers can visit the famous Rock Garden in Chandigarh, Pinjore Garden, Shimla and Kasauli Hills.

⚠️ Requirements

Volunteers with a background or experience in environmental education are preferred.

🤝 Meeting point

Kalka railway station. Well connected with New Delhi railway station with two fast trains daily.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

RC-MTV-ENV-01/17

01/01/2017 → 28/02/2018

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ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

400.00 EUR

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

📍 Location

Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, India

India

🌍 Location info

Local currency

India Rupee (INR / ₹)

Exchange rate

1 INR = 0.009550 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

India Standard Time

Local time: 21:02 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Hindi