📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
FFN : Friendship Foundation Nepal
💼 What the programme involves
During the monsoon, when the ground is soft, the school is often affected by land- and mudslides and by domestic cattle entering the area around the school. We therefore have two tasks:
1. To build a fence around the school to protect against these issues.
2. To dig out and to construct a playing field for the children and an area for the community to hold gatherings.
It rains in July and August but only for a couple of hours a day. During this we don’t work outside. But to maximize our effort, we do educational activities when the rain prevents us from doing outdoor work. Our volunteers can therefore teach English, Math, Sports and/or Music at the local school. We also encourage you to interact with the kids and to organize a cultural exchange program.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The volunteers will stay with a local family. Each family can host up to three volunteers. You will experience their huge hospitality, friendliness and generosity and it is easily noticeable that they truly enjoy having people staying with them. They are proud of their culture and this will give you a good insight into Nepali life. Please bring your own sleeping bag and mattress. A (cold) shower will be available at the camp house, but not to the standard of your respective country.
🍲 Food
You will be served Dhal Bhat (a soup of lentil or beans with boiled rice) and Tarkari (cooked vegetables) by your host family. All vegetables are grown by themselves. This is the staple diet of the Nepalese and most Nepalese people eat it every day. We all take part in the daily routines, so the volunteers will help to prepare meals in turn.
📍 About the location
Siru Bari in the Lamjung district about 200 km west of the capital, Kathmandu. It is small village embedded in beautiful hills.
🎒 Leisure activities
Saturday is your day off work and we encourage you to explore the local area on this day. We highly recommend a walk to village, Bharte, on the top of the mountain. Here you can see the great views of the valley and the whole Annapurna mountain range while getting some exercise.
Once you finish your stay, you’ll have the opportunity to explore some of the wonders of Nepal. We suggest:
Jungle Safari in Chitwan National Park (about 120km from Siru Bari. You can get direct bus from Bhote Odar) Trekking in Annapurna Region. The trek starts from Besisahar and can be reached in 30 minutes from Bhote Odar.
The FFN will help you arrange all the different activities
⚠️ Requirements
What to Bring :
Souvenirs for the children from your home countries, seasonal clothing, a sleeping bag, working gloves, trekking shoes, a mosquito net, mosquito repellant, music, reading material, photographs of your home country.
Qualifications needed :
Beyond at least basic English skills and your best motivation, there are no special qualifications needed.
🤝 Meeting point
The first meeting will be arranged at the airport where the volunteer will be received by the local staff. We are going to pick up the volunteers for free according to their arrival dates. We work together with Hotel Encounter Nepal, in Thamel, Kathmandu. The room is available from about 10€ per night. From Kathmandu we will arrange a bus to the project side.
Note : Arriving date, time and flight number should be given to us at least one week before your arrival, because we have to manage the hotel and transportation
ℹ️ Additional information
Personal Benefits
-Work with children, women and local community people
-Develop construction, presentation, communication and many other skills.