INTERCULTURAL AND LANGUAGE EXCHANGE
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India
Culture
Languages
Social work
Teenagers
Culture
Languages
+2
Permanent
About the project
INTERCULTURAL AND LANGUAGE EXCHANGE
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Main target of the project to help SMILE Society ( Situational Management & Inter Learning Establishment Society) in building school for the underprivileged children/youth from slum and street. SMILE is a registered NGO & NPO working in the field of International volunteering. On August 31, 2003, a team of family and friends leaded by Mr. Debabrata Chakraborty, formed Smile Society. SMILE believes in family type of environment. Our mission is to provide volunteers with a customized program (workcamp, short term, long term) that will enable them to make an important contribution to the poor and needy kids of India. In the past several years, we have placed many volunteers around various parts of India within different projects.
Our foremost goal is to "Bring Smile around" We ensure that all volunteers are provided with a safe and enriching experience. Our flexible approach means that you will be given a placement to suit your needs and time scale. Our unique placements could become the trip of a lifetime.
💼 What the programme involves
Project Background:- SMILE always believes in family type of environment and helping youth from neglected family to teach and provide vocational training.Since 2003 SMILE dedicated for underprivileged kids and youth development .After a long struggle Organisation finally built a building where education and training will going to provide these neglected group.Part of this building would also going to be used for our youth volunteers training .
Camp Activities :- we are expecting volunteer groups to help SMILE "Happy Home" to paint and help in construction. So we are in need of volunteers in group to help in painting and construction our dream "Happy Home" This project can fulfill our year long dream!! Renovation and painting project has a great importance on our project . We are trying to bring different activities at one place . Such center would be our base point to bring help around . Presently center going on under the observation and guidance of local host family .We welcome young energetic hard working international volunteers to participate in our RENO camps ! We also welcome groups to come and help us in construction and painting !! So for those who want to spend an exciting volunteer activities ! Please join this camps !!
We need a big group or multiple small groups to cover this whole job. Rubbing ,primer paint,colour paint and art on the wall would be the job mainly.Group would have chance to work together with local volunteers. 4-5 hours activities during weekdays and weekends are free !!
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation: Dormitory basis in host family/school building as per available on arrival ( on cot with mattress/on floor with mattress, 4-30 volunteers in one room) shared accommodation (normally male & female separate room). You will get accommodation till 6 pm on the last day of your camp.We are unable to provide you any accommodation before or after these dates. Please arrange your own accommodation in case of early arrival or late departure .You are requested to meet our representative at the meeting place on exact time given above. If you arrive early then you can have your stay in any of the different hotels available nearby Airport, within 2 -3 km .on the road popularly called as V.I.P road. You are requested to take any cab to check in any of these hotels. If you arrive at earlier night then you are requested to stay inside the airport terminal and meet at the next morning with our representative at 12 noon.
Food: You will get 3 times local veg food from host family as per available on arrival. Please do not expect any kind of special dishes (veg/non veg) or cold drinks or special living room or air conditioned room during your term. You are requested to get ready for a simple and challenging life.
📍 About the location
Location :-Madhyamgram is the suburb 25km away from city centre Kolkata (the city of joy) was known before as Calcutta since the colonial time. This ancient city was used to be the capital of British colonial period. This city has full of heart ,people are basically belongs to the middle class . There are also rich and poor people all around . City Kolkata is know for its busy traffic ,huge population ,warm welcome and poverty around the street corners! It is a great place to visit for every tourist coming to India. More over if anyone get a chance to live with the local host family then that brings extra bonus to any traveller .It helps to learn the culture ,tradition,language while staying within the normal people of the society.Living on any hotel can never give any traveller such wide scope to know the society and communities as a whole. SMILE society always tries to give international volunteers a big scope to know about the local communities and understand the family environment.
ℹ️ Additional information
This project is open for longer term as well .Every extra week would cost Euro75/head/cost
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
SMILE MTV05
01/09/2016 → 28/10/2016
Volunteers registered
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
15–45 years old
Solidarity donation
700.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
India
🌍 Location info
Local currency
India Rupee (INR / ₹)
Exchange rate
1 INR = 0.009550 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
Hindi