📝 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 non-political, non-profit making voluntary organization. Their mission is to integrate rural development through people-centered, environmentally sustainable action. Through Voluntary services, RUCHI aims to promote intercultural learning between individual, group and community, leading to better understanding and tolerance towards each-others culture. We believe achieving peace, harmony and working towards a world with fewer boundaries is a never ending process which can be achieved by increasing youth mobility through voluntary camps globally.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will be involved in environmental education in the same area and work with youth workers and community leaders to initiate actions aiming at environmental sanitation, improve climatic changes and restrict global warming. Basically that will include education and awareness creation using various tools but any physical action leading to check Global warming, climate change, depletion of natural resources will be highly appreciated.
🏠 Accommodation on site
It will be in the RUCHI Guest House.
🍲 Food
The participation fee covers 3 Meals a day (seven days per week) but does not cover meals outside the project accommodation.
📍 About the location
Bandh is a small village located at a distance of 60 km from Chandigarh city. RUCHI is executing an ambitious integrated project in 30 communities in the area. The terrain is hilly and despite good rainfall the people face water shortage. The problem is serious with women because of their higher ignorance level. Through the project we plan to convey messages to communities on local and global issues.
🎒 Leisure activities
Old Sikh and Hindu temples in the near vicinity can be visited. Nearby Chandigarh city with internationally known Rock Garden is a tourist attraction. A visit to Shimla (state capital and summer capital of British army when the rules the country) will offer an opportunity to see high Himalayan Mountains.
ℹ️ Additional information
-The participation fee covers 3 Meals a day, accommodation, local transportation, communication, orientation and administrative support. It, however, does not cover meals outside the project accommodation, medical services including vaccinations, leisure and free time activities, transport to and from the project, airport picks up and drop offs, laundry and extra snacks, etc.
- a typical week during the project :
Monday to Friday :
Get used to slow pace of work and Learn to manage expectations.
Attend a village meeting compiling public opinions.
Compile and disseminate educational information.
Join technical staff in construction of a water structure or plantation work