📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Model Village Projects and Local Partner Organisations
💼 What the programme involves
Indian cities suffer from huge urbanization problems and slums are present and growing in many cities and towns. The slum areas in the cities are clusters of houses and shacks built illegally, where all basic infrastructures are absent. Water and electricity supply and other civic amenities are scarce or non-existent, hygiene is low and outbreaks of diseases are common. The rate of unemployment is also very high.
The aim of many NGOs working in the slums is to improve the basic living conditions of the large number of people living in these slums. The volunteers will have the opportunity to join hands with the local NGOs to support ongoing projects such as awareness campaigns, literacy programs, educational projects and empowerment of minorities.
A prior experience and/or a good knowledge of the situation is appreciated. Working and living conditions can be harder. The Info-sheet will have more information regarding the individual projects with schedules, and activities.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You could be staying with local families near to the project. You could be sharing rooms with 2-3 volunteers or staying on your own. Sometimes, projects provide accommodation for the volunteers. The project will provide a room that is shared by other volunteers or with the staff of the project.
📍 About the location
Our projects are spread out across different regions in South India. Your project location could be in any one of the following locations - Bangalore, Mysore, Chennai, Kundapur, Udupi, Mangalore, North Karnataka or Pondicherry. You will be notified of the location of your project a month prior to your arrival. During the Orientation week, one can find out the leisure activities around your area. There are lots of things to do in south of India.
ℹ️ Additional information
Project starts on the first Monday of each month.