Tibetan culture and Digital Literacy - Dharamshala

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India Culture Education Children Languages Renovation Yoga Culture Education +4 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Our partner is a non-profit organization that organizes Volunteer Programs with special themes at different locations, with strategic partners: Government, NGO and Universities all over India. The focus is on constructive learning for the volunteers and benefit to the local community.

Our partner's Volunteer programs deliver extra support to the communities. For e.g., building play parks, construction of sanitation facilities, digital education, providing computers to rural schools, awareness paintings on school walls, distribution of educative materials, medical aid, etc. depending on the specific needs of the present situation.

💼 What the programme involves

The camp will focus on the volunteers to understand the social and cultural aspects of the community they work in. The volunteers will be given experience through interactions, workshops exchange of ideas, need analysis with the support of the team leader, planning and being a part of completing the scheduled work with the group of volunteers to the benefit of the community and a learning experience for the volunteers.
The camp will consist of community service, Learning, Culture and evaluation.

Activities:

interactions with the community to understand their need and social challenges;
attend a thematic workshop;
teaching Basic English and Digital Education to the children;
unleash your creativity with educational drawings (murals);
intercultural activities;
creating awareness on waste management;
involving in clean-up and tree plantation;
participate in Yoga classes with a professional instructor;
present the project outcome with reference to the SDG to the University/School Students.

🏠 Accommodation on site

At a rented guest house or hostel, with shared rooms.

📍 About the location

McLeod Ganj in Kangra district which is the upper part of Dharamshala. Dharamshala is located in the state of Himachal Pradesh, North India, 500 kms from Delhi.

Dharamshala holds a very significant position as the second (winter) capitalof Himachal Pradesh. It is also the abode of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, and the capital of the Tibetan government-in-exile, with a considerable Tibetan settlement. It is one of the most beautiful, scenic places in the world, set in the backdrop of the snow-clad peaks of Dhauladhar Mountains, where heaven meets earth.

🎒 Leisure activities

Tibet has maintained a unique culture, religion and language for centuries. After the Chinese invasion in 1950, the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s political and religious leader sought and was given asylum in India, along with thousands of Tibetan refugees. Today, there is a thriving settlement in Dharamshala, which is called Tibet-in-exile.
To learn about Tibetan culture and religion, there are many places of interest at Dharamshala. Tsuglagkhang, Mcleodganj the residence of the Dalai Lama is a must-visit, as are the Tibet Museum, Dalai Lama temple, Tibetan Parliament House, Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, War Memorial and Kangra Art Museum. The Tibetan Children’s Village, a charitable organisation, caters to children who are in the greatest need among the refugees. For the last 5 decades, it has run solely on the generosity of its well-wishers.
At Gyuto and Namgyal Monasteries, you can interact with the Tibetan monks and get valuable insights into the peace-loving Buddhist philosophy. If you are in the right place at the right time, you could even be fortunate enough to meet His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama himself. Palampur, the Tea Capital of North India is famous for its beautiful tea gardens, which are a natural scenic sight. Tea lovers can pick up some handcrafted, fresh mountain teas here. Some of the teas available are Black Teas, White Teas, Oolong Teas, Green Teas and Tisane.