📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
VIN is a non profit charitable volunteer organization based in Nepal founded in 2005. VIN’s mission is to empower marginalized communities through enhanced Education, Health, Income generation & Basic infrastructure programs with special focus on women and children by conducting training and research through mobilizing local and international volunteers to promote equality, economic well-being and basic human rights.We are also a member of international volunteer networks worldwide like CCIVS, NVDA, EU Volunteer ALLIANCE, FoVIN-NL, US, Australia.
💼 What the programme involves
Many parts of the communities are destroyed to dust and many families lost their houses and properties in 2015 earthquake. This massive earthquake not only left people poor but many people are now homeless and living in very cold and small temporary shelters. This tragic moment made VIN realize that reconstruction of houses of poor families, public properties, religious temples, and cultural heritage sites would be one of the best ideas to support the community people.
After the devastating earthquake of 25th April, 2015, the situation in Nepal is desperate! VIN has been continuously involved in the Relief work dividing its relief into three phases; Rapid response / Rescue, Rehabilitation, Reconstruction & Sustainability.
VIN already completed two phases and we are now in Reconstruction & Sustainability phase. This is our long term phase. We will be working until the reconstruction completes in our earthquake affected communities. This includes education to families on WASH and construct toilets to them, demolish the damage houses, Rebuilding Earthquake Resistant Infrastructure (RERI), Earthquake Resistant Home Construction Education (REECH) and Entrepreneurship Building.
Objectives: This includes education to families on WASH and construct toilets to them, demolish the damage houses, Rebuilding Earthquake Resistant Infrastructure
Work: Construction, education and awareness raising.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation: The volunteers will stay with the host family/hostel identified by VIN. The living facilities are simple and basic. Male and female Volunteers will share the same living area with separate rooms. There will be 2-4 persons in one room. Volunteers are required to sleep on the simple beds. Please bring your sleeping bag.
📍 About the location
Leisure Activities: Either before or after your workcamp, there exists the option to undertake a short VIN-organized tour to one of Nepal’s nearby attractions.
⚠️ Requirements
Basic English, Computer knowledge
ℹ️ Additional information
The detail info sheet and acceptance letter will be sent from VIN after we receive your Complete Volunteer Exchange Form (VEF) from the sending organization.
Local Transportation: 20 EUR will be charged for the round trip to the placement.