Unesco Project Historic City of Ahmadabad
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About the project
Unesco Project Historic City of Ahmadabad
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The project is part of a nationwide, four-site campaign extending the outreach of the first 'Let's Heritage' project, implemented in 2017 by the Elixir Foundation at Rani-ki-Vav. Running for the second year in Ahmadabad, it aims to promote heritage preservation among youth and local communities, documenting and spreading examples of active participation, stimulating a sense of responsibility and connecting international and local people with the site management and conservation authorities.
This year, the WHV Campaign will also contribute to the 30th anniversary of the World Heritage Education Programme, which provides a unique opportunity to advocate the importance of education, empowerment of youth and concrete actions towards protecting, preserving and promoting World Heritage.
After sixteen years of grassroots youth activities and international cooperation, the World Heritage Volunteers (WHV) Initiative continues to involve young people, communities and site managers in building together new, inclusive societies where World Heritage is a source of resilience, humanity and innovation, beyond the challenges that the World face. National and international volunteers will work together with the local communities to preserve our common cultural and natural heritage, through concrete hands-on and awareness-raising activities, which will provide empowering and enriching opportunities to young people and enable them to go beyond the constraints of geography to some of the most outstanding places in the world.
💼 What the programme involves
The volunteers will organize and participate in different awareness raising actions, from a heritage walk to classes, quizzes, treasure hunts and art performances with local youth, school students and community representatives. They will also organize painting and photo contests, and promote the site and youth involvement in heritage protection across different social media channels.
📍 About the location
The Historic city of Ahmedabad, founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah in the 15th century, on the eastern bank of the Sabarmati River, presents a rich architectural heritage from the sultanate period, notably the Bhadra citadel, the walls and gates of the Fort City and numerous mosques and tombs as well as important Hindu and Jain temples of later periods. The urban fabric is made up of densely packed traditional houses (pols) in gated traditional streets (puras) with characteristic features such as bird feeders, public wells and religious institutions. The city continued to flourish as the capital of the State of Gujarat for six centuries, up to the present.
⚠️ Requirements
- Participants must be 16 – 35 years old.
· Participant has to be involved in the entire time frame of the program.
· Participants must be enthusiastic to explore heritage conservation and promotion at the World Heritage Site
ℹ️ Additional information
The Participation fees include – Accommodation, Meals and Local Travel during the entire program which is non-refundable.
(Kindly note – the travel to & from the WHV site has to be arranged by the participant)
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
EF-UNESCO-2
01/12/2019 → 10/12/2019
EF-UNESCO-2
22/09/2024 at 00:00 → 01/10/2024 at 00:00
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
350.00 USD ≈ 313 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
India
🌍 Location info
Local currency
India Rupee (INR / ₹)
Exchange rate
1 INR = 0.009550 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
Timezone
India Standard Time
Local time: 22:15 (12/11/2026)
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