Volunteer for volunteerism
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About the project
Volunteer for volunteerism
📝 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.
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteerism is a form of helping in which people actively seek out opportunities to assist others in need, make considerable and continuing commitments to assist, and sustain these commitments over extended periods, often at considerable personal cost.
Volunteering keeps you in regular contact with others and helps you develop a solid support system, protecting you against stress and depression when you're going through challenging times. Volunteerism strengthens civic engagement, safeguards social inclusion, deepens solidarity.
Community development is possible through Volunteerism. VIN aims to develop volunteering concept among the local youths of the local community and universities through this project
Objectives:
Develop the concept of Volunteerism among Nepali youths and local community people.
Work and activities:
Prepare a presentation on Volunteerism, identify local colleges and universities, visit them and present the topic, involve in hands-on activities locally, develop the social media
contents- like videos, PPP, etc.
🏠 Accommodation on site
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. The volunteers sleep on simple beds/mattresses. Please bring your sleeping bag.
📍 About the location
Tarakeshwor: Tarakeshwor municipality is situated in the outskirts of Kathmandu District. It is around 10-15 km from the main ring road to Balaju, Kathmandu, covered with hills, fields, and woods.
🎒 Leisure activities
VIN will take you on half-day cultural sightseeing. Either before, during, or after your work camp. VIN also organizes weekends travel tours to Chitwan Jungle Safari, Pokhara, Nagarkot at an additional cost if you are interested.
⚠️ Requirements
• Basic English should be spoken among the participants and children
• Negative recent (72 hrs.) PCR test report of COVID-19 should be produced at the airport
• A volunteer should be fully vaccinated and should have a certificate against COVID19
🤝 Meeting point
Airport: Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu VIN staff will pick up each volunteer from the airport. The volunteers are requested to send their flight details to VIN on time so that we can send our staff with your name card and VIN's Logo.
If you want to come earlier and explore the country more, you may find pre-paid taxi at the airport.
ℹ️ Additional information
Participation Fee: The participation fee is 200 Euros (+30 Euro for transportation), which is
to be paid on arrival at VIN Office.
The Participation Fee Covers:
• Food and Accommodation: Nepali Standard at a local host family – 3 meals a day
• Transportation: Airport pick up and pick up and drop to the working community site
• Materials for the work-camp and community development projects support
• Local volunteers' support cost
• VIN T-shirt and certificate of participation
• 24 hours emergency support
• VIN admin cost.
What's excluded?
Airfare, VISA, Travel medical insurance, return airport transfer, Personal travel and weekend activities expenses etc.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
VINWC22-05
13/05/2022 → 24/05/2022
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
230.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
Nepal
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Nepal Rupee (NPR / रूपैयाँ)
Exchange rate
1 NPR = 0.005958 EUR
Rate as of 31/05/2026
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
🗣️ Languages spoken