📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
VIN initiated its disaster relief project to help the victim right after the massive earthquake on 25th Aprll, 2015. We have completed two phases of disaster relief project 1) Rapid response phase and 2 ) Rehabilitation Phase.
Now VIN's future goal is "Reconstruction and Sustainability"
This is our long term phase. We will be working until the reconstruction completes in our earthquake affected communities. Our projects include WASH (Water Sanitation & Hygiene), Rebuilding Earthquake Resistant Infrastructure (RERI), Earthquake Resistant Home Construction Education (REECH), and Entrepreneurship Building. We will be working under different phases simultaneously.
Note: The volunteers will be involved in the projects that VIN implements in the working sites like Okhaldhunga, Nuwakot and Kathmandu. Volunteers with special skills to suit the professional skills are encouraged to apply.
💼 What the programme involves
1. WASH (Water Sanitation & Hygiene Education) VINLTV11A Under WASH project we aim to educate at least 3000 families on WASH and construct 3000 toilets by 2018.
Specific activities:
Educate community people in Hygiene Education
WASH campaigns in the schools with the involvement of Children
Construction of toilets in the community.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation
VIN arranges accommodation for your induction period and your placement peri-
od, this means two to three nights at a hotel in Thamel, Kathmandu and then your
host family or monastery/nunnery. The costs are covered by your project fee. In
placement accommodation, your sleeping arrangements may be private or shared
and in most cases you will be required to share a bathroom and toilet facilities with
your host family or the monks/nuns. It is important for you to realize that bath-
room and toilet facilities and standards of hygiene will be in accordance with local
standards. These facilities and standards may sometimes be very basic and may not
be up to in western standards. You must be prepared to cope with this.
Food
VIN provides food during the placement from the project fee. You will receive at
least two meals a day throughout the placement, which will be of Nepali standards
and usually Daal Bhat (lentil soup and
rice), vegetable curry, pickle etc. If you
wish to supplement your diet with other
food the responsibility and cost lies with
you. We will only cover food and accom-
modation for the period agreed for your
placement and only at your placement.
In most cases you will be staying with a
host family after the project induction and
will share the same food with them. Should you have any specific dietary needs,
please let us know before your arrival in Nepal. Should you wish to visit the city on
the weekends then you must cover your own food and accommodation costs.
📍 About the location
Jitpur community of Kathmandu District, which is only about 11 km away from main ring road to Balaju, Kathmandu.
Okhaldhunga, a beautiful and hilly district, is located in Everest Region of Nepal. It has limited developmental activities and facilities. From Kathmandu, the shortest bus route is about 250 km which is rough and takes one day to reach there.
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.
ℹ️ Additional information
Fee for four weeks is 505€, then 60€ for each extra week. For Okhaldhunga minimum duration: 12 weeks (extra 100€ for the transportation).