📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
RUCHI is a NPO working since 1983 in areas of community development
💼 What the programme involves
This is a one week workcamp especially designed to experience grass roots learning of various issues and actions. Here the volunteer will have opportunities to learn rather than contribute. A couple of case studies will be presented of how the locals struggle for improving their plights and in the process become innovative, sharpen their skills and set examples for others to follow.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Volunteers will live either in the RUCHI campus or placed with host families. Asian squat type toilet and English WC will be available. Vegetarian food will be served. All meals will be cooked and served by host families. However, it will be appreciated if volunteers contribute in any capacity in the kitchen. Sleeping bag is required.
📍 About the location
Ruchi campus in Bandh village. It is 30 km from Kalka and 60 km from Chandigarh. Bandh village is small located in interior mountainous area and the volunteers will love to live with nature in a serene beauty and peaceful environment. RUCHI campus is one km. from the village.
Self organized city tours and excursions. Old Sikh and Hindu temples in the near vicinity can be visited. Nearby Kasauli town is another hill station as a tourist attraction. A visit to Shimla will offer an opportunity to see high Himalayan Mountains.
⚠️ Requirements
Willingness to learn, patience and respect to other’s culture.
ℹ️ Additional information
Keeping in view our busy lifestyle and work commitments we identified need for a very short term learning/volunteering opportunity. It is a one week project where volunteer will be living with one of our two identified activists who are driven by passion and are working tirelessly on issues that affect their life on daily basis. What separates them from ordinary is their ongoing persistence to work and bring social change that they want.
Activist 1: A farmer who came to India from Nepal in search of better life for himself and his family. Coming from a humble origins and three kids to feed this couple is practicing sustainable farming with vision to create a food forest in near future. In free time they create and sell bamboo products to generate extra income.
Activist 2: Women leadership is on increase even in villages but their effectiveness is often questioned due to social gender inequality which exists at grassroot level. A local lady from nearby village council is leading the way by working against all social odds and creating a desired change .