| Code | Name of Project | Location | Date | Type | Vols No. | Age |
| VINWC15-11 | Health Talks on Hygiene and Sanitation | Okharpawa | 5-17 June 2015 | ENVI, EDU, HEALTH | 8 M + 8 Fe | 18+ |
| VINWC15-21 | Jitpur community | 25 August -5 Sep 2015 | ENVI, EDU, HEALTH | 8 M + 8 Fe | 18+ |
Background/Project: The healthy development of children and adolescents is influenced by many societal institutions. After the family, the school is the primary institution responsible for the development of young people. Research also has shown that school health programs can reduce the prevalence of health risk behaviours among young people and have a positive effect on academic performance. Scientific reviews have documented that school health programs can have positive effects on educational outcomes, as well as health-risk behaviours and health outcomes.
VIN has been supporting Jitpurcommunity since 2007 through volunteers and medical doctors. There are 8 schools and 9 early childhood development (ECD) centres. There are 77 women’s groups which includes over 600 women. The health talk on Hygiene and Sanitation program is a core component of VIN’s community health program. It is designed to ensure the good health of school children and community people. It focuses to improve the health by conducting awareness sessions on health and hygiene (H & H) and improving environment. Its main components are awareness programs and waste management.
Objectives: To raise awareness and provide training on correct health and hygiene practices, to manage the waste of the community.
Work: Awareness campaign, Training on basic health and hygiene, Garbage collection& management
Location:
- Jitpur community: Kathmandu District, which is only about 11 km away from main ring road to Balaju, Kathmandu
- Okharpawa community: It is in Nuwakot District, which is 17 km from Kathmandu with fields, woods and hills.
Placement Support Process: Each volunteers are greeted and received by VIN local staff from the airport and dropped to local host family. The first day is the arrival day. The second day volunteers will receive a full day orientation at VIN office in Kathmandu. The placement orientation will cover, cultural tips, survival phrases on Nepali language, health tips, project activities preparation and about VIN. Then actual workcamp starts on from the day third. You will be always guided by a Nepali camp leader and VIN supervisors will visit you time to time for follow up support. Should you have any concerns on the workcamp, you may always call us for immediate help. During or after the workcamp, our staff will take you a half day sight-seeing to cultural heritage sites. On the last day of the workcamp, you will submit a detailed work report, fill up an exit form and sit with VIN executives for exit interview and feedback session.
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.
Language: Basic English should be spoken among participants
Participation Fee: The participation fee 230 Euros is to be paid on your arrivals at VIN Office or upon booking the placement by Paypal or bank transfer.
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
A half day guided sight-seeing for the world heritage site of Kathmandu
Materials for the work-camp, community development projects support
Local volunteer 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, entrance fees on the world heritage sights, Personal travel and weekend activities expenses etc
Meeting point: VIN staff will pick 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 or VIN may help you on that. You also can come VIN office, Balaju on the first day at the latest 12.00 midday.
Airport : Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu
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.
(The detail info sheet and acceptance letter will be sent from VIN after we receive your Complete Volunteer Exchange Form from the sending organization)
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