Rajgarh is a small but growing town in Himachal Pradesh and is famous for producing Asia’s best peaches. The entire area is hilly where the rural economy is based on agriculture and horticulture. The area also has state’s highest lower caste population. The landscape is beautiful. The farmers have green houses established in most of the villages and grow fruit and flower cuttings as alternative to food crops.
Work:
Volunteers will work and learn nursery raising techniques. In the process they will fill poly bags with soil, prepare nursery beds, sow seeds of vegetables and flower and prepare saplings through cutting. They shall also interact with villagers and educate them on health and environmental issues and concerns like global warming, climate changes, etc. July and August being the wet monsoon time, the volunteers do plantation on road side to increase green cover.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will be allocated a house belonging to a local family, which will be shared with other volunteers. The living conditions will be simple and challenging. Asian squat type toilet will be available. Vegetarian food will be served. A cook will be there but volunteers are expected to help him and occasionally cook their own meals and self-management is required. Sleeping bags are also necessary.
Leisure time:
The volunteers will have opportunity to visit ancient Hindu temple and Sikh temple-cum-educational academy. A visit to Shimla, once a retreat centre and summer capital for British army, is possible.
International Terminal:
New Delhi (370 kms)
Domestic Terminal:
Chandigarh and Shimla (100 Kms)
Nearest railway station:
Kalka (85 kms)
Participation Fee:
14,000 Indian Rupees The participants are required to pay the contribution in Indian rupees in cash on the first day of their arrival in the workcamp. Please note that there is no ATM available in the work camp area. Therefore, the money has to be changed in Delhi or Chandigarh city. The contribution covers all basic expenses, e.g. food, housing and local transportation on weekdays. You will need money for weekend extra expenses and for your personal toiletries. Alcoholic drinks are not included. Alcohol drinking and smoking is not encouraged in public and villages.
How the Volunteers’ contribution is spent:
The contribution received from a volunteer is roughly spent as follows:
a) Food and accommodation and other logistics of volunteer - 50% b) Administration, hospitality and staff salaries - 25% c) Promotion and marketing - 10% d) Works (community projects) in villages - 15%
Rajgarh is a small but growing town in Himachal Pradesh and is famous for producing Asia’s best peaches. The entire area is hilly where the rural economy is based on agriculture and horticulture. The area also has state’s highest lower caste population. The landscape is beautiful. The farmers have green houses established in most of the villages and grow fruit and flower cuttings as alternative to food crops.
Work:
Volunteers will work and learn nursery raising techniques. In the process they will fill poly bags with soil, prepare nursery beds, sow seeds of vegetables and flower and prepare saplings through cutting. They shall also interact with villagers and educate them on health and environmental issues and concerns like global warming, climate changes, etc. July and August being the wet monsoon time, the volunteers do plantation on road side to increase green cover.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will be allocated a house belonging to a local family, which will be shared with other volunteers. The living conditions will be simple and challenging. Asian squat type toilet will be available. Vegetarian food will be served. A cook will be there but volunteers are expected to help him and occasionally cook their own meals and self-management is required. Sleeping bags are also necessary.
Leisure time:
The volunteers will have opportunity to visit ancient Hindu temple and Sikh temple-cum-educational academy. A visit to Shimla, once a retreat centre and summer capital for British army, is possible.
International Terminal:
New Delhi (370 kms)
Domestic Terminal:
Chandigarh and Shimla (100 Kms)
Nearest railway station:
Kalka (85 kms)
Participation Fee:
14,000 Indian Rupees The participants are required to pay the contribution in Indian rupees in cash on the first day of their arrival in the workcamp. Please note that there is no ATM available in the work camp area. Therefore, the money has to be changed in Delhi or Chandigarh city. The contribution covers all basic expenses, e.g. food, housing and local transportation on weekdays. You will need money for weekend extra expenses and for your personal toiletries. Alcoholic drinks are not included. Alcohol drinking and smoking is not encouraged in public and villages.
How the Volunteers’ contribution is spent:
The contribution received from a volunteer is roughly spent as follows:
a) Food and accommodation and other logistics of volunteer - 50% b) Administration, hospitality and staff salaries - 25% c) Promotion and marketing - 10% d) Works (community projects) in villages - 15%
Rajgarh is a small but growing town in Himachal Pradesh and is famous for producing Asia’s best peaches. The entire area is hilly where the rural economy is based on agriculture and horticulture. The area also has state’s highest lower caste population. The landscape is beautiful. The farmers have green houses established in most of the villages and grow fruit and flower cuttings as alternative to food crops.
Work:
Volunteers will work and learn nursery raising techniques. In the process they will fill poly bags with soil, prepare nursery beds, sow seeds of vegetables and flower and prepare saplings through cutting. They shall also interact with villagers and educate them on health and environmental issues and concerns like global warming, climate changes, etc. July and August being the wet monsoon time, the volunteers do plantation on road side to increase green cover.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will be allocated a house belonging to a local family, which will be shared with other volunteers. The living conditions will be simple and challenging. Asian squat type toilet will be available. Vegetarian food will be served. A cook will be there but volunteers are expected to help him and occasionally cook their own meals and self-management is required. Sleeping bags are also necessary.
Leisure time:
The volunteers will have opportunity to visit ancient Hindu temple and Sikh temple-cum-educational academy. A visit to Shimla, once a retreat centre and summer capital for British army, is possible.
International Terminal:
New Delhi (370 kms)
Domestic Terminal:
Chandigarh and Shimla (100 Kms)
Nearest railway station:
Kalka (85 kms)
Participation Fee:
14,000 Indian Rupees The participants are required to pay the contribution in Indian rupees in cash on the first day of their arrival in the workcamp. Please note that there is no ATM available in the work camp area. Therefore, the money has to be changed in Delhi or Chandigarh city. The contribution covers all basic expenses, e.g. food, housing and local transportation on weekdays. You will need money for weekend extra expenses and for your personal toiletries. Alcoholic drinks are not included. Alcohol drinking and smoking is not encouraged in public and villages.
How the Volunteers’ contribution is spent:
The contribution received from a volunteer is roughly spent as follows:
a) Food and accommodation and other logistics of volunteer - 50% b) Administration, hospitality and staff salaries - 25% c) Promotion and marketing - 10% d) Works (community projects) in villages - 15%
Tujhar is a small hilly village with 32 families situated at an altitude of 2200 feet above MSL. The economy of the village is purely dependent on agriculture. Agriculture is practiced on small terraces and manually. The village is situated near Patta, a small town in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, a northern hill state of Indian union.
Work:
Volunteers will repair and renovate the village link road which gets damaged every year during the monsoon rains. In the absence of infrastructure villagers find it difficult to transport and market their agricultural products. Additional activities will include work on small farms and help with clearing the site, preparing soil, weeding and sowing vegetables.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will live in shared rooms with modest facilities in the village. They will sleep on floor and need their sleeping bags. Food will be vegetarian and prepared by volunteers with support from local people. Asian squat type toilet will be available.
Leisure time:
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. Playing cricket with village children will be a fun.
International Terminal:
New Delhi (300 Kms)
Domestic Terminal:
Chandigarh (60 Kms)
Nearest railway station:
Kalka (30 Kms)
Participation Fee:
14,000 Indian Rupees The participants are required to pay the contribution in Indian rupees in cash on the first day of their arrival in the workcamp. Please note that there is no ATM available in the work camp area. Therefore, the money has to be changed in Delhi or Chandigarh city. The contribution covers all basic expenses, e.g. food, housing and local transportation on weekdays. You will need money for weekend extra expenses and for your personal toiletries. Alcoholic drinks are not included. Alcohol drinking and smoking is not encouraged in public and villages.
How the Volunteers’ contribution is spent:
The contribution received from a volunteer is roughly spent as follows:
a) Food and accommodation and other logistics of volunteer - 50% b) Administration, hospitality and staff salaries - 25% c) Promotion and marketing - 10% d) Works (community projects) in villages - 15%
Rajgarh is a small but growing town in Himachal Pradesh and is famous for producing Asia’s best peaches. The entire area is hilly where the rural economy is based on agriculture and horticulture. The area also has state’s highest lower caste population. The landscape is beautiful. The farmers have green houses established in most of the villages and grow fruit and flower cuttings as alternative to food crops.
Work:
Volunteers will work and learn nursery raising techniques. In the process they will fill poly bags with soil, prepare nursery beds, sow seeds of vegetables and flower and prepare saplings through cutting. They shall also interact with villagers and educate them on health and environmental issues and concerns like global warming, climate changes, etc. July and August being the wet monsoon time, the volunteers do plantation on road side to increase green cover.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will be allocated a house belonging to a local family, which will be shared with other volunteers. The living conditions will be simple and challenging. Asian squat type toilet will be available. Vegetarian food will be served. A cook will be there but volunteers are expected to help him and occasionally cook their own meals and self-management is required. Sleeping bags are also necessary.
Leisure time:
The volunteers will have opportunity to visit ancient Hindu temple and Sikh temple-cum-educational academy. A visit to Shimla, once a retreat centre and summer capital for British army, is possible.
International Terminal:
New Delhi (370 kms)
Domestic Terminal:
Chandigarh and Shimla (100 Kms)
Nearest railway station:
Kalka (85 kms)
Participation Fee:
14,000 Indian Rupees The participants are required to pay the contribution in Indian rupees in cash on the first day of their arrival in the workcamp. Please note that there is no ATM available in the work camp area. Therefore, the money has to be changed in Delhi or Chandigarh city. The contribution covers all basic expenses, e.g. food, housing and local transportation on weekdays. You will need money for weekend extra expenses and for your personal toiletries. Alcoholic drinks are not included. Alcohol drinking and smoking is not encouraged in public and villages.
How the Volunteers’ contribution is spent:
The contribution received from a volunteer is roughly spent as follows:
a) Food and accommodation and other logistics of volunteer - 50% b) Administration, hospitality and staff salaries - 25% c) Promotion and marketing - 10% d) Works (community projects) in villages - 15%
« I would recommend participating in a workcamp, especially with VAP, who ensured that I found a project to suit me and provided essential training for me in preparation for my trip. Being part of a workcamp really is a life-changing experience, oh, and it looks great on your CV! »
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