Project will run in six selected government schools in Solan district, Northern India. The aim is to strengthen school infrastructure to implement Right To Education in the State. Solan is the second largest city in the state and its boundaries touch the states of Haryana and Punjab.
Work:
The project will be taken up as a campaign – “Support my School Campaign”. During the camp volunteers will be visiting the schools and rural settlement of the region to present the importance of health and hygiene, environment awareness and the need for education among the adults along with the children. Volunteers who participate in these camps need to come up with some concrete ideas. Work may involve access to water, rain water harvesting, renovation of school building, wall paintings, and creative activities with children. Repairing of play ground, cleaning school surrounding etc. will be done. Play through learning activities will be encouraged.
Accommodation:
Volunteer will live in guest house or host family with shared room. Authentic north Indian breakfast and lunch and dinner will be served.
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.
Project will run in six selected government schools in Solan district, Northern India. The aim is to strengthen school infrastructure to implement Right To Education in the State. Solan is the second largest city in the state and its boundaries touch the states of Haryana and Punjab.
Work:
The project will be taken up as a campaign – “Support my School Campaign”. During the camp volunteers will be visiting the schools and rural settlement of the region to present the importance of health and hygiene, environment awareness and the need for education among the adults along with the children. Volunteers who participate in these camps need to come up with some concrete ideas. Work may involve access to water, rain water harvesting, renovation of school building, wall paintings, and creative activities with children. Repairing of play ground, cleaning school surrounding etc. will be done. Play through learning activities will be encouraged.
Accommodation:
Volunteer will live in guest house or host family with shared room. Authentic north Indian breakfast and lunch and dinner will be served.
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.
Project will run in six selected government schools in Solan district, northern India. The aim is to strengthen school infrastructure to implement Right To Education in the State. Solan is the second largest city in the state and its boundaries touch the states of Haryana and Punjab.
Work:
The project will be taken up as a campaign – “Support my School Campaign”. During the camp volunteers will be visiting the schools and rural settlement of the region to present the importance of health and hygiene, environment awareness and the need for education among the adults along with the children. Volunteers who participate in these camps need to come up with some concrete ideas. Work may involve access to water, rain water harvesting, renovation of school building, wall paintings, and creative activities with children. Repairing of play ground, cleaning school surrounding etc. will be done. Play through learning activities will be encouraged.
Accommodation:
Volunteer will live in guest house or host family with shared room. Authentic north Indian breakfast and lunch and dinner will be served.
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.
Rajasthan was inhabited long before 2500 BC and the Indus Valley Civilization had its foundation here in north Rajasthan itself. Around 1400 BC the Aryans paid a visit and settled down forever in the area. The local population was pushed down to south and towards the east. Afghans, Turks, Persians and Mughals followed in mixing their blood, first in war then in peace, with the existing original inhabitants. This blend gave the martial lineage to the Rajputs.
Mount Abu is the highest peak in the Aravalli range and the only hill station in Rajasthan state. The mountain forms a distinct rocky plateau – 22 kilo metres long and 9 kilo metre wide. The highest peak on the mountain is Guru Shikhar at 1722 metres above sea level. It is referred to as an 'oasis in the desert', as its heights are home to rivers, lakes, waterfalls and evergreen forests. Mount Abu is home to a number of Jain temples.
The workcamp involves teaching children from poor and marginalized community in the non-formal schools about Basic English and Mathematics, Health and Hygiene, and Environmental protection through creative learning methods like art, music, games etc. There will also be house visits and meetings with local rural people as part of inter-cultural learning and to give awareness on health, education and hygiene. Volunteers can take the school children to places in the city like picnics, exposure visits and city walks. Most of the schools around Mount Abu lack basic infrastructure like school building, education material, playground and drinking water. Volunteers can make a big difference in the daily lives of these children by providing the necessities listed above. In addition, volunteers also will get a chance to take part in simple renovation work at local schools/orphanages and engage in activities like painting, making Kitchen garden, tree plantation, promoting rainwater harvesting etc. As part of the cultural exchange, volunteers will witness and participate in the cultural programs with local community.
Location:
Mount Abu is located in the State of Rajasthan and is accessible by domestic airlines. The nearest airport is Udaipur at a distance of 185 kilometers, but Ahmadabad has better connectivity and daily flights with other parts of the country and is just 221 kilometers from Mount Abu. Trains and buses operate on a daily basis from New Delhi and Mumbai. Nearest train station is “Abu road station” situated about 27 kilometers from Mount Abu town. Abu road train station is well connected to all the major cities of India like Mumbai, Delhi, Udaipur, Jodhpur and Ahmedabad.
Accommodation:
In a rented Guest house or Hostel, with shared rooms.
Costs Involved:
FSL- India is a non-profit organisation and does not depend on public or external funding. All costs of FSL- India are sustained through the participation fees from volunteers. Therefore volunteers are expected to pay the participation fee mentioned below besides all their personal costs needed to come to India (travel / visa / vaccinations etc.).
Participation fee:
14,000 Indian Rupees (approximately 175 Euros depending on the exchange rate).
The Participation fee will be collected from the volunteers during the first day of the workcamp. The amount will be collected only in the local currency (Indian Rupees). We do not accept any payments in foreign currency.
What does our program participation fee cover?
We are a non-profit organization, and therefore we have kept our prices as affordable as possible. FSL- India is a non-profit body registered under the Indian Trust Act. We receive absolutely no financial support from the government of India or from any other foreign agency. The main source of income available for FSL-India is the participation fee that is collected from the volunteers.
Visa:
Volunteers going to India for short term volunteering projects simply need to obtain a Tourist Visa. Please check info on the following link http://goindia.about.com/od/visas/tp/Guide-To-Indian-Visa-Types.htm
Solan district is a gateway to this hilly state of Himachal Pradesh. It is 40 km from Kalka and 70 km from Chandigarh. The project area comprise of small villages located in interior mountainous geography and the volunteers will have a unique opportunity to live with nature in a peaceful environment.
Work:
Volunteers will work with children having disability. Work would be tending to these special children helping them in their day-to-day activities, cleaning and teach them simple English and engage them in sports activities. Children will be encouraged to open up and their inherent talents will be identified. Volunteer will get orientation before starting project. Additional activities will include learning of various developmental issues and solutions. They will visit various humanitarian projects and interact with the villagers.
Requirements:
Interest in working with people having some disability, patience and High motivation.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will live in the village/campus. Simple basic amenities will be available. Asian squat type toilet and English WC 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:
Self organized city tours and excursions. Nearby Kasauli town is another hill station as a tourist attraction. A visit to Shimla will offer an opportunity to see high Himalayan Mountains.
Solan district is a gateway to this hilly state of Himachal Pradesh. It is 40 km from Kalka and 70 km from Chandigarh. The project area comprise of small villages located in interior mountainous geography and the volunteers will have a unique opportunity to live with nature in a peaceful environment.
Work:
Volunteers will work with children having disability. Work would be tending to these special children helping them in their day-to-day activities, cleaning and teach them simple English and engage them in sports activities. Children will be encouraged to open up and their inherent talents will be identified. Volunteer will get orientation before starting project. Additional activities will include learning of various developmental issues and solutions. They will visit various humanitarian projects and interact with the villagers.
Requirements:
Interest in working with people having some disability, patience and High motivation.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will live in the village/campus. Simple basic amenities will be available. Asian squat type toilet and English WC 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:
Self organized city tours and excursions. Nearby Kasauli town is another hill station as a tourist attraction. A visit to Shimla will offer an opportunity to see high Himalayan Mountains.
Public health dialogue on public health issues is becoming increasingly important in India to improve the health status of the people. The project “Health on Stage” is the continuation and the follow up of global effort spearheaded by Asia Europe Foundation and FSL India to mobilise the local community for public health dialogue. It is a unique model that attempts to pool up of young international volunteers and engage them in intensive dialogue with local community by using “forum theatre” as the medium for communication.
Health on stage will be implemented in rural areas in Mysore. Water related issues and water borne disease will be the important components of Health on Stage programme. Initially, the volunteers will visit slums and interact with the local community to survey and study health related issues. Based on the survey findings, the volunteers with the help of a forum theatre expert will rehearse and design a street play to communicate the message and promote Health on Stage.
After a brief inter-cultural exchange and learning the applications of ‘forum theatre’, the volunteers of “Health on Stage” will perform for three weeks focusing on public health with all its social and cultural dimensions. Under the broader framework of Water and Public Health, a wide range of local issues were will be taken up for dialogue and seek solutions. Hygiene and sanitation, waterborne diseases, preventive and curative aspects of health, water and environment, water conservation, indigenous water purification measures will be the issues to be dealt with.
The forum theatre will not be so much with language based. It will predominantly be body language and action based communications. Initially the volunteers would spend time in social mapping to identify the local water and health issues and through forum theatres analyze the issues with the community and design locally available solutions. This will trigger the thought of the people they would realized that it is they who are principally responsible to find out locally available solutions to their numerous water and public health problems. A local person skilled in form theatre will work with the volunteers throughout the workcamp.
Accommodation:
At the FSL-India Guesthouse, in shared rooms.
Location in Mysore:
Mysore Rural & Urban, South India.
Mysore is about 140 kilometers from Bangalore. It is accessible by air, domestic and some international airlines fly directly to Bangalore International Airport. Trains and buses operate on an everyday basis from almost all major towns/cities in South India. The exact Meeting point will be mentioned in the info sheets.
Accommodation:
At a rented Guest House or Hostel with shared rooms.
Costs Involved:
FSL- India is a non-profit organisation and does not depend on public or external funding. All costs of FSL- India are sustained through the participation fees from volunteers. Therefore volunteers are expected to pay the participation fee mentioned below besides all their personal costs needed to come to India (travel / visa / vaccinations etc.).
Three Weeks:
Participation fee: 18,000 Indian Rupees (approximately 225 Euros depending on the exchange rate).
The Participation fee will be collected from the volunteers during the first day of the workcamp. The amount will be collected only in the local currency (Indian Rupees). We do not accept any payments in foreign currency.
What does our program participation fee cover?
We are a non-profit organization, and therefore we have kept our prices as affordable as possible. FSL- India is a non-profit body registered under the Indian Trust Act. We receive absolutely no financial support from the government of India or from any other foreign agency. The main source of income available for FSL-India is the participation fee that is collected from the volunteers.
Visa:
Volunteers going to India for short term volunteering projects simply need to obtain a Tourist Visa. Please check info on the following link http://goindia.about.com/od/visas/tp/Guide-To-Indian-Visa-Types.htm
Baddi is an industrial town of Solan district located at a distance of 35 km from Chandigarh city. The township is full of slums developed around villages and close to city center. Baddi faces problems of sanitation and poor health. The problem is serious with women because of their lack of awareness. RUCHI campus is 25 km. from the Baddi town.
Work:
Volunteers will work in slums or adjacent villages. Educating women on health, hygiene, sanitation, environment and micro-credit will be the prime focus of the work. Volunteer will get orientation before starting project. Additional activities will include learning of various developmental issues and solutions. They will visit various humanitarian projects and interact with the villagers.
Requirements:
Interest in Art and learning ability, High motivation.
Accommodation:
Volunteers will live in the Guest House or Host Family. Simple basic amenities will be available. Asian squat type toilet or English WC will be available. Vegetarian food will be served. Volunteers are expected to help themselves with cooking their own meals and self-management is required. Sleeping bags are also necessary.
Leisure time:
Self organized city tours and excursions. Old Sikh and Hindu temples in the near vicinity can be visited. Nearby Chandigarh city with internationally known Rock Garden is a tourist attraction. A visit to Shimla will offer an opportunity to see high Himalayan Mountains.
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