Nepal Community Volunteers

This is your introduction to Nepal - its culture and language – and to the project you’ll be working on.  

After arriving into Kathmandu your first few nights will be at a guesthouse in the Thamel area of Kathmandu where you can relax, shake off the jet lag and meet your fellow volunteers. You’ll spend the next few days learning about the volunteer project you’ve chosen, getting your head round a few language basics and finding out something about where you are. You’ll also meet and move in with your host family and get comfortable with them. 

Teach children in a local school, children’s resource centre or childcare centre – in Chitwan, Kathmandu, Langtang or Pokhara

It’s really satisfying teaching these kids a new language. You’ll find them enthusiastic and friendly and funny and eager to learn and you’ll come away feeling that you’ve achieved something good.

You can also tackle basic science and maths and get involved in sports and games. You don’t need any teaching experience, but you do need to be a creative and patient sort of person and, of course, to like working with youngsters. We’ll help with a basic syllabus and some tips, but beyond that it’s largely up to you. The more resourceful and inventive you are, the more the children – and you – will get out of it.

Please note: While we will always take your preference on the type and location of volunteering into account this is dependent on availability and the needs of the various projects at the time of your stay.

Teach English to monks in a Buddhist monastery – in Kathmandu

This is something totally different – just too good to miss if you’re at all interested in Buddhism. You’ll not only be working with the monks, but living with them and you’ll have the opportunity to immerse yourself in Buddhist culture on this unique volunteering experience.

You don’t need any teaching experience. As a volunteer you’ll be working with intelligent and educated adults, so you should have good written and verbal English and you’ll need to be flexible and patient.

Please note: While we will always take your preference on the type and location of volunteering into account this is dependent on availability and the needs of the various projects at the time of your stay.

You’ll arrange the precise schedule for your volunteering projects in Nepal with the people you’re working with. There will be plenty of time for you to explore this amazing country and get to know its people and something about how they live.

The trip includes a three-day visit to Chitwan – location of Nepal’s first national park. If you’re lucky you’ll get to see some of the rare animal species native to that part of the world – Bengal tiger, gharial, Asian rhinoceros, leopard, Mugger crocodile and rock pythons. You can also do some canoeing, meet some baby elephants in a sanctuary, walk in the jungle and visit some Tharu communities.