The mission of our volunteer program is to offer meaningful travel experience and volunteer opportunities for international volunteers and seek sustainable solutions
for education, health, conservation, and development issues in Nepal. We
hope to achieve this goal by offering community oriented volunteer programs
in which the efforts of our volunteers directly help the less fortunate
people and their communities.

Volunteers have the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational
and community aid programs. This will give you a chance to make an important
contribution to the people of Nepal and while doing so gain an in-depth
experience of the country and culture, which will stay with you the rest of
your life.

THE PROGRAM
The volunteer opportunities are in the following areas:
1, Home-stay and Cultural Exchange Programs –
2, English Language Instruction - Teaching in a school
3, Teaching at a Children's Resource Center - We have set up Resource Centers.
4, Environmental & Sanitation Awareness - ecotourism or working with green clubs
5, Primary Health Care Education - We have health posts or health camp placements
6, Working in Orphanages and homeless children’s - We have some orphanage homes.
7, Work in a Disabled Care Facility - We have Disabled centers.
8, Administrative Support - To help in the office with fundraising, developing the program and correspondence
9, Volunteers are welcome to design their own program in various areas -
You are most welcome to work in any field and we will support you to arrange
all the necessary aspects of your placement.
*Please note that if you choose to volunteer at an orphanage or resource
center, these take place during the mornings and afternoons. Most of our
volunteers will thus choose to volunteer at a local school during the day.

FOR APPLY:
Flow the application links: http://fun-nepal.org/application

CONFIRMATION
To confirm your placement with us you need to send us your flight details so
that we will pick you up at the airport. Though we can accommodate
last-minute volunteers, we prefer to receive flight arrival information at
least a month in advance.


PROGRAM LOCATION
The placements are available in Kathmandu Valley, Dhading , Pokhara, and Chitwan, all of which are near to a city. Volunteers can look up the places to get more of a feel for the areas. Furthermore, we will
discuss your exact placement when you arrive according to your needs, safety
considerations and availability. Our local coordinators will be looking
after you.

A TYPICAL DAY AT THE PLACEMENT
In a typical placement, volunteers stay with a family and eat Nepali food
with the family twice a day (around 9 o' clock in the morning and 7 o' clock
in the evening). Tea is served in the morning and in the afternoon.
Volunteers may have the opportunity to get together with other volunteers
and share their experiences. You will be able to travel to nearby towns to
purchase things for daily use and can travel to other areas on longer
breaks. Besides your project work, volunteers can utilize their spare time
in organizing the youth and women's groups of the community to do some
worthwhile activities like building a smokeless stove or toilet by using
local materials, making a soak pit, kitchen gardening, making a solar dryer,
garbage management, paper recycling, etc. It's up to you - you can do as
much or as little as you'd like (though, or course, we'd prefer that you do
a lot!!)

PROGRAM REQUIREMENT
we do not ask for any formal qualifications from our volunteers. All we ask
is that you have a genuine desire to help people and a willingness to
experience a new culture and lifestyle.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
our programs run throughout the year. You can volunteer for any time from 2
weeks to 5 months. The volunteer programs generally start on the 1st and
15th of each month. However, we are quite flexible if you would like to
start the program on a different date, though there may not be as many
volunteers doing orientation with you. Please let us know about your
suitable date.

TRAINING
Upon your arrival to Kathmandu, you will be taken to Hotel or our
volunteer center, from the airport, where you will be meeting with other
current or past volunteers and learning about their experience.

During your training period you will have:
Basic Nepali Language classes - 2-3 hrs, morning.
Nepali cultural orientation/ general cultural exchange - 1hr, afternoon
Language and Skills Activities - 1hr, afternoon.
Sightseeing - 2 hrs, afternoon.
Different Nepali dinners

Training length will be accordingly to your stay. It ranges from two days
for two weeks up to two weeks for five months. Training will be in two
stage: the first stage will be at office or hotel, Kathmandu and second stage
will be in Dhulikhel / Sanga village.

After completion of your orientation stage you will be escorted to your
assigned placement with our staff. You will be staying with a host family so
you can immerse yourself in Nepali culture and get the most out of your stay
here.

BASIC PROGRAM COST

2 weeks € 230.euros
3 weeks € 280 euros
4 weeks € 330.euros
5 weeks € 380.euros
6 weeks € 430.euros
7 weeks € 480.euros
8 weeks € 530.euros
9 weeks € 580.euros
10 weeks € 630.euros
11 weeks € 680.euros
12 weeks € 730.euros
4 month € 910.euros
5 month € 1050.euros

The program fees cover: airport pickup, language training, administrative
charge, training, accommodation and main meals during placement, cultural
sightseeing, transportation for volunteers and supervision.
You can pay your program fees up on arrival at the FUN-Nepal Office in Euros, US
Dollar or Nepali rupees.

The other costs you will need to meet are:
Your flights, Visa (a 60 day tourist visa is only US$40, the extensions are
US$60 per 30 days with three renewals possible), Shots, travel insurance,
potential police check, and corresponding airport departure taxes. Also you
will need a weekly budget from US$20 to cater for all your other expenses
like bottled water, personal items, beverages and entertainment. Living in a
village is relatively inexpensive in comparison to most western countries
and usually it is difficult to spend more than US$10 per week during your
placement.


FUN-Nepal can offer interested person trekking in the Himalayas, white water rafting, jungle safaris and cultural family stay while helping the community. Nepal has a long rich history and there are no limits to the sights to be seen. Moreover, we have also set up different short trip volunteers programs having jungle safari and adventurous travel and tours activities for weekly program (2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, and 8 weeks).