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Summary | | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective | 26/08/2004 | Journalism Internship | INFO Nepal is a non-governmental organisation that works for the people of Nepal. INFO Nepal aims to teach English and improve life for the people of Nepal. This is achieved through the help of volunteers who come to Nepal to work, teach and live in the villages of the surrounding countryside. The organisation is based in Kathmandu but provides assistance in most regions of Nepal.
Village life is relatively primitive by western standards, but the differences made by INFO's presence in these villages are quite extraordinary. People's hopes and opportunities are greatly improved by their contact with INFO Nepal and its volunteers. Hygiene, sanitation, conservation, linguistics, work skills, cultural awareness and a greater self-confidence are many of the facets of INFO Nepal's important work. These facets are seeds that grow to improve the vitality of Nepali life.
INFO Nepal recognises the benefits that it can reap from the involvement of journalists worldwide. INFO Nepal wants to 'spread the word'. Thus, we would like to invite any interested journalists to come to Nepal for a week to see and experience at first hand what its (INFO) aims and achievements are in Nepali life and then return to inform their communities or countries of INFO Nepal's achievements.
We hope that you or your organisation can meet the flight expenses, perhaps through sponsorship, and INFO Nepal will cover all other associated costs upon arrival. (e.g., accommodation, food, transportation etc)
What distinguishes INFO Nepal from other NGOs is that the work is done hands on and selflessly by the volunteers and is facilitated with courtesy and professionalism by their mother organisation (INFO).
INFO Nepal is sensitive to the challenges met by volunteers and seeks to aid them in their endeavours with a spirit of companionship and optimism.
Asim, Bicky and Rabyn eagerly await any and all expressions of interest.
| | 23/08/2004 | Cheap Volunteering Website! | If you like working with children and you don't have a lot of ready cash, then this website is the place to check out. Volunteers are placed in orphanages and schools in Africa, Philippines and Brazil deoending on language skills and interest. You only pay the cost of your food and basic accommodation - $250 for under a month and $100 each month extra. One of the cheapest websites I have found! | | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective | 20/08/2004 | Teaching Environmental Awareness | In this program, volunteers either work at a local environmental post providing program assistance or, volunteers can work with the local community to develop their own specific environmental program. Often, this program involves addressing basic health issues as well | | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 20/08/2004 | Health Post & Sanitation Issues | INFO Nepal's health post program provides a wide variety of experiences depending on the time of year, the local post's current programs, the volunteer's previous medical experience, and the volunteer's ability to learn Nepali.
| | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 20/08/2004 | Resource Center & English Language Program | INFO Nepal's Chitwan Resource Centers in Patihani, Chitwan and Nawalparasi offers English language instruction to youth and adults in the community. Some resource centers also offer opportunities to teach computer literacy. The primary purpose of the Center is to offer community youth the opportunity to develop their English language skills and to give the youths a beneficial way of spending their time rather than taking up drinking, smoking or gambling. Ultimately, the philosophy is that improved language skills will lead to employment, particularly in the Chitwan tourist areas.
| | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 20/08/2004 | Homestay/Cultural Exchange & Language Training program | Homestays and cultural exchange programmes can be arranged in most areas of Nepal with our 55 Hostfamilies. Participants will be placed with a Nepali family in a small rural village for the duration of their stay. This provides the volunteers with an excellent opportunity to learn about all aspects of Nepali culture, lifestyle, language, food and people. Volunteers should remember that this is a cultural exchange and that an effort to offer some knowledge of their own home culture and customs to the family with whom they stay is appreciated. During their stay, volunteers will attend 2 hours of language lessons in the morning and in the afternoon. They will also have the opportunity to visit and help out at the local school. Homestay programmes are best organised from August to December which is the time when most large local festivals take place. This makes for an overall more exciting experience for the volunteer. Nepali culture is distinctively friendly and open and participants are made to feel as though they are part of the family.
| | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 20/08/2004 | Volunteer in an orphange/childrens home | Volunteers will be placed in an orphanage where they will live with the children, assisting them in their day to day routine. The children are mostly between the ages of four and fifteen, and have a basic understanding of English. The general role of the volunteer will be to act as an older sibling: to care for, look after and encourage the children. Volunteers will teach the children general life skills, including health and sanitation, as well as arts, crafts and music. They may also help the children with their school work. | | Hands for Help Nepal | 19/08/2004 | Sanitation & Health Care | This Program places volunteers in health posts, sub health posts and health clinics. You work in either an urban or rural setting, providing primary care to locals in your specialty. Moreover, if you have doubts about whether your skills and talents are really needed in this part of the world, consider this: The doctor-patient ratio in Nepal is about 1 to 36,000. Particularly in rural areas, where much of the local people live, there is a desperate, chronic shortage of medical personnel and supplies. Medical school students' activities will include things like following doctors on their rounds, exploring different treatments for simple ailments, providing physical therapy, and participating in vaccination programs. Of all of our programs, we are perhaps most proud of the Medical Volunteer Program and the invaluable contributions of independent-minded professionals like you. You will help to relieve the suffering of others, playing a critical role in the villages and towns where you'll serve.
For further information, please email to:
hforh@ntc.net.np | | Hands for Help Nepal | 19/08/2004 | Unique Family Stay Program | We help volunteers who want to come Nepal for the cultural experience of a lifetime. The duration of the program depends on you. Stays are limited to no more than 4 months. You stay with host families. Through the Home Stay/Cross Cultural programs, you may both live and work with them on farms. During your stay, you will experience the unique culture, language, and traditions of the native people. You will visit the local village and will go to the local school during the day. The home stay program is a unique opportunity for volunteers to learn about the Nepali culture, lifestyle, language, and people. During this period volunteers will have the opportunity to participate in local festivals and get the opportunity to exchange their culture.
For further information, please email to:
hforh@ntc.net.np
P.S.: The children who are accompanied by adults are also encouraged to take part in this unique opportunity. | | Hands for Help Nepal | 19/08/2004 | Fundraising. | Volunteers are needed to raise funds for Hands for Help Nepal. We need grant writers and fund-raisers of any kind to bring urgently needed funding to the organization.
We would like the volunteer to raise funds to run the program we are running in different parts of Nepal and the different types of programs. The volunteers will raise money and send it to Hands for Help Nepal and the volunteers will also provided with one of the various volunteering opportunities we are providing.
If you think that you want to make some difference by helping then please contact:
hforh@ntc.net.np | | Hands for Help Nepal | 19/08/2004 | Volunteer Teacher Trainer. | The volunteer teacher trainer will be providing training to the English language teacher in different parts of Nepal to enhance the capabilities of the teacher and to enable the students to get quality education.
To get further information regarding this project please contact:
hforh@ntc.net.np | | Hands for Help Nepal | 19/08/2004 | Working in an Orphanage. | Orphanages are sadly a fact of life in Nepal. The high mortality rate for mothers during childbirth, as well as the short life expectancy in general, leaves thousands of children without parents each year. Orphanages provide these kids with daily meals, a bed, and some hope.
Depending on your own skills and interests, though, you can also teach songs, music, dance, cooking, or any number of activities, and generally just spend quality time with the children.
It's OK to bring gifts, but if you do please make sure you have enough for everyone. As a volunteer you will stay with a local host family and work at the orphanage during the day/evening.
For further information please contact:
hforh@ntc.net.np | | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 18/08/2004 | Teaching English at Children's Library as Volunteer | I look back on my time here in Nepal as my seven months away from America is coming to a close on it's final days, and can't believe how quickly the time went. My choice to come to Nepal and spend some time volunteering was so much more of an experience than I ever thought it would be. I came here to teach English, and with that came so much more.
| | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 18/08/2004 | Homestay/Cultural Exchange & Language Training program | Homestays and cultural exchange programmes can be arranged in most areas of Nepal with our 55 Hostfamilies. Participants will be placed with a Nepali family in a small rural village for the duration of their stay. This provides the volunteers with an excellent opportunity to learn about all aspects of Nepali culture, lifestyle, language, food and people. | | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 18/08/2004 | Health Post & Sanitation Program | INFO Nepal's health post program provides a wide variety of experiences depending on the time of year, the local post's current programs, the volunteer's previous medical experience, and the volunteer's ability to learn Nepali. | | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 18/08/2004 | Health Post & Sanitation Program | INFO Nepal's health post program provides a wide variety of experiences depending on the time of year, the local post's current programs, the volunteer's previous medical experience, and the volunteer's ability to learn Nepali. | | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 18/08/2004 | Volunteer in an orphange/childrens home | Volunteers will be placed in an orphanage where they will live with the children, assisting them in their day to day routine. The children are mostly between the ages of four and fifteen, and have a basic understanding of English. The general role of the volunteer will be to act as an older sibling: to care for, look after and encourage the children. | | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 18/08/2004 | Teaching Environmental Awareness | In this program, volunteers either work at a local environmental post providing program assistance or, volunteers can work with the local community to develop their own specific environmental program. Often, this program involves addressing basic health issues as well | | 16/08/2004 | Cheap Volunteering Website! | | | 16/08/2004 | Cheap Volunteering Website! | Kids Worldwide is an internet organisation which designs web pages for childrens projects in developing countries who have no internet exposure. These webpages then provide information to volunteers who may be keen to help out in them. Volunteers only give donations to help cover their food and accommodation whilst staying there. An excellent, transparent organisation.
| | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 14/08/2004 | Teaching English at Children's Library as Volunteer | In this program, volunteers teach English at government schools to students of varying age and ability, although most students are aged ten to sixteen. Depending on the school, volunteers will either teach independently or with another Nepali teacher. Volunteers teach between two to four 45-minute classes each day, six days a week (Saturdays are holidays).
Volunteers enrolling in this program will also be expected to share their own teaching methodologies/experiences as well helping the school's teachers to develop their own conversational English skills.
| | recruitment | 11/08/2004 | care at north london | has data base of volunteers from all over the world - ages 18 up wards interested contact miss grace
tel 0207 923 7678
fax 0207 923 7755 | | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 07/08/2004 | Teaching Environmental Awareness | In this program, volunteers either work at a local environmental post providing program assistance or, volunteers can work with the local community to develop their own specific environmental program. Often, this program involves addressing basic health issues as well.
| | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective | 07/08/2004 | Health Post & Sanitation Issues | INFO Nepal's health post program provides a wide variety of experiences depending on the time of year, the local post's current programs, the volunteer's previous medical experience, and the volunteer's ability to learn Nepali.
While at your placement, volunteers may be doing very hands-on work such as giving shots and treating wounds; conducting home-visits; developing and delivering information on health issues such as birth control and personal hygiene; providing office support; and providing knowledge transfer to the health post doctors on the latest first aid techniques.
| | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 05/08/2004 | Cultural Exchange & Language Training program | I look back on my time here in Nepal as my seven months away from America is coming to a close on it's final days, and can't believe how quickly the time went. My choice to come to Nepal and spend some time volunteering was so much more of an experience than I ever thought it would be. I came here to teach English, and with that came so much more.
Living with a remote Nepali family at first is a bit scary because you are being force into a totally different culture, as anyone would go through a bit of a shock. These feelings quickly melt as your host family looses the 'host' title, and just becomes your family. To them, you are their son or daughter, brother or sister, and taken into the family like you have lived with them forever.
Margot McGowan
U.S.A.
| | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 05/08/2004 | Volunteer in an orphange/childrens home | Volunteers will be placed in an orphanage where they will live with the children, assisting them in their day to day routine. The children are mostly between the ages of four and fifteen, and have a basic understanding of English. The general role of the volunteer will be to act as an older sibling: to care for, look after and encourage the children. Volunteers will teach the children general life skills, including health and sanitation, as well as arts, crafts and music. They may also help the children with their school work.
| | INFO Nepal - Global Volunteer Perspective [www.infonepal.org] | 05/08/2004 | Teaching English at Children's Library | Teaching English and volunteering while traveling really sets you apart from the regular traveling tourist, and makes your time so much more valued and treasured. Actually doing something special and making a difference with my time is something I will never forget. I had my four different classes to teach in a day, each which held their own characteristics and memories. I had my two different beginner level classes, split on ability and English language development, all set between seven and eleven years old. Further I had my advanced class of fourteen to sixteen year olds who already had rather good speaking English, but needed more refinement of grammar and detailed things. Then to conclude the day, at night I would teach private lessons to my older brother and his friends who were determined with their English.
| | EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ECUADORIAN PROGRAMS - ELEP | 02/08/2004 | INTERNSHI IN ECUADOR | What is an internship?
An internship is a period of time spent training in an organization, in a position related to your field of study which will provide experience to help you in your future career. An internship is very much a shared benefit to you and to the company. An internship is a practical experience that combines learning with the hand-on activity.
Profits
An essential component of any well-designed curriculum, internships are proving to be an exceptional motivational and practical experience for students and professionals alike. What’s more, the fact that you've had the independence, openness, and curiosity to undertake an internship in a foreign country is great for the resume. It says a lot about you as a potential employee or graduate student.
Internship ELEP makes it possible for international students and recent graduates and those professionals to find an internship in their field of study and explore life in Ecuador with maximum freedom and at minimum cost. Internship ELEP permits you to work for up to 6 months in an approved internship.
ELEP organizes unpaid internships throughout Ecuador (Highlands, Coast, Amazon Region and the Galapagos islands).
Our programs are available for any time of the year. Good knowledge of Spanish language is required.
Internship Positions
The internship positions we offer are in any field such as:
Finances, Controlling, Accounting, Business Administration, Investment, International Trade, Hotel Administration and Management, Tourism, Media, Computer Sciences, Architecture, Biological Research, Environmental Conservation, Geography, Graphic Design, Journalism, Medicine, Marine Biology, Nursery, Social Services, Cultural Sciences, Law, Magazines, Japanese Teaching Position, Import & Export, Services, Film & Production, Marketing, Event management, Civil & Constructional Engineering, Agriculture , Museum, Media, among many others.
Host Companies
ELEP works with the best public and private, national and international internship placements.
| | EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ECUADORIAN PROGRAMS- ELEP | 02/08/2004 | VOLUNTER IN ECUADOR | What is a volunteer?
Volunteering is a great and meaningful experience in helping others where you will gain a whole new perspective of the world, to support a cause, share your knowledge, meet new people, or to develop new skills.
To live and work with the poor of another country provides the type of classroom that no other study abroad experience can possibly replicate. Volunteers experience a unique way of appreciating the world while helping developing communities to help themselves. Simultaneously the volunteers help to empower the host communities in creating renewable, sustainable programs.
ELEP provides volunteers the opportunity to live and work side by side with a host community. The hosts provide a safe and interesting setting in which to learn, help, and have fun.
ELEP develops short-term and large-term volunteer programs in international environments that encourage people to immerse themselves in a unique way of giving back.
Purpose
ELEP´s purpose is to encourage promote and help excellence in humanitarian and preservation volunteering.
Our volunteer programs are designed to facilitate hands-on service and cultural exchange in the aim of fostering cultural understanding. We could say as well that our programs are designed to meet the challenges of contributing much- needed skills to the struggle for self-sufficiency in developing of our communities.
ELEP offers a unique opportunity for participants to work side-by-side with local people, on locally designed and driven projects.
Our unique program offers exciting hands-on work opportunities, meaningful cultural exchange with a ecuadorian community, enriching in this way your collaborator spirit.
Volunteer Positions
The fields where the volunteers can help are: HealthCare, Environmental & Conservation, Social Work, Education for Children or for Adults, Music, Arts and Culture, Orphanage, Community Services, Humans Rights, law, housing, Children, Old Shelter, Medicine, Teaching, Eco-agriculture among many others.
Our programs are available for any time of the year and throughout Ecuador (Highlands, Coast, Amazon Region and the Galapagos islands). Good knowledge of Spanish language is required.
Qualifications to participate in a workcamp:
· Motivation and energy to help and work.
· Patience.
· Co-operation.
· Understanding
· Idea of what community service is.
· Open mind and flexibility.
· Eager to learn and share
| | EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ECUADORIAN PROGRAMS- ELEP | 02/08/2004 | VOLUNTER IN ECUADOR | What is a volunteer?
Volunteering is a great and meaningful experience in helping others where you will gain a whole new perspective of the world, to support a cause, share your knowledge, meet new people, or to develop new skills.
To live and work with the poor of another country provides the type of classroom that no other study abroad experience can possibly replicate. Volunteers experience a unique way of appreciating the world while helping developing communities to help themselves. Simultaneously the volunteers help to empower the host communities in creating renewable, sustainable programs.
ELEP provides volunteers the opportunity to live and work side by side with a host community. The hosts provide a safe and interesting setting in which to learn, help, and have fun.
ELEP develops short-term and large-term volunteer programs in international environments that encourage people to immerse themselves in a unique way of giving back.
Purpose
ELEP´s purpose is to encourage promote and help excellence in humanitarian and preservation volunteering.
Our volunteer programs are designed to facilitate hands-on service and cultural exchange in the aim of fostering cultural understanding. We could say as well that our programs are designed to meet the challenges of contributing much- needed skills to the struggle for self-sufficiency in developing of our communities.
ELEP offers a unique opportunity for participants to work side-by-side with local people, on locally designed and driven projects.
Our unique program offers exciting hands-on work opportunities, meaningful cultural exchange with a ecuadorian community, enriching in this way your collaborator spirit.
Volunteer Positions
The fields where the volunteers can help are: HealthCare, Environmental & Conservation, Social Work, Education for Children or for Adults, Music, Arts and Culture, Orphanage, Community Services, Humans Rights, law, housing, Children, Old Shelter, Medicine, Teaching, Eco-agriculture among many others.
Our programs are available for any time of the year and throughout Ecuador (Highlands, Coast, Amazon Region and the Galapagos islands). Good knowledge of Spanish language is required.
Qualifications to participate in a workcamp:
· Motivation and energy to help and work.
· Patience.
· Co-operation.
· Understanding
· Idea of what community service is.
· Open mind and flexibility.
· Eager to learn and share
| | ELEP | 01/08/2004 | Internship, Volunter & Spanish Coureses in Ecuador | Participation in volunteer or internship opportunities abroad is an excellent way to immerse oneself in another country's way of life. In effect, experiential learning with ELEP adds another dimension to the study abroad experience through daily exposure and interactions, resulting in a greater understanding of the language, culture, and community of the host country.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ECUADORIAN PROGRAMS (ELEP) is a non-profit cultural and educational ecuadorian organization which wants to satisfy the many demands from people who are looking for experiences abroad. ELEP is an experiential learning program designed for people from all over the world (students, recent graduates and professionals) to gain international experience and expertise.
ELEP encourages intercultural exploration and understanding through our internship and volunteer programs.
MISSION
Our mission is to promote international understanding through educational and cultural exchange between Ecuador (Latin-American) and the rest of the world, to help people gain experience, acquire knowledge, and develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world.
In addition, we seek to provide college students, graduate students, and professionals, the opportunity to gain hands on practical experience. We accomplish these goals through our international internship & volunteer programs and small grants programs.
OBJECTIVES
Nowadays, applying for a job with no mention of any experience abroad on your CV such as studying or working in another country is almost inconceivable.
The principle objectives of our internship or volunteer programs are:
1 . To promote the exchange and understanding between people of different countries and different cultural and social background.
2 . To provide a cultural, educational, professional, personal and international experience to interns and volunteers.
3 . To exchange professional knowledge and experience, breaking down linguistic and cultural barriers.
A international internship or volunteer through ELEP can be a rewarding and challenging way to experience another culture and gain experience simultaneously.
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