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Volunteer abroad in community development projects in India

VTINBLD1-2 - More projects

VTINBLD1 - Rajasthan / VTINBLD2 - Himachal

Volunteers in Rajasthan/Himachal are welcome for 2-3 weeks.

The main objective of the community development work is to improve public village facilities, and bring attention and awareness to social issues. The work is dependent upon the specific needs of the individual village, the condition of its public facilities and the social issues at stake. There are two types of work available: physical work projects and social development projects.

Physical work project work includes repairing and beautification of schools, daycare centres, houses of families living below the poverty line as well as placing garbage bins and motivating village children to clear litter.

Social development work can be combined with the physical work projects mentioned above, and is directed towards social issues such as the importance of the education of girls, hygiene and health care issues, the importance of nutrition and a balanced diet, precautionary measures against HIV infection, and more. Tools for such awareness building are village meetings, events, activities and street plays.

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Please note: Volunteers in India are not assigned to a specific project until they have arrived at the project site. There, they visit the various available placements, and make a more informed choice about their preferred placement.

This happens for a number of reasons. For example, some volunteers may be better able to help in a specific project due to previous experiences, and that becomes more clear in the field. Furthermore, there is an integrated development plan for the community, which means that a number of projects are active within a community at the same time, and we need to ensure availability of volunteers in as many projects as possible. If all the volunteers wish to work on a particular type of project, we would have too many people on one project and not enough on another.

This is why we also ask potential participants to indicate their top 3 choices when they apply. Specific daily tasks are listed on our website for each type of project. For each placement there are many specific projects - e.g. many schools, many orphanages, etc. - and volunteers are assigned according to the criteria listed above.

Please click on the project you wish to know more about:

Orphanages	Orphanages	Orphanages
Street children	Schools	Street children
Schools	Environmental conservation	Schools
Youth detention & rehabilitation		Disability
Disability projects		AIDS projects
		Environmental conservation
		Women
		Community development
		Sports

Street children	Orphanages	Orphanages
Schools	Schools	Villages
Hospitals-clinics	Hospitals and clinics
AIDS projects	Villages
Environmental conservation	AIDS projects
Community development
Sports

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