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Mountain Village Teacher

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4 - 15 weeks  ·  Age 18 - 50+

rating  Excellent 4.8  · 
  Verified by Volunteer World
  Very high response rate

Highlights

  • Experience the Typical Nepal Village life with a famous Gurung Peoples of Annapurnas
  • Teaching in a Government school in an isolated village of Nepal remote areas
  • Together with volunteering experience the agriculture and life style of the Nepalese village
  • Participate in Cultural events to learn the different Culture of Famous Gurung Peoples
  • Also learn about the Geography and Annapurna mountains together with Mt Manaslu the closest

Especially suitable

Age 18+
Singles
Couples

About the program

Volunteers will teach in the village called Siurung which lies in the Annapurna area of Nepal.

About the Program 

Our Volunteer Programme is about Teaching in a village school in mountain region of Nepal in Annapurna region . you will be teaching students up to grade 1-8 aged between 5 years to 15 .   the program is important due to some factors like you are spending your time with ...

About the program

About the Program 

Our Volunteer Programme is about Teaching in a village school in mountain region of Nepal in Annapurna region . you will be teaching students up to grade 1-8 aged between 5 years to 15 .   the program is important due to some factors like you are spending your time with children in country side which are more isolated and  marginalized rather then in  city areas .  Volunteers are spending their time with government schools and not the private schools . also you could learn  more about the Nepal life style and spend a quality time in a village that is close with one of the 8000 meter beautiful mountain Mt Manaslu  visible from each house of the village. contributing to education sector is a high respect in Nepal and the teacher are called Gurus  meaning  light in dark .  The village is a home to a Gurung Peopels which are often respected for their hospitality and bravery and most of them end their carrier in British army and Indian army . English is given more importance and you could be one of their English tutorial .

 Most of the Nepal is mountainous country  and no schools are supported by government with enough teachers and your presence will be highly valued in the village as a volunteer in this school. in return you will get an experience that will long last in your life.  

Volunteers are greeted in Kathmandu airport and transfered to hotel in Thamel for three nights stay in kathmandu. The second day will be walking tour to Shyambunath stupa and thame to see heritage sites of Kathmandu . After the stay in Kathmandu, volunteers will travel to mountain village named Siurung in Annapurna  . The Journey will be 8-10 hours in a bus plus local jeep. 

The volunteers will stay with local host families as a family member. They will teach students what they are really good at. Besides their expertise they are expected to teach english lessons and computer basics to students for 2-4 hours each day except saturdays and public holidays. First few days the local teachers will help volunteers (co-teaching) and they will be given full responsibility to handle the class.

The Location

The most people of villages are farmers, retired Gurkha soldiers etc. The agriculture activities are carried all round the year. The village is typical Gurkha village where the people of Gurung ethnicity reside. The village is situated at altitude of 2000m and has good view of Himalayas including 8000m high Mt Manaslu. The village has been made Village tourism destination since 2012 and 20 houses are allocated for stay of tourists for typical village experience. People of the village are starting getting benefit from tourism.

The village is safe. It is touristic village and volunteers can meet other fellow trekkers that pass through the village for Annapurna circuit trek.All our past volunteers who stayed there have loved the area and its our turn to come and experience it if you are planning travel to Nepal and would like to experience typical nepali village stay experience.

This village is more ideal to stay all around the year.



Typical day

Regular Days

Volunteer wake up with the fresh mountain view of Mt Manaslu and will start a day by drinking the tea.  

Around 9 am volunteer is provided morning meal before going to school. Volunteer starts the teaching after seeing the routine of the school for the day . 

There will be a  short ...

Typical day

Regular Days

Volunteer wake up with the fresh mountain view of Mt Manaslu and will start a day by drinking the tea.  

Around 9 am volunteer is provided morning meal before going to school. Volunteer starts the teaching after seeing the routine of the school for the day . 

There will be a  short break in mid day where volunteer is provided some snacks . 

After teaching whole day volunteer returns back home and  help the community with any other works , help cook foods in the house where he or she stays.  

After a dinner in the evening volunteer goes to sleep . completing a day work.


Free-time activities

In free time volunteers can go to collect woods for family they stay with in near by jungle , volunteers can go to Harsing View point to see the beautiful range of Manaslu and annapurna .  if you walk down 2 hours you will also catch a natural hot spring for a warm bath in winter cold days . ..

Free-time activities

In free time volunteers can go to collect woods for family they stay with in near by jungle , volunteers can go to Harsing View point to see the beautiful range of Manaslu and annapurna .  if you walk down 2 hours you will also catch a natural hot spring for a warm bath in winter cold days . additionally you can hike in annapurna circuit area  as the village is on the route itself. occasionally volunteers can enjoy the friday cultural programes of villagers which are perform usually part of village life   


Requirements

Requirements

Minimum Age: 18 years

In order to join the program you need to be at least 18 years old on the program start date. There might be exemptions if you can provide the permission of your legal guardian(s) or if your are accompanied by your parents.

Language Skills

You need to speak English (basic level)

Education Requirements

English , maths science , social at High School level

Criminal Background Check

required

Nationality Restrictions

No restrictions. Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.

Other Skills

Computer skills

Time Commitment

Your helping hand will be required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 10:00 - 16:00

What's Included

What's Included

Services by Good Karma Foundation Nepal

Our Servises to Volunteers are as follows:
  • Responce to Email & providing the enough information while booking
  • Pre- departure Information: Information on booking flight ticket, getting visa, Airport procedure, what to bring etc.
  • Land Transportation: Airport Pickup, airport transfer, transportation during Kathmandu Shyambunath tour , transportation to project site
  • Program Induction: Basic Nepali language Course, Cultural class and program orientation etc.
  • Accommodation: Few Night accommodation during program induction period and after program in Kathmandu and in volunteering place
  • Accommodation and meals: Accommodation and meals from your day of arrival to departure
  • 24 hours availability of Good karma Foundation Nepal staff for emergency support
  • Contribution to projects and host family
  • Support for ongoing community development projects
  • Assistance to extent your visa
  • Nepali Sim Card ( N cell )
  • All administration cost
  • Helping with Tour Trek if you want
  • arrangement of Connecting faster Ambulance servises or Helicopter Rescue in case of Sick ( to be paid by volunteer themselves later)
  • Farewell programe

Airport Pickup at Tribhuvan International Airport

As per the arrival of volunteers , airport pick up will be arranged 

Accommodation

The village is also a tourism village and offer the clean home stays for sleeping and have clean bathrooms attached . 

Food & Beverages

Typical nepali foods will be provided during the stay  like Dal bhat (rice and lentils), curry, pickle etc. Meat is provided occasionally. Eggs are parts of breakfast. It is no problem if you are vegeterian or allergic to certain food as villagers have many items of freshly cooked food each day to choose from.

Internet Access

Good access at the project site

What's NOT included?

What's NOT included?

Flight Tickets

The nearest airport is Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) in Kathmandu. We assist you to find cheap flights to Nepal. FIND CHEAP FLIGHTS

Travel Insurance

Going abroad is an adventure and it is always best to be prepared. Sudden illness or injury, cancellation or theft - a travel insurance for Nepal provides security and is a plus to have. GET A QUOTE

Vaccines

If you are intending to volunteer in Nepal you should seek medical advice before starting your social journey. Check your required vaccinations for Nepal. VACCINE CHECKER

Details on arrival

We accept the volunteers all around the year . 

Availability
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Program fees

4 weeks (min. stay) 768€
5 weeks 960€
7 weeks 1,344€
9 weeks 1,728€
15 weeks (max. stay) 2,880€
Average fees 192€/week

Program fees

192€ per week 4 - 15 weeks Age 18 - 50+

Payment methods

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NO CREDIT CARD FEES


Duration

4 - 15 weeks

Deposit

The deposit is simply to reserve your volunteer placement. Payments are handled by PayPal, our trusted global payment provider. If you don't have a PayPal account, you can also pay using a credit card.


Final Payment

Your final payment will be agreed with Good Karma Foundation Nepal during the application process. Common solutions are either via bank transfer or a cash payment at the project site.


Meet your organization

Good Karma Foundation Nepal

Excellent 4.8 rating (35 reviews)

Non-profit - founded in 2016

Verified by Volunteer World

  Very high response rate

Coordinated by

Nabraj

Spoken languages: English

About the project

Good karma foundation was founded after the Nepal Earthquake of April 2015, the biggest disaster of our history. The Foundation helps to rebuild and empower locals .

Meet your organization

Good Karma Foundation Nepal

Our background

The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed 8,962 people in Nepal and injured 21,952 more. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on Saturday 25 April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8M  .

Just after the deadly earthquake  another humanitarian crisis invaded this  beautiful country Nepal which is known as  The 2015 Nepal blockade, which began on 23 September 2015 and lasted about six months,

Earthquake   pushed the country in hard time and the  the Blockade even made the things worst .  This was an economic and humanitarian crisis that severely affected Nepal and its economy in 2015 .

It was the time when country need to work on construction having enough supply but  after the 2015 Nepal blockade came Nearly all sectors of the economy have taken a severe hit, from tourism to transport to domestic factories to agriculture. Nepal faced a hard time once again in the history .  the series of incident like Earthquake and blockade for the landlocked country made the Nepal weaker  and life of the peoples tougher .

Nabraj Ghimire  also known as Raj came in  a thought to start an organization that he can work to help the needy peoples in his country under the name Good karma Foundation , which officially get registered in Kathmandu Nepal company of register office at 24 April 2016 nearly after a year of the date of Gorkha Earthquake formally .  The organization started welcoming the foreign volunteers to support Nepal  education , construction of school buildings and housing for the under previlaged peoples of Nepal .   Foundation grew quickly as a some of the  leading volunteer  organization in Nepal   offering the  programmes able to the perfect platform for all those to see the world, meet like-minded people and engage in meaningful volunteer work  in life bringing happiness in peoples  life in its country. 

For an example A British Volunteer Sonja from UK in her 70s came Nepal and taught the children's in the mountain village of Nepal which added a brick in the foundation  start up .  she also later publish her book titles  'Siurung Nepal' and is available in amazon for he volunteers to read the volunteer diary who spend in Nepal in post earthquake as a  teaching volunteer .

While the foundation  got registered Raj & his team , worked on construction of the houses to needy peoples , sending volunteers to various part of the country. his contributions to support the local schools in Annapurna region of Lamjung is highly important .

Now Good Karma foundation stands as an organization in Nepal to support the volunteers  and make the high use of them.  we have now programmes from Mountain village Teacher to a medical assistance in city hospitals , Powering the public schools in Kathmandu , Teaching to monks and nuns an English based in Kathmandu, holistic community development , organic agriculture worker , seasonal rice planting and honey hunting festival,  and some trips combined with Teaching and trekking to Everest Base camp or doing farm works and Annapurna base camp trek.  

Good Karma  foundation is also the first organization who recently lunched the Teaching programme in Bhutan . Now this can help the volunteers to travel there for a reason .  volunteers can be a climate ambassador in the Everest Region and work in a vulnerable snow Leopard research trip in Annapurna's . We are covering the whole Himalayan areas of Nepal in our programme as much as possible for the volunteers  to be in a different place and programme as per their choice.

Foundation do have multiple programmes ranges form city to corner of the mountains giving as much as choice to volunteers and so as the price . if you want to spend a long time spending less we have carefully brought the programme like Holistic community development  & Support Organic Agriculture .  We work extremely hard to ensure that our opportunities are affordable for everyone who wants to make a difference. 

Good Karma Foundation is based in Kathmandu Nepal , a professional Team is there to support you from the 1st email inquiry to welcoming you  in Kathmandu airport and entire support while you are in Nepal and until the last farewell in Kathmandu airport before flying back home. in Good karma volunteers come an an stranger and go as a family . we are drive by the saying “Atithi Devo Bhava” meaning “Guest is God”

Now  Good Karma foundation stands as a volunteer world reliable local partner in Nepal welcoming hundreds of volunteers in its various programmes. 

Some important reasons to work with Good Karma Foundation Nepal

FOUNDATIONS  SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Foundation is supporting some needy schools food programme and sponsoring girls education in remote corner of the country in Lamjung District.  we are helping the under privilege children's with stationary ,dress , bags and many more as part of our social responsibility  in our project areas .

RUN BY LOCALS & FOR LOCALS

Good karma foundation is run by fully local Nepalese peoples and while working with  us you will be supporting the Nepal & Neplese.

We work with local communities in the developing world towards long-term sustainable goals. We know there is no better way to travel and make a positive impact on the world then giving time for some one  .

AFFORDABLE & TRANSPARENT FEES

Since we are registered as an non profit organization we are able to keep our fees less for the  volunteers . As keeping the cost of modern Nepal daily expenses  have brought a best offer to our volunteers . our fees goes to local community & host family as well , 

All TIME  SUPPORT

From beginning to end we are there with you in the programem form a first email to pack list , to how to obtain a visa, to local language guides. orientation and some cultural exploration , airport pick up , project area transfer ,  24/7 being in touch and  be there in need either if its just solving your query via phone or helping you in other way .

REPUTED SISTER CONCERN

Good Karma Trekking established in 2010 is the main financial supporter for the foundation  which contribute a 5 percent of the profit to the foundation on social works and social responsibility . you can also rely on this company for a beautiful Himalayan country like Nepal Tibet and Bhutan Trekking and tour experience.

SUPPORT FOR TOUR AND TREKS,

if Volunteers want to do  tour and treks around Nepal , Tibet, Bhutan India , Good karma Trekking Pvt Ltd the sister concern and the main financial contributor for the foundation can support  our volunteers travel packages in reasonable  offer .

COOKING COURSES AND LOCAL CULTURAL EXPERIENCE

We conduct the local cuisine making classes either its tasty MOMO or a Nepali  Famous Dal Bhat . that you will learn once and use it in your life .  you don't only eat the local foods but also learn how to make it .

HELPING TO EXPLORE THE LOCALITY

Either its just a monastery visit to see the monk debate or visit to some local market of Ashan  or a  free Jamacho Nagarjun hike our team is always there for you to every time show the local things  in weekend of some time when you have free times.

VISION OF THE ORGANIZATION

A rural Nepal with better living conditions.

MISSION OF THE ORGANIATION

Effective use of volunteer with expertise in health and education to improve the social conditions in rural Nepal.

ORGANIZATION lOCATION :  Good Karma Foundation,  Ropeway Sadak ,Banasthali 15, Kathmandu Nepal 

CONTACT PERSON : Mr Nabraj Ghimire & Mrs Akankshya Ghimire 


35 reviews · rating4.8

Lærke Eriksen rating5

2024 at Mountain Village Teacher

I volunteered with good karma foundation for one month this winter. This has been one of the best experiences of my life. They welcomed me with open arms, and I felt safe for the entirety of my stay. I stayed at a pleasant homestay, with amazing staff, and good food😍 Thank you so much. I will ...
Lea rating4.8

2024 at Mountain Village Teacher

I had the most amazing time in Nepal! I lived in a mountain village for 4 weeks and taught English in the school nearby. I really can’t stress enough how much this time means to me, I learnt so many things about life and myself and I’m just so happy I did this. The people in Nepal are so ...
Solene Pra rating4.2

2024 at Mountain Village Teacher

I volunteered one month in Jagat, a village in the moutain. It was a wonderful experience. The school is a tiny one with a few students per grade, I really felt that the director and the professors are well implied to improve the school for the students. Moreover, the inhabitants were all so kind, ...
Jassleen Kaur rating5

2023 at Mountain Village Teacher

My four-week stay in a mountain village in Nepal, where I taught English at a local school, was an unforgettable journey. The experience was deeply enriching. The Nepali people’s kindness and hospitality made a profound impression on me. Even though I traveled solo, I always felt surrounded by ...
Mika rating5

2019 at Mountain Village Teacher

It was an AMAZING experience! Nepal was full of beautiful scenery kind people and awesome kids. I will never forget my time there and I'm honored to have met so many kind hearted people while I was in Nepal. Uma-ji was incredibly hospitable and tried very hard to cater to our needs. Her and all ...
Alina De Vallier rating3.4

2018 at Mountain Village Teacher

It was a conscious decision to volunteer in a remote area of Nepal and not in one of the bigger cities. And it was a good decision. Far away from dusty roads and crowded places I spent a calm and authentic time in this mountain village called Siurung. I lived in a homestay with Umar and Dil ...

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Asia > Southern Asia > Nepal > Lamjung

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