from 970€

Brilliant 4.7rating (17)

Teach English in a Model Village

location
4 - 50 weeks  ·  Age 18 - 50+

rating  Brilliant 4.7  · 
  Verified by Volunteer World
  Very high response rate

Highlights

  • Be in Nepal living Museum
  • oppurtunity to see the sustainable tourism pratice
  • Support the villagers in their daily life
  • Explore Gurung tribes Heritages & culture
  • Experience the home stay and local foods

Especially suitable

Age 18+
Singles
Couples
Families
Groups
50+

About the program

Empower the community school and support villagers while staying in Nepal largest model village famous for home stays, authentic food & culture!

Bhujung is a Nepal biggest village and a established product in Nepal domestic tourism by the uniqueness it offers. the village is made of around 500 houses where estimated two thousand peoples lives. its famous in Nepal for its large size where culture & nature meets the humans life. making it a ...

About the program

Bhujung is a Nepal biggest village and a established product in Nepal domestic tourism by the uniqueness it offers. the village is made of around 500 houses where estimated two thousand peoples lives. its famous in Nepal for its large size where culture & nature meets the humans life. making it a great asset for the travelers, researcher. The village has been famous around the world & lies in the Annapurna conservation area project an organization working in preserving forest and  wild life, sustainable practice of life, supporting education and promoting tourism . its a blessed land and probably one of the best area to know the Nepal and Nepalese. the area is famous among the local Nepalese and peoples form city area like Kathmandu widely visit to explore the culture and enjoy the home stay in rural settlement.  


This is important programme for both locals to have volunteer in their place and volunteer to have a place which is one of the unique model village of Nepal 
Volunteers can contribute in the community school, teach english and contribue their off teaching time in agricultural works. Volunteers can experience the new world and locals gets benefitted by volunteers presence in their day to day life. It is a social journey that connects two cultures and benefitting each other in a comprehencive way.

The major purpose of the program is to support a rural Nepal through volunteers in teaching to the community schools, helping them in their agricultural works where volunteers role is to assist the childrens in their daily learning and help to empower the gov schools in far away from center.
 
The surrounding area from the village are famous trek routes, Gurung heritage trekking trails which passes through the village , glacier lakes like dudh pokhari which can be reached after walking 2-3 days . The nature and culture are rich in the area because of the place being  the tribal peopels land which make the whole experience for the volunteer a great one .

Volunteers will work with schools children in a village school, work with home stay family while helping in their farms and gardens.

Villagers expect from the volunteers is a role of teacher which can make their children education background more rich because of the contribution of the volunteer and volunteer can expect a beautiful welcome from the villagers, a life long teaching experience, a lot of activities like waking in nature and doing some extra things then regular tourist does in Nepal.
There is no special equipment a volunteer needed to bring while choosing this project.
Volunteers here will support the local community school with teaching activities. explore the deep culture of the village and enjoying a beautiful home stay experience in the epi center of the Gurung community while helping the day-to-day work in the community.

Volunteers are greeted in Kathmandu airport and transferred to home stay in Kathmandu to spend few nights while learning about Kathmandu and Nepal  to know more about the history of Kathmandu our team will take you on a walking tour around valley and give you the first impression of the country. after spending couple nights in Kathmandu you will be transferred to the village. 

After the stay in Kathmandu, volunteers will travel to mountain village named Bhujung in Annapurna accompanied by our field staff. The Journey will be 7 hours in a bus & another 3 hours by jeep total combining 10 hours around ,  the first part of the journey will be in paved roads and the second one will be in a off road.
 


Typical day

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 3-4 hours each day except Saturdays and public holidays. First few days ...

Typical day

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 3-4 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. 


Volunteer wake up with the fresh mountain view and enjoy the local tea freshly pick up from the garden   

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.

Roughly the schedule of the volunteer:

 7AM:  Bed Tea
 8AM: Yoga and morning walk
9AM : Lunch
10 AM : begenning of the school hour and teaching
1PM : School break and snacks
2-3 PM :More teaching
4PM: school finish
7 PM: dinner in home stay
8PM: cultural dances some times 
9PM off to bed 




Free-time activities

The village is surrounded with many beautiful things so there are always some things to do while having free time. Bathing in Kaiyo water fall, or walking to the Lamjung himal near by jungle as hiker, visit monastery or tea garden, observe the Micro hydroelectricity, make a walking to explore the ...

Free-time activities

The village is surrounded with many beautiful things so there are always some things to do while having free time. Bathing in Kaiyo water fall, or walking to the Lamjung himal near by jungle as hiker, visit monastery or tea garden, observe the Micro hydroelectricity, make a walking to explore the village. Visit village museum, participate in cultural program or occasionally honey hunting are the best activities while you are free. 




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

Teaching at High School level

Criminal Background Check

required

Required Documents

General education bio data is needed

Nationality Restrictions

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

Other Skills

If you have skills on sports, computer knowledge it can be very useful.

Time Commitment

Your helping hand will be required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday from 11:00 - 15:30

What's Included

What's Included

Services by Good Karma Foundation Nepal

Airport arrival and all transfer

Available public buses to reach the volunteering place
three times food a day 
mountain house accommodations
organization support and sim cards 

Airport Pickup at Tribhuvan International Airport

all airport pick up and drop off are included 

Accommodation

The accommodations will be in home stays 

Food & Beverages

Three times food like Breakfast, Lunch and dinner are provided in the package.

Volunteers are provided the organic foods from the villagers farm house. as part of Nepal regular fixed diet volunteers has to adjust with having rice but there will be options like local corn breads, vegetables, traditional dises like dhindo are widely served . Noodles are also best options. 

Organic mushrooms and bamboo shoots are widely consumed in the village since it is available in forest and villagers ocasionally collect them for their vegetables supplement

Local Raksi/wine and beer both are produced in village and can try if volunteers likes the local taste 


Internet Access

Limited 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

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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

You can start the program at any time 

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

Program fees

4 weeks (min. stay) 970€
5 weeks 1,212€
6 weeks 1,455€
7 weeks 1,698€
11 weeks 2,668€
19 weeks 4,608€
50 weeks (max. stay) 12,125€
Average fees 242€/week

Program fees

242€ per week 4 - 50 weeks Age 18 - 50+

Payment methods

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NO CREDIT CARD FEES


Duration

4 - 50 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

Brilliant 4.7 rating (17 reviews)

Non-profit - founded in 2014

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

The Good karma foundation was founded after the Nepal Earthquake of April 2015, the biggest disaster of our history. The Foundation helped in the huge rebuilding and reconstruction work, which captivated our volunteers from worldwide destinations. This year has been one of the most trying in Nepalese history. Our plan is to go ahead with as much work as we can fund to make Nepal a better place to live in guided by our best idea as, our altruistic philosophy, our resources and technology.

There are many national and international, non-governmental organizations in Nepal and Good Karma is trying to be an effective one. Good Karma wants to bring practical results from its work and if you are interested in these practical results you can be part of our foundation. The Good Karma Foundation will basically work with help of volunteers worldwide who want to rebuild and help Nepal.

Most of the Institutions are currently focusing on areas like Kathmandu, Pokhara and Chitwan but our goal is to cover outlaying areas of Nepal, possibly in all 75 districts of our country. The nice part of our projects is we want to touch all the district of country, not only focusing on the easy areas.

Our focus will be on issues of Health and Education which can help Nepal to make a better place for tomorrow. We also organize training and social awareness in the areas respectively. Most of the population of the country live in the urban and mountain area and lack basic medical care.

If you are interested, please send us your full information and in which district you would like to volunteer. We can also help you to choose the area of volunteering. Even if you are in short time we can recommend closer areas from the urban center. if you are intending to do long term volunteering, we recommend to focusing on marginal areas of the country. 

Vision of the Organization

A rural Nepal with better living conditions.

Mission of the Organization

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

17 reviews · rating4.7

Daniel Mirfield rating5

2023 at Nunnery and Monastery Supporter

From the beginning to the end my journey was full of experiences, experiences that will stay with me for this life time. The organisation of travel, general knowledge and their relationship was the calling of a true place to volunteer. Most my time was spent with the village of Khasur, the ladies ...
Grace Cummins rating4

2023 at Para-Veterinary Worker

What a learning experience! I'm so grateful for the opportunity to take part in this program. Good Karma foundation were very helpful and living with Raj and his family in the home stay was great! Very kind. I chose to walk 5km to the Advanced Pet Hospital where I worked 6 days a week as a ...
Pierre Midoux rating5

2023 at Holistic Community Development

Je suis resté 10 semaines au Népal dont 6 dans le village de Siurung pour enseigner l'anglais à plusieurs classes. Je suis resté les 10 premiers jours à Katmandou chez Nabraj avec qui j'ai tissé une amitié forte ! Il m'a fait visité les principaux lieux de la ville et nous sommes également ...
Eileen Striffler rating4.6

2023 at Nunnery and Monastery Supporter

Ich war für fast 3 Monate in einem Kloster und es war eine der besten Zeiten seit langem! Ich habe viel Neues gelernt und tolle Menschen kennengelernt. Ich freue mich schon darauf wenn ich für einen Besuch wieder zurück komme und kann es nicht erwarten. Meine Arbeit wurde sehr geschätzt von ...
Tamara Egli rating4.8

2023 at Nunnery and Monastery Supporter

I spent one month in the monastery in Pharping. It was one of the best experiences I‘ve ever made! I felt really welcomed and they always cared for me. Nabraj and his wife Akankshya were always there for me and they always helped me. I also supported the public school from pharping. There I could ...
Stefan Mikaelsson rating5

2023 at Powering the Public schools

I stayed in Kathmandu for a little over a month, working at Gyanodaya Secondary School. The experience was phenomenal and I could recommend it to anyone. Working at the school was a brilliant experience. The students have a good level of English and communication was easy, I was mainly teaching PE ...

Location

Asia > Southern Asia > Nepal > Lamjung

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