Teacher in Rural Villages

The program

In this program our volunteers teach to local area families’ children, who aren’t able to provide good education to their children. The main tasks of a teacher in rural villages are improving the children’s grammar and computer skills, and giving health education.

About 8 to 9 million of the children in India grow up without any basic education and facility to join schools, because they are too poor. This mainly affects orphans, children of single parents and children with sick family members. With the help of our volunteers we are trying to decrease this number of uneducated children.      

Volunteers can participate in different cultural activities to enjoy and understand the rural India.

Volunteers can join our programs for a minimum of 2 weeks and a maximum of 12 weeks.

Clothing

India is a very diverse country with cultural and weather fluctuations. It is good to wear decent and comfortable clothes. It not only protects from the extremes of weather, but also protects you from mosquitoes. It is also suggested for the volunteers (especially for female volunteers) not to wear exposing clothes, as it is not preferred in Indian culture.

While going to project sites it is highly recommended that all our participants wear long trousers or pants and round neck t-shirts or shirts, which will help you gain lots of respect in the communities we work in. We also arranged Indian traditional clothes for our female volunteers (salwar kameez) that will cost extra small charges.    

What you should pack

Bring clothes, sleeping bags and sleeping sheets according to the local weather conditions of the project area. Furthermore you will need sunscreen, mosquito repellent, a headlight or a torch, a water bottle, a raincoat or an umbrella for the monsoon season, which is from late July to early September. The cold season is from late October to early March and the summer season is from early April to late June.

We do not provide any toiletries or towels, hence bring some along with your clothes. In case of extra requirements, they can be purchased from nearby markets.

Visa

In order to work as an English language instructor, we strongly recommend a tourist visa, which can be obtained by post from the Indian Embassy/ Indian High Commission in your home country.

Security and health

The volunteers’ security is our first priority! All the volunteer placements sites are perfectly safe. The volunteer house in situated in a safe neighbourhood and comes with a security (night) guard.

First-aid is available in the volunteer house, however any specific medication should be brought along with proper prescription. 

In the evening there is time to read books, listen to music, watch movies, visit local places and markets or go shopping.

We provide four tour programs for our volunteers on the weekends for which we charge extra cost:

Triund trek (Himalayan trek)

A trek to Triund in Dharamshala is one of the most popular activity among volunteers. It is a short trek of 9 km to Triund Hill, the jewel of Dharamshala.

Manali Tour

Manali is located on the banks of river Beas, the magical land is known for its natural hot springs and snow-capped mountains. It is one of the most beautiful hill station situated in north India.

Golden Temple Tour

The Golden Temple was built in the 16 century by Guru Arjan Dev Singh and is located in the city of Amritsar in the state of Punjab. As the name states, the Golden Temple is made of pure gold and thus attracting thousands of tourists from all around the world.

Taj Mahal 

The Taj Mahal is called a symbol of love and also counts among the new Seven Wonders of the World. Thousands of international tourists come every year to visit this wonder of India.