Help the Street Children
Coordinator | Sahil
Coordinator | Sahil
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Puntos Salientes
Engage with the local/administrative staff and ideate on how to improve the center
Stay in a local volunteer house and meets many other fellow volunteers
Teach the children, play with them, take them on educational tours of the city, fundraise for their food, clothing, stationery and other basic essentials
Explore Delhi during free time and on weekends
Spend some quality time and contribute for the overall development and welfare of unfortunate children, who lived on streets, but now are given shelter by local NGOs.
This volunteer program is especially suitable for:
Age 18+
Solteros y solteras
Parejas
Familias
Grupos
50+
Why it is important
Delhi, alone, is said to have more than 0.2 million children living on streets, railway tracks, traffic signals, and other roadside areas. Most of these children are runaways from home, due to physical abuse and poverty.
Many are orphans, who have no relatives to live with, and are forced by misfortune to live such a life. These children can be seen scavenging the rubbish heap for a meal, sleeping between the tracks, often beaten and sexually abused, falling prey to drug peddlers and child traffickers.
The project
Through extensive volunteer work in the street children program in India - Delhi this situation can be tried to be dealt with. Volunteers work at the various contact points or shelter homes, being run by various organizations, which serve as day care centers for these street children.
Volunteer work
The street children volunteer program in India requires a high amount of dedication and personal involvement from the volunteers. A generic list of tasks to be done by the participants under this program includes work, such as;
- Taking informal education classes for the children
- Playing recreational and fun games with the children, while introducing them to different and new activities.
- Help make them aware and imbibe some good habits in the children; such as, cleanliness, hygiene and greetings.
- On some of the days, volunteers can, also, plan a trip with the children to a museum or zoo in Delhi. Such educational trips are very useful for the children where they love spending time and playing with the volunteers.
- Volunteers can assist in providing love, care, basic literacy, recreation and most importantly spend time and shower affection on them.
Typical day
Volunteers joining the street children program in India are required to follow a basic routine on a daily basis. This covers everything from meals to volunteer work and back.
It must be noted that every placement functions at a different pace and on separate time-lines making the schedule slightly differ at times. A generic daily schedule for volunteers is as follows;
- Sunday : Arrival in Delhi
- Monday : Orientation + neighborhood familiarization tour. Orientation session will be conducted by the local coordinator, covering topic areas; such as safety, culture, language, places to visit, behaviour, food, and other suggestion over things to do in Delhi. Those who chose the Language and Orientation Week will carry on with the same for the entire, rest of the volunteers will begin their volunteer work from Tuesday.
- Tue to Fri : Volunteer work
- Breakfast - 08:30 am onwards
- Working hours at the placement - 10:00 am (volunteers leave the accommodation by 09:30 am) to 04:00 pm
- Lunch - anywhere between 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm (volunteers have to manage lunch on their own expense)
- Dinner - 06:00 pm onwards
The same volunteer work schedule continues from the second week onwards
- Weekends : Free to explore the city (No meal is provide on Sunday, as volunteers are encouraged to try the local cuisines.)
Free-time activities
During the free time volunteers can visit the local markets, visit internet cafes and the different restaurants in Delhi and try out the different Indian cuisines. During weekends volunteers visit the neighboring states of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. Our specialised Travel Desk can help you to book tours to any part of India or to neighboring countries like, Nepal.
Museum/
Opera
Opera
Safari/
Zoo
Zoo
Sports
Yoga/
Meditation
Meditation
Requisitos
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.
You need to speak English (basic level)
required
CV, Insurance, Passport and parental consent(for under 18)
No restrictions. Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.
Your helping hand will be required on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
from
08:30
- 16:00
Servicios incluidos
- Airport Pickup
- Accommodation
- Meals
- Placement to Project
- Support from Staff
- Orientation
- Assistance in booking weekend trips
Airport pickup is provided between 6:00 am and 10:00 pm. Our local coordinator in Delhi will be there at the airport to receive the volunteers and transfer them to their accommodation place.
While volunteering in Delhi you would be staying at one of our Volunteer home base in South Delhi. The accommodations are neat and clean and provide volunteers a home away from home, while you are in Delhi.
The volunteer house is equipped with wifi internet, filtered drinking water, hot water showers(during winters), air conditioning (during summers), satellite television, modern toilets and comfortable beds. The home is close to useful amenities like, banks, ATM’s, currency ex-changers, restaurants, cafes and shopping arcades.
All placements are around 10 - 30 minutes from the homes and volunteers travel to the placements everyday and come back home in the evenings.
While, staying at the homes you would be provided with freshly cooked breakfast and dinner, we have cooks at the home who prepare meals for the volunteers. A sample of the meals you can expect are mentioned below.
- Breakfast - Parantha, Bread, Tea (chai), Jam, Butter, Porridge etc.
- Dinner - Dal (lentils), vegetable, rice, roti (indian bread), pickle, yogurt may be provided along with some sort of curry.
For lunch volunteers usually eat close to their placement at a local restaurant, our coordinators would show you around at the time of orientation. This also gives you a chance to eat a variety of food, India has to offer. You would be able to have a comfortable lunch for around $3-$4.
Vegetarians are welcome!
Good access at the project site
Visa, flights, travel insurance or vaccinations are NOT included in the program fees.
The nearest airport is Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) in Delhi. We assist you to find cheap flights to India.
Going abroad is an adventure and it is always best to be prepared. Sudden illness or injury, cancellation or theft - a travel insurance for India provides security and is a plus to have.
If you are intending to volunteer in India you should seek medical advice before starting your social journey. Check your required vaccinations for India.
Fechas y Costos
NO CREDIT CARD FEES
Details on arrival
Volunteers joining the Street Children Program in India needs to arrive at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on the same date as the program start date. This program is available throughout the year with different start dates each month.
2022
- September - 04,18
- October - 02,16
- November - 06,20
- December - 04,18
2023
- Jan - 01,15
- Feb -05,19
- Mar- 05,19
- Apr - 02,16
- May - 07,21
- Jun - 04,18
- July - 02,16
- Aug - 06,20
- Sept - 03,17
- Oct - 01,15
- Nov - 05,19
- Dec - 03,17
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
4 - 12 weeks
Program fees
4 weeks
(min. stay)
$789
5 weeks
$889
6 weeks
$989
7 weeks
$1.089
8 weeks
$1.189
12 weeks
(max. stay)
$1.629
Average fees
$167
/week
Tenga en cuenta que los honorarios arriba indicados son estimados.
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Help the Street Children
Spend some quality time and contribute for the overall development and welfare of unfortunate children, who lived on streets, but now are given shelter by local NGOs.
$167/week
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