Volunteering with children in Nepal

Hi!!

Have you done any volunteer work with children in Nepal? If you have, what company or charity did you go with? Was it worthwhile? How much was it? What did you do?

I think I'll try to go with a charity rather than an organization like i-to-i because I'm suspicious of paying tons of money to profit-making organizations to do volunteer work.

Thanks!

No I haven’t – But I know a man that has – he formed his own charity called Just One

I will enclose both his link and a little piece that I wrote for him
Just-One
My Own Little piece
They may be of use / interest to you
If I can help further then please feel free to drop me a line
Happy Volunteering
Rob

I just wanted to say you are right in your decision to go directly to a charity rather than via a profit making conmpany ... I made the mistake of going through an organisation when I volunteered in Ghana & the money I paid them should have gone to the charity not their pockets especially when they did nothing to help with any issues. Good luck - really explore what the charity is all about & exactly what you will be doingare the main tips i can give you.
All the best

Hi Lucky -
I have been involved with several different places over the years The last three years I have been supporting a disabled childrens home which is not far from Pashupatinath at Baniswor Heights close to Maiti Devi.
If you would like to look up my web site http://au/geocities.com/zandra_for_nepal you will find details of places both in Kathmandu and Pokhara. The work with these organisations mainly consits of supporting the children, playing with them, helping with their homework, assiting on outings and generally giving of yourself wherever you might find appropriate.
Enjoy and if you need further information please write to me zandra_eccles@hotmail.com

Hello,
Thank your enthusiasm to support children in Nepal.
I'm a public health professional b ased in Kathmandu and regular trekker in the Langtang region where I work with my friends to improve health of the local people. We do small projects and assist Langtang people to get medical care in hospitals of Kathmandu.

If you wish to support Langtang children, just let me know. Upon you rinterest, I will arrange a trek to Langtang or get you to meet the children and make support directly.

Best wishes,
Ashok
asok_221@yahoo.com

Hi Lucky
I was with a good co based in Kathmandy nearly 2 yrs ago . I can really recomend them . They do work with childrens orphanages and assosiated work like teaching and Healthcare . The name is VSN 9volunteer serices Nepal0 . They are linked to a larger group called GVN FRO nEW zEALAND . volunteer .nz or google should find it . The web site is superb so wont bother explaining anything . Their prices are still a fair price cheaper than most on the net. VSN is a fairly small organisation even though linked to gvn. They are all a small friendly team which provide good support, for the volunteers.
I suppose with all such organisations the bigger it is more money is spent on organisation and advertising. (One with good eyes) rather than where its needed . But if you go it alone there is also problems with owners of orphanages siphing off the money for themselves . It goes on alot here in Kathmandu , with owners having nice new tvs and cars ,but the kids struggling to get a decent diet . So WATH OUT . This co I can onestly say they have their heart in the right place . Here back in Nepal at the moment doing some treking soon , I did not get a chance to do first time in Nepal
hOPE THIS WAS OF SOME USE
cHEERS kEN IGNORE MY CAPS LOCK PROBLEM .

Hi,

At this moment i'm working in Nepal for my 7th week as a volunteer in a school in Kathmandu. This is al arranged by CDN Nepal. So if you are interested in working in Nepal I suggest you to search for the website of this organisation.

Greatz.
Jeroen van de Waterbeemd

Hi,
I just came back from my second trip to Nepal this year, this time doing volunteer work with disabled children.
Both times I volunteered in Nepal, I organized everything myself which has worked out very well. This way, I didn't have to pay anything to any organization. I would just search for schools, orphanages or the likes online and contact them directly.
Most places in Nepal are very happy to have volunteers work with them and will invite you with open arms.
Good luck!
Steph

Thanks everyone for your replies. You've all been so helpful. I wasnt expecting such a good response! VSN and Namaste Children's House both look very interesting, so I'll look more into them. Thanks everyone!

take a look at www.travel-peopleandplaces.co.uk they work with local people in Nepal and they are completely transparent abot where your money goes

it is possible volunters in nepal

Hello, I just wanted to also recommend Volunteer Society Nepal. There website is www.vsnnepal.org and I had a great experience volunteering in an orphanage through their organization. : )

Hi all. I recently spent 5 weeks working with VSN in Nepal. I was working with children in 2 different orphanages. Not sure how they used to be, but when I was there I observed them to be profit-driven and not really focussed on their programs (eg. they are building a private school to make money from the fees paid by students to attend - the senior staff spent all their time over-seeing construction). There were 10 volunteers working in construction, with children in orphanages, teaching and in the medical sector. Most of us struggled to find things to do as it wasn't a structured volunteer program. While the fees may be less than other organisations, it is clear that the majority of the money is not being spent on the programs - it is being spent on administration eg. employing staff who don't work most of the time (eg. there are 4 language trainers employed to give new volunteers language training. When there are no new volunteers, they don't work). Unfortunately I can't recommend this organisation.