I.N.F.O. Nepal is seeking personnel with medical background to apply for volunteer work providing basic health care to impoverished rural populations, and children of orphanages in Nepal. Encourage medical students, nurses, and medical doctors to apply. Organize your own groups of 3-12 participants. Program start times are flexible according to your groups' needs. This will be a cultural and sightseeing experience, as well as clinical application of medical knowledge to those in need.

Program options are as follows.

2 week program :
4 day cultural training and sightseeing in Kathmandu valley with one villagehealth camp visit.
3 day safari in Chitwan national park and one health camp in Tharu village.
5 day clinical experience performing general health exams and hygieneinstruction in orphanages.

3 week program :
In addition to above program, will also include visit to Pohkara with 4 day trek.

4 week program :
Includes visit to Pokhara with a full week of trekking, as well as visit to Lumbini, birthplace of Buddha.

This is an excellent resource for medical students with a need for hands on experience!

Many other short term (less than one year) volunteer programs are very expensive, with some approaching thousands of dollars. INFO was formed specifically because many other programs were cost prohibitive, and we offer very low rates per month.
|| THE PROGRAM
The volunteer opportunities are in the following areas:
1, Home-stay and Cultural Exchange Programs - Among our 55 host families
2, English Language Instruction – Teaching in a school

3, Teaching at our Children’s Resource Center – We have set up 10 Children’s Resource Centers.
4, Environmental & Sanitation Awareness – ecotourism or working with green clubs
5, Primary Health Care Education – We have got 7 health posts and two health camp placements
6, Working in Orphanages or the INFO Nepal Happy Home Children's Care House – We have got 7 Orphanage homes where we have been sponsoring the children.

7, Work in a Disabled Care Facility – We have been working with Disabled centers

8, Provide Veterinary Care – Among our Host Families’ animals and village animals

9, Administrative Support – To help in the office with fundraising, developing the program and correspondence

10, Volunteers are welcome to design their own program in various areas – You are most welcome to work in any field and we will support you to arrange all the necessary things

|| PROGRAM LOCATION
The placements are available in Kathmandu Valley, Kavre, Langtang, Pokhara, Nawalparasi and Chitwan, all of which are near to a major city. Volunteers can look up the places to get more of a feel for the areas and we can discuss where you will stay when you arrive according to your needs and with considerations of safety of volunteers and availability. Our local co-ordinators will be looking after you.

We also can manage placements for 30 people as we have 30 facilities to place volunteers at a time but we need to receive flight arrival information at least a month in advance.



|| YOUR DAY AT THE PLACEMENT

In a typical placement volunteers stay in a family where they eat Nepali food with the family twice a day (around 9 o' clock in the morning and 7 o' clock in the evening). Tea is served in the morning and in the afternoon. Volunteers may have the opportunity to get together with other volunteers and share their experience. You will be able to travel to nearby towns to purchase things for daily use and could travel to other areas on longer vacation. Besides your project work, volunteers can utilize their spare time in organizing the youth and women's groups of the community to do some worthwhile activities like building a smokeless stove, toilet by using local materials, making a soak pit, kitchen gardening, making a solar dryer, garbage management or paper recycling.

|| PROGRAM REQUIREMENT
We do not ask for any formal qualifications from our volunteers. All we ask is that you have a genuine desire to help people and willing to experience new culture and lifestyle.

|| PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Our programs run throughout the year. The volunteer program starts on the 1st and 15th of each month. You can volunteer for any time from 2 weeks to 5 months. We are also flexible if you would like to start the program at another time.

|| TRAINING

During your training period you will have:
Basic Nepali Language classes – 2-3 hrs, morning.
Nepali cultural orientation/ general cultural exchange - 1hr, afternoon.
Language and Skills Activities - 1hr, afternoon.
Sightseeing - 1 1/2 hrs, afternoon.

Playing with Orphan children

Different Nepali dinners

Training length will be accordingly to your stay. It ranges from two days for two weeks up to three weeks for five months. Training will be in two phases the first phase will be at Happy Home, Kathmandu and second phase will be in Dhulikhel / Sanga village.

After completion of your orientation phase you will be escorted to your assigned placement with our staff. You will be staying with a host family so you can immerse yourself in Nepali culture
and get the most out of your stay here.

|| PROGRAM COST

2 weeks is euros 250€
4 weeks is euros 450€
6 weeks is euros 525€
8 weeks is euros 600€
10 weeks is euros 650€
12 weeks is euros 750€

The program fees cover: airport pickup, language training, administrative charge, training, accommodation and main meals during placement, cultural sightsee, transportation for volunteers and supervision.

The other costs you will need to meet are:
Your flights, Visa (a 60 day tourist visa is only US$30, the extensions are US$30 per 30 days with three renewals possible),
Shots, travel insurance, police check, and corresponding airport departure taxes. Also you will need a weekly budget from US$20 to cater for all your other expenses like bottled water, personal items, beverages and entertainment. Living in a village is relatively inexpensive in comparison to most western countries and usually it is difficult to spend more than US$ 10 per week during your placement.

For the final confirmation we need to receive your flight arrival information and we will send you a welcome package with more information about does and don’ts. The program fee can be paid on your arrival at the INFO office.

I hope this information is of use but if you have any further questions upon visiting our website www.infonepal.org please e-mail or telephone us any time that suits for you and we will get back to you promptly.



We would like to request you to provide information about INFO to your
potential students/Volunteers who might be interested in our organization.
Our website is http://www.infonepal.org .

We also design programs as per your various interest and needs. We are very
flexible in this regard.

Your Sincerely,
Naresh Asim
Director
INFO Nepal ,
Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal
Post Box No 19531
Tel : 977 01 4700210
Fax : 977 01 4701356
Email : infonepal@mail.com.np
http://www.infonepal.org