Join our non-profit near the Rishikesh valley in the Himalayas, India

  • Last activity : 22 Jun 2025

Availability

  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least a week

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  • Description

    Description

    We need volunteers for our Learning Centre, which provide free education and Learning opportunity to Underprivileged Children.
    We does not have any review after 2020 because we closed our centre because of covid and now we restart our centre from April 2025.
    So you can apply and we love to host you. Mainly parents of These children's are doing daily wages job.(Some are labours,some are doing cleaning in homes, and some are watch men in school or universities etc.

    We are a non- profit organisation that works towards the upliftment of the weaker sections of the society. Our main motive is to provide opportunities to children for their overall development.
    We got registered in 2016 and at that time we worked with various poor or Underprivileged kids in Pauri garhwal.
    We went to their slums and gave knowledge and make them learn various things by different activities and workshops.

    Since Jan 2018, we have hosted various volunteers from all over the globe, and they have helped us in our project.
    Now, we are working with these kids and they regularly come for their evening classes (It's like an after school support programme) in which we assist them in solving their queries and volunteers take various skill classes.
    like:- Dance, Art&Craft, Music, English Speaking, etc.

    Other than this we work with children in their projects to enhance their skills. We also work with the kids by organising workshops and sometimes fete(or fair) and other events with their help, which enhances their creative and analytical thinking. Other than this; it helps them become a leader, a team person, a coordinator, a risk taker, a smart worker and a good communicator.
    Our children have their own projects too.
    Like Manish and Amit initiate their Children bank, in which all children can open their account and then deposit money. It creates the habit of saving in children and Manish and Amit can learn Accounting, Book Keeping and how to handle Customers.
    Other than bank, some children have small shop.
    Kanchan and Poonam took initiative for their small shop and took loan from the Children Bank for their shop.
    And, Rohit and Aman have their YouTube channel.
    Now they are planning to put videos of organization and their own songs on that YouTube channel.
    By these projects, they learn different Management skills and they become a better Team Person.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Charity Work
    Art Projects
    Language practice
    Help with Eco Projects
    Teaching
    Gardening
    DIY and building projects
    Farmstay help
    Babysitting and creative play
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • Interests

    Interests

    Sustainability
    Self development
    Events & social
    Charity work
    Languages
    Gardening
    Drawing & painting
    DIY & crafts
    Cooking & food
    Books
    Art & design
    Team sports
    Outdoor activities
    Nature
    Mountain
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    You can learn about Indian Himalayan culture, and can explore the Pauri Garhwal which are full of natural beauty.we organise various activities in which you can learn our culture.
    U can also learn different countries' culture, through other volunteers.

    From the children you can also learn many positive things, and explore more. We can share our culture and you can spend some time in our projects which are running in govt. schools of India, it can be a memorable experience for them and for you also.

  • Projects involving children

    Projects involving children

    This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

  • Help

    Help

    We need volunteers who can help us in our projects and organization.

    We are working on learning of children and supporting their school.
    So volunteers should have a positive attitude towards children.

    You can help children in evening classes, take english class and some other workshops like Dance, Music and Art&Craft, etc. and can also assist in doing their homework .

    If you have skills of Videography and Photography, it will be great for us. It helps us to document all the things and children are also happy to see themselves on the screen. Children also run their YouTube channel, so if you have editing skills you can help us in that too. 

    You can also help us in making our website better and you can also write content for our Social Media Page and help us to make proposals.

    We are a non-profit organisation that works towards the upliftment of the weaker sections of the society. Our main motive is to provide opportunities to children for their overall development.
    We got registered in 2016 and at that time we worked with various slum kids in Dehradun.
    And now we are shifted to Pauri garhwal which is 4 hrs away from Rishikesh.

    Since Jan 2018, we have hosted various volunteers from all over the globe, and they have helped us in our project.
    Now, we are working with slum kids and they regularly come for their evening classes (It's like an after school support programme) in which we assist them in solving their queries and volunteers take various skill classes.
    like:- Dance, Art&Craft, Music, English Speaking, etc.

    Other than this help, you can help children in their projects to enhance their skills. We also work with the kids by organising workshops and sometimes fete(or fair) and other events with their help, which enhances their creative and analytical thinking. Other than this; it helps them become a leader, a team person, a coordinator, a risk taker, a smart worker and a good communicator.
    Our children have their own project too.
    Like Manish and Amit initiated their Children bank, in which all children can open their account and then deposit money.
    Other than bank,
    Kanchan and Poonam initiated for their small shop and took loan from the Children Bank for their shop.
    Rohit and Aman have their YouTube channel.
    Now they are planning to put videos of organization and their own songs on that YouTube channel.
    So, you can also help them in their projects, like in bank, shop or in YouTube channel.

    Now we also need help for our Makers Space, Vicky and pawan started their project in last week of March.
    In this project they mainly creates new things and repair old things too.
    Like Mobile, wood stuff, small toys etc.

    So, if you are good in reparing things and making new things.. u can be very helpful for them to learn and explore these things.

    Normally we charge 3 dollars approx as a volunteer fee for food and accommodation, but feel free to contact us if u want to contribute less or nothing since may be you are travelling with less budget. We can discuss on that too, because we believe in gift culture so don't hesitate to talk about charges.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Hindi: Fluent

    This host offers a language exchange
    This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
    You can contact them directly for more information.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    Our centre is situated in City area of Pauri Garhwal.
    we are just 10 min away from Pauri Garhwal Bus Station.
    .
    We have different space for male and female volunteers in our volunteer house.
    in which we have sharing Rooms for Volunteers with basic facilities.we provide you Bed, Bedsheets, Pillow, Blanket Etc.
    In volunteer house we also provide you 24×7 water facility, we have filter water too.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Dehradun is very near to hilly and forest areas, here you can explore our culture and enjoy natural beauty too. Mussouri(Queen of Hills), Rishikesh(World Yoga Capital) and Haridwar(pilgrimage) are under 2 hrs of distance and cost less than 2$ to travel by public transport.
    We are just 5 min walk away from highway and 10 min away from Bus stand , so you can go easily anywhere.
    Whereas, there are many nearby tourist locations in Dehradun itself which can be accessed at very cheap rates through public transport(eg. FRI,Aasan baaraj,Chakrata, Buddha Temple, Robber's Cave,etc).
    We also do city walk in which you can explore old market of dehradun.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    This host can provide space for campervans.

  • Can possibly accept pets

    Can possibly accept pets

    This host has said they are willing to accept those travelling with a pet.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

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    This host charges a fee

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    USD $5 per day to help with food costs
Host ref number: 217732729644

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