Volunteer and have a meaningful cultural exchange in New Delhi, India

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  Description

  We're thrilled to invite individuals who resonate with our mission to contribute their skills and ideas. Your involvement will not only enhance our community but also provide a nurturing environment for all who pass through. Let's work together to create a space of learning, creativity, and support.
  
  Flexible Environment: Our place is designed for those who wish to both contribute to our organization and community, and for those who seek a tranquil space for their own pursuits. Slow travelers and explorers alike will find a space where they can engage at their own pace.
  
  Recycled Comfort: Making mattresses and carpets from second-hand materials is a sustainable and resourceful endeavor that would contribute greatly to a family in need.
  
  Educational Support: Our pupils sometime need assistance with solving question papers. If you can lend your knowledge to help solve some question papers, it would be immensely appreciated (Kindly note, we do not involve volunteers with our students directly) or if you could teach the host some of the textbook lessons so we in turn can teach our students.
  
  Clothing Repairs: We have clothes that will be distributed, and if you have skills in repairing clothing, your expertise would be invaluable in ensuring these items are ready for those who need them. Even if you are not an expert, we will help you learn the basics stitching methods with a thread and a needle if you are willing to help.
  
  Cleaning and Organization: We're in need of helping hands to keep our space clean and organized, making it a comfortable haven for everyone involved, specially since we want to convey a message of hygiene and promote cleanliness which helps us in avoid diseases and illnesses.
  
  Artistic Touch: We aspire to make the space homely and inviting. If you're artistically inclined, your colorful paintings could add a touch of beauty and warmth to our surroundings.
  
  Craft Projects: If you're enthusiastic about DIY projects, your ideas could bring a creative flair to our environment. Macramé art and other craft endeavors are most welcome.
  
  We do not involve any volunteers with our community directly, as we have realized that they need stability and volunteers coming and going on a continued basis really disturbs their stability of mind. They get attached to some and soon it's time for them to leave and they are left with feelings of abandonment, most of our community come from very difficult backgrounds and they struggle to cope as is, hence, no direct contact is allowed. We require help collecting used clothes from people and also clean and mend them to be usable. Every winter, we have many deaths in Delhi due to people not having enough clothes to wear to survive the extreme cold. This is all documented so you can also look it up on the internet. Our climate is on the extreme end, summers are too hot and winters extremely cold.
  
  Our focus is on helping the under privileged community build their lives to live in a more dignified manner, relocate them to better and safer environments if we sense a thread, specially to the girl child, though this takes time but small steps taken in the right direction helps immensely. However, in order to help them live sustainably, we help them get jobs, and since most of them are illiterate and can only do unskilled work, we help them get jobs like cleaning cars, cleaning houses, cooking in houses, drivers, painters, etc. as a means to survive.
  
  Some of the practical help we require now is to source second hand things, for which, we go around the neighborhood to collect anything people might want to get rid off or that we find lying around on the roadside or that people have discarded. Our motto is, someone's trash is else's treasure and we have been able to help communities by making use of second hand things. A lot of the things we get donated or collected need a lot of repair and mending and TLC to be able to use again, could be painting, reinforcing the wood, nailing the corners of chairs, sewing mattress for the colder months, mending the torn clothes to be used again, ironing the clothes to be presentable to give.
  After all, we want to give them a dignified living and not just treat them as second class citizens. So, we do need hands on people and who don't mind helping with whatever is required, whatever maybe in your capacity.
  
  We want people to be aware that there's a taboo about using old things in India, specially the discarded things so that's why we want to make sure to repair things as best as possible and as fresh as possible and change their mind in the process about using old things. It's hard to change mindsets, however, we want to do it one at a time.
  
  We charge a small fee of 5 dollars a day per person (this has been approved by Workaway). This goes towards food and accommodation. We do not earn any money from it.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Help with Eco Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  If you choose to help us, you will get exposure to the indian culture, practise basic functional Hindi, get to know locals, taste hygienic street food, develop meaningful relationships, experience Delhi like no other and see the real side to India.

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  Help

  According to your skills, you can help with repair work, painting, decorating, cooking, we want to learn about aeroponics if someone has knowledge on it, take photographs, repair clothes, house maintenance etc.

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  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.
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  Accommodation

  You will have a shared space (depending on how many volunteers will be staying at the moment), there is a bathroom and a small kitchen.
  There is a charge of 5 dollars per day per person to cover food and accommodation. We do not earn any money from it.
  The apartment is situated next to a 1100 hundred yr old monument and that's pretty cool.
  There's CCTV cameras for safety and main gates get locked at night so it's absolutely safe.

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  What else ...

  In your free time, you can visit lots of places, explore in and around delhi, hang out with the host, explore the endless monuments eg:- red fort, qutub minar, lotus temple, akshardham, humayun tomb, chandni chowk (main bazaar, market place), Jama masjit (near red fort), and lots more.
  
  Public transport is available at all hours, access to main road is just 2-3 mins walk, you can get taxis, autos, metro and buses.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  Kindly let us know if you're working remotely on your holiday so we can help with a good internet connection. There is also a small cafe nearby in case you dont want to work from home, they have wifi and a nice place to hangout.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  4 hours day, 4 times a week

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  This host charges a fee

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  Why does workaway.info allow listings of hosts who charge money?

  In developing countries (Where most hosts are involved in charity work or community development) some of our hosts may ask for a small donation to help the host family or charity (often less then 5 dollars per day) Workaway will allow this listing when the donation goes directly to the family or charity and is just to cover the cost of the volunteer‘s stay.  (This will be clearly marked on the host listing).
  We will strictly not allow listings posted by agents, “middle men” or projects who we feel are looking to profit from a volunteers stay.
   

   

   

  US$5 per day to help host with food costs

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