Come and help us with our projects in Mysore, India

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  Description

  Help required, in April and May 2025 for 4-6 weeks (minimum ten days). connects and helps our local community in Mysore South India. This project is to care for and providing activities for the school summer holiday for ten year old, Kaveri, who we sponsor. If you're a single woman or couple and want a rewarding time helping Kaveri at our 'open house' contact me to find out more. Projects so far have included: a summer holiday scheme in 2023 and 2024, helping at an alternative school, creativity days and rebuilding our cycles, a monthly 'reflective space' event for young adults, mentoring. We share our home with guests from India and abroad as Mysore Bed and Breakfast and provide MYcycle guided cycle tours. Mysore is a wonderful city with lots to do. We love our life here and meeting the rich mix of international guests from all sorts of backgrounds that come to share our home. It’s just ten minutes from the Palace at the centre and a short distance from gorgeous countryside. its great having workawayers to also share our home. We are Stephen from the U.K. and our dog Lucie, and our cat Billet-Doux. Manjula, my wife who founded the Bed and Breakfast with me, unfortunately died and in line with her wishes we continue work with young people and 'do good', through us. Manjula's was had many difficulties in her earlier years and so wanted us to help others in a similar situation. Kaveri is also from a challenging background to Manjula. She's wonderful and has progressed so much from our support over three years. We've had previous Workawayers and other volunteers from all around the world. For an insight do check an example event we organised for forty visually impaired young women on our visuals page thanks Stephen

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Charity Work

  Art Projects

  Language practice

  Teaching

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house

  Help with Computers/ Internet
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We've been the top bed and breakfast in Mysore for over ten years. Check the reviews. One of the main attractions was the Indian/English couple that set it up. We continue to provide that same insights into the culture and idiosyncrasies of India We hope to provide the opportunity to gain insights into India and life in and around Mysore. It’s an open house with guests from around the world. The experience and skills gained will depend on your interests but might also include developing a business, local history, (academy interests in education/sociolology, culture. anthropology) understanding more about India (ha ha - there's a challenge) and relating to different people. A room is provided, breakfast every day and evening meals. There are cycles for you to be able to use. Manjula’s assistant (me) from the UK can help you get to know the area really well and There are often wide reaching political and philosophical conversations! You’ll definitely have a laugh and fun! In another life I’m a consultant and trainer with experience in a wide range of organisations from charities to international corporations. We guarantee to talk about any subject under the sun including religion and politics. Also available: join me on guided cycle tours, maybe trips in Ambassador.

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  Projects involving children

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

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  Help

  This project is to help care for and provide activities for a child. Other projects do become available from time to time. Previously : For each workawayer we’ve designed something specific. Anything’s possible. We created a project specifically for Willian (he’s from Brazil!) aka Spicy Bill. He was our very first workawayer. He stripped the cycles we use for our tours, we’ve then had them repainted, he then rebuilt and helped maintain them. On his last day he immersed our Ganesh in the holy river as part of an annual ceremony. Once he made initial contact we designed a project that responded to his interests and skills, that’s how we like to work. We’re flexible and up for a workawayer to suggest new things. Others did a spot of decorating and generally helped around the house. Most recently we jointly created a summer holiday camp for a nine year old that we're sponsoring. We love having workawayers. We’re open and flexible but to be fair all round we don’t think it would be realistic for a workawayer to attend an extensive yoga programme and have enough time and energy to also be a workawayer.In our experience the programmes can be very demanding, leaving little time and energy for other things. Maybe, it might be possible before or after a programme, or if just attending individual classes.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  One of the bedrooms in our bed and breakfast. When we’re really busy it might be a room with two singles but otherwise it’s possible to have room with double bed. It’s sharing our home with two kitchens, two lounges, park and garden opposite and outdoor sit out. Full breakfast is included only when we have guests and is usually mushrooms, toast, scrambled egg, etc. If there are no guests mainly muesli, fruit salad. Sometimes we’ll have Indian breakfast. Lunch not provided. Dinner is available. We’re a vegetarian household.
  
  It’s different accommodation at the school.

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  What else ...

  Mysore is a city of a million people that still manages to feel like a town. It’s a popular tourist destination in itself for heritage with many many Palaces and temples and great instructional buildings, and yoga and much more. Further afield there’s tons to see and do: Srirangaptnam island, temple towns, Tibetan settlement, national parks, hill stations.... getting no around is easy. We have cycles available here or on the island, our own trusted drivers ( at a cost) with cars or auto rickshaws. International airport is 3-4 hours away at Bangalore.

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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

  We're a Bed and Breakfast and often have guests who will use our wifi to keep in touch and work.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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