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We have been in the education field for the past 35 years. I am a retired Professor of Engineering from a renowned university and my niece is a university Associate Professor. I have also served as a visiting faculty on a short assignment at University of Canterbury in New Zealand. I am associated with a local Charitable Society which caters to education, cultural and overall holistic development of the underprivileged children aged 4 to 15 years. We also run project on women empowerment through higher education.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Charity Work
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can experience the Indian culture , languages , food , art ,yoga, meditation , festivals (e.g. Diwali, Holi ). Visit to temples and holy places. Mohali (city of our residence) is a suburb of Chandigarh. is a modern city in North India in the state of Punjab, India. Chandigarh has been designed by a French architect Le Corbusier in 1953. It is well connected to Indian Capital New Delhi (250 Kms). It is starting point for Journey to Shimla (110kms)- a big hill station, Amritsar -Golden temple (240 kms), Chandigarh has an International Airport and a railway station connected to rest of India. Main features of Chandigarh are Capitol Complex, Rock Garden, Rose Garden, Museum and Sukhna Lake.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We wish if our guests can teach English / Spoken English to the children of age group 4-15 years You are welcome if you can offer other classes also as in music, art , dance, acting , yoga, Karate and so on.
We want to learn Spanish, French and Russian .
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hindi: Fluent
Punjabi (Eastern): FluentThis 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
You will be provided with a separate fully furnished room with attached bathroom and an air conditioner. All facilities like hot water, shower,washing machine and toiletries are provided.This accommodation is in a family modern house.We provide and allow only vegetarian /Vegan/plant based food along with dairy but no poultry or eggs. No smoking / drinking or drugs are allowed.The guest can cook for themselves or opt for home cooked 3 vegetarian meals provided by us.
You will also be offered airport / Railway station pick up and drop facility -free of cost.
We will provide three vegetarian meals ,or guests can cook vegetarian meals for themselves
What else ...
The guests can travel to New Delhi, Shimla - a big hill station, Manali , Himachal Pradesh, Amritsar (Golden temple) . Locally they can visit Capitol Complex, Rock Garden, Rose Garden, Museum and Sukhna Lake to name a few. Uber and Ola taxi services are available.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 2-3 hours a day, 5 days a week
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She reached here at Chandigarh after completing a 500 hours YTT Yoga teacher training certificate course from Rishikesh, India. She has now become a super qualified yoga teacher.
She interacted with the children of our charity school.… read more
This family is the most welcoming, generous and caring family I ever met. Harleen is a wonderful person who will take care of everything you can imagine. She took me to many places whenever she was free and she shared so many interesting thoughts with me.
Likewise with… read more
She is a qualified and highly experienced Yoga teacher - a Yogini 🌹. She taught us Yin yoga. Her teaching was very effective and result oriented. The members of our family got unique benefits from her yoga… read more
I whole heartedly recommend this Workaway!!
Harleens and Sukhmehars hospitality, openness and friendliness is astonishing!!
Harleen took me to many places in Chandigarh. We visited a Gurdwara(Sikh temple) and a satsanga and for both the reasons she lend me some traditional Punjabi clothes and I… read more
She interacted with the children of our charity school and taught them English. She had a highly innovative method of teaching English. The children highly appreciated and enjoyed her teaching. She also shared her… read more
My stay was very peaceful with a lot of freedom to choose what I would like to do apart from teaching.
Harleen took me to yoga classes, showed me local clothing and shopping, took me around the main sights, I tried out variety… read more
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She reached here at Chandigarh after completing a 500 hours YTT Yoga teacher training certificate course from Rishikesh, India. She has now become a super qualified yoga teacher.
She interacted with the children of our charity school.… read more
This family is the most welcoming, generous and caring family I ever met. Harleen is a wonderful person who will take care of everything you can imagine. She took me to many places whenever she was free and she shared so many interesting thoughts with me.
Likewise with… read more
She is a qualified and highly experienced Yoga teacher - a Yogini 🌹. She taught us Yin yoga. Her teaching was very effective and result oriented. The members of our family got unique benefits from her yoga… read more
I whole heartedly recommend this Workaway!!
Harleens and Sukhmehars hospitality, openness and friendliness is astonishing!!
Harleen took me to many places in Chandigarh. We visited a Gurdwara(Sikh temple) and a satsanga and for both the reasons she lend me some traditional Punjabi clothes and I… read more
She interacted with the children of our charity school and taught them English. She had a highly innovative method of teaching English. The children highly appreciated and enjoyed her teaching. She also shared her… read more
My stay was very peaceful with a lot of freedom to choose what I would like to do apart from teaching.
Harleen took me to yoga classes, showed me local clothing and shopping, took me around the main sights, I tried out variety… read more
Firstly, I want to express my sincere gratitude for the hospitality and kindness throughout my visit. From the moment I arrived, they made me feel incredibly welcome and at home. Their willingness to share your culture,… read more
During her stay, she interacted with the children… read more
She stayed with us for a week. From the first day, we all felt her to be a part of our family. She enjoyed the stay and liked our food very much, especially the Masala tea.
She celebrated the festival of colours HOLI,… read more
I spent one week in Chandigarh/Mohali with Dr Sukhmehar and whole his wonderful family, and it was GREAT. We went to the school a few afternoons where I taught Spanish to the children. They were the best students: really kind and interested. I also celebrated… read more
She conducted classes for our charitable… read more
As it was period exam we, couldn't go to the school. I spent one week in Mohali. Each every afternoon we went to the charity society meet children there. We shared our culture. I shared my travel experiences and i teached them French! They were so… read more
