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

Detalles

• 

  Descripción

  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.

• 

  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Trabajo de caridad

  Proyectos artísticos

  Práctica de idiomas

  Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos

  Jardinería

  Construcción y bricolaje

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general
• 

  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  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.

• 

  Ayuda

  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.

• 

  Idiomas

  Idiomas hablados
  Inglés: Fluido
  Hindi: Fluido

  Este anfitrión ofrece intercambio de idiomas
  Este anfitrión ha indicado que está interesado en compartir su idioma o aprender otro.
  Ponte en contacto con él para obtener más información.
  
• 

  Alojamiento

  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.

• 

  Algo más...

  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.

• 

  Un poco más de información

  • 

    Acceso a Internet

  • 

    Acceso a Internet limitado

  • 

    Tenemos animales

  • 

    Somos fumadores

  • 

    Puede alojar familias

• 

  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  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.

• 

  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Más de dos

• 

  Horas esperadas

  4 hours day, 4 times a week

• 

  Este anfitrión cobra una tarífa

  leer más

  ¿Por qué workaway.info permite listados de anfitriones que cobran dinero?

  En los países en vías de desarrollo (donde la mayoría de los anfitriones que están involucrados trabajan en obras de caridad, programas de desarrollo, educación entre otros), Workaway permite que algunos de nuestros anfitriones bajo este perfil, pidan a los voluntarios una pequeña donación para ayudar a la familia con las que se quedarán, a menudo menos de 5 dólares por día. Workaway permite el cargo solo cuando la donación está dirigida directamente a la familia o programas de caridad y es sólo para cubrir el costo de la estancia los voluntarios. (Todo anfitriones que haya declarado algún cargo estará claramente marcado en su listado).
  Workaway NO permite listados de agencias e intermediarios o proyectos que consideramos están buscando sacar provecho de una los voluntarios.

   

   

   

  US$5 per day to help host with food costs

Comentarios (30)