Join our community and discover local culture near Pondicherry, India

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  Description

  Discover the beauty and tradition of South India and Pondicherry, while helping a community based organisation.
  
  We are a family run NGO, created by Anthony Samy 36 years ago to help poor and vulnerable communities in and around Cuddalore. Our programmes focus on community development, children's care, water/sanitation, women's empowerment, health, microcredit, education, and disaster recovery.
  Today we live on a small estate which includes the Home and learning facilities, the family home, the charity headquarters, rice paddies and a small number of animals. We currently provide shelter and support for around 10 children from the surrounding villages but not as an orphanage home.
  
  We charge a minimum amount of 8 USD per day for Food, while Accommodation and other expenses of free of cost.
  Every volunteer will have a private or shared room in our complex, and total support from the family. We have been doing this for many years and enjoy sharing our home with like-minded people from around the world.
  
  Here everybody shares local home-made meals, the execution of the NGO's projects and the children's day-by-day living, all in the typical Tamil Nadu way
  
  Please read carefully the below mentioned requirements:
  
  -at least 21
  -good understanding of english language
  -good health
  -it is a must that all volunteers are open minded and have a true and honest desire to help.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Bénévolat

  Projets artistiques

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide avec des éco-projets

  Enseignement

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  S’occuper des animaux

  Baby-sitting et jeux créatifs

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  The South Indian's, and Tamil Nadu's, culture is very unique. In this region existed one of the most ancient civilizations in the world, and these remote roots are still present today in the culture of the locals. There is no better way of understanding a place and its people than to live with the ones who help the unprotected. With the goal on empowerment, we're searching for ways to improve the quality of living and the future of all the people.
  
  A volunteer will have direct access to the true South Indian culture, from the gastronomy to the ways of living, traditions and happiness! You will visit tribal villages to meet people who live in traditional ways, through simple means. They generate a small income through agriculture, fishing, tailoring, handicrafts and labour. They are the heart of rural India and we enjoy working in partnership with them.

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  Association caritative

  Cet hôte est une association caritative déclarée dans son pays et recherche des bénévoles pour l'aider dans ses projets.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  Here we aim to make your work varied and enriching. We have also found that volunteers bring different skills and innovative ideas of their own, which can add to our current volunteer programm which focuses on:
  
  - We are currently looking for civil engineer to build houses for the local communities
  - Helping with our community projects relating to health/water/sanitation/women empowerment etc (subject to availability)
  - Assisting with fundraising and grant applications, and bringing new ideas to improving fundraising processes to our NGO office. This is an important part of our progression so if you have a charity background this would be very welcome.
  
  Following projects are available:
  
  Building:
  In our program to help the isolated families and scheduled tribes, we are going to build 60 houses for them. The purpose is to provide them shelter and better livelihood in this area prone to natural disasters (cyclones, floods etc). To achieve this goal, we need technical support and specifically a civil engineer.
  
  Medical Camps:
  Preparations for the Medical Camps. (Communication, arrangements, transports, food, assistance to referral cases)
  
  Cycle Fish Vendors:
  Documentation, Case studies, organize travel and business plan, organize meetings and trainings, micro credit support.
  
  Women Empowerment:
  Promoting as groups, capacity building, documentation, micro credit support, convergence of government shills.
  
  Water,Sanitation and Hygiene Education
  Baseline Data collection,preparation of the syllabus,construction of the family toilets,water plants and pipes,usage studies etc
  
  Evening school in villages:
  Volunteers can come and support the teachers in the villages with teaching English and extra scholar activities (craft/art work).
  
  Help in the kitchen:
  Help preparing our delicious meals with Ammu. You will also be helping with the laundry and cleaning tasks. Taking care of animals

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Tamil: Courant

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  Hébergement

  We charge a minimum amount of 8 USD per day for Food, while Accommodation and other expenses of free of cost.
  Every volunteer will have a private or shared room in our complex, and total support from the family. We have been doing this for many years and enjoy sharing our home with like-minded people from around the world.

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  Autres infos...

  Getting to us from Chennai
  We are 3 hours south of Chennai. If you arrive at Chennai airport you can get the metro to CMBT Bus stand (via Alandur). The metro runs from 6am - 9.50pm Mon - Sat and 8am - 9.50pm on Sun)
  From CMBT bust stand there are many private and public buses directly to Pondicherry. We will collect you from Pondicherry bus stand.
  
  Private bus (400-800 rupees):
  Companies must be booked in advance here
  
  Public bus (120-150 rupees)
  Basic, non A/C buses running throughout the day - no pre-booking necessary or possible. After midnight the service reduces to every 30 minutes.
  
  Taxi
  If you prefer to travel by taxi then we will be happy to help you arrange this with a reliable and trustworthy driver who charges approx 35 euros from Chennai.
  
  If you are coming from somewhere else then please let us know and we will do our best to assist and advise you towards a safe and comfortable journey.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Plus de 2

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  Cet hôte fait payer des frais

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  charges 8 USD daily for food

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