Tourism certainly bolsters the country’s economy while also bringing other benefits. But at the same time, it also increases negative impacts, such as begging in city streets and the vanishing of forests along trekking trails. However, due to the rise of responsible tourism, many tourists volunteer in Nepal to maximise their contribution and minimise their footprint. Hundreds of travellers volunteer in Nepal every year, working on projects ranging from rehabilitating street children to counting tracks of endangered species in the Himalayas. Nonetheless, volunteering is an excellent opportunity for personal growth and for forging connections with local communities, giving your travel a deeper significance. Especially in light of the 2015 earthquake, the country has never been in greater need of volunteers.
While volunteering offers a great feeling of gratification, it might also give you a shift in your perspective. It will take you to new places, new cultures, and new ways of life. Essentially, it will be a great learning opportunity and an experience to cherish for a lifetime. However, it is critical to remember the principles of ethical volunteering and steer clear of the growing trend of faux volunteerism that has emerged as a new source of revenue for several agencies.
Of all the programs and varied destinations Team Himalaya offers, we are totally committed to helping local rural villages and schools with substantial support, providing them with charitable funds for welfare that they can benefit from, thereby uplifting the standard of their lives and conserving their natural resources.
Team Himalaya has several volunteer programs in Nepal where all visitors can help by providing tremendous support to the poor villages of Nepal by building or maintaining trails, providing drinking water facilities, improving health and hygiene, constructing rundown schools, etc.
Nepal has one of the biggest problems in reducing poverty within the country, where 38% of the population is still living below the poverty line, and rural areas have about 70% of people living below the poverty line in Nepal. Nepal, as a country, identifies women, low-class people, and native people who are badly influenced by poverty.
Team Himalaya has been running a volunteering service for the past few years, where school/college groups can take part in our project. Most of our volunteering and social work involves short hikes and trekking to villages where there is a great need for support, with whatever help we can offer to bring more smiles to the villagers.
Since the earthquakes of 25th April and 12th May 2015, which badly affected the midwest /eastern Nepal, some villages are still isolated from government and private-sector assistance. Team Himalaya has taken steps to rebuild schools and damaged trails, and to supply essential items required by victims for their daily lives.
For interested visitors, schools/colleges, and corporate people, we have started a welfare fund and volunteer programs in many areas of Nepal's mid-hills, where you can join our social service and volunteer work.
Depending upon your duration in Nepal a week of travel by hiking or trekking for a few days and the rest of the days staying in the villages working with them in farm fields, helping them with water supplies from nearby sources, taking a class in local schools by teaching various subjects, painting and making fences, walls of the schools and teaching new games and sports to the children, planting young tree sapling, helping with litters and garbage and so on.
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Our simple and basic itinerary program will be as follows:
Day 01: Arrive in Kathmandu with a warm welcome, then transfer to respective hotels for an orientation program and briefing on volunteer service in Nepal. Evening welcome group dinner in a pleasant Nepali restaurant
Day 02: Drive to the volunteering area project and walk for a few hours, and
Day 03: Hike to the rural farm village and interact with the locals. What camp/lodge? A kind of volunteer service is needed.
Day 04 – 05: Volunteer service in the villages, schools, and farm fields.
Day 06: Last day in the village with remaining work to complete.
Day 07: Hike to the road head and drive back to Kathmandu.
Day 08: International departure.
Please note that the above program can take place anywhere on the rim of the Kathmandu Valley or beyond. Please contact us for more information, and you are welcome to provide advice and suggestions if you have plans and interest in some specific areas in Nepal for volunteer work.