Asia Horizon is continuously working for the welfare of children in the close collaboration with several Indian Community organizations to provide support for the destitute children at the orphanages. As a child care volunteer in India, you can make a great difference in the life of orphans and destitute children
Project Information
India has millions of children who are born and raised in the streets. It is estimated that 47% out of 55 million children are orphans in India and among them 90% of them are girls. Those helpless children are starving for a bright day, as a matter of fact they are ruining themselves with various dangerous activities such as robbing, prostitution, stealing, abusing and so on. Now in India, various social organizations and orphanages play an important role in providing these orphans food, shelter, education and vocational training. The orphanages face many obstacles as they lack basic facilities, competent staff and adequate educational materials.
Asia Horizon works to provide these destitute children with an opportunity to live and learn in a homey environment. We cooperate with several partner organizations to provide informal education, health care and creative activities to the destitute children. Our participants in orphanages share their hope, compassion, patience and encouragement with the children. These children need love, care and education and we also have the aim to protect and restore their basic rights and enrich their situation by improving access to reasonable basic humanitarian living, healthcare and education and as a volunteers you can be the reason to develop their potential and learning skill which will enable them to become self sufficient, giving them the brighter future and providing the path for the better society. The enormous satisfaction for helping disadvantages children will be truly pleasurable.
Volunteer’s Activities
As a volunteer, you will mainly teach the children and help them to develop useful skills. Other tasks depend on the orphanage and the volunteers’ skills and interest. You will work with small groups; teach games, art, sports, and music. Although this is not an English teaching placement, you will have the opportunity to teach English during your stay in the orphanage. You may also help with homework, meals and personal hygiene and lend a hand with other odd tasks. If you are skilled in sewing, painting, tailoring, crafting, typing or computing, you can teach these skills to the children as well. The orphanage centers run by our partners accommodate 50-70 boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 14. Volunteers are always encouraged to provide emotional support to those children, though you can’t be their real parent; you can play the role of the family members.
Project Skill Required
No specific skills and qualifications are required in this project. However you need to be above 18 years of age. Volunteers joining orphanage projects should have love and passion for serving poor kids. They must be flexible, self-motivated with open mind to learn and serve to the people of new culture and religion. Finally you should be committed, learning, unbiased because you are the role model to those children.
Food and Accommodation
Asia Horizon makes an appropriate provision for food, room and supervision for its volunteers from the very beginning of their arrival to the country to the end of their project. During the first week of language and cultural immersion program, volunteers stay in Asia Horizon hostel in Gurgaon (Delhi) where cooks prepare a variety of Indian food three meals a day (Nan, curry, Dal, chapatti, rice and pickle), it may occasionally have chicken, fish or mutton. You can also get the food from outside if you wish; there are numbers of affordable restaurants and hotels in Delhi. During your volunteering programs in Delhi, volunteers’ accommodation and food management is provided by a host family. You can’t expect a luxurious bedroom in the placement. However, volunteers joining Asia Horizon-India’s orphanage program stay with the children in a hostel. Asia Horizon makes provision of a separate room along with the shower facility in both the host family and hostel accommodation but sometimes volunteers may share the room if the number is large. Volunteers are expected to share same life style while staying with the host family; they may join the daily activities such as cooking, cleaning, washing and so on. Though the local fare will provide twice a day, You will be really enjoy the way of Indian hospitality and generosity to the guest.
Visa information
Volunteers should ensure that they are in possession of valid Indian visa before they start their journey to India because there is no any provision of providing visa in Indian Airport. Therefore we recommend you to get the tourist visa before departing to India. The Indian Embassy or Consular Office in your home countries will issue tourist visas. If you plan to visit a neighboring country such as Nepal and re-enter India, please apply a double/multiple entry Visa.
You must necessarily have a passport that is valid for at least six months. Furthermore, you should have paid correct visa fees, submit two passport-size photos, completed application form and present all the supporting documents wherever it is necessary.
We strongly recommend you to bring relevant documentary evidence of relationship and permission for the child's travel from the absent parent(s) or legal guardian if a child is travelling with you, In an effort to prevent international child abduction, many governments has initiated procedures at entry/exit points.
Program Fee and Date Details
Program Date: Asia Horizon volunteer Program begins with your arrival at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi on Sunday, the day before of your project. A one-day orientation about the program including project sites, types of work, local food, climate, safety issues, health issues, culture people etc. will be provided in Delhi office before you start the project.
Program Fees: Our program fee is 80-100% less than most international volunteer organizations.
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