VOLUNTEER IN Nepal

Project Informations

Due to the rapid degradation of forest and lack of awareness of community people on environmental issues, the ecological balance is worsening day by day. Flooding and pollution cause loss of property and health. ASIA HORIZON tackles environmental issues and has started a village-based nursery in Rampur, Chitwan. Our goal is to produce and distribute seedlings freely to the community people, who plant them. There has been a lot of good movements by the government and private sectors for keeping the country clean and green but still our country is being polluted.
ASIA HORIZON organizes several plantation programs in different part of Mangalpur Village and community forest. Our programs cover plantation on community forestland, village roadside plantation and plantation on school lands. ASIA HORIZON also organizes rubbish collection programs around the village and environmental awareness classes in schools to help clean up the community environment. We welcome dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers who are committed to environmental conservation.

Volunteer’s Activities
This project aims to support and help the conservation program. Our volunteers work in a nursery that produces varieties of plant species. Your activities include digging, sowing, weeding, trimming, pruning, seed collecting, irrigation, mulching, transplantation, clearing contaminated trees and other tasks depending on the season and demand of the nursery. Volunteers work with and assist local community members. In addition, you will teach environmental awareness issues in school and develop the environmental protection skills among the community people through training.

Project Skills Required

Volunteers working in Community Clean-up and Environmental Protection project must be physically fit and committed to conserving nature and natural resources. Volunteers with physical strength are greatly appreciated as the work may need some physical labor. Volunteers should also be flexible, motivated and open-minded, ready to learn and serve the people of a new culture and religion.

Project Location
Project placements are available in the beautiful city Chitwan.

Chitwan: Located in plain belt of the country, Chitwan is one of the most known tourism hubs in Nepal. It is 150km far from Kathmandu valley that is 5 hours by driving and 20 minutes by air flight.  One can enjoy the bliss of nature by traveling to another World Heritage Listed magnificent place known as Chitwan National Park. Participants will experience Elephant riding for Jungle Safari to witness one-horned Rhino, Royal Bengal Tiger, leopards, crocodiles and several kinds of deer, Canoeing with the splendid view of sunrise and sunset. Besides, visit to Tharu village and Cultural immersion programs are the major attractions of the place. Chitwan

Nepal Program Fee and Dates
Program Date:  Asia Horizon volunteer Program begins with your arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport 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 Kathmandu office before you start the project.

Program Fees: Our program fee is 80-100% less than most international volunteer organizations.

• Language and Program fee for first week: $185
• Language and program fee for second week: $235

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 end of their project. During the first week of language and cultural program, ASIA HORIZON manages you a clean and pleasant hostel having food facility where cooks prepare a variety of Nepali food three meals a day.  A typical lunch includes Dal, Bhat, Curry, Bread, and Pickle, Tea etc with occasional supplement of chicken or mutton. For your convenience, they will make continental and international food as well. If you want to have you meal outside then there are several best hotels and restaurants in the country where you can easily access and the food of your choice with reasonable price. During volunteers’ respective volunteering programs, a host family will be provided for their accommodation. You cannot expect a luxurious stay in Nepalese host family. However ASIA HORIZON arranges a separate room along with a communal bath for volunteers in both the host families and hostel accommodations. Sometimes you may share your room with other volunteers if the number is large. In the placement, volunteers are expected to assist household chores such as cleaning, washing, fetching, taking care of children and old persons.  Besides, Nepali people are extremely hospitable, warm and welcoming and volunteers are well treated wherever they go.

Visa information
Any traveler in Nepal can stay on a tourist visa for 3 months each year at $1 per day rate. You may obtain visas from Nepalese embassy in your country or upon arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport.
You are allowed to stay up to 120 days on a tourist visa, and then for any extension up to 150 days total, but you are required to show an airline ticket with a suitable date on it, and this ticket must be in OK status (i.e. not wait-listed) 
Asia Horizon suggests that ALL volunteers get tourist visa in their home country BEFORE arriving in the host country to avoid any unnecessary hassle at the airport.

Living, Working and Safety Issue

Living and working in a poor country is really challenging. It demands courage, some experiences and the ability to adapt. It can be overwhelming to adjust in a completely new environment. The climate, food, and atmosphere – everything is different than your hometown. You will be faced with a harsh social reality every day of your volunteer work and experience things a tourist never sees.

Independence, maturity, flexibility and the desire to do social work are required if you want to take part in the volunteer work program. Asia Horizon takes full responsibility for your safety and tries its level best to bring sense of security and peace of mind in you from the time of your first arrival to the completion of your project in a host country. When we receive your flight information, we will make the necessary arrangements here for your airport pick-up. Generally, volunteers arrive on Sunday. Our country coordinator will be there to welcome you at the airport, to pick up and take you to your accommodation, and you will receive basic orientation about your itinerary and placement along with a comprehensive briefing on the country and specific locale by the coordinator and transfer to the project on the following day or after the one week orientation. The staff/ coordinator will accompany you until you have a sense of complete safety. You are allowed to contact 24/7with an assigned person directed by Asia Horizon during your stay. We will be fulfilling our additional duties such as monitoring, guiding and counseling. Our staff/ coordinator will be there all the time supporting and coordinating you.