Duties:
Volunteers for tutoring have to teach English language to orphan girls and other poor girl student beneficiaries.
Volunteers for computer training have to teach the basic computer and internet knowledge to poor girl students.
Volunteers have to pay regular visits to the beneficiaries either in their family or community to interact and to share the love of LORD Christ, to ensure that they are not outskirts, rather more precious because of their innocence and talents.
Duration : Starting from 1-2 months to as long as one can stay according to his or her convinience.
Qualities needed for volunteering:
1. English Language is must.
2. Spiritually motivated to serve among the poorest in adverse climatic conditions.
3. Attitude of oneness with others.
4. Some experience in the relevant fields but freshers are also equally welcomed.
5. Must be competent to bear his or her individual traveling and living expenses.
If required there will be a training, interaction and cross cultural feedback session for the volunteers before the porgram starts.
Costs: A person flying from London to Calcutta and back by British Airways included tax costs about $1500 ( Approximately) please take the current information from the travel agents.
$10 (Approximately) for daily food.
$100 per month (Approximately) for house rent.
Personal expenses includes, telephone charges, personal traveling, emergency medicines etc.
Location: Calcutta is the Capital City of West Bengal and the former Capital of British India, Its situated on the eastern bank of river Hooghly and a metro city has got an ethnic but yet modern look, it is the "City of Joy" being blessed by the spirit of Mother Teresa, this is the most important city in the whole Eastern and North Eastern India., it can be reached either by air or train or car from any part of India. It has got Bus, taxi, Metro and Circular Railway services to join the four corners of it. There are enough possibilities to arrange rented houses and hotels for any type of visitors. This city has got all amenities to suite all types of wallet.
Program location is in the south western outskirts of Calcutta, called Thakurpukur, which is about 1 and half hour distant from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International and Domestic airport Dumdum, Calcutta and about 1 hour distant from the Howrah and Sialdah Railway Stations by car. which costs between $6 to $9 maximum
Contact : Mr. Joakim Alfred (Secretary and Chief functionary).
173 Daspara Road, Thakurpukur, Opposite Sishusadan, Calcutta- 700063. India.
Phone: 0091-9903874279, 0091-9433149300.
