Prems Pokhara Childrens Home
EHN Nepal is now looking for volunteers to help a local man called Prem to run his children's home in a small village just outside Pokhara. We are looking for people to help look after the children he has provide a home for by helping with daily chores and homework and fun. If you want you have the option to help teach in the local Government school that Prem is the president of or work with his wife on some possible handy crafts they wish to make. If this is a success then we hope to teach the children an extra skill to help them in later life while making extra money to fund the children's home, health and education.
The tourist bus takes about 7 hrs winding past the Trishuli River to reach Pokhara where Prem will meet you and take you to the village. The home is set in a valley off the Seti River with the Annapurna range of mountains in the distance for company. The home has 14 children in it 2 of which are Prem's children and 2 are the house mother who is a 28yr old widow, the rest are children from single mother families too poor to keep them or orphans. You will also have a few of the local children popping to say hello so it can be a busy place at times.
Your duties will be to help get the children ready for school then take them, washing and cleaning plus helping to get the food ready. The position is full time but you will have time off during the day to use internet or do laundry. You are about a 30minute walk through the village, across the suspension bridge from Mahendrapool where you can find Internet connection plus places to eat if you want to break the dhal bhat diet.
We would like people how are happy to volunteer for a minimum of 1 month for this placement as it will give you and the children longer to bond and for your time to have a greater effect. Once you finish here you are in one of Nepal's best spots to Paraglide, Raft, Zip Line, Climb and of course Trek.
For more information regarding this project please contact us on the email address below.
The Way EHN work
EHN charge £10 or $15 per day plus an £80 or $120 admin. The bulk of the money you pay goes to the home stay you'll be living with and the rest on food and transport. All you need is enough to cover luxuries such as beer, chocolate, internet, laundry and some souvenirs. Everything else is covered by EHN including your airport pickup and drop off and a city tour. In the case of this project EHN will also be making a contribution to the school for teaching materials to support the project further.
Should you cancel during your agreed duration of volunteering EHN will charge a 10% cancelation fee.
If you want to find out more about this position please contact EHN on the email address below.
phil@ehn-nepal.org
