WORKCAMPS IN NEPAL

In 2009 OIKOS organises in collaboration with FORD-Nepal (Friendship for Rural Devolepment), a local non-profit organisation, several workcamps in Nepal.

The fee of participation (including the annual membership-card of OIKOS) is 100,00 Euro and has to be paid when applying for a camp. 
The camp-fee (including board and lodging) is from 185,00 Euro to 200,00 Euros and has to be paid to the camp-coordinator on arrival in Nepal.

Work Camp Schedule

• Day 1: Airport receive and FORD-Nepal Hostel Transfer.

• Day 2: Welcome and orientation at FORD-Nepal office at Kathmandu. Orientation covers brief history, religion, people and culture of Nepal and information about work camp, climate, local conditions, host family, safety etc.
  A short Nepali language and cultural training

• Day 3: Kathmandu valley sightseeing: guided tour to the (UNESCO) cultural and religious heritages of Nepal

• Day 4: Leave for Project site: Introduction with the Host family, living conditions, meeting with local villagers’ etc.

• Day 5-11: Work continuous: Project Orientation of the project, working condition, methods and tools. Working time is 4-6 hours a day. (Two shifts in a day (i.e. morning and afternoon) during the months of May, June, July and August and One shift in a day (i.e.daytime) during the other months. Work begins after breakfast (Breakfast time is 8-9 am).
  There will be break at lunchtime.
  Besides the work, a village tour is organised in between these working days.

• Day 12: Completion of project and farewell to villagers and local friends.

• Day 13-14: Visit Royal Chitwan national park: FORD-Nepal organises the visit for 1 night and 2 days. The participants will witness some wild animals, Tharu cultural dance and fabulous bird species.

• Day 14: Return back to Kathmandu or leave for trekking.

Notes: FORD-Nepal organises trekking in the Annapurna Conservation Area where participants view the luminous mountain sangrillas, lush green valley, and fascinating views of beautiful landscapes and snow-capped peaks by climbing upto more than 3000 m in Annapurna trials. FORD-Nepal provides 20% discount rates only to our volunteers. The number of participants for trekking should be atleast 3 people in a group.

Visas: It is possible to get the tourist visa from Nepal’s consulate or embassy in your country. Alternatively, you can get a visa at Customs when you arrive at Tribhuvan International Airport, Katmandu although there are usually long queues. At the airport, payment must be in US Dollar and the charge is US $30 for a 60 day visa, there after US $30 for each 30 day visa extension. The Department of Immigration routinely extends tourist visas for up to 30 days at a time, up to a maximum stay of 5 months per calander year. You must bring at least 2 passport size photos for the custom at Kathmandu airport and 2 passport size photos for FORD-Nepal registration.

Please note that we do not have volunteer visa system in Nepal. You can request only for tourist visa.

TO PARTICIPATE TO A WORKCAMP CLICK HERE

Work: Volunteers are involved in painting, re-construction, roofing, woodworks, stonework, gardening, plantation etc.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

Work: Helping at the training activities, data collection, data processing, bio-waste management, composting, non-degradable garbage collection, recycling, wasebin construction and installation, supporting to local villagers, student groups.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

Work: Volunteers are involved in painting, re-construction, roofing, woodworks, stonework, gardening, plantation etc.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

IFWC 52

01.04.2009 - 14.04.2009

Pokhara / Chitwan

Work: Developing organic gardens, herbal plant nursery within the community forest as an demonstrate plot to the visitors. Activities include seed collection, digging, weeding, Seeding/planting indigenous medicinal plants, nursery bed preparation, watering, composting etc.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes:  Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

IFWC 53

27.04.2009 - 10.05.2009

Chitwan

Work: Participants will help in stone work, brick work, making concrete, digging, labelling the surface, roofing, Collecting roofing materils, watering etc.

Accommodation:  Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

IFWC 54

18.05.2009 - 31.05.2009

Nawalparasi / Dolakha

Work: Helping at the training activities, data collection, data processing, bio-waste management, composting, non-degradable garbage collection, loading to recycle factories, supporting to local villagers in environmental activities.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 200,00 euros

IFWC 55

17.06.2009 - 30.06.2009

Chitwan

Work: Helping to the local farmers for maintaining irrigation canal, digging, clearing, cleaning the water channel, edge cutting, carrying the soil out, bund making. 

Accommodation:  Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can. Participant might have chance to try indigeneous food  with Indigenous people living there.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you. 

Fee: 185,00 euros

IFWC 56A

16.07.2009 - 29.07.2009

Palpa / Dolakha / Chitwan

Work: Participants will mostly participate in conservation activities by working in Community forests and its nurseries. Participants will help in seed collection, weeding, fencing, mulching, and carrying lumbers and plan nursery management activities.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 200,00 euros

IFWC 56B

16.07.2009 - 29.07.2009

Chitwan / Nawalparasi

Work: Participants will mostly participate in conservation activities by working in Community rural village. Participants will help in digging, weeding, fencing, mulching, and carrying lumbers and plan nursery management activities.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes:Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you. Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Fee: 185,00 euros

IFWC 57

01.08.2009 - 14.08.2009

Chitwan / Nawalparasi

Work: Volunteers are involved in painting, re-construction, roofing, woodworks, stonework, gardening, plantation etc.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

IFWC 58

18.08.2009 - 31.08.2009

Kathmandu / Chitwan / Nawalparasi

Work: Helping waste bin construction and installation, bio-waste management, composting, non-degradable garbage collection, loading to recycle factories, supporting to local villagers in environmental activities.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

IFWC 59A

01.09.2009 - 14.09.2009

Gorkha / Chitwan

Work: Volunteers are involved in painting, re-construction, roofing, woodworks, stonework, gardening, plantation etc

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

IFWC 59B

01.09.2009 - 14.09.2009

Chitwan

Work: Participants are involved in vegetable gardening, seed collection, digging, weeding, Seeding/planting, nursery bed preparation, watering, composting etc.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

IFWC 60A

17.09.2009 - 30.09.2009

Lalitpur / Bhaktapur / Chitwan

Work: Participants are involved in transportation of stones, bricks, pillars, painting, re-construction, watering, roofing, woodworks, stonework, and gardening.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

IFWC 60B

17.09.2009 - 30.09.2009

Chitwan / Nawalparasi

Work: Volunteers are involved in painting, re-construction, roofing, woodworks, stonework, gardening, plantation etc

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

IFWC 61A

01.10.2009 - 14.10.2009

Chitwan / Nawalparasi

Work: Helping bio-waste management, composting, non-degradable garbage collection, recycle to factories, supporting to local villagers, student groups in environmental activities and waste bin construction and installation.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

IFWC 61B

01.10.2009 - 14.10.2009

Chitwan / Pokhara / Bhaktapur

Work: Participants are involved in vegetable gardening, seed collection, digging, weeding, Seeding/planting, nursery bed preparation, watering, composting etc.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

IFWC 62

02.11.2009 - 15.11.2009

Chitwan

Work: Designing the gardens, digging, levelling, plant nursery management, planting, watering, flower carry preparation, brick/stone works etc.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

IFWC 63

01.12.2009 - 14.12.2009

Chitwan

Work: Participants are involved in transportation of stones, bricks, pillars, painting, re-construction, watering, roofing, woodworks, stonework and gardening.

Accommodation: Accommodation will be provided at host families. Nepalese food will include Daal (Lentil/ pea/ bean soup), Bhaat (Cooked Rice), Tarkaari (Cooked Vegetable), the same as Nepalese people eat every day. In the host family and also the leader try to prepare some different food as much as they can.

Notes: Seasonal clothing, footwear (flip-flops, sandals, shoes, trekking shoes or boots – depending on work area and season), Working gloves, basic first aid kit, torch (incase if there is no electricity in the rural areas), any medication for you, sleeping bag, mosquito net, Toiletries and 2 passport photos are recommended to take with you.

Fee: 185,00 euros

TO PARTICIPATE TO A WORKCAMP CLICK HERE

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