Volunteering Program > India > Help the Street children
Help the Street children
There are about 100 million street children in India who do not attend any school and spend most of their time on the streets. In Delhi, the capital city, it is estimated that there are close to 1, 75,000 street children of which 7-10 % are runaways. In fact there are more than 2500 children who live in and around New Delhi Railway Station. They can be seen scavenging the rubbish heap for a meal , sleeping between the tracks , often beaten and sexually abused , falling prey to drug peddlers , pimps and child traffickers .
There is so much missing from their lives – food, security, health, love & education and a place to play sleep and dream.
Volunteers can bring smile on the faces of these disadvantaged
street children by helping to create an environment conducive for their holistic development in order to enable them become a part of mainstream society . Volunteers can work at the contact points, being run by various organizations, which serve as day care centers for these street children. They can assist in providing love, care, basic literacy, recreation and most importantly spend time and shower affection on them. It can make a world of difference to their lives.
Program available in – Delhi & Mumbai (Bombay)
Volunteer’s life on the field
Once you get over the initial culture shock of coming and working in India, you will realize that helping the orphans/women will give you immense satisfaction and you will view life with a different perspective. A typical volunteer helping in an orphanage would help the children with their day to day activities such as: doing homework, making notes, playing with children, helping staff organize the orphanage, providing mental and physiological support, exchanging cultural views, teach them about health and hygiene.
Quick Project Facts
Duration
2 weeks to 6
months
Location
Delhi, Bangalore & Mumbai
Start Dates
All year round, you can choose your own dates
Working hours
4 hours a day
Food
2 meals a day
Accommodation
Host family or residential within project
Educational Requirement
There is no educational requirement for this project; anyone with a heart to help is welcome on this project! However proficiency in English is required.
What we provide
Airport Receive/ Transfer: Our representative will greet you at the airport and will transfer you to your hotel/placement/home stay.
Orientation: A half day orientation will be provided by our staff. We cover areas like, culture, greetings, locations, transportation etc. Each participant will be provided with a local Map of the city
or
Start your volunteering experience by taking the 1 week language & culture orientation
week in Delhi.
Lodging: Almost all placements have residential accommodation arrangements, however if that is not available volunteers will be staying with a local welcoming and educated family.
Food: 2 Indian meals will be provided in this project.
Insurance: All participants are covered for full comprehensive travel and medical insurance for their time of stay in our project. Please find details here.
In – Country travel assistance: If participants like to travel around, we provide with full support for bookings & arrangements to travel with India or Nepal.
Language Books: We provide participants with English to Hindi language handbooks.
In-country support: 24 hours support provided by our local staff.
Pre-departure information: After we receive full and final payment all participants are provided by a pre-departure information booklet by e-mail which will have all vital information about your program.
Cost and Start Dates:
We have programs running throughout the year for your convenience.
Duration in Weeks
Application Fee *
2
3
4
5
6
7
8**
Cost (USD$)***
$200
$450
$550
$650
$750
$850
$950
$1050
Cost (GBP£)***
£104
£234
£286
£338
£390
£442
£494
£546
*A non-refundable application fee is charged above this fee for all projects, which includes – advertising, staff salary, communication , administration, application processing and overhead charges) The program fee covers – insurance, food and accommodation, transportation, orientation, in-country support etc.
**Please add $100 / £52 for additional week
***All payments will be processed in INRs (Indian Rupees) with weekly applicable currency rates. Please check for applicable rates on www.xe.com
As programs have limited availability we advise volunteers to apply are far in advance as possible to reserve a confirm placements for them.
What we do not provide
Return airfare to India
Personal expenses
Visa charges
Local city
Transportation (except placement drop)
Anything else that is not listed above
