Overview

In order to have a good education system, it is also essential to have a good infrastructure in place for the students. The buildings where education services are provided: schools, cultural centers, etc. need to attract young people so that they become more educated. It’s scientifically proven fact that school drop-out rate can be reduced if the atmosphere of the academic institution, its premises become more child-oriented, positive and engaging.

With this project we aim to select vulnerable schools, centers, clinics in Jaipur which don’t have enough money for renovation and send our delighted volunteers to “save” the building with their beautification or renovation skills. The project is available full year round and upon completion of renovation, we seek for another building or project that needs the help of the volunteers, thus projects are hardly ever repeated.

For bigger groups and teams we have also construction project opportunity where you can help us build toilets for girls, classrooms, shelters, playgrounds etc. With this project we are sure to bring happiness and hope to the young generation in Jaipur communities as each volunteer can contribute with their bright thoughts and ideas to be implemented.

Volunteer Work Schedule

Volunteers joining the Construction and Beautification Project are required to follow a basic routine on a daily basis. This covers everything from meals to volunteer work and back. It must be noted that every placement functions at a different pace and on separate timelines making the schedule slightly differ at times. A generic daily schedule for volunteers is as follows :

Saturday: Arrival in Jaipur
Sunday: Orientation presentation and familiarization of the neighborhood. The orientation session will be conducted by the local coordinator, covering topic areas; such as safety, culture, language, places to visit, behavior, food, and other suggestion over things to do in Jaipur.
Monday: Observation visit to the project and needs assessment or meeting with the local team/ staff/ project/ beneficiaries
Tue to Fri: Volunteer work
Breakfast - 07:30 am onwards
Working hours at the placement – Volunteers usually work for 4-5 hours depending on the needs of the project and which facility is decided for renovation.
Lunch - anywhere between 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm (in the accommodation)
Dinner – 7:30 pm onwards
The same volunteer work schedule continues from the second week onwards-Monday to Friday.

Weekends: Free to explore the city

Note: Please note, the schedule may vary depending on the particular project the volunteer is participating in.

Volunteer Roles and Responsibilities

Volunteers working for construction and renovation project in Jaipur will be expected to fulfill the following tasks :-

Identify the community needs (what they need? construction, renovation, what they expect as a result?)
Identify if the needed materials are good enough and get advise from the local coordinator about the work
In case of groups do task division (for solo volunteers beautification is available)
Split into groups and perform hard work and dedication to renovate, reconstruct specific building
Don’t forget to take “before” and “after” photos to see the tremendous change to bring to the community
Even with your smallest creativity make the local community smile seeing the new perspective in the building that was old and not attractive for many years.

Project Requirement

Volunteers must be 18 years or older at the time of joining the project. You need to have an open mind and a flexible attitude for working in a new and different environment. The volunteer should bring energy and enthusiasm to make a difference. Participants must be fit and healthy at the time of joining the program. If there is a medical condition then the local team needs to be informed in advance to ensure the match of a correct project or accommodation type. The Participants should have no criminal convictions and should provide a clean criminal background check report. English language intermediate level is required.

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Airport Transfer
Volunteers are picked up from the Jaipur International Airport by a member of the local coordinating team in Jaipur. Participants already in country can also be picked up from the Jaipur Railway Station or Jaipur International Airport. This needs to be communicated beforehand. We also arrange your drop to the airport when the project is completed.

Accommodation
While volunteering in Jaipur you can choose among staying at one of our Volunteer home base in North of Jaipur or with a host family. The accommodations are neat and clean and provide volunteers a home away from home experience. The volunteer home is equipped with WiFi internet, filtered drinking water, geysers, air coolers, washing machine, western toilets and bunk beds. The home is close to useful amenities like banks, ATMs, currency ex-changers, restaurants, cafes and shopping arcades.

Host-families are local Indian welcoming families ready to receive you in their home. Rooms are dual sharing and hosts have common wifi, fridge, cooler, geysers, washing machine and purified water.

All placements are around 20 - 30 minutes from the homes and we help the volunteers use local transport applications such as Uber.

Orientation
A half day orientation will be provided by our staff on the next day after your arrival. We cover areas like culture, greetings, locations, transportation etc.

Meals
Indian food is famous around the world for its diverse flavours, colors and aroma. While staying at the Volunteer home, you would be provided with self-served breakfast and freshly cooked lunch and dinner, we have cooks who work with us from their homes and prepare meals for the volunteers and deliver to our accommodation. A sample of the meals you can expect are mentioned below.

Self-served breakfast - Bread, Tea (chai), Jam, Butter, Porridge, Poha, eggs, etc.
Lunch and dinner - Dal (lentils), vegetable, rice, roti (indian bread), yogurt may be provided along with some sort of curry.

Volunteers staying at home-stays will have a more traditional Indian breakfast like Poha, Paratha, Poori-sabji, toast, etc. while lunch and dinner are same traditional vegetarian food.

During Your Free Time
During the free time volunteers can visit the local markets, visit internet cafes and the different restaurants in Jaipur and try out the different Indian cuisines. During weekends volunteers explore Jaipur or visit Agra, Pushkar, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh.

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