Volunteer in India

Cross-Cultural Solutions: Volunteer Abroad for the Experience of a Lifetime!
Experience another culture like never before while making a real difference in people’s lives. You’ll gain perspectives and insights into the local culture and yourself. It’s an exciting and personally inspiring experience, and you’ll develop memories that will be with you forever. Programs operate in New Delhi and Dharamsala, India. .

Dates Offered: Choose from start dates year-round and lengths-of-stay from 2-12 weeks.
Costs: The U.S. tax-deductible program fee for a two-week program is $2,588 (£1,408) with each additional week of stay only $297 (£162). The program fee for the one-week Insight Abroad program offered in Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Peru, and Russia is $1,695 (£922). Program fee includes: personalized Volunteer Placement, language instruction, cultural education, food, lodging, transportation to and from all Cross-Cultural Solutions’ placements and programs, pre-departure guidance from headquarters staff, 24-hour access to in-country staff, travel medical and emergency evacuation insurance, and more.
Contact: Cross-Cultural Solutions, 2 Clinton Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801;Tel: 800.380.4777 or 914.632.0022; in the UK call 0845 458 2781/2782; other countries call +44 (0) 1273 666392; Fax: 914.632.8494.
Email: info@crossculturalsolutions.org
Website: www.crossculturalsolutions.org

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Construction Volunteer Project in India Each year GVI offers a great opportunity to make a real difference in a short amount of time as well as working alongside teams of enthusiastic volunteers you will enjoy the culture and warmth of the local communities. This volunteer program focuses on repairing, renovating and developing our partner’s infrastructures in the field. The short term group projects put together teams of like minded volunteers for a few weeks at a time to come out and help us improve our project partners’ facilities, be it the schools we work in, the local health clinic, orphanages, child care centers, sports field, arts centre or community center. The project also offers volunteers the opportunity to explore the local area and visit the famous Taj Mahal.
	Dates: 1 to 4 week durations available, visit the website for upcoming start dates Costs: From $870 for 1 week Email Contact: info@gviworld.com Phone Contact: +1 888 653 6028 (USA) or +44 (0) 1727 250 250 (UK) Where do I go from here? Visit the website for more information on this community development project
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Volunteer and Work in Partnership with a Local NGO in India
Because you would be working with a local NGO, your tasks are directly connected to the community needs. Two large community needs at the moment are education and childcare. Volunteers are needed to assist teachers right in the classroom and also to upkeep and care for children at the childcare unit. With such a significant link to the community, the jobs volunteers will preform are on a need basis.

Cost: Varies with duration of your stay.
Dates: Ongoing; begins on the first and third Monday of every month.
Contact: United Planet, 11 Arlington St, Boston MA 02116, USA. Tel: 617-267-7763.
Email: quest@unitedplanet.org
Website: www.unitedplanet.org

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Volunteer in India for 6 Months or 1 Year
If you have ever dreamed of traveling to a country which houses one of the seven great wonders of the world, the Taj Mahal, a country that is rich in culture, food, clothing, music, and dance among other things, then this is the perfect program for you. Ages 18 and older, help out the local Indian community with projects ranging from childrens activities, to agricultural and environmental development, education, aiding the disabled, women, and health services.

Cost: 6 months $4695, 1 year $7195.
Dates: Starts in August or January.
Contact: United Planet, 11 Arlington St, Boston MA 02116, USA. Tel: 617-267-7763.
Email: quest@unitedplanet.org
Website: www.unitedplanet.org

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Meaningful Travel in India
Volunteer in Goa, Rajasthan or Himachal. 2-8 weeks. Make a difference in socially deprived areas. Work with children in schools, childcare and orphanages; help repair and maintain facilities in rural areas; coach sports; adventure travel; and tours and visits with all of the programs.

Dates: Monthly, year round. Please see our website for exact dates .
Cost: Program prices vary with dates and length of stay.
Contact: GeoVisions, 101 Sage Hollow Road, Guilford, CT 06437.
Tel: 203-457-4257. Toll Free. 877-949-9998. Fax: 203-738-1024.
Email: programs@geovisions.org
Website: www.geovisions.org

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Volunteer Abroad Placements in India through Working Abroad
Choose from social and community programs in India. Volunteer programs include placement, housing, meals, project related transportation, training and social and cultural activities. Over 35 years experience arranging cultural exchange programs.

Cost: $895 and up
Dates: Year-Round
Contact: InterExchange Working Abroad, 161 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10013, 212-924-0446, toll-free 1-800-597-3675
Email: workabroad@interexchange.org
Website: www.workingabroad.org

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Volunteer in Orphanages
Teach in village schools. Work in the area of Grassroots Community Development and Health.
India Study Abroad Center (ISAC) offers volunteer opportunities from 2 to 12 weeks in the area of health, education and grassroots community development. Past volunteers have made big impact working with marginalized rural and tribal communities. Live and work with us for an incredible “Service and Learning Experience”!

Dates: Throughout the year with flexible programs from 2 to 12 weeks.
Cost: Affordable programs starting at $900 for two weeks and $200 for each additional week.
Contact: India Study Abroad Center (ISAC), A302 Aakar CHS Ltd, Film City Road, Malad East, Mumbai 400 097, India.
Contact in U.S.A.: Tel. +1-(415) 287-0144 (Only Voicemail); Fax +1-309-218-6022.
Email: info@indiastudyabroad.org
Website: www.indiastudyabroad.org

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Volunteer Abroad in India with Volunteering Solutions
Affordable volunteer programs in India, Nepal, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, Vietnam, Phillipines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Cambodia. Volunteering Solutions provides International Volunteer Abroad, Volunteer and Travel programs in 10 countries across Asia and Africa. We constantly work to provide affordable and meaningful volunteer abroad opportunities for volunteers from around the world. Our volunteer abroad programs include both short-term 2-week to long-term 6-month volunteer abroad placements in every country, which volunteers can join throughout the year.

Cost: Costs start at only $650 for 2-week placements.
Dates: All year round.
Email: info@volunteeringsolutions.com
Website: www.volunteeringsolutions.com

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Volunteer in India
Experience fascinating India from the inside while gaining the satisfaction of helping others. By living and working side by side with local residents you will be more than just a tourist passing through, you will become a member of the community. Choose from projects in education, children's welfare and healthcare. Programs can be arranged so volunteers have the chance to experience more than one project. The friendly and dedicated staff in India are very experienced with working with American volunteers and understand the cultural challenges they face. They provide full support and assistance throughout the program. Greenheart Travel is a division of CCI, a non profit founded in 1985 and run by seasoned travel enthusiasts who regularly participate in their own cultural exchanges.

Dates: Flexible, year round.
Cost: Prices start at $1450 for a two week program including accommodation and three meals daily, insurance, and full support.
Contact: Greenheart Travel, 712 N. Wells St 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60654.
Tel: 1.312.944.2544 or toll free 1.866.684.9675.
Email: info@greenhearttravel.org
Website: www.greenhearttravel.org

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How will you touch the world? Volunteer in India
REAL projects….REAL experience! Work side-by-side with NGOs to find innovative ways to confront development challenges in India – from education efforts to eradicate illiteracy and promote natural resource conservation to micro-business consulting to health campaigns to combat anemia, malnutrition, and HIV/AIDS. More information at www.myproworld.org/internships.htm.

Dates: Year round start dates; 2 – 26 week placements
Cost: Program fees include project work, housing, all meals, onsite transportation, language training, cultural/adventure activities, travel/health insurance, and 24-hour onsite staff support. Program fees can be found online at www.myproworld.org/costs/prices.htm. Scholarships and fundraising support available.
Contact: ProWorld Headquarters, ProWorld Service Corps, 1215 Taylor Avenue, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
Tel: 877.42WORLD (US & Canada), 870.750.7202 (UK & Europe)
Email: info@myproworld.org
Website: www.myproworld.org

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India Volunteer Program
Gap year and volunteer work in India is the most rewarding experience. Shake Hands, a volunteer program in India, offers various volunteer, gap year and summer projects starting at USD $375 for Teaching projects, Orphanage work, Child Care, Street Children Education, Women Empowerment, Sports volunteering, Summer programs, and Gap Year projects in the beautiful regions of Jaipur, Dharamshala, Rural Rajasthan, Delhi, Bangalore.

Dates: Choose from start dates year-round and lengths-of-stay from 2-12 weeks.
Costs: India Volunteer Program offers one of the most affordable Volunteer, Gap Year and Summer Program in India in this competitive and expensive time. Compared to many international and local agencies, our fees are substantially lower. But we are committed to providing excellent, quality volunteer and gap year projects that efficiently use the fees we receive. The program cost starts from USD $375 for 2 week duration.
Email: info@volunteersindia.org
Website: www.volunteersindia.org

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Projects Abroad in India
Live and work in exciting India. Projects start year-round and last from two weeks to a year. Opportunities exist in teaching, care, sports, conservation and community, medicine, journalism and veterinary medicine. Programs are for ages 16+.

Dates: Start any day you choose.
Cost: From $1,795.
Contact: Projects Abroad, 347 West 36th Street, Suite 903, New York NY 10018.
Tel: US Toll-free 1 888 839 3535.
Email: info@projects-abroad.org
Website: www.projects-abroad.org

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Disadvantaged Children India
Indian children born into poverty find themselves open to a variety of ills such as malnutrition, illiteracy, abuse and neglect. Rag-picking children and child labourers aren’t met with a wealth of opportunities, if any. You will help to boost their basic chance in life; aiding their education, health care and providing warmth and attention, something that many have failed to ever receive. You will provide quality child care in the slums with a special focus on female children, you will also be able to offer the value of your language, teaching and assisting in schools that lack facilities.

Dates: From £725
Contact: Teach Children in India

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Community Work in Bangalore, India
Have you got people skills?

You could put your talents to great use around the colorful city of Bangalore, India by assisting on one of a number of community projects- working in schools that help underprivileged, severely handicapped and deaf children. You’ll get to soak up the sun as well as world-famous sights including the magnificent Vidhana Soudha building (home to the Legislative Chambers of the state government) in the budding Cubbon Park, whilst using your talents to support the project through befriending, counseling, education and healthcare assistance.

Dates: Please visit to the site for further information.
Cost: USD 1295.00 for 2 weeks, USD 220.00 for every week thereafter.
Contact: i-to-i, 8 Essex Center Drive, Peabody, MA 01960. Tel.: 800 985 4852. Email: sales@i-to-i.com.
Website: www.i-to-i.com

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	iSPiiCE — Bringing Education to Rural India iSPiiCE takes you to the very heart of India to take part in sustainable and insightful projects in education and care, giving you the chance utilise your skills and talents to help rural Indian communities in need. International teams of volunteers work together to help marginalised communities gain a better standard of education and care for their children and to address women’s empowerment issues. Discover India’s geographical splendour with iSPiiCE on our all inclusive weekend excursions to the Taj Mahal (one of the eight wonders of the World), the Golden Temple and a spectacular trek in the Himalayas. Visit our website today and take the first step towards the rewarding journey of becoming an iSPiiCE volunteer, immersing yourself in Indian culture, making new friendships and seeing first-hand the benefits of your service to the local community.
Dates: Year round Cost: Affordable prices starting at only $490 for 2 weeks and an additional $150 per week Contact: iSPiiCE Volunteer Programs, Ward No 6, Maszid Gali, Main Bazar Palampur , Distt kangra, 176061, Himachal Pradesh, India Tel.: +91-98054-01998 Email: info@ispiice.com Website: www.ispiice.com
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AidCamps International
Volunteer in India
These two AidCamps will rebuild a primary school at Pettai in Tamil Nadu set up for and attended by children of low caste dalits ("untouchables") such as gypsies, lepers, and snake catchers.

Build India
Volunteer in a Tsunami Rehabilitation Workcamp
Days after the tsunami BUILD sent an immediate response team to the affected area to assist with the relief effort, distributing food and medicine and constructing temporary shelters. The organization has since established a work base in the area and is committed to the long-term rehabilitation of effected villages. BUILD is now looking for motivated and enthusiastic international volunteers to assist with their ongoing work.

CECOWOR - Centre for Coordination of Voluntary Works and Research
Volunteer Projects in India
A variety of volunteer projects which include teaching, advocacy, self-help groups for women, health education, environmental issues. See the website for more details.

Cosmic Volunteers
Our programs in India include teaching English, orphanages, healthcare, and working with street children. Volunteer locations include Mumbai, Chennai, and Bangalore. This is a unique opportunity to learn about and contribute to communities in India in a meaningful way.

Experiential Learning International
Volunteer in India: Orphanages, with Women's Empowerment, Teaching, and More
No country has greater contrast between the old and the new than India, a country of high-tech and oxcarts, saris and bluejeans. Get to know this amazing country while helping out those in need. We offer placements in the southern region of the country, with its distinct culture and cuisine.

Indian Institute for Rural Development
The opportunities for Volunteers at IIRD are flexible and open. Past volunteers have been involved in various programs, such as technical guidance on water management, managing a World Bank-sponsored poverty alleviation initiative, expanding slum education, establishing food processing centers for small businesses, linking NGOs with community fairs, documentation of our projects, management of website, etc...

Global Choices
Volunteer in India
This program will give you a chance to make an important contribution to the Indian society, while gaining knowledge about the country and its culture. Volunteering will provide you with new friends, new skills, the opportunity to explore a new country and culture, learn a language and have a rewarding travel experience which can often be life changing. A typical volunteer at Global Choices gets the opportunity to experience and participate in the rich and diverse cultures and traditions of India. Voluntary workers need to possess basic English language skills and motivation to contribute to the society.

Global Humanitarian Expeditions
Volunteer in Ladakh!
Be part of a pioneer humanitarian project in Ladakh, in Northern India! You don't have to be a dental professional to volunteer. Working in partnership with the Lions Club, volunteers will set up a mobile dental clinic and provide first time care to needy children in the Ladakh Valley of the Indian Himalayas. Outside the clinic, volunteers have the chance to get to know the local people and take in rural life in the countryside.

Himalayan Education Lifeline Programme (HELP)
HELP supports impoverished schools in the Himalayas with both financial and volunteer resources.

Indian Institute for Rural Development: Volunteer Teachers
Teaching English in Jaipur, Rajasthan the cultural heart of India! The Indian Institute of Rural Development (IIRD) is looking for Volunteers teaching English at their 22 Janshala Slum Schools. Janshala Slum Schools are a community-based approach to give primary education to 6 to 14 year old children of the poorest area of Jaipur. School-hours are between 8.00 and 12.30. The number of lessons per day - varying between 2 and 5- is open to you. If you are interested you could also work on some other projects of IIRD during the afternoon. IIRD is working in the field of Education, Economic Development, Natural Resource Management and Health & Sanitation. You should be motivated, confident, independent and willing to spend your time to help some of the most underprivileged children of our society. You should stay at least 1 month while around 3-5 months would be best.

International Cultural Adventures
The Cultural Immersion Experience in the Majestic Himalaya of Sikkim, India
A comprehensive program in India offering participants a uniquely intimate and profound intercultural experience through home stays, cultural seminars, language training, educational excursions, village visits, adventure trekking, community service, and more. The program is for you if you feel motivated to gain a deeper understanding of a very different culture – and of yourself! – by living as a member of a local family, participating in experiential learning activities, and actively engaging with the local culture through community service.

Joining Hands
Volunteering in India
Joining Hands facilitates placement of volunteers among over 25 partner-NGO’s which work at the grassroots level with diverse communities on varied social issues (education, health care, income generation, environment). The duration of the programs is flexible, depending on the availability of the volunteer and the NGO's need. A volunteer can start year-round. Locations: Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Karmayog
Volunteers, Mentors for NGOs and Nonprofits Needed
A free site to enable individuals and corporates to give their time, talent, money and resources by volunteering, mentoring, giving materials, providing services (free or at reduced costs) to Mumbai-based NGOs, nonprofits, charities, etc.

Learning from Ladakh
Formerly called the Ladakh Farm Project. Participants are placed on a Ladakhi farm with a Ladakhi family for one month in the summer to help with farm and household work and to take part in family life. Educational workshops included.

Mandore Guest House
Rural Village, School Teaching and Volunteer Work in Rajasthan
Teaching English in a classroom. No special skills are required, as you will be teaching small children basic English or mathematics or improving their general knowledge through your own skills. While teaching, you can also help to improve the English skills within the local communities. This helps in many ways and at the same time it is an authentic way to learn Hindi. Other projects include volunteer work in community and environmental development.

Marwar Medical and Relief Society and Mandore Guest House
Rural Homestay and Volunteer Programs That Benefit Local People
Volunteers are actively involved with and support projects that are secular and have an education-related component to them in addition to health care, environmental projects, socio-economic aspects and women's issues. We believe that tourism should be about interacting with other cultures, not exploiting them. This could mean more working and travelling with local people on public buses rather than looking at them through the window of a private tour bus. We bring people together from different regions, states, countries, cultural heritage, social and political backgrounds. We do have a priority and positive role in preserving and protecting our cultural and natural resources which also meets the need for ecologically sensitive travel.

Mondo Challenge
Volunteer in India
Teaching/Business Development/Medical. Our teaching programme in India focuses on Primary school education in rural villages in the Himalayan foothills. These projects are located both in the Darjeeling region and in the majestic landscape of Ladakh.

One! International
Canadian-affiliated charity working with street children in Mumbai (Bombay). Volunteers teach basic hygiene and English, organize meals, sports, and music, etc.

Peace Child India/Arivu
Volunteer Teaching English
Our interns generally work in 1 or 2 local government schools teaching English to the schoolchildren. We have numerous resources at our office for interns to use in their teachings, but we also encourage our interns to use their own creativity when planning lessons for their students. We are looking for enthusiastic, hard-working volunteers who are interested in helping others while experiencing life in India.
Volunteer with First Aid, Health & Nutrition, Hygiene Programs and Workshops
This program is designed for long-term (3-6 months) interns who are interested in First Aid, Health, and Hygiene. Our interns design workshops and skits to teach government-school children the basics of proper health and hygiene and to add to our resource files at the office for future interns.
Volunteer at a Government Children's Home
The Government Children's Home is a home for children in difficulty. Our interns spend time with the children teaching English and Maths as well as playing games and teaching arts & crafts.

people and places
Volunteer with Education Development in India
people and places offers a service of integrity to thinking people – people who want to use their skills and experience to make a real difference and know exactly where and how their money is spent. This project has two symbiotic goals – to increase the capacity of the school, thus improving local education and teaching skills, and to conserve and revive the Nila River, allowing it to support and sustain future generations.

Responsenet
Volunteer in India
An organization which offers a variety of volunteer opportunities in India, ranging from health care, computer literacy, microfinance, childcare, education, and self-help projects. Please see the Volunteering opportunities on their website for more details.

Skake Hands
India Volunteer Program
Volunteering in India is the most rewarding experience. Shake Hands' India Volunteer Program offer various volunteer opportunities in India for Teaching and Environment, Orphanage, Child Care, Street Children Education, Women Empowerment, Sports and other community project inJaipur, Dharamshala, Rural Rajasthan, Delhi and Bangalore locations of India.

SMILE Society
International Volunteer Programs in India
SMILE (member of CCIVS, UNESCO) , a registered NGO from India, welcomes international students and seniors to participate in our short- to long-term projects for the street and poor children in India. Your valuable participation can change many needy children's lives. Groups and individuals are welcome to take part in our projects with a nominal program cost which will cover your food and shared accommodations. Cost: US$100 / week for a minimum of four weeks.

Vijnana Kala Vedi Cultural Centre
Learn Indian Arts/languages and Teach English
The Vijnana Kala Vedi Centre- India welcomes Artists, Students, Researchers and even Cultural enthusiasts or Off beat Tourists to Experience Indian Culture through the learning of Indian Arts, Crafts and Languages and also by Teaching English.

Volunteer Visions
Affordable Volunteer Programs in India
Volunteer Visions was founded with a simple idea in mind; that volunteering should be affordable and available to everyone. We offer affordable programs in community development, environmental conservation, building homes and teaching English. Packages start at $550 and includes food, accommodation, arrival pick-up, pre-departure information, orientation and 24/7 emergency support. Whatever your motive for volunteering may be, we can help you find a placement that suits your needs.

Yearoutindia
Reach and Teach: English and Arts Teachers Needed in South India
Are you adventurous? Enthusiastic? Resourceful? Flexible? Patient? Can you teach? and do you have a big heart? If you have any or all of these and want to work on "REAL" teaching projects, then...Yearoutindia is URGENTLY looking for enthusiastic individuals with an interest in teaching and art to live and teach at our partner schools set high up in the beautiful Western Ghat mountain ranges in South India. www.yearoutindia.com/village_school.htm.
Sports Camp Teacher / PE Teaching / Sports Coach in South India
Yearoutindia is looking for enthusiastic individuals with a flair for sports to come, live and teach/coach at our partner schools set in the Western Ghat mountain ranges in South India. These sports camps are an ideal opportunity for any sports enthusiasts to be a resident sports coach/teacher at a hill station school set high up in the western ghat mountain ranges for 4/6/8 weeks. Even if you've never formally taught/coached before, you can assist the local sports teachers in their day to day work at the school. www.yearoutindia.com/village_school.htm.