Education Aid
The Rural Education and Empowerment Program (REEP) of Volunteer Aid Nepal in Nepal is located rural area of Western Development Region of Nepal. We provide volunteer work in Nepal at grassroots level, helping local community organizations and School to achieve their goals in Nepal. Volunteers of Rural Empowerment Program (REEP) help local schools and Community Based Organization (CBO) by Teaching and working with community workers, teacher, students and villagers. The mail objective of the program is to empowering local people for community change and Human development. The focus groups of REEP project are
disadvantaged youth group, School Student, and other back warded Dalit, Janajati, women etc.
Rural Education and Empowerment Program- Location
- Placements are in areas with very basic facilities such as electricity, health, communication and transportation
- Volunteers placed in mixed-nationality and gender groups of 3-5
- Live and work in rural communities with the local school as a base
- Based in Rural area of Western Development Region of Nepal
- Volunteers live with Nepali families or in local school or community hostels
- Most placements have public telephone booths, mobile telephone service, basic health service and email services are available most of the Village Development Committee (VDC).
- The main source of the subsistence of the villagers is Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry.
The activities of volunteers on the Rural Education and Empowerment Program (REEP) include:
- Teaching formal and non-formal timetabled lessons in schools (Health, Environment, Volunteerism and English
- Publishing “Volunteer Post” Wall Newspaper Monthly including activities of Volunteer club, Volunteer events, School events, Local events, Environment issues, development issues, Social poems, Success stories etc
- Empowering and encouraging Student, Teacher, Parents and School Management Committee (SMC) and forming Student Club for keeping good environment of School
- Conducting extra-curricular activities involving non-formal education techniques, (e.g. drama and art, Poem writing and Games) to explore sensitive topics with Health, Volunteerism, Human right, Climate Change etc.
- Establishing links between the youth club, user group, Mother group, community Based Organization (CBO) the local health post and local medical personnel.
- Conducting exposure visits to health center and services for local Children and women.
- Assisting local youth club to organize outreach activities (e.g. dramas, art showing, poem writing) that raise awareness of HIV/AIDS, nutrition, Environment, sanitation, adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
- Linking one Community based organization with other community-based organizations and with local and district services
- Ensuring that activities involve Males as well as Females
- Ensuring that outreach health efforts involve school teachers, head-teachers, community based organizations, local government health officials, health practitioners and service providers
- Building the capacity of selected youth club members to lead as peer educators on health and Environment issues in future
- Sharing technical knowledge for Community development
- Promoting Volunteerism - Volunteerism is a natural and fundamental part of most societies. Volunteerism plays a role in capacity development by promoting peoples’ involvement in developing their own societies. It is a renewable and sustainable resource and, if encouraged and harnessed, volunteerism can play a significant role in development planning.
Program Requirements
- Volunteers for program must:
- Be 18 years or older
- Have no major health problems
- Be eligible to obtain a tourist visa to Nepal
- General knowledge of English Language
- Flexible, commitment and adjustable
Volunteer Aid Nepal welcomes your application for volunteering in Nepal. You may wish to offer to be an Active Volunteer . The application form is open for National and international Volunteers. You can also contact us at info@volunteeraidnepal.org or fill online Application form . Thank you.
