WORKING WITH ELDERLY PEOPLE | VINWC24-23 | 2024-09-11 - 2024-09-22 | MANU,ELDE,CULT | Age: 18 - 28

To provide comprehensive support to elderly individuals in their day-to-day activities, including healthmanagement, personal hygiene, and household cleaning, with the aim of enhancing their overall wellbeing, happiness, and comfort in daily living.To promote friendship, understanding, and solidarity among local young volunteers and cross-nationalvolunteers.To provide an opportunity to understand and appreciate the Nepalese culture and traditions via culturalimmersion.

Work: Based on your experience, you will engage in a variety of activities to supportelderly individuals. This includes assisting nurses in caring for sick elderly individuals, conductinghealth checks, and administering first aid when needed. Additionally, you will serve as a caretaker,ensuring the well-being and comfort of elderly residents. Your responsibilities will also involveassisting with food preparation and maintaining sanitation standards. Furthermore, you will organizesocial and recreational activities to promote social engagement and overall happiness among the elderlyresidents. Moreover, you will coordinate tasks such as cleaning and potentially farming activities tomaintain a conducive and sustainable living environment for the elderly home

Accomodation and food: The volunteers will stay in Kathmandu for two nights until orientation. VIN covers two nightsU? 1/2 accommodation on sharing basis and simple Nepali-style food. Then they will be with the host family/hostel identified by VIN in Okhaldhunga. The living facilities are simple and basic. Male and female Volunteers will share the same living area with separate rooms. There will be 2-4 people in one room. Volunteers are required to sleep on simple beds. Please bring your sleeping bag.

Location: KATHMANDUNEPAL

Location and Leisure: : Lapsephedi is situated northeast of Kathmandu. Nestled amidst the serene foothillsof the Himalayas, this area offer a picturesque landscape characterized by lush greenery,terraced fields, and breathtaking mountain vistas. Located at an approximate distance of 30kilometers from Kathmandu, the journey to Lapsephedi unfolds along winding roads thattraverse through quaint villages and verdant forests.

Airport: KTM

Train/Bus station: Kathmandu

Requirements: Basic English should be spoken among the participants and children Application for Placement Booking Volunteers must apply to our partner organizations in their own country. Attach your updated resume / curriculum vitae (CV) with two referee contact details (referees can be for your work/university/family); Await confirmation from VIN for acceptance. You will have to produce a photocopy of your passport and of your visa as well as a passport photo. English is spoken among the participants.

VIN staff will pick up each volunteer from the airport. The volunteers are requested to send their flight details to VIN on time so that we can send our staff with your name card and VINU? 1/2s Logo. If you want to come earlier and explore the country more, you may find pre-paid taxi at the airport, or VIN may help you with that. Airport: Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu

Language: eng,eng

Extra Fee: 200 EUR

The participation fee is 200 Euros (50 Euro for transportation), which is to be paid on arrival at VIN Office.