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Youth Development Capacity Training Programme
Date: 17-21 July 2011
21 July 2011 Nawalparasi,
Youth Capacity Development Training programme was successfully completed on 21st July 2011.
The five days of training had the objective of empowering youth on community development and climate change adaptation, jointly organized by Volunteer Aid Nepal and Jagriti Child and Youth Nepal.Training involved: power, youth policy, advocacy, leadership development, climate change, motivation and empowerment.
Opening of the training was done by Deepak Sharma at 10am on 17th July and a short speech on motivation was conducted by VDC secretary, Rajendra Prasad Devkota.
Training was done by Tilottam Paudel and Vidya Sagar Pandey and as a facilitator and Wasma Accram as a co- facilitator, she is the citizen of Kenya. It involved a total of 20 participants all in between the age group of 15 to 25.
Main Expectations of the participants were: how will the training help them? How will they be motivated? and about how to develop the youth in the there community, as well as factors affecting climate change.
The training methods were mind mapping, world café, action, planning action learning, and social styles. Tools used were SMART, ORID and SWOT
Participants did presentations on Mind mapping, action planning, social map and challenge model. In between each training method the participants would show there talents by presenting poems singing songs and dancing .Games were played by the participants for better interaction and to break the ice amongst each other.
The youths made an action plan according to their vision and how to better the youth and develop the community.
To create awareness in the environment the youth did a practical project by planting around 100 trees and make the garden around the training vicinity and on the occasion of International youth year 2011.
The closing date of the training was on 21st July 2011, done by Tilottam Paudel. Certificates were presented to the participants. Evaluation done by the participants showed that by the end of the five day training programme they learned how to use local resources in the community, be creative , motivated and were more inspired to better there community and educate more youth.
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Vickey’s Experience on Children’s home in Kathmandu
I volunteered for 4 weeks in a children’s home in Kathmandu, and what an amazing experience it was. I lived in the orphanage with the children and I think this is an excellent way to get to know the children and provide support as though you are a big brother/sister. It also gives you the opportunity to experience the real Nepal, the orphanage became my home from home and whenever I went out for the day I was always greeted with a warm welcome on my return.
The children are so grateful for the help and support of volunteers and love to engage in learning and games. I found it was such a worthwhile way to spend my time in between travelling in Nepal. The children benefit so much from having a mentor, practicing their English and having that extra help with their homework. A volunteer can bring new skills, education and ideas to the children’s home that have a massive impact on the orphaned children of Nepal and will help towards the development of the country.
It was an experience that I will not forget, not only did I have the opportunity to have an impact on many Children’s lives but I also learnt many things about myself. I will definitely be coming back to visit the orphanage next time I am in Asia!- Vicky Neale, UK
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Buddhist Monks
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training course on Facilitating Teaching Methods (FTM) for teaching volunteers
Facilitation methods create the better learning and doing environment to ensure the maximum participation and lifelong learning. As teaching touch the future like nothing else, we believe the role of the teacher must facilitate the learning and personal development. So, we are here with training on Facilitative Teaching Methods.
Facilitative Teaching Methods focuses on the role of the teacher as a facilitator to level up the engagement of pupils in learning. We believes that such ground-up initiatives will engage students and cater to their learning needs better.
Facilitation Methods are also known as participatory methods which are highly effective in the sector of development. Now, it is necessary to adopt these methods in the sector of education so that learners engage better and their learning can sustain for long time. It also helps learners to be a creative and innovative.The Facilitative Teaching Methods help to understand and know how to manage groups of students to produce high levels of involvement which promote the sustainable learning and development of students. The one day long training on Facilitative Teaching Methods includes Mind Mapping, Six Thinking Hats, Simon Dialogue, ORID, World Cafe, Action Learning and Social Style which are internationally recognized.
This training course is specially designed for International Volunteers who are going to join our educational volunteer programs such as Teaching Aid, Youth Development, Teaching at Buddhist Monastery and Orphanage Aid programs. The cost for the one day long training is US$50/person. Please contact us at info@volunteeraidnepal.org for more information.
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Internship program in Nepal
If you are a student seeking academic credit, or simply want to add an international internship to your resume, Internship Program is a meaningful and exciting option. You’ll work side-by-side with local people and experience another culture like never before. You’ll have learning opportunities that offer a deeper perspective of the culture, and the global and local issues that impact it.
Internship programs are highly organized, offering benefits beyond just professional development. An internship in Nepal presents a wonderful opportunity to be immersed within amazing culture while simultaneously work in your area of interest. The internship experience in Nepal supplies a number of hands-on experiences while also offering glimpses into the issues affecting developing countries. This Nepalese International internship is a unique opportunity to truly witness Nepal’s cultural, natural beauty and people- all of which cannot be experienced through simple travel.
Student can join to have internship experience on following volunteer programs of Volunteer Aid Nepal
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World Environment Day, June 5, 2011
We are pleased to inform you that “Signature Collection Campaign for Environment Protection” has been successfully ended. We have received very good response from the public and able to collect about ten thousand (10000) signatures successfully. We are so proud to get a huge support from the people of various backgrounds i.e. occupations, ages, religions and nationalities. It encourages a lot to work further for the better environment. We appreciate the enthusiasm shown by people especially younger ones spontaneously.
We are thankful to Himalayan television for the media coverage and grateful to Former tourism minister Pradeep Gyawali for providing us his valuable time and supporting us by signing for this campaign.We are encouraged enough to create pressure to Government for the proper implementation of available environment related policies that was our target.
Volunteer Aid Nepal and CMDRR Forum Members
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Development Aid Program: Community School Compound wall construction project
School Compound wall construction project in Kaski, Nepal
Development Aid Program
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Why social Inclusion ?
Recognizing and Valuing Diversity and Disadvantaged people
Social Equality and Justice
Addressing Different needs
Conflict Resolution and Peace building
People’s Participation from grass root level to top levels
Nation of All and Nation for All
Empowerment of disadvantaged people
Re-Construction of Society
Right, Ownership, Opportunities and Responsibilities
Equal distribution resources and power
Unite people and their diversity
Political Representation
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The values that underpin inclusive civic participation in developing communities
Everyone Can Learn – As human beings we all grow and change and make mistakes: and we are all capable of learning.
Everyone Needs Support – Sometimes some of us need more support than others.
Everyone Can Communicate – Not using words doesn’t mean we don’t have anything to say.
Everyone Can Contribute – We need to recognise, encourage and value each person’s contributions – including our own.
Together We Are Better – We are not dreaming of a world where everyone is like us – difference is our most important renewable resource. -
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Office administration, project planning / grant writing volunteer position
Be a grant writing volunteer to help organization to develop new project proposals.You will be able to make a difference in the lives of locals through your writing and fundraising skills.
Grant writing or project proposal writing is a systamic and globally recognized way of getting projects funded. As a grant writing and fundraising volunteer, you will develop new project proposals on development needs of communities. Anyone who are interested on project planning, project proposal writing and fundraising are welcome. However, volunteer with experience writing, working for non-profits organizations, volunteering, and working abroad are highly preferred. Volunteer will develop new project proposal to submit donor organizations. Volunteer will also research grant opportunities, write and submit grant proposals, and build relationships with potential funding sources.
The grant writer will seek funding for following new programs.
• Development of sustainable infrastructure and facilities to enlarge the access of local people on quality education, clean drinking water, sanitation, reliable health services and socio-economic opportunities
• Building capacity and skills of locals including youth, women and children through training, education, facilitation, counselling and development activities for the promotion of integrated approach to participatory and sustainable development.
• Development of communities focusing on sustainable agricultural development, food security, Climate Change adaptation, poverty reduction, Child education, women empowerment, Social justice, youth development and environmental conservation
• Promotion of sustainable and participatory development from local to international levels through publication, workshop, seminar, research, lobbing, campaign and network building.
• Promotion of volunteerism from local to international levels through publication, workshop, volunteer exchange, seminar, research, lobbing, campaign and network building
• Delivering humanitarian aid service and relief to people and communityOther work may include developing online fundraising campaign, establishing relation with donor organization and individuals, wriging project proposals for local CBOs and NGOs, writing ‘case for support’ etc.
Eligibility and Skills Required
Excellent writing skills in English
Online research skills
An understanding of need based development issues
Volunteers need to be independent, enthusiastic and adaptable, hard-working with an open-minded attitude.
International volunteers are welcomeThe position includes 2 days long program induction, short field visit (if needed), project proposal writing and creating online fundraising campaign. Organization is flexible on program start date and volunteering duration ( from 2 weeks to 3 months ). You will be working in Kathmandu office of Volunteer Aid Nepal located in Nayabazar ( Closed to Thamel ). You are required to cover your travel, living ( Organization arrange your accommodation in budget hotel or host family), eating and personal expenses by yourself.
Registration fee: US$ 135
Volunteer Position is available. apply now ! http://volunteeraidnepal.org/apply/
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Meeting with the Honorable Education Minister ( Mr. Ganga Lal Tuladhar ) of Nepal – an effective advocacy meeting
On 17th April 2011 Concern Universal-Bangladesh, together with the six representatives from two Nepali local partner NGOs (Jagriti Child and Youth Concern Nepal and Volunteer Aid Nepal) met with Mr. Ganga Lal Tuladhar, the Education Minister of Nepal.
It was an effective and fruitful advocacy meeting with top level policy maker of Nepal on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change. We proposed to the Education Minister to incorporate DRR and Climate Change issues into children education curriculum. The Minister informed us that he was a student of DRR and really wants to incorporate the DRR and Climate Change issues into their education curriculum. He suggested us to provide him with an appropriate guideline so that he can take initiatives. Local partner NGOs of Nepal are preparing the guideline under guidance of Concern Universal – Bangladesh to be submitted to the Ministry of Education of Nepal by the end of April 2011.
Tough the Education Minister mentioned that part of his academic is from DRR, he was very eager to learn from us about field realities. We informed him about the capacity building project on community managed disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. He was very interested and requested Cordaid and Concern Universal to continue these supports within the South Asia region because of location vulnerability due to climate change.Besides the above discussion, The Education Minister also agreed to provide regular supports to the Nepali local partners NGOs on education, DRR and Climate Change.
The meeting took place in the frame of the project “Capacity Strengthening on Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation”, funded by Cordaid (Netherlands) working with 67 local NGOs in Bangladesh, India (Assam, Meghalaya and West Bengal) and Nepal.
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