Holistic Community Development

location
1 - 15 weeks  ·  Age 18 - 50+

rating  Excellent 4.8  · 
  Verified by Volunteer World
  Very high response rate

Highlights

  • Live like a local in Nepal beautiful Village
  • Help the community with agriculture productions
  • Participate in the Festivals, experience the home stay and explore your horizon
  • Beautiful Day hiking around the area which offers worlds number one Trekking Trails including Annapurna Round
  • Support women and children on their way of life


Especially good for

Age 18+
Singles
Couples
Families
Groups

About the program

This program consist of multiple activities as working in Agriculture farm on holiday and teaching in local schools while experiencing the homestay.

General Information

Good Karma Foundation is an organization established to offer national and international citizens with an opportunity of volunteering in Nepal to bring some positive change in country. We are dedicated in offering you with safe and memorable volunteer experience where both the ...

About the program

General Information

Good Karma Foundation is an organization established to offer national and international citizens with an opportunity of volunteering in Nepal to bring some positive change in country. We are dedicated in offering you with safe and memorable volunteer experience where both the local communities and the volunteers learn from each other and establish a personal bond.

Good karma Foundation is open for people of every age group and profession so it does not matter if you are a student or if you are looking for volunteering in gap year or if you are pioneer in your profession.
As you might have already known, many parts of rural Nepal have been partially or completely devastated by the earthquakes of 25th April and 12th March. 

About the Program

By participating in our organization, you will get an opportunity of experiencing the rural life, take the taste of local dish while work hand in hand with local communities. As a volunteer in the village, your task vary from participating in light construction works like repairing houses to teaching in local school to cooking food for children. Upon your interest, you can also volunteer in eco farm where you will exchange your ideas on organic farming and adopt traditional farming method.

You will be greeted at Kathmandu Airport. The trip involves trekking through the rustic path that allows views of incredible Himalayas. After receiving, volunteer is given a day tour to know the highlights of the city. After spending the day in kathmandu and having orientation of the program now volunteer is ready to travel to the local village of his choice.

The volunteers will teach in a community run schools in school days (Sunday to Friday) for 3-4 hours and help the host family in evenings and off days if they want . The volunteers are expected to be a source of inspiration, a agent of social change and a also cultural exchange agent to take good nepali practices home and teach good practices to nepali children. Volunteering we regard as  a both way traffic.

We would like to assure you that you will never have to do the work that does not interest you. We will offer you with tailored volunteer program to meet your needs.

Volunteers can bring some gifts to children or host family from home if they would like. Don't forget to say Namaste to every one you meet in Nepal which opens the good door or communication.

This program tries to give students of mountain village room to improve their speaking english skills through cultural exchange.

The volunteers will be always safe and in good supervision of organization staffs. The proper host families are selected to ensure the volunteer feels home atmosphere while in homestay.

The program location is rural villages of lamjung district like Khudi, Siurung, Bhusme, Manjang etc, After the volunteer sends an application, we will provide profile of each village where need is most. The location is starting point of Annapurna ircuit which is 200Km far from Kathmandu, roughly 5 hours drive distance.

The volunteers can join this program all round the year and it is more special to be part of this program from August to November because major hindu festivals fall in this period of the year.



Typical day

A typical day of volunteer is divided in three part, morning , day and  afternoon before going to bed . 

Early morning Volunteers wake up with a warm Nepali Tea from the host family offered to them . after this volunteers take time to clean and baths, they will have breakfast before going to work ...

Typical day

A typical day of volunteer is divided in three part, morning , day and  afternoon before going to bed . 

Early morning Volunteers wake up with a warm Nepali Tea from the host family offered to them . after this volunteers take time to clean and baths, they will have breakfast before going to work in agricultural works , most of the agriculture work are harvesting the vegetables. 

After this volunteer return to home from morning work of hour or more . Now host family offers the Lunch at  9 am . 

After having Lunch Volunteer goes to school for a day teaching , there will be 4-6 periods given to volunteers , between the school time of 10 am to 4 pm volunter will be feed the light lunch tea biscuits , bread betean rice etc .  Regarding subjest volunteer can teach English, Maths , science , or painting ,  footballs games etc ,  after finishing the school volunteers join the home  where he resides and enjoy the cooking foods with family and walking around village , play with kids etc before going to bed . 


Free-time activities

 Early in the morning Volunteer can walk a little morning walk , in the  evening again can make some walk around , play with childrens in village , beside that in the weekend local host will help volunteers by providing guide to walk around some mountain villages, fishing etc  every weekend there ...

Free-time activities

 Early in the morning Volunteer can walk a little morning walk , in the  evening again can make some walk around , play with childrens in village , beside that in the weekend local host will help volunteers by providing guide to walk around some mountain villages, fishing etc  every weekend there will be some things ready to do . mostly the area lies in the starting  point of great annapurna circuit trek so there are many nice villages and trails for day hiking which will be nice option for volunteers for the weekend activities,


Requirements

Requirements

Minimum Age: 18 years

In order to join the program you need to be at least 18 years old on the program start date. There might be exemptions if you can provide the permission of your legal guardian(s) or if your are accompanied by your parents.

Language Skills

You need to speak English (basic level)

Education Requirements

English , science , Maths , social etc at High School level

Nationality Restrictions

No restrictions. Helping hands from all over the world are welcome.

Time Commitment

Your helping hand will be required on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday

What's Included

What's Included

Services by Good Karma Foundation Nepal

Our Services to Volunteers are as follows:
  • Responce to Email & providing the enough information while booking
  • Pre- departure Information: Information on booking flight ticket, getting visa, Airport procedure, what to bring etc.
  • Land Transportation:  (airport Pick up 10 USD & Transport to project area 10 USD extra)
  • Accommodations: ( USD 5 Per Night directly payable to host family is extra and not included in the cost)
  • Program Induction: Program orientation etc. 
  • Meals: Three times meals Breakfast , Lunch and Dinner all inclusive from arrival to the end of the programme.
  • 24 hours availability of Good karma foundation for emergency support
  • Contribution to projects and host family
  • Support for ongoing community development projects;
  • Assistance to extent your visa
  • All administration cost
  • Helping with Tour Trek if you want
  • arrangement of Connecting faster Ambulance services or Helicopter Rescue in case of Sick ( to be paid b volunteer themselves later)

Airport Pickup at Tribhuvan International Airport

We do provide the airport pick up to volunteers with extra cost .

Accommodation

Accommodations for volunteers will be Nepalese village standard house offering a bathrooms and clean toilet  .  a standard blankets and mattress will be provided . 

Food & Beverages

Three times food will be provided as per the Nepali standard.

The food will be organic and freshly prepared. expect lots of rice, lentils and curry as it is major diet of nepali people.

There are food options to vegetarians, gluten free choosers and people with special requirements or allergies to certain food.

Internet Access

Limited access at the project site

What's NOT included?

What's NOT included?

Flight Tickets

The nearest airport is Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) in Kathmandu. We assist you to find cheap flights to Nepal. FIND CHEAP FLIGHTS

Travel Insurance

Going abroad is an adventure and it is always best to be prepared. Sudden illness or injury, cancellation or theft - a travel insurance for Nepal provides security and is a plus to have. GET A QUOTE

Vaccines

If you are intending to volunteer in Nepal you should seek medical advice before starting your social journey. Check your required vaccinations for Nepal. VACCINE CHECKER

Details on arrival

Volunteers can arrive any time of the year to participate in this program. 

Availability
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Program fees

1 week (min. stay) 75€
5 weeks 373€
7 weeks 522€
9 weeks 671€
15 weeks (max. stay) 1,118€
Average fees 75€/week

Program fees

75€ per week 1 - 15 weeks Age 18 - 50+

Payment methods

Visa Master Card Maestro American Express PayPal

NO CREDIT CARD FEES


Duration

1 - 15 weeks

Deposit

The deposit is simply to reserve your volunteer placement. Payments are handled by PayPal, our trusted global payment provider. If you don't have a PayPal account, you can also pay using a credit card.


Final Payment

Your final payment will be agreed with Good Karma Foundation Nepal during the application process. Common solutions are either via bank transfer or a cash payment at the project site.


Meet your organization

Good Karma Foundation Nepal

Excellent 4.8 rating (37 reviews)

Non-profit - founded in 2016

Verified by Volunteer World

  Very high response rate

Coordinated by

Nabraj

Spoken languages: English

About the project

Good karma foundation was founded after the Nepal Earthquake of April 2015, the biggest disaster of our history. The Foundation helps to rebuild and empower locals .

Meet your organization

Good Karma Foundation Nepal

Our background

The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed 8,962 people in Nepal and injured 21,952 more. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on Saturday 25 April 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8M  .

Just after the deadly earthquake  another humanitarian crisis invaded this  beautiful country Nepal which is known as  The 2015 Nepal blockade, which began on 23 September 2015 and lasted about six months,

Earthquake   pushed the country in hard time and the  the Blockade even made the things worst .  This was an economic and humanitarian crisis that severely affected Nepal and its economy in 2015 .

It was the time when country need to work on construction having enough supply but  after the 2015 Nepal blockade came Nearly all sectors of the economy have taken a severe hit, from tourism to transport to domestic factories to agriculture. Nepal faced a hard time once again in the history .  the series of incident like Earthquake and blockade for the landlocked country made the Nepal weaker  and life of the peoples tougher .

Nabraj Ghimire  also known as Raj came in  a thought to start an organization that he can work to help the needy peoples in his country under the name Good karma Foundation , which officially get registered in Kathmandu Nepal company of register office at 24 April 2016 nearly after a year of the date of Gorkha Earthquake formally .  The organization started welcoming the foreign volunteers to support Nepal  education , construction of school buildings and housing for the under previlaged peoples of Nepal .   Foundation grew quickly as a some of the  leading volunteer  organization in Nepal   offering the  programmes able to the perfect platform for all those to see the world, meet like-minded people and engage in meaningful volunteer work  in life bringing happiness in peoples  life in its country. 

For an example A British Volunteer Sonja from UK in her 70s came Nepal and taught the children's in the mountain village of Nepal which added a brick in the foundation  start up .  she also later publish her book titles  'Siurung Nepal' and is available in amazon for he volunteers to read the volunteer diary who spend in Nepal in post earthquake as a  teaching volunteer .

While the foundation  got registered Raj & his team , worked on construction of the houses to needy peoples , sending volunteers to various part of the country. his contributions to support the local schools in Annapurna region of Lamjung is highly important .

Now Good Karma foundation stands as an organization in Nepal to support the volunteers  and make the high use of them.  we have now programmes from Mountain village Teacher to a medical assistance in city hospitals , Powering the public schools in Kathmandu , Teaching to monks and nuns an English based in Kathmandu, holistic community development , organic agriculture worker , seasonal rice planting and honey hunting festival,  and some trips combined with Teaching and trekking to Everest Base camp or doing farm works and Annapurna base camp trek.  

Good Karma  foundation is also the first organization who recently lunched the Teaching programme in Bhutan . Now this can help the volunteers to travel there for a reason .  volunteers can be a climate ambassador in the Everest Region and work in a vulnerable snow Leopard research trip in Annapurna's . We are covering the whole Himalayan areas of Nepal in our programme as much as possible for the volunteers  to be in a different place and programme as per their choice.

Foundation do have multiple programmes ranges form city to corner of the mountains giving as much as choice to volunteers and so as the price . if you want to spend a long time spending less we have carefully brought the programme like Holistic community development  & Support Organic Agriculture .  We work extremely hard to ensure that our opportunities are affordable for everyone who wants to make a difference. 

Good Karma Foundation is based in Kathmandu Nepal , a professional Team is there to support you from the 1st email inquiry to welcoming you  in Kathmandu airport and entire support while you are in Nepal and until the last farewell in Kathmandu airport before flying back home. in Good karma volunteers come an an stranger and go as a family . we are drive by the saying “Atithi Devo Bhava” meaning “Guest is God”

Now  Good Karma foundation stands as a volunteer world reliable local partner in Nepal welcoming hundreds of volunteers in its various programmes. 

Some important reasons to work with Good Karma Foundation Nepal

FOUNDATIONS  SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Foundation is supporting some needy schools food programme and sponsoring girls education in remote corner of the country in Lamjung District.  we are helping the under privilege children's with stationary ,dress , bags and many more as part of our social responsibility  in our project areas .

RUN BY LOCALS & FOR LOCALS

Good karma foundation is run by fully local Nepalese peoples and while working with  us you will be supporting the Nepal & Neplese.

We work with local communities in the developing world towards long-term sustainable goals. We know there is no better way to travel and make a positive impact on the world then giving time for some one  .

AFFORDABLE & TRANSPARENT FEES

Since we are registered as an non profit organization we are able to keep our fees less for the  volunteers . As keeping the cost of modern Nepal daily expenses  have brought a best offer to our volunteers . our fees goes to local community & host family as well , 

All TIME  SUPPORT

From beginning to end we are there with you in the programem form a first email to pack list , to how to obtain a visa, to local language guides. orientation and some cultural exploration , airport pick up , project area transfer ,  24/7 being in touch and  be there in need either if its just solving your query via phone or helping you in other way .

REPUTED SISTER CONCERN

Good Karma Trekking established in 2010 is the main financial supporter for the foundation  which contribute a 5 percent of the profit to the foundation on social works and social responsibility . you can also rely on this company for a beautiful Himalayan country like Nepal Tibet and Bhutan Trekking and tour experience.

SUPPORT FOR TOUR AND TREKS,

if Volunteers want to do  tour and treks around Nepal , Tibet, Bhutan India , Good karma Trekking Pvt Ltd the sister concern and the main financial contributor for the foundation can support  our volunteers travel packages in reasonable  offer .

COOKING COURSES AND LOCAL CULTURAL EXPERIENCE

We conduct the local cuisine making classes either its tasty MOMO or a Nepali  Famous Dal Bhat . that you will learn once and use it in your life .  you don't only eat the local foods but also learn how to make it .

HELPING TO EXPLORE THE LOCALITY

Either its just a monastery visit to see the monk debate or visit to some local market of Ashan  or a  free Jamacho Nagarjun hike our team is always there for you to every time show the local things  in weekend of some time when you have free times.

VISION OF THE ORGANIZATION

A rural Nepal with better living conditions.

MISSION OF THE ORGANIATION

Effective use of volunteer with expertise in health and education to improve the social conditions in rural Nepal.

ORGANIZATION lOCATION :  Good Karma Foundation,  Ropeway Sadak ,Banasthali 15, Kathmandu Nepal 

CONTACT PERSON : Mr Nabraj Ghimire & Mrs Akankshya Ghimire 


37 reviews · rating4.8

Pierre Midoux rating5

2023 at Holistic Community Development

Je suis resté 10 semaines au Népal dont 6 dans le village de Siurung pour enseigner l'anglais à plusieurs classes. Je suis resté les 10 premiers jours à Katmandou chez Nabraj avec qui j'ai tissé une amitié forte ! Il m'a fait visité les principaux lieux de la ville et nous sommes également ...
Floriane Delbaere rating3.8

2017 at Holistic Community Development

I went for 5 weeks to Nepal and it was just an unforgettable experience! This program gave me the opportunity to teach in a small mountain village school and to work in the ricefields on weekends. Every homestay was great; they welcomed me with open arms and delicious (traditional) food. Most of ...
Three years ago, I had the chance to spend almost two months in Siurung, an isolated mountain village in the Himalayas. I had been sent there by the Good Karma Foundation to help with the teaching of English in the Shree Lata Kunja Lower Secondary School. This was a life changing experience which ...
Emma Contaoe rating5

2014 at Holistic Community Development

After the earthquake in Nepal, I wanted to help in any way that I can. Good Karma allowed me to make a difference through their construction volunteer program. Everything was well organized from transport to lodging and food, and they were extremely welcoming. I highly recommend this organization if ...
One of the best things I've ever done. Nabraj organized everything perfectly. Khasur was a beautiful village with a lot of things to do nearby. The kids at the school are very nice and wants to ...
Raphael Hockemeyer rating5

2024 at Seasonal Rice Planting or Harvesting

Ich heiße Raphael und bin 16 Jahre alt. Meine Zeit als freiwilliger Arbeiter auf einem Reisfeld in der Nähe von Besisahar, Nepal, war eine unvergessliche Erfahrung. Umgeben von den Reisterrassen, habe ich nicht nur die Schönheit der Natur erlebt, sondern auch die Herzlichkeit der Menschen vor ...

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