VOLUNTEERING ABROAD IN INDIA

The project is located near Vijayawada, in a rural village about 3 hours away by car, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, in southeastern India. Vijayawada is a city that offers the opportunity to see great Hindu temples, famous Buddhist ruins, and churches and museums from the British period. 

India has a marked biodiversity and a great cultural diversity: it has managed to preserve its ancient traditions, while absorbing new foreign customs and traditions.

You will arrive at Vijayawada Airport. It is advisable to arrive on the weekend to be able to participate in the training and tourist excursions organized from Monday and be operational at the beginning of the week. As soon as they land, the volunteers will be greeted by the project coordinator and will spend three nights at the Campus of Loyola University to better understand Indian culture and acclimatize. 

N.B.: It is also necessary to book a flight that lands by 2pm.

The volunteers’ house is located at the Village of Golla-Mandala, it is a simple structure but with everything you need. The house is very close to the project facilities. The local staff speaks very good English and is always present in the volunteers’ house.

Below is the prospect of a typical day of a volunteer.

09:00 | Breakfast & Indian Martial Arts Class 

10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Tuition and assistance at the center 

1.30 p.m. | Lunch and free time

16:00 – 17:00 | Community activities

17:00 | chai time

18:00 – 19:00 | lesson planning

19.30 – 201:30 | dinner

Be at least 18 years old and have a good knowledge of the English language.

The minimum stay is 3 weeks. Volunteers can leave from August to February and freely decide whether to stay at the project for a longer period. The advice of the YearOut staff is to stop at the project for a minimum period of 4 weeks to make the volunteers’ intervention useful both for the community and for themselves.

The donation varies according to the number of weeks of stay and the project chosen.

Your donation includes: food, accommodation, transfer costs to/from the airport and for the project during the volunteering period, 24-hour assistance from the staff, financing of the materials necessary for the activities, initial training of 3 days (including excursions to the main cultural sites Vijayawada and short Indian language workshop). For more details on donation please visit: DONATION

During their free time, volunteers can explore the surrounding area and go to the beach (2 hours away). The partner will provide all the information on the archaeological sites in the area.