• One week of immersion Nepali Language - all levels catered for
• Home stay with local families in rural setting in Kathmandu to enhance your language acquisition
• Volunteering on construction Program in Nepal
• Trekking Explore of Everest Base Camp Trek or Annapurna Trek for two weeks
• Very personalized small group experience (compare with other programs of up to 15 students)
• Fantastic program leader supported by great local guides
• Hiking in the outlying areas of Kathmandu
  

You will be taking part in construction program for two weeks. As a volunteer in the Construction Program you will work as part of a volunteer team, usually with minimal supervision. Often you'll also work alongside villagers, learning about traditional methods of building and working. Examples of projects include school repair and decoration; toilet building; drinking water projects; road drainage projects; recycling projects; stove building; garden making and tree planting.

Volunteers do not need any specific skills or knowledge about construction, as they will mainly be doing unskilled work such as digging, mixing sand and cement, carrying rocks, sand and bricks, fetching water, and painting the school buildings. They will be led by skilled Nepali and will work together with local people who will be providing free labour for the advancement of their communities. You will be involved in the construction work for 4 to 5 hours a day.

Apart from doing construction work, volunteers may take part in teaching program as well. Volunteers may participate in teaching activities in Nepali schools by delivering conversational English for one to two hours a day.

Kathmandu:
Kathmandu is a vibrant capital city of Nepal with places of great tourist attractions like Thamel, Patan, Swaymbhu, etc. Kathmandu has a wide range of restaurants, internet cafés, clubs, shopping centers, and banks. The volunteers also have numerous opportunities to explore the sites under cultural heritage during free time. Our volunteers can simply hike in near by villages, ride bikes in Kathmandu, walk around the tourist city of Thamel , the options are unlimited.

Chitawan
Some construction projects are located in Chitwan as well. Chitwan is about 3 hours drive away from Kathmandu (185kms). Chitwan is also a very popular tourist destination in Nepal after Kathmandu and Pokhara. Lots of tourists visit Chitwan and the jungle lodges and resorts to witness Royal Bengal Tiger and the Great One Horned Rhino. Like Kathmandu , Chitwan also has many restaurants, banks, internet cafes', shops and many other to-do things of great interest like biking, hiking, etc.

Pokhara
Situated at the lap of the panoramic Annapurna Himal, Pokhara is 198 kilometres west from Kathmandu. Pokhara is a rare combination of the long arrays of snowclad peaks, crystal clear lakes, turbulent rivers with deep gorges and picturesque villages inhabited by simple and friendly ethnic people. There are plenty of places of tourist interest in and around Pokhara city, some of which are Phewa Tal, Begnas Tal, Rupa Tal, Devi's Fall, Mahendra Cave, Bindabasini Temple, Bhadrakali Temple, Barahi Temple, Annapurna Regional Museum, Buddhist Monestry, Tibetan Village, Sarangkot, Kahun Danda and Phoksing Danda. Pokhara is blessed with beauty seldom seen in one place in the Himalayas.

Solukhumbu, Salleri
Salleri is the headquarters of Solukhumbu District. Solukhumbu salleri has all the attributes:- beautiful landscape; numerous villages that are home to the Sherpa people; a very lively bazaar held at the weekends; a Tibetan refugee camp; and many splendid Buddhist monestaries. Salleri is a small Himalayan town in the Eastern Develpment Region of Nepal. It is about 2,240m above the sea level in Solukhumbu District of Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal. The region where the World’s highest mountain, Mount Everest stands. Salleri is the district headquarter of Solukhumbu District, one of the major tourist district of Nepal and the district that has more airstrips (airfield/airport) than any other single district in Nepal.
The quickest way to get to this Himalayn town of Salleri is to take a flight to Phaplu and then a short trek. Salleri has one hospital with 15 beds. You can experience the closer view of Mount Everest (8,848 m), Lothse (8,501 m), Ama Dablam (6,556 m) while you are in and round Salleri.

Dolakha, Charikot
Charikot, which is in the eastern upper part of the Dolkha township, has enchanting mountain views of Gaurishankar. Here there is a famous roofless temple named Dolkha Bhimsen. Travel to Jiri along its highway is a popular way to start treks into the Sagarmatha (Everest) area. Since the road is frequently used, especially in the tourist season, it was developed with good intention and is famous for its environment friendly approach adopted during its design, construction and maintenance. Jirels are one of the countless unique ethnic groups of Nepal, and they are found living in Jiri and the surrounding area.

Charikot is around 130 kilometers away from Kathmandu. You can get to Charikot, if you can take the Araniko Highway until you reach the 78km mark and then you will break away from the highway. The road will climb about 1800 meters out of the Sun Koshi Valley reaching an elevation of 2540 meters. There are regular bus services available, many starting from the Kathmandu Valley.

Room/Food/Supervision

We make all the appropriate provision for food, room and supervision for its volunteers from the very beginning of their arrival to the country. During the first week of language training program, Inventive Everest Volunteer Nepal manages you a clean and pleasant hostel having food facility where cooks prepare a variety of Nepali food (Dal, Bhat, Curry, Bread, Pickle, Tea etc). For your convenience, they will make continental and international food as well. During volunteers’ respective volunteering programs, their accommodation will be provided by a host family. However, volunteers joining in orphanage program will stay with the children in a hostel. Everest Volunteer Nepal arranges a separate room along with a communal bath for volunteers in both the host families and hostel accommodations. Besides, Nepali people are extremely hospitable, warm and welcoming and volunteers are well treated wherever they go. Our staffs visit the volunteers at their placement in every two weeks. We assess the situation of the volunteers, working progress, and also receive feedback during this visit.

This program start on

1st and 16 th every month
This is a five week program

Note: Although this is a five week program, as per available time of participants it can be made shorter or longer.

Upon your arrival, you will be picked up at the airport in Kathmandu and taken to either a hotel or a host family, where you will have your orientation appropriate to length of volunteering and needed.
Throughout your stay in Nepal you will have the support and guidance of the project leaders and team. They will provide you with competent field support and assistance and help you with any questions or support you may need during your stay.

The team will be there for you to contact each day and a meeting will also be scheduled for you early on in your placement to give you an extra opportunity to network and socialise with the other volunteers and students in Nepal.

In addition, we will provide you with a 24 hour emergency contact number

• Minimum age 18 yrs
• You do not need any formal relevant training or experience to participate, but whatever experience you do have will be taken into account when arranging your day-to-day activities.
• Volunteers need to be independent, enthusiastic and adaptable, hard-working with an open-minded attitude.
• All applicants should have: a desire to help the people of Nepal, flexibility, self-motivation, openness to a new culture and a willingness to learn.
  

We offer one of the most affordable program fees in this competitive and expensive time. Compared to many international and local agencies, our fees our substantially lower. But we are committed to providing excellent, quality volunteer programs that efficiently use the amount we receive. Currently the program fee is figured as follows (in USD). There is no hidden cost associated with our program and no international agencies fees.

For a five week Volunteer and Trekking Program in Nepal program cost USD1199

• Meal and accommodation (Nepali standard) with host family during placement.
• Transportation (pick up and drop off to/from airport and placement)
• Intensive training and orientation appropriate to the length of your stay .
• Stationeries during training and volunteering.
• Supervision
• Sight seeing in Kathmandu
• Sightseeing in Kathmandu (Including guide and entrance fees)
• Trekking cost either Everest Base Camp Trek (14 Days) or Annapurna Trek (14 Days) (An experience Guide (trained by Ministry of tourism), porters (generally 1 porter for 2 pax), their Food, accommodation, salary, insurance, equipments. Surface Transfer to destination from Kathmandu.)
• Tourist service charge, Vat.
• Office Service charge.

• Insurance (medical, travel, personal belongings)
• Flight (International and domestic) or land transportation from your country to Nepal.
• Personal expenses (ie. gift items, beverage, water bottle)
• Visa renewal and obtainin.
• Other expenses in incidental cases