BANEPA | FFN-23 | 2025-03-01 - 2025-03-14 | ENVI | Age: 18 - 65

Banepa is a municipality and historical town in a valley situated about 1,500 m above sea level in central Nepal, about 25 kilometers east of Kathmandu, and at the time of the 2011 Nepal census had a population of 55,528.

Work: -Construct senior homes and organize daily activities, such as creating a garden, to support aging community members. Help women prepare for the job market.-Develop the community house by creating a rooftop meeting space.-Create a fire line (fire break) surrounding the community forest.-Reconstruct the Hindu temple in Banepa village.-Construct a wall around the local primary school.-Repair wooden shelters for the local community.

Accomodation and food: Simple accommodations with a local family. Volunteers will enjoy three traditional meals a day, mostly the Nepalese traditional Dhal Bhat and Tarkari, and take turns Cooking and doing chores. Showers are available with cold water

Location: KATHMANDU

Location and Leisure: If anyone would like to explore Nepal before and after the project, we will also help you find a good company for your traveling arrangements in Nepal upon your request but it is not compulsory.

Airport: KTM

Train/Bus station: Tribhuwan International airport in kathmandu.

Requirements: Seasonal clothes, sleeping bags, work shoes, gloves, raincoats in summer, work clothes, musical instruments, games, recipes, and pictures of your home country. Pencils, pens, books, notebooks, and textbooks for the local children are highly appreciated and can be bought in Kathmandu before departing for the camp. A Positive attitude, respect, and an open mind are all required.

We will pick up our volunteer from Tribhuwan International Airport on time on the information that will be provided to us. If volunteers want to come individually then you can come directly to the location. All the volunteers will travel together with our camp leaders so please kindly arrive in Kathmandu one day before the project starts if he or she comes late they both have to manage their travelling to the project FFN staff will only help you to catch the right transportation.

Language: eng,eng

Extra Fee: 275 EUR

welcome to you in Banepa forest community project