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Contributing to Local Youth and Overseas Need
Filed under: Fundraising, GVN, Nepal
Sam Shetler spent 2 1/2 months volunteering at an orphanage in Nepal, through the Global Volunteer Network.
Sam is holding his 4th annual skateboard contest titled ‘Lakeville Contest 2009′ and is donating all proceeds to Volunteer Service Nepal through G.V.N.
Sam wrote about his contest and supplied it to various newspapers to promote the charity saying “That’s why I want to hold the contest, to both to raise funds and awareness for (Volunteer Service Nepal) and also to contribute something positive to the youth in my local community.”
Read the article here > South Coast Today
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Nepal Program: Fee Increase
Filed under: Fees, Nepal, Program Information
Due to the rising cost of living in Nepal our Nepal partner will raise their program fee for 4 weeks to $897/month. This change will take effect to all volunteers who pay their application fees from 7 August 2008 onwards. The new prices are:
- 2 weeks: US $867
- 1 month: US $897
- 6 weeks: US $1035
- 2 months: US $1172
- 10 weeks: US $1310
- 3 months: US $1447
- 14 weeks: US $1585
- 4 months: US $1722
- 18 weeks: US $1860
- 5 months: US $1997
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Nepal Special Offer
Filed under: Fees, GVN, Nepal, News
Our partner in Nepal needs more volunteers to help with the children’s homes they support across the Kathmandu Valley. If you submit your application and secure your place by paying the Application Fee during the month of November, you will receive $100 off the advertised Program Fee!
The program options available in Nepal are:
- Teaching English
- Children’s Homes
- Health Education
- Environment
- School and Community Maintenance Program
- Home Stay/Cultural Exchange
> Apply Here
> More details about the Nepal program
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Nepal Program Fee
Filed under: Fees, GVN, Nepal, Programs
Due to an increased contribution to host families and staff members, and an increasing cost of goods and services in Nepal, the program fee in Nepal will increase for all volunteers who pay their application fee from 5 October 2006 onwards.
- Cost for 1 month will be US $725
- Cost for 6 weeks will be US $850
- Cost for 2 months will be US $975
- Cost for 10 weeks will be US $1100
- Cost for 3 months will be US $1225
- Cost for 14 weeks will be US $1350
- Cost for 4 months will be US $1475
- Cost for 18 weeks will be US $1600
- Cost for 5 months will be US $1725
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Update from Nepal
Filed under: GVN, Nepal, Programs
King Gyanendra announced late the evening of April 24, that he will restore the Nepali parliament and give governing powers back to the House of Representatives and an elected Prime Minister. This news has been welcomed by the political parties of Nepal which has named Girija Prasad Koirala as their candidate for prime minister. The Nepali people have taken to the streets again but this time for victory marches as the announcement is seen as a step in the direction of democracy. Kathmandu City has begun to return to normal after the strike - public transportation is readily available, shortages of food and fuel have been addressed, and it is very safe to travel at this time. VSN programmes continue to run as normal to ensure a higher quality of life for the destitute and orphaned children of Nepal that have been affected by this ongoing conflict.
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Nepal Update
Filed under: Nepal, Programs
Phone lines and Internet connections have now been restored in Nepal. All volunteers have been advised by CERV Nepal to make contact with home as soon as possible. You may be interested to read the statements made by some volunteers who are in Nepal at present. Contact GVN for further information.
Kara (26 years old, Australia)
“For the past 3 months I have been trekking and volunteering in Nepal. I was a little concerned about travelling to Nepal before I left Australia. It was very hard to judge what the situation was really like from just reading newspaper reports, so I can understand peoples concerns in travelling here. Since Feb 1st, apart from the increase in police and army presence around Kathmandu, nothing really seems to have changed. I still feel comfortable being here and travelling around Kathmandu. I think its important to be aware of what is going on, but I have no intention of leaving just yet.”
The Situation in Nepal
Filed under: Nepal, Programs
GVN has been in touch with our partner organisation in Kathmandu. The director of CERV Nepal, Emma Rahman, has let us know that volunteers are safe in their placements. All volunteers will be advised to make contact with home as soon as they are able to do so. Volunteers who have been able to get to their embassies in spite of transport strikes have told family members that they are fine.
GVN will be monitoring the situation from here. It looks like what has happened is a preventative measure by the monarchy to try and resolve the Maoist insurgency. It’s hard to say at this point how it will turn out this time but news reports indicate that the situation is calm. CERV Nepal will be keeping a close eye on what is happening and will keep us informed.
Communications to Nepal have been disrupted but flights into Nepal have largely returned to normal.
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Program Fee Increase
Filed under: Fees, Nepal, Programs
Due to increasing living costs in Nepal the program fee has had to be increased. All those that have secured their placements in this program by paying the application fee will have the old program fee honored. Those that have been accepted into the program but have yet to secure there placement have until Wednesday the 6th of October to secure their placement under the old fee structure. Any application fees that are received after the 6th of October will need to pay the new fee which is listed on the Nepal page.
Volunteers that were accepted into the program after the 21st of September will already have been accepted into the program at the new fee.
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Update from a Nepal Volunteer
Filed under: Nepal, Programs
Hi Guys!
My name is Meg. I’m 24 and hail from the great state of Florida. I’m in Nepal doing orphanage work at the lovely PAM Nestling Home. I’m here for a three month stay, and began in September, so I’m sure to meet most of you very soon.
Emma and Anna asked that I write to you to kind of shed some light on the situation in Nepal. I know that the Peace Corps has suspended work here recently, and the State Department has discouraged unnecessary travel. I was nervous before I got here about the security situation, and I know you must all be as well; I just wanted to give you my take on things.
Do I feel safe in Kathmandu right now? Relatively. It’s no more or less dangerous than any major US city at home, and I feel as confident walking by myself here as I would in New York City. My concerns here are more centered around my gender than my nationality.
The Current Situation in Nepal
Filed under: Nepal, Programs
Buzz Bartholemew (one of our volunteers) writes on the current situation in Nepal which has been the subject of much media interest recently. Reports in the media are exaggerated and are not an accurate portrayal of the experience of our volunteers. Buzz writes:
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Current Situation in Nepal as of 19th August 2004
Despite what you may have read or seen on TV or been told by your government websites, the situation here in Nepal is nowhere near as bad as the outside world seems to believe.
There is certainly military activity going on and the Maoists have carried out many shootings and bomb attacks. Clashes between the Nepalese Army and Maoist troops are also common.
However, targets for the Maoists are usually military, government or police. When you read of a bus being blown up, you don’t always hear that everyone on the bus was made to get off it first and retreat a safe distance before the explosion.
