We will be able to accept new volunteers for the New School
Academic Year from 2067 B.S. (Mid-April, 2010 A.D.). All the interested
volunteers are requested to send their CV along with the Cover letter
Volunteering with TOIT
Volunteering with TOIT offers you a chance to make a personal difference in the lives of our children while enriching your own life! Whether you are coming to Nepal or able to help us in your own country, we have projects that await your energy and enthusiasm. Your program may last from a few days or weeks, to six months or a year! We will ensure that your time and energy are well spent. Volunteering is a great way to live in and learn about another culture and an experience you will treasure all your life!
Some Recent TOIT Volunteers
- Students from "Un Toit pour le Népal" sister organization. Marianne ALLANIC, Mathieu BASTIAN, Samuel GARNIER, Lucile MACQUART and Damien PIGNAUD. February 2009. They realized a new website, translated documents in French and organized some activities at school for children. Read their report.
- Students from "Un Toit pour le Népal" sister organization. Pauline BLAIN, Antoine MICHON, Etienne MARRIER and Baptiste LARROUY. February 2008.
- Jennifer and Sébastien, March 2007. Read their report.
- Recent Volunteers from France, helped get our library organized by cleaning, sorting labeling and recording in a database over 200 books, including a book of Children’s Stories written in Welsh!
- Urmila Khaitu, a Nepalese volunteer and TOIT Board Member, teaches a one-hour Special Math and English course for TOIT Students, after her 8 hour day teaching Class 5 in a local school!
- American Volunteer Bill Briggs teaches three hours of English a day for TOIT Students, Staff, and community members. He is also struggling to learn to read and write Nepali!
Pictures can perhaps go beside the text We will try with email to get comments from other recent volunteers, and perhaps photos of them.
Benefits of Volunteering With TOIT
As a TOIT Volunteer, you will be living and working in beautiful, historic, Old Bhaktapur, home to many cultural, architectural and historical wonders.
- You can explore its brick- and stone-paved streets and alleyways, shop in the many open-air markets, or sit on the steps of a three hundred-year-old temple and watch the vibrant street life.
- Festivals are frequent, colorful, and occasionally riotous! See the link for a description and calendar.
- Its many Hindu and Buddhist temples and shrines, the old Royal Palace, Golden Gate, and carved “Peacock Window are among the things that led to Bhaktapur being declared a World Heritage Site in 1978.
- Although Bhaktapur is old, it has modern amenities like mobile phone service, Internet cafés, and convenient bus connections to Kathmandu and beyond. Bhaktapur’s progressive Municipal Council has worked to develop good water, sewer and electrical systems, and street crime is almost unknown here.
Some volunteer agencies charge US$1000 or more for a 3-month placement, and include costly tourist services and activities. TOIT charges you nothing for your stay with us. Our efforts focus on children. We do not arrange trekking or sightseeing tours, but can direct you to reliable, economical guides and tour operators.
By November 2005 we may soon have simple accommodations available for some volunteers, but for now, we do ask you to pay your own room and board. When you visit us as a TOIT Volunteer, we will help you arrange housing, meals, and transportation at a reasonable cost. Please contact us for detail
Some of the options are…
- Guesthouse accommodations : Room with either shared or private Western style bath and toilet, hot water, Nepali meals in restaurant and
- laundry service. US$4-US$7/day. Discounts for longer stays may be available.
- Room rentals : Single rooms range in style and price, most with shared Nepali-style bath. US$10-US$30 a month.
- Flat rentals : 3 to 5 rooms, ranging in style from modern to Medieval! Some with western bath. Occasionally available for long term stays. US$50-US$100 a month.
- Meals : can be eaten out or you can learn to cook Nepali cuisine! Most rented rooms allow cooking. Setting up a “Nepali kitchen” is easy and fun and can be done for under US$200. Food prices are low in Nepal and you can eat very well for US$2 a day!
- Transportation : A bicycle is a great way to get around Bhaktapur, and we can help you with rental or purchase of a dependable bike. Taxis and busses are plentiful and we will show you the stations and schedules.
We offer you free Nepali language classes throughout your stay: Nepali is easy to learn and local people will be thrilled if you can speak to them in their language. We have teachers who can take you from speaking simple phrases to reading and writing in a short time!
Our Staff will be here to help you settle in, learn all the tricks of Nepali life, and introduce you to Nepal’s people and culture. We want your stay with us to be pleasant and productive. If you have any questions about living in Nepal please use our LINK Volunteering With TOIT form to let us know.
Volunteer opportunities with TOIT
In Nepal…
- We are always looking for people to help teach our supplemental English, science, and math classes for TOIT students.
- Organize an Art Day for our TOIT students, or teach them your favorite songs!
- Take a group of TOIT students on a day trip to a museum, park, or nearby Historic Site.
- We need people knowledgeable with computers to teach selected students in basic computer use and to train our staff in the use of software for word processing, database creation and management, and basic image editing.
- We need people to help us transfer the information in our paper files to our new database which will help us to better follow the progress of our children and use our funds wisely.
- Accompany our staff on home visits with TOIT students and families
- Work in any capacity from bricklayer to librarian in our new school, Saraswati Pathshala!
- Bring us your own idea for a project or event that uses your skill and talents
In Your Country…
- We are looking for people to start sister school programs that connect children in your home with children in ours.
- Saraswati Pathshala needs teachers and educators to help us design curriculum and programs for our new school.
- Use our PDF presentation, from September 2007 to present TOIT.
- Invite one of our Sponsors, past Volunteers or other supporter to talk to your social or civic group about TOIT. Contact us to find out if someone is available in your area.
If you would like to Volunteer with TOIT or would like more information about Volunteering, please contact us and we will be glad to answer your questions or start planning for your stay in Nepal!
