Parbatipur is situated south east of Narayangadh near Jagatpur and
is a one hour jeep/bus ride away; and approximately 5-6 hours from
Kathmandu. There are around 50 children in the immediate area that
will make use of the library. Some of the children attend the
government school (opposite the street from the library) from
6-11am. Others attend private schools in the area but most go to the
English Paradise School which is a 20 minute walk away.
Private/Boarding schools open from 10-4pm.Read the experience of
Volunteers
Ganganagar is situated on the bank o f the Chitwan National Park.
It
is twenty kilometers away from the main city, Narayangadh, where they
have all internet and phone facilities. The bus runs every half an
hour from Narayngadh to Ganganagar and it takes one hour by local
bus, costing 15 rupees. Narayngadh is the centre point for all
volunteers in this area to meet at weekends and eat western food,
talk and socialize. Ganganagar children’s resource centre was
established in 2002 with the aim to create an educational
environment in the community. Ganganagar is a small village with
fifteen hundred people. Since 2002, almost twenty volunteers have been in
this resource centre. The children of the village come to the centre
before and after school. The children, aged between seven and
fourteen years old, attend the library every day. The centre has
three rooms, one for volunteers to sleep, one kitchen if they want
to cook, and one classroom with a few books. There is a nice toilet
and bathroom in the centre. This centre is near the National Park
and Rapati river, so the volunteers can take the students out here
for more conversational practice. Volunteers can also spend free
time in the National Park, watching wildlife and swimming in the
river.
In the weekend volunteers can visit the royal chitwan national park
in Sauraha. There you can do elephant rides, bird watching, jungle
walks, visit the elephant breeding centre, canoeing and travel to
Tharu village. Also the Lumbini, the birth place of the Buddha, is
only four hours bus ride from the centre.Read the experience of Volunteers
The Nawalparasi is a hundred and fifty kilometer south of Kathmandu
and takes five hours by bus. Amarapuri resource centre is situated
in the Mahendra highway, which is fifteen minutes bus ride from the
main city Narayngadh. The centre was established in 2002 and has
already had nine volunteers. The centre has two rooms. One
classroom, and one library room. The age of the students is nine to
fifteen, who come to the library before and after school. The people
are very friendly in this area. This is a one hour bus ride from
Ganganagar.
In the weekend volunteers can visit the royal chitwan national park
in Sauraha. There you can do elephant rides, bird watching, jungle
walks, visit the elephant breeding centre, canoeing and travel to
Tharu village. Also the Lumbini, the birth place of the Buddha, is
only four hours bus ride from the centre.
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Volunteers Patihani
Youth & children’s resource centre
Patihani is situated on the bank o f the Chitwan National Park. It
is twenty kilometers away from the main city, Narayngadh, where they
have all internet and phone facilities. The bus runs every half an
hour from Narayngadh to Patihani and it takes one hour by local bus,
costing 15 rupees. Narayngadh is the centre point for all volunteers
in this area to meet at weekends and eat western food, talk and
socialize. The Ganganagar resource centre and the Patihani resource
centre are within twenty minutes walking distance from each other. Patihani children’s
resource centre was established in 2002 with the aim to create an
educational environment in the community. Patihani is a small
village with twenty five hundred people. Since 2002, twelve
volunteers have been in this resource centre. The children of the
village come to the centre before and after school. The children,
aged between seven and fourteen years old, attend the library every
day. Also in the daytime, the youths will use the library to learn
communicative English from the volunteers. The centre has two rooms.
One classroom, and one community room where people can sit, play and
talk. This centre is near the National Park and Rapati river, so the
volunteers can take the students out here for more conversational
practice. Volunteers can also spend free time in the National Park,
watching wildlife and swimming in the river.Read the experience of Volunteers
Chormara centre is situated two hundred kilometers south of
Kathmandu and takes seven hours by bus. We established this resource
centre in 2002. With the help of the room to read, community
fundraising and INFO’s support we built this small building, where
there are two rooms. Seven volunteers have already been to this
centre and around three hundred students have attended the English
language classes here.
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of Volunteers
Jankauli Library
- Chitwan
Jankauli is a small Magar village just
outside Sauarha, the main tourist area by which to enter the Chitwan
National Park. Tadi Bazaar is the main
local shopping area, as Sauraha is an expensive village purpose
built for tourists, 8km away it is a leisurely 25 minute bike ride. There is a primary school in the village
which takes students up to grade five and the nearest secondary
school is 10 minutes walk, in a place called Bacchauli. These
are both government run schools but a few of the village children
are lucky enough to be sent to surrounding boarding schools.
The Resource Centre was established this year, July 2006 and is
going from strength to strength.
On July 4th, INFO
volunteers Emily License and Annalee Pratt, INFO Coordinator Sharad
Shrestha, and the Pragati Women's Group officially opened the INFO
Nepal Children's Resource Center in Jankauli, Chitwan, Nepal.
Throughout the week leading up to the opening the two volunteers and
numerous community members painted, cleaned, and carpeted inside the
building in order to transform the small cement room into a
welcoming community learning center. On the opening day, prominent
local figures joined the INFO staff and nearly 100 Jankauli
villagers to celebrate the new resource center.
The following day, the classroom doors were opened, welcoming over
120 students ages 3 to 19. After being divided into 6 groups, the
eager students attended their first English lessons at the learning
center. Since the opening, the students have been attending the
classes taught by volunteers six days a week and have learned everything from
letters and body parts to verb tense and sentence structure.
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Volunteers
Sanga is twenty five kilometers east of Kathmandu, which takes one
hour by bus. The centre is near Kathmandu, so volunteers can come
back to the city very easily. This is a newly established library,
started in 2005. We are jointly running this centre with the
Tulsi Mehar youth club. The centre has three rooms – one classroom,
one office room and one training room. This is an ideal training
village for the volunteers who love hiking and views of the
mountains. This also INFO Nepal’s training village, so there will
always volunteers in the village. Read the experience of Volunteers
Thulo Barkhu is a small village located in the Langtang National
Park about 10 kilometers south of the Tibetan border. It can be
reached by bus directly from Kathmandu and the journey takes about
ten hours. The two nearest towns are Dunche and Syabrubesi, both
connected by the same bus. The people of Thulo Barkhu are mainly
Tamang and are reliant on subsistence farming. There is a government
primary school in the village but the nearest secondary school is in
Dunche.Read the experience of Volunteers
Goljung is a ten hour bus journey from
Kathmandu and three hours walk from Syabrubesi up hill. Goljung is a
small rural town situated on the side of a valley with stunning
views of Langtang and the river valley below. The library is a beautiful
new building with traditionally ornate wooden windows and plenty of
room inside for games and classes. It was set up in October 2005 and
there have been over 10 volunteers there so far from Slovakia, the USA,
Austria, Finland and England. Read
the experience of Volunteers
Gatlang is a small, fairly remote village in the Langtang area.
From Kathmandu you take the infamous ten hour bus ride to Sybrubensi,
quite an experience, and from there it is about a three hour walk up
the fabulously steep hill (make sure you arrange some porters to
help you carry your luggage and library supplies) and then a really
enjoyable two hour walk on top of the ridge into Gatlang. The views
up here are magnificent and Gatlang itself is breathtaking, a
traditional little village nestling in a valley surrounded by snow
capped mountains. The majestic Langtang Lirung looms to the north
and seems to be ever changing, the Ganesh Himal surrounding Langtang
to the south west complete the amazing backdrop.
Currently, the library is housed in the Tourism Building
at the bottom of the village. It is a very grand looking building
quite at odds with the rest of the modest stone houses. Although it
is very spacious and there is a great courtyard out the front the
lighting inside is very poor and even if there is power it becomes
very dark inside mid to late afternoon. This building may only be a
temporary house for the Info library as the villagers have decided
they would rather it be permanently located at the school.
Read the experience of Volunteers
Syabrubesi is a small village located in the Langtang National
Park about 10 kilometers south of the Tibetan border. It can be
reached by bus directly from Kathmandu and the journey takes about
ten hours. The nearest towns is Dunche both
connected by the same bus. The people of Syabrubesi are mainly
Tamang and are reliant on subsistence farming. There is a government
high school and private school in the village. Syabrubesi is the
starting point of the Langtan trekking, so there are 20 hotels and
restaurants with the phone facility. This place is the meeting point
of our volunteers in that area in the weekend. We setup this library
in 2006 January.
Read the experience of Volunteers
Pokhara Children's
Resource Centers :
Nirmal Pokhari
Resource Center
This place is one hour by bus from the City of Pokhara on the top of
the mountain. We establish this Children's Resource Center in 2006
and till now we have placed 14 volunteers in this center. Every day
30 to 50 children come to join our center. Our volunteers are there
to help in their home work and teach extra activities. Our host family
is just 5 minutes walk able distance from this center. In the weekend
volunteer can come to the city and stay in the lake side. The view
of Annapurna range including Machhapuchhre (Fish Tail) can be seen from the Center. In your
free time you can teach in a government school which is 15 minutes
walk able distance. Read Volunteers
Experience
David's Fall
David's falls is well know destination for all the tourist. We have
a resource Center just 5 minutes walk able distance from Davis
falls. Most of the children are from poor family and study in
Government school. We receive 40 to 60 student every day at our
Children's Resource Center. The host family is nest to the center
and you have a room. The children are age from 9 to 14 years old
join our resource center. We have sent 12 volunteers in this center.
This is very closed to the Pokhara city and Lake side. You can go to
the lake side 10 minutes taxi drive from this place. The host family
is a Gurung family very open and laughing family. Volunteers who
want to be place near by the City areas , this placement will be a
good idea.Read Volunteers
Experience
Thulakhet
Thulakhet is about an hour from Pokhara. A small village with
500 people, all from farming backgrounds. Every day 40 to 60
children join this center, which was established in March 2006. Till
date we have placed 14 volunteers in this center. The host family is
a five minute walk able distance from the Center. The
Host Father is a teacher in Government School and helps organize
volunteers to teach at the local school. This place is one hour by
bus from the Lake side of Pokhara city. Lake side is a popular
place for the trekkers.Read Volunteers
Experience
Chorepatan
Two INFO volunteers, Kate and Pia from England, travelled to Chorepatan in Pokhara to set-up one of INFO's newest Resource
Centres. Chorepatan is located about ten minutes bus or taxi
ride from Lakeside in Pokhara and just a few minutes from Devid
Falls, a waterfall made famous by a man named Devid who fell into it
hundreds of years ago. Teaching at the Chorepatan Resource Centre allows volunteers the opportunity to
visit Lakeside on the weekends or in between classes.
Volunteers will live with a Gurung family and have the opportunity
to teach at the adjoining school. Read Volunteers
Experience
For
two days three volunteers along with Bhoj Raj helped in a health
camp in a small, very poor village in Kathmandu. Everyone in the
village had some sort of disease that went untreated for
sometimes, years at a time. All the children suffered from
worms, headaches, and teeth pain, often from poor hygiene and
contaminated water. We helped over 90 people by providing
medicine and free health care. By the end of the day, although
we were tired, we left knowing that even for a few days these
people would not be aching and hopeful that they might change
their habits
Mimi Chang Cornell University USA
July 2005
This week we finished our 2 months stay with INFO
Nepal. We worked for 6 weeks in Faram village to teach the
children in the area English. We also
worked on an environmental project in a school called "Keep Your
School Clean". In this project we worked together with a local
organization called
CSDC. We have had a great time, learned a lot about working in a
Nepali culture and have become aunty and uncle for the Chalise
family.
Joost and Karin, Holland
June 2005
It was one of the most important 14 days of my life.I’ve learned many things from you, my host family and the country.
I have never realized how much of my life I took for granted.
Mabel Luk, Japan August 2004
Volunteering in Bharatpur Hospital was an incredibly worthwhile
experience and I hope that each volunteer there in the future is
able to build on and improve the work being done to meet the health
needs of those who are too poor to afford treatment they require. In
addition, teaching in the step by step English school introduced me
to some very bright young people and it was a pleasure to teach
them. In Nepal I have made so many friends I know I will stay in
touch with.
Parbatipur is situated south east of Narayangadh near Jagatpur and
is a one hour jeep/bus ride away; and approximately 5-6 hours from
Kathmandu. There are around 50 children in the immediate area that
will make use of the library. Some of the children attend the
government school (opposite the street from the library) from
6-11am. Others attend private schools in the area but most go to the
English Paradise School which is a 20 minute walk away.
Private/Boarding schools open from 10-4pm.
It
is twenty kilometers away from the main city, Narayangadh, where they
have all internet and phone facilities. The bus runs every half an
hour from Narayngadh to Ganganagar and it takes one hour by local
bus, costing 15 rupees. Narayngadh is the centre point for all
volunteers in this area to meet at weekends and eat western food,
talk and socialize. Ganganagar children’s resource centre was
established in 2002 with the aim to create an educational
environment in the community. Ganganagar is a small village with
fifteen hundred people. Since 2002, almost twenty volunteers have been in
this resource centre. The children of the village come to the centre
before and after school. The children, aged between seven and
fourteen years old, attend the library every day. The centre has
three rooms, one for volunteers to sleep, one kitchen if they want
to cook, and one classroom with a few books. There is a nice toilet
and bathroom in the centre. This centre is near the National Park
and Rapati river, so the volunteers can take the students out here
for more conversational practice. Volunteers can also spend free
time in the National Park, watching wildlife and swimming in the
river.
In the weekend volunteers can visit the royal chitwan national park
in Sauraha. There you can do elephant rides, bird watching, jungle
walks, visit the elephant breeding centre, canoeing and travel to
Tharu village. Also the Lumbini, the birth place of the Buddha, is
only four hours bus ride from the centre.
Patihani is situated on the bank o f the Chitwan National Park. It
is twenty kilometers away from the main city, Narayngadh, where they
have all internet and phone facilities. The bus runs every half an
hour from Narayngadh to Patihani and it takes one hour by local bus,
costing 15 rupees. Narayngadh is the centre point for all volunteers
in this area to meet at weekends and eat western food, talk and
socialize. The Ganganagar resource centre and the Patihani resource
centre are within twenty minutes walking distance from each other. Patihani children’s
resource centre was established in 2002 with the aim to create an
educational environment in the community. Patihani is a small
village with twenty five hundred people. Since 2002, twelve
volunteers have been in this resource centre. The children of the
village come to the centre before and after school. The children,
aged between seven and fourteen years old, attend the library every
day. Also in the daytime, the youths will use the library to learn
communicative English from the volunteers. The centre has two rooms.
One classroom, and one community room where people can sit, play and
talk. This centre is near the National Park and Rapati river, so the
volunteers can take the students out here for more conversational
practice. Volunteers can also spend free time in the National Park,
watching wildlife and swimming in the river.
upplies) and then a really
enjoyable two hour walk on top of the ridge into Gatlang. The views
up here are magnificent and Gatlang itself is breathtaking, a
traditional little village nestling in a valley surrounded by snow
capped mountains. The majestic Langtang Lirung looms to the north
and seems to be ever changing, the Ganesh Himal surrounding Langtang
to the south west complete the amazing backdrop.
Syabrubesi is a small village located in the Langtang National
Park about 10 kilometers south of the Tibetan border. It can be
reached by bus directly from Kathmandu and the journey takes about
ten hours. The nearest towns is Dunche both
connected by the same bus. The people of Syabrubesi are mainly
Tamang and are reliant on subsistence farming. There is a government
high school and private school in the village. Syabrubesi is the
starting point of the Langtan trekking, so there are 20 hotels and
restaurants with the phone facility. This place is the meeting point
of our volunteers in that area in the weekend. We setup this library
in 2006 January.
This place is one hour by bus from the City of Pokhara on the top of
the mountain. We establish this Children's Resource Center in 2006
and till now we have placed 14 volunteers in this center. Every day
30 to 50 children come to join our center. Our volunteers are there
to help in their home work and teach extra activities. Our host family
is just 5 minutes walk able distance from this center. In the weekend
volunteer can come to the city and stay in the lake side. The view
of Annapurna range including Machhapuchhre (Fish Tail) can be seen from the Center. In your
free time you can teach in a government school which is 15 minutes
walk able distance. 
For
two days three volunteers along with Bhoj Raj helped in a health
camp in a small, very poor village in Kathmandu. Everyone in the
village had some sort of disease that went untreated for
sometimes, years at a time. All the children suffered from
worms, headaches, and teeth pain, often from poor hygiene and
contaminated water. We helped over 90 people by providing
medicine and free health care. By the end of the day, although
we were tired, we left knowing that even for a few days these
people would not be aching and hopeful that they might change
their habits
NFO
Nepal. We worked for 6 weeks in Faram village to teach the
children in the area English. We also 
It was one of the most important 14 days of my life.I’ve learned many things from you, my host family and the country.
Volunteering in Bharatpur Hospital was an incredibly worthwhile
experience and I hope that each volunteer there in the future is
able to build on and improve the work being done to meet the health
needs of those who are too poor to afford treatment they require. In
addition, teaching in the step by step English school introduced me
to some very bright young people and it was a pleasure to teach
them. In Nepal I have made so many friends I know I will stay in
touch with.