Project Life
Volunteer Work with Tribal Communities in India

The orientation will take place in Delhi, Jodhpur and Udaipur giving volunteers a fully rounded cultural experience. In Delhi volunteers will have be introduced to the project staff, who will in turn explain about the volunteer programme and the areas that you will be working in. In Jodhpur volunteers will stay with a desert family to get an insight into Indian life. Down in Udaipur you will then get an introduction to teaching in India, where you will be taught about the culture of the communities you will be working with as well as being taught about the Indian education system. After that you will be taught different teaching techniques and you will go through the content of your lessons together. Volunteers will be teaching in the schools from the start of the second week.

Volunteers work on the project from Monday to Friday and are free at weekends. Days start around 8am, with a relaxed morning having breakfast and planning your lessons for the day before you make the trip to school by rickshaw. Volunteers will teach at the schools in the morning covering mainly English and maths allowing the local teacher/s to cover the Hindi based syllabus in the afternoons.

Volunteers will return home for lunch. After lunch volunteers will take part in that week’s workshop, which usually starts with Hindi classes. Then each week a new workshop will take place. After dinner volunteers are free to relax.

Side trips: All volunteers have the opportunity to explore the best of Rajasthan, such as; Agra and the Taj Mahal, a multi day safari in Ranthambore to see tigers, or a day trip to the Jain temple at Ranakpur and Kumbhalgarh Fort. These side trips can be arranged for an additional cost (entrance fees are not included and will be paid locally).

This is an example of what the schedule might be for a 4 week trip. Please note that schedules can change and this is an example only:

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four