Volunteering in India

Volunteering in India will give you the chance to live and work in a country with over a billion people, speaking fifteen hundred languages and dialects. This is a great opportunity to experience the Indian culture by living with an Indian family, while gaining valuable work and travel experience.

India is a haven for travellers and it offers an entire civilisation to explore. Travellers come to India for its wealth of sights, cultural exuberance, diversity of terrain and in search of that special something extra, that only India promises and delivers. This is the land of colour, the land of excitement, the land where people live with variety and thrive on diversity. Mud huts and mansions face off across modern city streets. Lurid luxury and limp living are inhabitants of the same lane. India has many races, cultures and religions quilted together in a single string.

Why India needs you as a volunteer

For the duration of the Volunteering in India placement you will be expected to work with one of the non-governmental organisations set up all around the country. With over 30% of Indians living below the poverty line, the country needs your volunteer services. The various NGO’s work for social development and upliftment, and they struggle to keep their projects staffed with trained and committed volunteers. These not-for-profit organisations have meagre resources, and they rely on volunteers to sustain their projects.

Why volunteer in India

Not only do the volunteer programs give you personal satisfaction, but they also give you the opportunity to experience and participate in the rich and diverse cultures and traditions of India. Utmost care has been taken to ensure that volunteers have no dull moments during their stay in India.

Work placement details

You can choose from any of the following fields or specify and we will match your request with a suitable organisation:
• Institutes for the mentally and physically handicapped;
• Schools for the blind;
• Consumer rights and social welfare organisations;
• Women’s welfare organisations;
• Children’s welfare organisations;
• Red Cross projects;
• Projects of the Lion’s Club International;
• Adult education centres;
• Vocational training centres;
• Wildlife protection centres;
• Forest conservation organisations;
• Healthcare projects;
• Environmental management;
• Counselling, criminal justice, family and home studies;
• Human rights;
• Geriatric homes and orphanages.

Locations of placements

The volunteer placements will be offered in the Northern States of India i.e.
• Chandigarh;
• Punjab;
• Haryana;
• Himachal Pradesh;
• Delhi.

Do not hesitate to contact our staff should you have any questions.