RUCHI INDIA - LMTV Programme 2013

Summary

Description of Middle & Long Term Projects:

General:

· Volunteers can stay as long as they want up to a maximum of one year. The minimum period of staying is one month,

· Volunteers will be involved in the ongoing humanitarian projects of RUCHI,

· Volunteers will have to follow the organization rules and culture and work with other staff as a team,

· Except dedication and commitment to a social cause to help rural communities, no special skills are required,

§ Volunteers have to take care of their own travel costs and bear all personal expenses during free time.

§ Volunteers have to be 17 years or older

§ Living conditions will be simple.

§ Volunteers must have a good conduct and be willing to understand and respect local as well each others culture.

§ Volunteers must be prepared to live in harmony with others and work as a team.

§ Personal Insurance is the responsibility of the volunteers themselves.

· Because of ongoing humanitarian projects at RUCHI, this programme is open all year round and you may join any time.

· Alcohol drinking and smoking is not encouraged in public and villages.

· All local travel costs concerning the project activities will be borne by the volunteers themselves.

LMTV Programme:

We encourage volunteers to apply and contribute to international youth exchange and community development through Medium and Long term placements of durations varying between 4 weeks to 24 weeks. The volunteers under this programme are placed in on-going humanitarian projects in rural or semi-urban areas. A good understanding of grassroots situation is required for such placements. In contrast to short term workcamps, the pace of work here is slow. Therefore, matching expectations of volunteers is a constant challenge. One has to realize that they cannot change the world in such a short time but the placement certainly provides satisfaction and contentment to have really contributed to a cause with some visible results. Initial orientation to volunteers will be provided at RUCHI office.

PARTICIPATION FEE:The participation fees are as follows:

1. For one/first month stay - 20,000 Indian rupees.
2. For each additional month - 17,000 Indian rupees.

The participants are required to pay the contribution in Indian rupees in cash on the first day of their arrival in the workcamp. Please note that there is no ATM available in the work camp area. Therefore, the money has to be changed in Delhi or Chandigarh city. The contribution covers all basic expenses, e.g. accommodation, gas, water, electricity, food, staff salaries and for materials used in projects/activities. Alcoholic drinks are not included.

The travelling cost to visit field areas is not covered under the fee. However, we shall be happy to reimburse travelling cost for the volunteer up to a maximum of rupees 500 per month.

Alcohol drinking and smoking is not encouraged in public and villages.

Why the extra fee?

RUCHI with other NGO’s in India is not financially supported by government to host projects related to IVS. Hence all projects are self funded with a participation fee. Given the remote location and various complexities we have tried our best to make it as affordable as possible for volunteers. Being a non-profit organization we emphasize on transparency, below is how we spend collected participation fee.

• Food, accommodation and logistics of volunteer during workcamp.
• Project setup costs. (material and logistics cost)
• Running the camp. (wages of professional like mason, carpenter, plumber etc and training local youth supported by us.)
• Office running/admin expenses. (Internet, photocopy, stationary, electricity, phone, salaries, office equipments, tools and rent etc.)
• Supporting small community project.
• International travel costs to annual global conferences and membership fee for networking.

Though volunteers are welcome to join us any time of the year in the ongoing projects of RUCHI, a few period specific projects for MLTVs are described below to choose from:

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