volontariato internazionale, antirazzismo, pace, diritti
INDIA
Agriculture, Social problems, Simple manual labour
Natural Farming
Code:RC-MTV-AGR-08/25
Where:Baddi area
Number of volunteers:2
Language:English
Extra-Fee:420 EUR
Age:21-85
01/01/2025 - 31/12/2025
Work
With an aim to promote natural farming and double farm income initiatives we aim to educate and train farmers in nearby communities by acting as a resource and demonstration centre for sharing good practices among farmers. The volunteers are required to assist us in following areas: • daily maintenance of farm and make natural/organic sprays, pesticide and produce chemical free products. • Actively assist our team to realise our dream to be self sufficient by producing majority of fruits, vegetable that we consume. • Introduce or reinforce good farming practices and grow off season and low water consuming vegetable. • Assist in installing a low cost hydroponics system at campus.
Partner
RUCHI is an NGO committed to community development since 1983 in the foothills of Great Himalayas.
Location
The project site is Ruchi campus and the nearby Bandh village (1 km) in Solan district. It is 30 km from Kalka and 70 km from Chandigarh. The village is small with 35 families. Self organized city tours and excursions. Old Sikh and Hindu temples in the near vicinity can be visited. Nearby Kasauli town is another hill station as a tourist attraction. A visit to Shimla will offer an opportunity to see high Himalayan Mountains, tall God Monkey (Hanuman) and other scenic places.
Accomodation
Accommodation: Basic, simple, safe & clean accommodation will be provided either at host family or RUCHI campus on sharing basis (Twin or triple) with common toilets and bath. Food: Food offered will be simple authentic Indian vegetarian and freshly cooked. Three meals a day will be served. Assistance while cooking is desired and self cooking can be organized by volunteers.
Requirements
Any one with agriculture background or knowledge in natural farming is welcome
Meeting point
Kalka station
Notes:
Himachal Pradesh is a mountainous area where people are highly dependent on agriculture to complement their living in addition to their daily work. However, due to shortage of water and small terraces on sloppy land the agriculture is unsustainable and farm output is not sufficient keeping in mind economic value it gets. Also due to steep terrain and small terraces automated machines have limited usage here. As a result we fear food security in the future as many people are or about to leave agriculture. RUCHI campus is spread over an area of 3 hectares and has good fertile soil. We at present are using our campus for exploring options of pesticide free scientific farming using natural materials. We have successfully demonstrated, Wormicompost, NADEP compost, Kitchen Gardening, Agroforestry, floriculture, organic farming, orchard development here. At present we are gearing to install hydroponics system at our campus for demonstration, training and self sufficiency. In due course we would like to serve as demonstration centre for farmers.
INDIA
Social problems, Education, Study
Women Power
Code:RC-MTV-CD-6/25
Where:Villages around Patta
Number of volunteers:2
Language:English
Extra-Fee:420 EUR
Age:21-85
01/01/2025 - 31/12/2025
Work
This projects aims to empower individual women and groups from rural communities we work with by understanding and identifying their needs and assisting them to overcome them. Most importantly encouraging them to start being an earning member of family and achieve social status she rightfully deserves. Working closely with our community youth worker they will undertake following tasks: • Actively participate in women self help group meetings and understand their functioning & activities. • Evaluate current needs of groups and individuals in SHG and organise capacity building training for them. • Promoting women entrepreneurship, business building at individual or group level. • Educate on digital literacy, personal hygiene, good parenting, sanitary pads, domestic violence etc. Resourceful volunteers with new ideas, strong determination and high motivation level are highly desired.
Partner
RUCHI, a not-for-profit organization working since 1983, is affiliated with international and national voluntary service networks. RUCHI is a member of Network of Voluntary Development in Asia (NVDA), full member of Coordinating Committee of International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) and a candidate member of Alliance of European Voluntary service Organization (ALLIANCE).
Location
Ruchi campus is located near Bandh village. It is 30 km from Kalka and 60 km from Chandigarh. Bandh village is small located in interior mountainous area and the volunteers will have a unique opportunity to live with nature in a peaceful environment. RUCHI campus is one km. from the village. Self organized city tours and excursions. Old Sikh and Hindu temples in the near vicinity can be visited. Nearby Kasauli town is another hill station as a tourist attraction. A visit to Shimla will offer an opportunity to see high Himalayan Mountains.
Accomodation
Basic, simple, safe & clean accommodation will be provided either at host family or RUCHI campus on sharing basis (Twin or triple) with common toilets and bath. Food offered will be simple authentic Indian vegetarian and freshly cooked. Three meals a day will be served. Assistance while cooking is desired and self cooking can be organized by volunteers.
Requirements
Volunteers with openness to accept challenging life, flexibility to adapt and adjust and get used to slow pace of work are preferred
Meeting point
Kalka
Notes:
RUCHI believes ”community development” cannot be achieved until women in our society are empowered and are respected within our society. A women plays many roles within Indian society; a daughter, a wife, a mother, a home maker and even labourer to earn wages if need arises. Surprisingly after supporting her family in various ways she is mostly not consulted and involved in household decision making. RUCHI always recognised women’s efforts and believes that, educating a women educates whole family & therefore keeping that in mind RUCHI has initiated voluntary project facilitating cultural exposure and assisting women to overcome these odds.
INDIA
Environment, Social problems, Simple manual labour
Environmental Education & Waste upcycling
Code:RC-MTV-ENV-1/25
Where:Solan -10 villages around Patta
Number of volunteers:2
Language:English
Extra-Fee:420 EUR
Age:21-80
01/01/2025 - 31/12/2025
Work
The project aims to educate local communities, both formal and non-formal, on environmental concerns like Global warming, floods, droughts, depletion of natural resources, lack of waste management etc. and take up protective measures with a possibility of organizing micro community actions. In specific work will include: • Creating Environmental awareness to preserve biodiversity among kids and other community based groups. • Promoting sustainable lifestyle changes to have minimum green house gas emission on our environment. (eg. Reducing usage of plastics, choosing energy efficient devices etc) • Up-cycling of waste and other discarded items into something meaningful and usable. • Promote Upcycled products as a entrepreneurial activity among local community.
Partner
RUCHI, a non-profit organisation working since 1983, is affiliated with international and national voluntary service networks. RUCHI is a member of Network of Voluntary Development in Asia (NVDA), full member of Coordinating Committee of International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) and a candidate member of Alliance of European Voluntary service Organization (ALLIANCE).
Location
The project site is Ruchi campus and the nearby Bandh village (1 km) in Solan district. It is 30 km from Kalka and 70 km from Chandigarh. The village is small with 35 families. Self organized city tours and excursions. Old Sikh and Hindu temples in the near vicinity can be visited. Nearby Kasauli town is another hill station as a tourist attraction. A visit to Shimla will offer an opportunity to see high Himalayan Mountains
Accomodation
Basic, simple, safe & clean accommodation will be provided either at host family or RUCHI campus on sharing basis (Twin or triple) with common toilets and bath. Food offered will be simple authentic Indian vegetarian and freshly cooked. Three meals a day will be served. Assistance while cooking is desired and self cooking can be organized by volunteers.
Requirements
Volunteers with openness to accept challenging life, flexibility to adapt and adjust and get used to slow pace of work are preferred
Meeting point
Kalka
Notes:
The existence of life on planet is possible only because of the suitable environment we live in. Over the past few decades our human thirst for development has taken its toll on environment and its effect has been seen and felt by us all in recent past. Through this project we want to emphasize on importance of environmentally sustainable action that are needed to be incorporated in our lives on daily basis to reduce further damage. We would also like to take this opportunity and target waste material as it is one of the biggest environmental challenge that we face today.
INDIA
Environment, Social problems
Water Conservation (NRM)
Code:RC-MTV-ENV-2/25
Where:Solan district - villages arount Patta town
Number of volunteers:2
Language:English
Extra-Fee:420 EUR
Age:21-80
01/01/2025 - 31/12/2025
Work
The volunteers will work closely with local community members and perform following tasks: • Protection & conservation of our natural resources. • Devise methodology to protect and replenish these fresh water sources using traditional methods and locally available resources. • Create awareness on conserving every drop of water through all possible means for drinking, household uses, agriculture and overall environment. • Join RUCHI team and communities in cleaning these fresh water sources • Plant trees around the sources. • Perform the most difficult task of sustaining interest of communities in their maintenance. • Make short video clips for education
Partner
RUCHI, a not-for-profit organization working since 1983, is affiliated with international and national voluntary service networks. RUCHI is a member of Network of Voluntary Development in Asia (NVDA), full member of Coordinating Committee of International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) and a candidate member of Alliance of European Voluntary service Organization (ALLIANCE).
Location
Ruchi campus is located near Bandh village. It is 30 km from Kalka and 60 km from Chandigarh. Bandh village is small located in interior mountainous area and the volunteers will have a unique opportunity to live with nature in a peaceful environment. RUCHI campus is one km. from the village. Self organized city tours and excursions. Old Sikh and Hindu temples in the near vicinity can be visited. Nearby Kasauli town is another hill station as a tourist attraction. A visit to Shimla will offer an opportunity to see high Himalayan Mountains.
Accomodation
Basic, simple, safe & clean accommodation will be provided either at host family or RUCHI campus on sharing basis (Twin or triple) with common toilets and bath. Food offered will be simple authentic Indian vegetarian and freshly cooked. Three meals a day will be served. Assistance while cooking is desired and self cooking can be organized by volunteers.
Requirements
Volunteers with openness to accept challenging life, flexibility to adapt and adjust and get used to slow pace of work are preferred
Meeting point
Kalka
Notes:
The project area gets ample rainfall but still there is a perpetual shortage of water in dry months. The problem is more of management and not availability. Every drop of water needs to be conserved. Since ages, the mountain people depend on natural spring to meet their fresh water requirements. The area has abundance of fresh water natural springs. These resources are under tremendous pressure due to environmental degradation, human negligence paired with his rapid thirst for urbanisation. RUCHI has worked towards protection and development of these fresh water springs for more than 20 years, but still a lot has to be done.
INDIA
Education, Kids, Social problems
Non-formal Education
Code:RC-MTV-EDU-3/25
Where:5 Schools around Patta town
Number of volunteers:2
Language:English
Extra-Fee:420 EUR
Age:21-85
01/02/2025 - 31/12/2025
Work
The volunteers are required to educate not only children but rural communities on various issues like: • Basic reading, writing and speaking English lessons. • Proper pronunciation of English words and improve on their grammer. • Personality development, . communication skills, creative interests. • Child rights protection policy, Good touch, Bad touch, Gender equality, Respecting women, active citizenship etc. • Teenage life, adulthood, puberty, drug abuse, Violence, student life career guidance. • Importance of digital education and responsible use of gadgets. • Handling smart phones for productive uses and learn of their full functionality.
Partner
RUCHI, a not-for-profit organization working since 1983, is affiliated with international and national voluntary service networks. RUCHI is a member of Network of Voluntary Development in Asia (NVDA), full member of Coordinating Committee of International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) and a partner of Alliance of European Voluntary service Organization (ALLIANCE).
Location
Ruchi campus is located near Bandh village. It is 30 km from Kalka and 60 km from Chandigarh. Bandh village is small located in interior mountainous area and the volunteers will have a unique opportunity to live with nature in a peaceful environment. RUCHI campus is one km. from the village. Self organized city tours and excursions. Old Sikh and Hindu temples in the near vicinity can be visited. Nearby Kasauli town is another hill station as a tourist attraction. A visit to Shimla will offer an opportunity to see high Himalayan Mountains.
Accomodation
Basic, simple, safe & clean accommodation will be provided either at host family or RUCHI campus on sharing basis (Twin or triple) with common toilets and bath. Food offered will be simple authentic Indian vegetarian and freshly cooked. Three meals a day will be served. Assistance while cooking is desired and self cooking can be organized by volunteers.
Requirements
Volunteers with openness to accept challenging life, flexibility to adapt and adjust and get used to slow pace of work are preferred
Meeting point
Kalka
Notes:
In rural areas quality education is still a distant dream. We have government schools and other institutions catering to various age group but they strictly lack infrastructure and staff required to provide quality learning for students. We regularly cooperate with various educational institutions in our close proximity and deliver need based lessons for their kids with assistance from our participants. Our aim with this project is to reduce rural, urban education divide in order for kids to have an equal start in their career.
INDIA
Environment, Social problems, Education
Stop Climate Change
Code:RC-MTV-ENV-4/25
Where:Patta Township area
Number of volunteers:2
Language:English
Extra-Fee:420 EUR
Age:21-80
01/08/2025 - 31/10/2025
Work
With this initiative we at RUCHI want to create awareness regarding carbon emission and seek practical solutions to reduce it within our capacity and with limited available resources. Working closely with local communities Volunteers will undertake following tasks: • Take up tree plantation or growing plant nurseries where ever possible. • Remove weeds and feed compost to trees. • Soil working and watering plants for their higher survival rate. • Educate communities and schools about carbon dioxide emission and its effects on lives. • Critically evaluate alternative sources of renewable energy. (Solar, Hydro, coal, Nuclear, wind) • Recommending energy efficient solutions depending upon local lifestyle. • Promote sustainable lifestyle among youth and community residents. • Exploring on micro initiatives to reduce carbon foot print. • Conserve water and stop water wastage.
Partner
RUCHI, a not-for-profit organization working since 1983, is affiliated with international and national voluntary service networks. RUCHI is a member of Network of Voluntary Development in Asia (NVDA), full member of Coordinating Committee of International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) and a candidate member of Alliance of European Voluntary service Organization (ALLIANCE).
Location
Ruchi campus is located near Bandh village. It is 30 km from Kalka and 60 km from Chandigarh. Bandh village is small located in interior mountainous area and the volunteers will have a unique opportunity to live with nature in a peaceful environment. RUCHI campus is one km. from the village. Self organized city tours and excursions. Old Sikh and Hindu temples in the near vicinity can be visited. Nearby Kasauli town is another hill station as a tourist attraction. A visit to Shimla will offer an opportunity to see high Himalayan Mountains.
Accomodation
Basic, simple, safe & clean accommodation will be provided either at host family or RUCHI campus on sharing basis (Twin or triple) with common toilets and bath. Food offered will be simple authentic Indian vegetarian and freshly cooked. Three meals a day will be served. Assistance while cooking is desired and self cooking can be organized by volunteers.
Requirements
Volunteers with openness to accept challenging life, flexibility to adapt, interest in environmental concerns and adjust and get used to slow pace of work are preferred
Meeting point
Kalka
Notes:
Stop Climate Change is an ambitious initiative started by our partner organization (NICE Japan) in 2015 with the aim to find solutions and reduce carbon footprint on environment. At RUCHI we have now incorporated it into our yearly activity as we have since incorporation believed in community development with environmentally sustainability actions.
INDIA
Environment, Social problems, Education
Stop Climate Change
Code:RC-MTV-ENV-3/23
Where:Patta Township area
Number of volunteers:2
Language:English
Extra-Fee:420 EUR
Age:21-80
01/08/2025 - 31/10/2025
Work
With this initiative we at RUCHI want to create awareness regarding carbon emission and seek practical solutions to reduce it within our capacity and with limited available resources. Working closely with local communities Volunteers will undertake following tasks: • Take up tree plantation or growing plant nurseries where ever possible. • Remove weeds and feed compost to trees. • Soil working and watering plants for their higher survival rate. • Educate communities and schools about carbon dioxide emission and its effects on lives. • Critically evaluate alternative sources of renewable energy. (Solar, Hydro, coal, Nuclear, wind) • Recommending energy efficient solutions depending upon local lifestyle. • Promote sustainable lifestyle among youth and community residents. • Exploring on micro initiatives to reduce carbon foot print. • Conserve water and stop water wastage.
Partner
RUCHI, a not-for-profit organization working since 1983, is affiliated with international and national voluntary service networks. RUCHI is a member of Network of Voluntary Development in Asia (NVDA), full member of Coordinating Committee of International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) and a candidate member of Alliance of European Voluntary service Organization (ALLIANCE).
Location
Ruchi campus is located near Bandh village. It is 30 km from Kalka and 60 km from Chandigarh. Bandh village is small located in interior mountainous area and the volunteers will have a unique opportunity to live with nature in a peaceful environment. RUCHI campus is one km. from the village. Self organized city tours and excursions. Old Sikh and Hindu temples in the near vicinity can be visited. Nearby Kasauli town is another hill station as a tourist attraction. A visit to Shimla will offer an opportunity to see high Himalayan Mountains.
Accomodation
Basic, simple, safe & clean accommodation will be provided either at host family or RUCHI campus on sharing basis (Twin or triple) with common toilets and bath. Food offered will be simple authentic Indian vegetarian and freshly cooked. Three meals a day will be served. Assistance while cooking is desired and self cooking can be organized by volunteers.
Requirements
Volunteers with openness to accept challenging life, flexibility to adapt and adjust and get used to slow pace of work are preferred
Meeting point
Kalka
Notes:
Stop Climate Change is an ambitious initiative started by our partner organization (NICE Japan) in 2015 with the aim to find solutions and reduce carbon footprint on environment. At RUCHI we have now incorporated it into our yearly activity as we have since incorporation believed in community development with environmentally sustainability actions.
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