India and Sri Lanka Combo

Proposed Itinerary (without upgrading)

Day 1 (First Sunday of the month): Arrive in Delhi , transfer to Global Crossroad hotel and rest

Day 2-12 (First Monday of the month):

General question/answer session from India staff, 1-2 hours orientation about project, host family, safety issues, and general rules of program. Transfer to project, introduction to project staff members, host family and project work begins. For the next 12 days, volunteers will work in an orphanage in Delhi.

As a volunteer in orphanage project, volunteers will teach English (3-4 hours a day) in an orphanage or school (when the orphaned children go to schools during the day). Volunteers will help children stay clean by helping them brush their teeth, shower, and teaching them issues pertaining to personal hygiene. In participants' free time (usually in the evening), volunteers can organize games, teach drawing lessons, singing, dancing, and other creative, educational and extra-curricular activities. In the evening time, volunteers will help children with their homework, monitor academic progress, and make sure the children complete the next day's homework. If volunteers choose not to teach in school during the day time, participants can offer to take care of children remaining in the orphanage (who cannot go to school). Your help is also expected in dressing children, distributing food, assisting in the kitchen, maintaining the garden, and helping with assorted administrative work.

Day 13 (Friday of Second week):

Closing of India program, prepare for departure to Sri Lanka

Volunteers can go to Colombo , Sri Lanka (approximately 3 hour flight from Delhi to Colombo ). From Colombo , you will travel to Galle (a town nearly 4 hours drive from Colombo ).

Day 14 (Saturday of Second week): Departure for Sri Lanka . Arrive in Colombo, transfer to Galle, rest

Day 15 (Sunday of third week):

Free day

Day 16-27 (Third Monday of the month) :

General question/answer session with Sri Lanka staff, 1-2 hours orientation about project, host family, safety issues, and general rules of program, Transfer to project, introduction to project staff, host family and project work start. For the next 12 days, volunteers will work in an orphanage in Sri Lanka .

In Sri Lanka , Global Crossroad collaborates with local orphanages and children support organizations aiming to support displaced, abandoned, and abused children. This project allows volunteers to leave a positive mark by touching the lives of orphans. In this volunteer project in Sri Lanka , participants can spend their invaluable quality time living with the orphaned children as a part of their family. Not only do these unfortunate children need love, care and attention, but the poorly-understaffed orphanage centers need the willing, helping hands of volunteers as well.

Day 28 (last Friday of the month):

Closing of program, prepare for departure/return to home country.

Program fees

Only $1669 for 4 weeks

Fee covers

India:

Airport receive/pick-up, transfer to hostel, room and food for 14 days (usually host family or hostel/orphanage), and transfer back to airport to depart for Nepal

Sri Lanka:

Airport receive/pick-up, transfer to hostel, room/food for 14 days (usually host family or hostel/orphanage). Fee also covers insurance and service of field staff throughout project period

Fee does not cover

• International airfare
• Airfare or transportation cost between Nepal and India
• Transport return back to Colombo from Galle ($50)
• Visa, immunization, and personal expenses
• Any expenses outside of program
• This is sample itinerary and can change at any time (without notice) to meet changes in field conditions or need of Global Crossroad office.
• We do not offer bonus trip of India for volunteers joining Thailand and India combo program