Organizations Offering Volunteering Service

Volunteering India — Some organizations offer a various voluntary programs with a nominal fee. For instance, you need to book a volunteer service program at around 249 Dollars at Volunteering India firm, and get actively involved in gap-year programs, cultural exchange programs, internships, child care, and work at an orphanage, English teaching, HIV programs, Summer Programs, or service dedicated to women’s power. The areas were a volunteer needs to work and reside include India’s capital city, New Delhi, Palampur/Dharamshala, Kolkata, and Bangalore. It is also possible to include short term courses or programs that include families or groups. Featured programs would include:

  • Orphanage in India
  • Women empowerment
  • Volunteer to teach English
  • Childcare program

WWOOF – WWOOF is an organization that invites volunteers to learn about organic food habits and farming. Through this endeavor it hopes to spread the efficacy of organic farming and lifestyle based on this food habit into the lives of people in India. A foreign national would be able to:

  • Provide ecological methods of growing organic food
  • Offer valuable experience on how to live a eco-friendly life in the countryside
  • Discourage the use of artificial manures and pesticides
  • Boost organic and pro-labor movements that allow people to meet and exchange ideas and thoughts

Cross Cultural Solutions – This is yet another voluntary organization which started its operations in 1995. The volunteers have to work for duration of 2-12 weeks on any of the 20 programs. It is also possible for foreigners to get a week’s experience in India. Some can work as chaperones, provide elder care, child care, health-care, and assist women in distress, or youth at risk. There are many such programs and one has to enroll in any of these by paying a fee for it.

Experiential Learning International – This voluntary organization meant especially for foreigners has various hubs in South India—Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. As a volunteer, you can work as a teacher in areas in and around Munnar where tea gardens flourish immensely. The volunteers also help teaching children and educating them on various health related issues. HIV awareness programs, medical and dental healthcare programs, and conservation of eco system are some of the aware programs conducted by the volunteers. The fee could range up to 2000 Dollars or more for a year’s voluntary service.

Volunteering India – There are various volunteering services especially meant for foreign tourists in India offered by this voluntary organization. These include dental elective program, healthcare program, caring for mentally challenged kids, teaching programs, and HIV awareness program. One can work with street children in the country, teach English language, care orphan kids, and women empowerment programs. At a fee of only 250 Dollars, foreigners can work on these programs in areas like Palampur, Dharamsala, Kolkata, New Delhi, and Bangalore.

IISpice – Integrated Social Programs in Indian Child Education (iSPiiCE) is committed towards the development in rural India such as child education, women empowerment and education. The additional incentive is too combine the social service with three weekend excursion trips to historical and cultural places in India — such as Agra, Amritsar, and Himalayan mountains. Those who can volunteer are high school students, undergraduates, Gap Year students, career beakers, or retired people. The organization was established in 2008 with the idea to address the kid education in rural areas and also the development of the countryside in India

Sankalp – Sankalp allows foreigners with English knowledge to teach students in government owned primary schools in India. One may also educate street kids on health and hygiene or look after orphans at specified orphanage. There would be childcare and women’s development projects as well. All these projects can be availed at 94 Dollars for a week’s service. If you want to combine service with travel or excursions, you can do so with a fee of around 1000 Dollars for a month. The trips are during the weekends at various attractive spots in India. Similar programs are also available for students having a long summer holiday or Gap Year students. For six weeks, such travel and work trips would cost around 2600 Dollars.

United Planet – This organization offers a useful platform for foreigners who want to have fun through voluntary service, enjoy the ethos in India, and check out various locales in the country. It is possible enjoy a year’s experience in this service. The programs would also depend on the skill set and experience of the volunteer. The programs would include language learning, craftwork, cooking, dance lesions, and awareness programs.

BrigdeVolunteers – It is a voluntary group that highlights various types of awareness programs to kids, youngsters, and adult living in the rural areas. The various programs offered by this firm include:

  • Child care program at daycare centers or “Anganwaris” in suburbs of towns and cities
  • Teaching communities English, Maths, painting, games, and many more at Goa
  • Teaching in rural schools through Physical Education, drills, and exercise
  • English teaching programs in Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan
  • Work at Build Rural India program

Greenheart Travel – This international community service organization partners with local NGOs and invites foreigners onboard for various community service programs. The programs could be on:

  • Environment
  • Ecology and Wildlife Conservation
  • Women’s Development
  • Community Growth and Prospect
  • Kid care and Education
  • Health Care in General

…And, there are others in the list as well

Not-So-Expensive Voluntary Organizations in India
There are many different kinds of voluntary service. Few others offer inexpensive voluntary service. Some offer service at remote areas where help needed is most. So, here is the list of few different kinds of voluntary work openings:

  • Cosmic Volunteers work on street kids of various metro cities
  • Foundation for Sustainable Development work for boosting socio-economic conditions of people in Rajasthan
  • Global Choices work for enhancing community service
  • Himalayan Education Lifeline Programme (HELP) work for poor schools and educating children in remote Himalayan area
  • International Cultural Adventures work for education, trekking, and language learning
  • ISEC (International Society for Ecology and Culture) work for Ladakhi farm
  • Joining Hands work for improving economic condition among poor women in North India
  • Mondo Challenge work for Ladakh and Darjeeling rural belt to promote health and financial power
  • One! International work for street children in Mumbai
  • Sacred Earth Trust work for development of community in Bodh Gaya in agriculture and women power
  • Responsenet work or computer literacy projects in India
  • SMILE Society work for street kids and urchins in India
  • Yearoutindia for teaching English and Arts in South India

…all in all, voluntary service in India is a big sector that engages foreigners to come over, gain experience, indulge in their philanthropic work, and go back home with a sense of fulfillment.