VSO has a proud history of working in Nepal. Currently, volunteers in Nepal are working on a number of initiatives supporting inclusive education, social inclusion and gender equality.
Volunteering in Nepal
Volunteer in Nepal. Durga Bista, volunteers as a ‘Big Sister’ on VSO’s Sisters for Sisters’ Education (S4S) project in Surkhet, Nepal.
Volunteers in Nepal are working at all levels to support thousands of vulnerable girls to make empowered decisions about their own futures. Volunteers are integral in ensuring these girls have access to a quality education and other services that will enable them to break the cycle f poverty.
Volunteers also work on a number of projects working with communities to challenge harmful traditional practices and support young women to pursue their own income-generation projects and live more independently.
We have ambitions to significantly increase the number of people we support through these programmes and are keen to recruit volunteers with:
- Professional education / education management experience
- Professionals with experience addressing gender and social inclusion issues
- Experience in business / SME
Volunteer stories from Nepal
Meet our health champions: Manisha Kumari Jah
Meet Manisha, a 19 year old volunteer who has been working with VSO for three months as a Youth Health Champion, teaching young people about adolescent health in Nepal.
My permaculture journey: A sustainable approach to small-scale farming
VSO e-volunteer Chris Evans outlines how a tiny pilot permaculture scheme in Nepal successfully spread environmentally friendly farming practices and ideas in line with existing cultural traditions.
Meet our health champions: Aarati Patel
Meet Aarati, a health champion working on youth health rights in Nepal. Her work on the strengthening youth and adolescent health access and rights (SYAHAAR) project is helping youth and LGBTQ+ people to access sexual and reproductive health services.