Get involved

We strongly believe that, we are nothing without our volunteers. You can get involve with YAN by volunteering, donating or sponsoring.

 Volunteering: Are you looking for a traveling to a new place, adventures life style, learning the new culture and language, a challenge and meaningful experiences, to enrich your life and the live among the poorest and most disadvantaged communities in the world? Youth Activation Nepal (YAN) can offer you exactly that kind of experiences whether you come from abroad or from Nepal itself. Your small contribution can make a big difference to the development of entire communities.

  

 People choose to volunteer for a variety of reasons. For some it offers the chance to give something back to the community or make a difference to the people around them. For others it provides an opportunity to develop new skills or build on existing experience and knowledge. Regardless of the motivation, what unites them all is that they find it both challenging and rewarding.


Programme:

Sports coaching volunteering

Become a volunteer sports coach in Nepal and you will have the opportunity to share your passion for your chosen sport with children from disadvantaged communities. This rewarding experience will put your skills and knowledge of sport to a good cause by improving the enthusiastic children's level of health, sense of community and future prospects.

The reality of Sport in Nepal is in developing stage, not just the glitz and glamour that we see on the TV in World Cups and in the Olympics, many Nepalese simply do not have the equipment, facilitates and means to take part in structured sporting events and activities due to a lack of funding at a grassroots level. By joining our sports coaching volunteer placement in Nepal you will play an active role in developing the sports craze in youth.  

Your role as a sports coach in Nepal will be varied. As you move from school to school and you plan and organize your own coaching clinics and structure sports sessions, you will notice the difference in age and abilities among the players you have in your coaching groups. You will therefore need to be flexible and able to adapt to different situations, so be sure to brush up on some activities and drills for all age groups and playing standards.
In Nepal football and cricket is famous among the youth

Orphanage home

We are contributing our resources for the orphanage home situated in pokhara and chitwan of Nepal since nine month. Also we are planning to open our own orphanage home for the street kids, handicapped and the orphan child up to next year. But right now we are coordinate with orphanage home which has no support yet. We spent more than half of the money coming from our volunteer to this orphanage home. And rest of the money is gone for our other projects. We want positive supports from our volunteers on these steps.

Volunteer on an art and craft project

Volunteer on an art and craft project in Nepal and give children the chance to learn new creative forms of art by bringing new techniques to the classroom. Art has always been an important part of south Asian countries, both as a decorative and a communicative medium. This project is an ideal opportunity to make art available to young Nepalese during a school time, a gap year or volunteer holiday.  Furthermore, you will have the chance to work alongside some of Nepalese leading artists, sharing ideas and styles from the Nepalese traditions. During part of the project, you will help to run school art clubs within a number of local schools. The clubs extend right across the artistic spectrum, from painting to sculpture, so you will be able to focus on one or number of different areas. Aside from learning artistic techniques and self-expression, the children you work with will greatly value the attention and help you offer, and life-long friendships are sure to be made.

It is up to you to decide your level of involvement with each part of the project. However, there is a vast pool of artistic knowledge that you can take advantage of so we invite you to delve as deeply as possible. There is no obligation to keep up with your associated artists, but we are sure that you will want to take full advantage of the artistic ideas and skills they are willing to share.

During your role at the arts club, you will be able to create a programme with your class by developing a syllabus and setting achievement targets. This will, of course, demand more consistent commitment. The ultimate goal for students will be to display some of their work in a special exhibition, which you will help organize. This will be crucial in the development of their self-confidence and in setting firm foundations for a possible professional career in art.

programmed fees and visa

YAN is a Nepal based organization and we place our volunteers directly to our own projects. Our all programmes are funded through volunteer’s supports. We have mainly local staff and volunteer; have to spend money for the operation cost. Our full time staffs are however paid reasonable salaries in Nepali standard; and we work very hard and smart to keep costs down especially for you, the volunteers where it counts the most.  YAN is proud to offer all of the services, that our competitors offer, at a very low economical price. That is the reason; YAN volunteering programs are the most affordable programs in Nepal compared to other organizations of its kind. Also YAN offered you up to 20% discount for group volunteering for 5 plus group members. 

Here is a brief summary of the program fees that YAN offer.

DURATION                                        COST (USD)

One week                                          70    + 50

Three week                                        210 + 50

One month                                        300 + 50

One and half month                          450 + 50

Two months                                      600   +50

Three months                                    900 + 50 

Four months                                     1200 +50

Five months                                      1500 + 50

YAN offer 10 pound per day for our volunteers. Each 50 dollar covers transportation, accommodation and feeding before the placement while staying in kathmandu. 

The above cost includes:

- Transportation to and from Kathmandu airport.

- Accommodation at a hotel, lunch and dinner in kathmandu before and after the placement. 

-Two-day sightseeing around Kathmandu valley, world heritage sites, e.g. Patan Darbur Square, Pashupatinath, Baudhanath Stupa etc.

- Transportation to and from Placements.

- Accommodation and meal during the placement.

- Nepali language and cultural information class in the placement.

- Administrative cost.

-Contribution for ongoing YAN established projects in the community- (women’s empowerment, children’s development, community health, youth development environment and agro forestry)

- Online / off line program advertisement.

  Program cost excludes:

-Flight tickets (Nepal & Abroad)

-Visa fees

-Extra foods, beverage, and sodas.

-Laundry

-Personal travel and sightseeing (trekking, jungle safari etc if you are interested YAN can organize for you with affordable prices);

-Shopping

- Gifts to project staffs and host family, if you wish to buy any;

         

You should be responsible for your own program. We advise you to spend according to your allocated budget. You can also contact us for your itinerary program. We arrange programs on demand as well.

The program fees should be paid either in local currency or in pound or in US Dollar upon arrival in Kathmandu.

Visa process

You are responsible for arranging your own visa for Nepal. All foreigners, except Indians, must have a visa.

Any visitor to Nepal is allowed to stay on a tourist visa for up to a maximum of 150 days (five months) per calendar year (January to December). Please note that international volunteers who arrive in August can work up to ten consecutive months, split across two calendar years i.e. August to May).

You can obtain a multiple entry tourist visa from the Nepalese Embassy in your home country or a single entry visa upon arrival at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport or road borders (you will be asked to fill in an application form and provide a passport photograph).

We recommend that you obtain your visa in your home country, as it saves time and you can avoid the long waiting lines at the airport.

If you stay longer than the duration of your initial visa, you will need to obtain a visa extension at the Immigration office in Kathmandu or Pokhara.

Please note that your passport needs to have at least six months validity.

Non-tourist visas are very difficult to obtain. Online VISA application in grogress?

To find your Nepalese Embassy abroad, please go to http://www.mofa.gov.np/missions.php?type=nepalese