01 Apr 2003

INFO Nepal
Inside Nepal Friendship Organization (INFO), Kathmandu, Nepal
Supplied note: "We provide volunteer opportunities in various fields such as Teaching English, Environmental Awareness, Health and Sanitation issues, Home Stay Programme and Cultural Exchange. [...] INFO [est. 2000 - ed.] is a formally registered NGO and is affiliated with the [Nepal's] Social Welfare Council. [...] INFO is a non-profit organization run by Volunteers. To date, we do not have any donor agencies helping us. However, such help would be extremely beneficial to our programs and most welcome. Any revenue accumulated is used to educate poor students by providing scholarships.
Scope of work to date: * Recruited, trained, and placed 135 volunteers from various countries around the world. * Staffed six Health Posts and 14 Environmental Posts throughout Nepal with volunteers. * Initiated and staffed Conversational English programs at 25 rural schools throughout Nepal. * Developed and administered eight environmental projects, including garbage management, plastic bag replacement with woven jute bags, paper recycling and clean-up programs. * Established Cultural Exchange/Homestay programs with over 58 Nepali participant families. * Developed and delivered Nepali language and cultural classes to over 135 volunteers. * Created Income Generation Programs involving livestock purchases and the production of reusable, woven jute bags. * Developed and delivered various health programs including: food preparation and nutrition, general hygiene practices, and first aid. * Continuously developing and revising volunteer placement, teaching and program methodologies by requesting and reviewing feedback from all parties involved. [...] - nrg."
URL http://www.infonepal.org
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Naresh Raj Ghimire (infonp[use"@"]ntc.net.np)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30