Welcome to EkNews - Ekno Experience’s Volunteer newsletter!
Is it your dream to help others less fortunate than yourself? Volunteering can make that dream happen. Volunteering attracts all types of people and they contribute in different ways. Volunteers make a significant and positive difference in many areas of their host community – whether it is in your own country or in places less well off than your own – such as India and Nepal. It can be through social welfare, education, health or the arts, the host community benefits enormously from the generous input of volunteers who engage in the community. Volunteering has both short and long term benefits for both parties.
Kylie Gilbert from Australia has recently returned from trekking in Nepal and her dream is to return to Nepal again to make a worthwhile contribution. She dreams of working in an Orphanage and teaching children English, here is what she had to say ...
"I have just recently been back to Nepal (second visit) and it has affected me incredibly. I did the trek to Everest Base Camp and also spent a week in Kathmandu and visited a children’s home. All I can think about is going back permanently to Asia to work and volunteer in projects as my life back here now seems so boring and shallow. I would like to do some volunteer work and looking to sponsor a child. And I am researching doing a Diploma in Teaching English. The reason I am writing is that I feel a bit overwhelmed by it all and was hoping you could give me some guidance"
Whether you choose to come to Dharamsala, India or the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, if your dream is to volunteer you will benefit your host community in many ways. As a past volunteer of Ekno Experience correctly put it – "It's not taking time from me – it's me using my time to do the things I love – helping others". As a volunteer tourist in a host community, it is your passport to ‘community engagement’.
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