Holi Festival India Workcamp- volunteers needed festival of colors

Indian Festival WorkCamps:-  ( Only for International Youth)

• Holi Festival WorkCamp ( SMILE Holi 2020)-    7-17 March 2020
• Community Festival Workcamp ( SMILE Fest 2020)-   18-31 October 2020

Holi Festival Workcamp( SMILE Holi 2020) 

Location: Kolkata and around

Type: CUL, FESTIVAL, SOCI, MANU

Age: 15+

Number of Volunteer: 10/ Camp

Project type : Workcamp /Group Camp

Language: English

An internarional platform to exchange culture and language is the main theam of this camp.SMILE Society ( Situational Management & Inter Learning Establishment Society) is a registered NGO & NPO working in the field of International volunteering.  Our mission is to provide volunteers with a customized program  that will enable them to make an important contribution to the poor and needy kids of India. In the past several years, we have placed many volunteers around various parts of India within different projects.

Our foremost goal is to "Bring Smile around" We ensure that all volunteers are provided with a safe and enriching experience. Our flexible approach means that you will be given a placement to suit your needs and time scale. All international students are also welcome to take part in our projects. Our unique placements could become the trip of a lifetime.

Target :- Energetic youth from round the world gathered together during the exciting festival days to learn Indian culture ,food ,dress while try to bring smile on street kids. 

Location: : Kolkata city and around

Kolkata ,the city of joy was known before as Calcutta since the colonial time. This ancient city was used to be the capital of British colonial period. This city has full of heart ,people are basically belongs to the middle class . There are also rich and poor people all around . City Kolkata is know for its busy traffic ,huge population ,warm welcome and poverty around the street corners! It is a great place to visit for every tourist coming to India. More over if anyone get a chance to live with the local host family then that brings extra bonus to any traveler .It helps to learn the culture ,tradition,language while staying within the normal people of the society.Living on any hotel can never give any traveler such wide scope to know the society and communities as a whole. Kolkata( itself is a great tourist place with its historical value ) is well connected with many famous and attractive tourist places during weekends  ....

Camp Details:- 

Indian festivals are world famous because of it social & cultural values . volunteers will have exciting time with Street kids and local festival in these days. The main purpose of the project is to bring smile on most neglected street kids during the festive season while witnessing the excitement of Indian festivals. India is always been famous for its culture ,tradition,language and food cuisine . Different culture ,dress code ,language and cooking style made the country like a continent ! While volunteering in this camps youth can have chance to interact with the East Indian ( Bengali ) culture and food . Volunteers and local family together exchange the culture and cook food . Volunteers would have a chance to learn Indian yoga & meditation basic lesion in this camp.Youth volunteers have golden chance to know about the ethnic heritage of East Indian cuisine and tradition . It would a great fun filled time for groups.

Holi is known as the festival of colour. In this camp volunteers from round the world would have chance to exchange culture,language,food etc. Special attraction for this camp  to participate in the festival with the local family . It included with many rituals and decoration . During the  festival camps Yoga & Meditation lesson , local cooking lesson, local language class would add extra flavour.. It would be fun fill entertainment camp where Indian family and international youth can have a platform to each other culture and life style. Camp and accommodation would take place in the suburb call Madhyamgram which is just 8 km from Kolkata Airport .Transportation, electricity,shopping places are all around.Nearest rail and bus station is with in 2 km .Life is very simple and peaceful around.. Volunteers would participate in different traditional and cultural activities with the local host family. Volunteers have equal chance to play and work with the neglected street children during this festival camps.

Example Daily Schedule: 

Wake up early morning: 9am 

Breakfast:9:30  (required to  prepaired by own)

Painting job:10am-12noon

Lunch at 1:30  p.m

Afternoon:: 4 -6 PM ; with the kids

Dinner : 7:30 pm ( volunteers required help themselves in serving ,washing )

After 7:30 pm exit door would be closed.No one allowed to go out or come in the accommodation after 8 pm everyday including weekends.

9:30 bed time

** Please remember that  programme schedule or project site can be changed or altered by the Project In-charge if required and all volunteers are requested to cooperate with our local members and partners. All schedule should be followed and mandatory for everyone to participate and contribute  **

 Accommodation and food :-

Accommodation: Dormitory basis in host family as per available on arrival ( on cot with mattress/on floor with mattress, Common toilet and limited wifi available. 2-4 volunteers in one room on shared basis, (normally male & female separate room). You will get accommodation till 6 pm on the last day of your camp.We are unable to provide you any accommodation before or after these dates. Please arrange your own accommodation in case of early arrival or late departure .Early morning and after evening(6pm-8am) Airport transfers is not possible. You are requested to meet our representative at the meeting place on exact time given above. If you arrive early then you can have your stay in any of the different hotels available nearby Airport, within 2 -3 km .on the road popularly called as V.I.P road. You are requested to take any cab to check in any of these hotels. If you arrive at earlier night then you are requested to stay inside the airport terminal and meet at the next morning with our representative as per infosheet. 

Food: You will get 3 times local  food from local host. Please do not expect any kind of special dishes (veg/non veg) or cold drinks or special living room or air conditioned room during your term. You are requested to get ready for a simple and challenging life