DAV Nepal Volunteer Program

Our mission is creating volunteer opportunities throughout the country. The current model has marred by flaws. Our aim is to abandon the current donor-dependent NGO model, which as development graduates we have seen failing before our eyes. At this time the scale of our programs are small but we are determined to see that our projects reflect a very local understanding of the communities and that it is run with enthusiastic support from all stakeholders. If we start a project and run it with our volunteer friends, we want to make sure that the community is equally interested, participating and in fact sustaining it. We aim to link international volunteers with Nepali locals to genuinely put something good to fruition. We will make sure that volunteers will thoroughly enjoy the process and will gain a deep understanding of a community that is in all respects mostly strange to them.