2 months in Okhaldunga

I came to Nepal with the idea of contributing a little bit to the community, to get immersed there and learn from them. Now that I have finished the volunteering, I can say I achieved that with the help of VIN and ESC. During my stay, under the Child Protection programme, I was teaching English to children from 4 to 15 years old in two rural schools, with four more volunteers (who are now my family).
Seeing the kids happy during the class, participating in the activities and improving their English was one of the best things. Also, the community life, with the volunteers, interns, staff: participating in their festivals, seeing the sunrise on the mountain, cooking together momos or having breakfast together were some of my favourites moments.
If you like to try new experiences, learn from another culture, make new friends, walk and do trekking, nature, get away from big cities, enjoy small things, socialize, share with children, eat rice every day and live in community, this is the perfect place (I recommend staying at least 8 weeks).