Action Village India (AVI) is heavily reliant on volunteers to support its partners in India effectively.

UK Office

In the office, volunteers can be involved in a variety of work; mailings, routine administration, corresponding with supporters and organisations in India, publicity, preparing the newsletter, fundraising and organising meetings and social events. For all of this work, some basic administrative experience is essential, especially word-processing.

Madras Café

AVI's main need for volunteers is to help run the Madras Café where we serve Indian food. This is one of AVI's main fundraising activities, so it is important for us to have a good number of enthusiastic volunteers there. AVI currently runs the Café at WOMAD, which is always over a long weekend in late July at Reading and at the World Fair which is held in central London on a Friday and Saturday in early December. AVI is occasionally asked to run the café at other weekend events and those who have signed up as interested in helping with the Café are asked if they can help.

India

There are few opportunities for volunteering with AVI's partners in India. One of the main reasons for this is that they all work in rural areas in local languages. However, Lakshmi Ashram at Kausani in Uttaranchal, is used to hosting volunteers to help in its school and with the land and other small projects.
At the first AVI Partners Forum in March 2004, Lakshmi Ashram asked for help in finding a TEFL/TESL trained teacher to work with their staff to help them teach English.
AVI had a similar request from the head teacher at NBJK's English medium school in Hazaribag District, Jharkhand, who is concerned about his teachers' level of English.

If you are interested in these volunteering opportunities, please contact us.
There are volunteering opportunities in India for students through Student Action India.

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