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About the organisor of the Internship program in Nepal

We are a group of Nepalese youths who live in the remote western part of Nepal who work voluntarily for the welfare of the village children. Our village Moi, Koral Khola (please see the link at side to know where it lies) is a small town which lies in the hillside area of Nepal at the boarder of two districts of Nepal namely Doti and Dadeldhura . Our organisation Ambika youth club is a totally non-profit organisation which is fully devoted in social activities and children’s education. We may live in the different part of the world but where ever we are, we are working voluntarily for the social and educational development of our village. We arrange different internship programs, au-pair programs and volunteer service in the village area of Nepal. Any one who is interested to ” work and live in Nepal village ” is hearty welcomed. If you are interested to make an ” educational or cultural internship ” in Nepal or ” a few month volunteer service in Nepal then our village should be your perfect choice. Since we also work voluntarily, our main goal is to learn some new things from foreigners or people from the other part of the country and to give them something from our culture. We strongly believe in the fact that we should learn good things from every culture

How to get to Internship place in Nepal

Our village Moi, Koral Khola lies in the far western part of Nepal

The nearest city from our village is Dadeldhura which is about 16 km far away from our village.

If you are coming for an internship in Nepal from a foreign country, you can reach to our place via two ways. Either you fly to Kathmandu, Nepal or to Delhi, India.

If you are flying to Kathmandu , then you can take a direct bus from Kathmandu to DIPAYAL or SILGADI and then tell the bus conductor that you are getting down on the way to DIPAYAL at KORAL KHOLA If you are flying to Delhi, then please take the train or Bus to Banbassa Tanakpur and enter Nepal from the boarder MAHENDRA NAGAR, Nepal. This boarder lies in the far western part of Nepal. Then you can take again a bus from Mahendra Nagar to Dipayal and get off at Koral Khola village Once you reach at Koral Khola then you can ask anyone how to get to the Head teacher(Principle ) of the Janta primary school. About internship program in Nepal village

The programme, internships in Nepal, is designed for people aged over 18 years who are currently studying at University or College or who has just finished high school. It will be a unique experience for you if you make summer internship in Nepal especially in rural Communities like our place. If you wan to make teaching internship then you will teach English or other subjects at our school. The school is governmental but we do not have enough resources to maintain a good quality. That is why we are looking for someone who can teach English lessons during school time or after school for groups of all ages. If you like to take part and share your knowledge with the adult classes (education for adults), then this would also be an alternative possibility. To take part in English teaching internship in Nepal or volunteer service in Nepal, the participants do not have to be natives of English-speaking countries. Volunteers teach from 3 to 5 periods (each period 45 minuets) each day, six days a week. Most of the schools hour in Nepal starts at 9:30 to 15:00. Most of the students range in age from 6 to 17.

The Internship , programs in the Nepalese village are related to the following fields.

Teaching internship in Nepal, Medical Internship in Nepal

Cultural Training and Inter culture communication in Nepal Short term volunteer programs include teaching, training, community awareness, etc. Long term volunteer programs include teaching and training (school, computer, language), construction (school, community, and public areas), agriculture and community development project, etc.

We also arrange culutre programs time to time so that the people who make internship in our village will learn a lot about the Nepalese culture and village traditions. The main things we provide and arrange for your internship are

We will provide you the unique opportunity and you will have an international internship or work experience in the area of health, education, or social services. We will provide you a comfortable costfree stay and food during the your Internship time. you can work part timely in our village schools and help the children in learning english or mathematics or history. If you are a student seeking academic credit or simply want to add an international Internship or want to make a culture study, you are hearty welcome to our village. You can work side by side with the local people and experience another culture like you never have had before. You will have lots of other learning opportunities that offer a deeper perspective of the culture and the living style of the Nepalese people You’ll be assigned an experienced Intern Supervisor who will meet with you on a weekly basis to offer guidance and help facilitate your learning objectives. The communities where you will work are for example schools, child care centre clinics homes for elderly people, and other community organisation. Free time Activities during your internship in Nepal

If you are planning for your internship in our village from the begining of middle of February to the middle of the may you can go for trekking and hiking . Our village youths will bring you to the trekking areas or swimming in the open air river. The seti revier which flows near by our village is a beautiful river. You can go for swimming with school children or with village youths. Pleas have a look on the beautiful and unexplored trekking area which lies in the Mahabharata range of Nepal .

Contact for internship and culture training in Nepal

Please contact us by email to

Nab Raj Roshyara , coordinator of the program . Email: roshyara@yahoo.com

Postal Address: Janta Primary school, Koralkhola

Kailpal Mandu V.D.C. 1, Dadeldhura Nepal.

internet address: http://internship-nepal.blogspot.com/

Frequently asked questions about internship, volunteer and au pair program in Nepal How long do the participant have to stay and where is the living palace?

There is not a fixed time that a participant has to stay in our village. It depends on the trainees how long they want to stay. During the stay of the trainees, our village youths organize everything for the participants. They do their bests to make your stay comfortable and easy. During your stay, you live together with any one of the village family who can speak English well. If you want to change the family during your stay, then it is also welcomed. If you are interested to live separately, that would also be possible. You can either eat with the family or you can cook yourself if you are interested to have a private living. All of these things depend totally on individual participants because we would like to respect the way how you like to spend your time.

What do the villager eat mostly? What kinds of food will I get during my stay in your village?

Mostly the villager take Vegetarian foods. During your stay, you will have breakfast, lunch and dinner. However, the living style of the village is very traditional. That is why they have their own time to eat and own type of foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner. At the breakfast, mostly people drink tea, breads which are made in a Nepali style. At lunch time, people eat rice , lentils and vegetables. At evening, they eat breads with butter and vegetables. They also drink milk, buttermilk and yoghurt if they have house animals like cows and buffaloes.

Do I have to pay money for the food and living room?

You do not have to pay money for the food that you get from the host family. However, if you want to eat some fruits which are not available in the house or if you want to cook something else which can not be provided by the host family, then you need to buy them yourself. The village youths will assist you in such things.

How long do I have to work if I come to you for an Au pair or internship program?

In Nepal, schools start at 10 a.m and the closing time is at 4 p.m daily except on Saturday. However, you do not need to stay in the school for the whole period of time. You can teach two to four hours a day and 3 to 5 days a week. It is up to you. Since, you will be new to Nepalese society, you need to learn the Nepalese life style first. That is why we do not want to make any pressure on you. You can decide yourself how long and how many days in a week you want to work. We want you to enjoy your time while you are with us in our village.

Is it difficult to work in a Nepalese village? How difficult is it for foreign au pair / trainee to adopt the Nepalese culture?

In our village, not many people can speak English. Only few people from old generation and the young generation can understand and speak English. In such a situation, one who has not been away from home before, may feel a bit loney at the begining. If you are not already familiar with any foreign culture, there is always a bit difficulty at the beginning to understand and to adopt a new culture and new living style. The villagers themselves from our village can not often travel around the world. That is why the villagers and the village children are always curious when a foreign au pair /trainee comes to our village. They will come around you to know about you. At such a situation, some may feel uneasy if they are not familier with asian culture. But you do not need to worry. Even if not all villagers can express all of their feelings to the trainee (because of language communication), they are very friendly and very welcoming.

Since our village is a bit far way from the capital and not many people in the village can speak English, we have cooperation with an English boarding school in Kathmandu which also organizes teaching internships. In the school in Kathmandu, only English is spoken and there won’t be any cultural and language problem. Just in case if the au pair/trainee can not stay for a long time in our village because of different culture, language or any other kind of other problems, then the au pair/ trainee can move any time from our village to Kathmandu and can complete her/his internship there.

Could a friend join me and go to Nepal at the same time too? Could she/he live in the same family?

YES, this is also possible and we recommend it if there are not any other au pair / trainee working in our village at the same time when you want to work here. This is just because if you want to do something on your own, then you can organize together with your friend and you are then independent from other’s help. We can assure you that we will do everything we can to make your stay comfortable. However, the au pairs /trainees sometimes want to be independent and spend time on their own way. At such a situation, it would be the best if you come together with your friend. If you come together with the other au pair /trainee, then you can live either with the same family or with a family who lives very close to you.

What is the closest airport to that village? And how would I get from that airport to the village?

There is only one international airport in Nepal which is in Kathmandu. All the international flights are only from and to the international airport in Kathmandu. The closest inland airport from our village is Dhangadi. Dhangadi is a city which is 170 km far way from our village. If you want to make a flight till Dhangadi, we will pick you up from the airport. In Dhangadi, we have organized a host family with whom you will be spending a couple of days in order to get to know the culture and some pre-information that you will need to have during your stay in a village. You will get a kind of small culture training so that it will be easier for you to live in the village.

If you want to fly till Kathmandu and then take a bus to our village, then you will be picked up from the international in Kathmandu. Our friends in Kathmandu will organize your stay in Kathmandu so that you can get to know the city and around Kathmandu. You visit the city as long as you want. After that you can take a bus to our village which will take nearly 16 hours. It costs not more than 10 euro /14 dollars to travel from Kathmandu to our village. If you hesitate to take the bus alone, then one of our friends will accompany you. At such a situation, he/she may ask you to pay his/her travel cost from Kathmandu to the village at least one way.

Since the village isn’t close to a bigger town, is there a doctor in case something happens?

The district hospital and doctors are located in Dadeldhura which is 30 km far way from our village. There are two hospitals where they also have 24 hours emergency service. Before you start your internship, we will organize your visit to a doctor so that you can get enough information about the precaution. The doctor will instruct you about the foods and things on which you must take care. For example, you should always drink mineral safety water or well-cooked water. In the beginning, it is difficult for a person, to adopt the water and one may get diarrhea soon if you do not take care of drinking water. The doctor will also subscribe you some basic medicines for example fever, headache, diarrhea etc which you can then buy in a drug store which is close to our village. Small illness like diarrhea will be recovered soon if you take the medicine. You can also bring such kind of such basic medicines with you. We recommend you to bring water de-infection tablets so that you can have safe drinking water.

What about the danger from all the different diseases I could get there? Could you please write about the possibility of getting diseases like Malaria and others?

There is no any danger of Malaria in Nepal. There was a problem of Malaria nearly 30-40 years ago. However, Malaria was eradicated many years ago. The possibility of getting any diseases (except diarrhoea) in our village is the same as when you are living in your own city. It would be rather safer because of the good weather and less pollution. However, you may be sick with diarrhoea soon if you do not take care of drinking water. You should always drink boiled water or mineral water. Mineral water can be bought at the nearest city. The villagers will assist you in bringing the water at your home. If you get sick with diarrhoea, then you should tell the host family as soon as possible, they will bring you some medicine (tablets) through which you can recover within the next one or two days.

I can imagine that there’s no internet in the village. Is there access nearby or not? How can my family communicate with me? Is there telephone access?

Yes, you are right. There is no internet access in our village. The closest internet café is in two cities namely Dadeldhura or Dipayal both of which are about 30 km far way from our village. If you need to check your email urgently, you can go there with bus any time. Otherwise, you can make a regular schedule of mail checking one or two times a week.

We do have telephone facility in the village now. If your parents call to any local telephone numbers of the village, they will inform you within half an hour and either you can call back to your family or they can also recall you after half an hour.

You can also buy a Nepalese mobile Sim card which you can use in the village. However, you have to be careful when you buy a Sim card. Not all networks have access in the village. Only telecom Sim card can be applicable. When you arrive in Nepal, we will help you to buy a proper Sim card.

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” School children of the first class are sitting with their teachers.”

school children sitting in their class room.They want to learn a lot but the Nepal government has not provided enough teachers for the school. That is why sometimes, they have to learn without teachers. If you could teach them subjects like english, geography, mathematics and music, they would be very thankful to you.

In my capacity as the UK Director of Operations for One World Tours Limited, I am often asked about the destinations I have been to and how it all began in the first place. 10 years ago I embarked on my second trip around the world and I suppose you could say that this is where it truly all began.



I decided to visit the Seven Wonders of the world in eight days. Firstly I had to decide what actually constituted the Seven Wonders of the World in the end came up with the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of China, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Golden Gate Bridge, The Empire State Building, Sydney Opera House and the Pyramids of Egypt. This would notch up a staggering 42,000 miles in 8 just days. The airlines and a chain of leading world-wide hotels thought that it would be a great promotional stunt and sponsored the whole trip so all of the flights and accommodation was free. Sounds like a brilliant blag eh? However nothing was guaranteed and my fate was entirely in the hands of the airlines.

So on the first leg of the trip (18th February) India and the Taj Mahal, I realized that I was on standby tickets and began to wonder if the trip would start at all. I think that once I saw the very beautiful Indian stewardess wrapped elegantly in her red and gold sari, I knew my trip had begun.

Arriving at Delhi airport and in order to continue on to the next stage of the journey I had to find out how much a taxi would cost to take me to Agra and back to see the Taj Mahal. Eventually I was ushered towards a driver willing to attempt to take me the 300 miles in about 8 ½ hours for the price of £130. I remember the name of the driver and the journey to Agra very vividly. Ashok, drove like a madman, honking his horn and driving towards oncoming traffic on dual carriageways in order to help me complete my mission.

On reaching the Taj Mahal, I was very impressed by the stunning creation of love that stood before me, definitely the stuff that fairytales are made of! I did not have too much time, 15 minutes, so I quickly set about taking photographs of the beauty before me that was intended for the publicity for the sponsors. I took enough photographs to prove that I had been there, along with a duplicate set in case the first ones did not come out and then one more lot for luck! The sun was beginning to set and it gave everything around that wonderful orange glow, a fitting end to a brief but memorable experience.Well the high speed car ride back was even more hair-raising as we did the whole thing over again but in the dark this time!



Day two of the trip was to be mostly taken up with flights. I left Bombay after 6am to arrive in Hong Kong (stopping off at Bangkok) at around 3.15pm. I then had to take another flight to Beijing to arrive at 9pm that evening.

I was fortunate enough to experience the beauty of flying into Beijing at night with the added bonus of the magnificent fireworks in celebration of their New Year.



The hotel, the Tianlun Dynasty Hotel was very grand affair with staff spoke limited making it almost impossible to try and organise for a taxi to pick me up at 4am the next morning, to take me to the Great Wall, my next destination. I then had to catch a flight from Beijing to go to Sydney at 11.30am! With the limited communications it was very difficult to get across exactly what it was that I wanted and I had to do drawings in order to communicate. To be honest I did not see much of the Great wall as it was still dark being so early in the morning!

Back to Beijing airport on to Shanghai instead of directly on to Sydney as I had expected . The Quantas crew were very lively, and I assumed that it was because there was hardly anyone else on the flight so they could let their hair down a little. I was even invited to sit in the flight deck as we came in to land at Shanghai.

I arrived at Sydney airport at about 6.30am on the 21st of February. It was all too obvious that I would not be using a hotel until the next day in San Francisco, so I decided to leave my luggage in storage at the airport. I had a whole day to kill in Sydney and the first thing that I did was to catch a bus to Sydney harbour. I took a whole bunch of photographs of the Opera House and its surroundings

To waste a bit of time I went on a cruise of the harbour. I found it very hard to stay awake, the travelling around over the last few days finally catching up with me.

I left Sydney airport about 40 minutes later than scheduled. This was a little worrying because I was supposed to be making a connecting flight in Los Angeles an hour and a half after I arrived!

There was a problem with the next part of the trip. When I had originally planned the trip, I remembered that the international dateline would be crossed, meaning that although having left Sydney on the evening of the 21st of Feb, I would be arriving in San Francisco on the afternoon of 21st of Feb! The people that had rearranged the original schedule had not taken this into account. In effect it meant that I would be arriving one day earlier than was planned, it also meant that I did not have anywhere to stay that night, as I was not booked into the hotel until the following evening! It actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise because I had missed the connecting flight anyway. I eventually arrived in San Francisco in the early part of the evening and took a taxi to the intercontinental hotel.



Having topped up my sleep on the flight over and now feeling refreshed from the shower I felt alert enough to experience San Francisco by night. Thee streets were incredibly steep and I wondered how on earth the parked cars managed to stay in place.

After having a good night’s sleep I got up early and took a cab to the Golden Gate Bridge. I took the necessary photographs and treated myself to an ice cream. As I sat admiring the scenery I overheard someone mention that they could see Alcatraz in the distance. I had no idea until then that Alcatraz was so close and as I had a whole day to waste until my next flight, I decided that visiting Alcatraz was not the worst way to spend the day. Having just missed the afternoon departure I decided that I would take the three-hour evening tour.

I was quite excited about the prospect of actually visiting Alcatraz; it was to be an unexpected bonus to say the least! None of the so -called Wonders had given me such a rush. I had seen the Taj, Sydney Opera House, The Great Wall, The Golden Gate Bridge, but I could not believe that I was going to Alcatraz!

I was allowed to stand in the solitary confinement cells and I found it to be an extremely eerie experience. You could still feel the history that the place was seeped in. I saw the exercise yard and the dining hall and for a grand finale heard the guards slam the cell doors closed. It was dark when I left the island and San Francisco was truly magnificent by night.

I flew out of San Francisco at about 12.30am and touched down in New York at 9pm.

I got up early and traipsed the streets of New York looking for somewhere to have breakfast and then made my way to the Empire State BuildingI walked down to Battery Park and caught a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty in the distance.

Then from JFK airport New York it was back to London. The flight to London was due to arrive at 6.20am the next morning. It was 40 minutes late and arrived at 7am instead. I had to take a taxi form Heathrow to Gatwick in order to catch the 10am flight to Pisa.



It seemed very strange to be back in England, so much had happened in such a short space of time.

I arrived in Italy at 2.45pm and I had a lovely view of the Swiss Alps as I had been sitting near the window again on this flight. I left the airport and took a taxi to the hotel Granduca which was nestled in the Italian countryside and was very pleasing to the eye after New York. After a quick shower I took a cab to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa where I took the appropriate photos. It didn’t seem possible that I was now in Pisa when hours before I had been in New York. It was very difficult to take in those last few days.

I had to be up at 6am to catch a flight back to Gatwick. It was roughly 6.30pm when I dropped off to sleep. The malaria tablets that I had to take had to be taken at the right time and once a week I had to take an extra one. Can you imagine how difficult it was with all the different times I had been through to make sure when I had to take them? I had to set my alarm to make sure that I took them at the correct time. I awoke at 12pm with a start, took my tablet and I remember telling myself that I shouldn’t have gone to bed so early as I would never get back to sleep now! Next thing I knew it was 5.30am the following morning. That was definitely the most sleep I had had in one go since I had left home.

I was a bit disappointed that I had slept my time away in Italy yet I had needed the sleep to revitalise myself.



When I arrived at Gatwick I took the speed bus back to Heathrow, the place where for me the trip had begun. It became apparent that I had got a four and a half-hour wait until the flight to Cairo. It was the longest four hours of the trip.

Finally the gate number came up and I rushed up to where I expected I would be leaving from for the most exciting part of the trip, the only bit that I was really looking forward to. I discovered that I was on standby tickets and that the flight had been oversold by 50 tickets. I had resigned myself to the fact that I was not going to go another step further.

There was only a handful of people left to board the plane and about ten more minutes to go until the plane was due to leave. I had been waiting for over four hours and was not even sure if there was anything to wait for! I even wondered if I should ring someone to come and collect me to take me home.



I touched down at the scheduled time of 11.15am on the 26th February. I wouldn’t get a proper look at Egypt until the following day. Once booked in to our hotel it proved very difficult for me to sleep that evening as it was like being a kid on Christmas eve, trying to force myself to go to sleep but being too excited to achieve it. The young hotel porter had asked if I had stayed at this particular hotel before. When I answered no, he pulled open the long curtains in the manner of a minor star unveiling a plaque. The modern city of Cairo stood beyond in all of its glory as beautiful as any city by nightfall. The opened curtains exposed a long balcony onto which I was offered to step. The young man seemed proud to show me the magnificent view of the river Nile. I could have enjoyed the stunning view for the entire night but knew that if I didn’t get a good nights sleep I wouldn’t be able to enjoy my time in Egypt to the full the following day. I felt saddened to see the advertisement for coke lighting up the evening sky of a country steeped in so much magical history. It seemed too commercial and somehow disrespectful.

I photographed the stunning sphinx.

The pyramids were absolutely breathtaking. I could not believe that I was only a few feet away from them. I had imagined of this moment so many times in the past. It was everything that I ever dreamed of and more.

I wanted to go to the museum to see Tutankhamen’s mask and after entering the museum, I was totally blown away by the exhibits that up until then I had only seen in reference books.

As I lay my eyes on the mask I found it was more breathtaking than I could ever have imagined.

In the evening I went back to the pyramids to see the sound and light show and I have to say it was the perfect ending to an amazing trip. A dream come true.

I had to be up early to catch the 8.45am flight back to London.

And there you have it. I had caught the travel bug good and proper and I wanted other people to share it too!

Many, if not all the anti-malaria drugs in the market today, have been abused, overused and or wrongly applied by different groups of people such that by creating a hostile environment for an otherwise easily curable ailment, anti-malarial drugs promote untreatable strains of malaria with certain mutations that allow the plasmodium parasite to survive.

In the midst and allure of this beautiful world we live in, it is important to understand that we are not alone. The world is inhabited by other creatures – animals, bacteria, viruses, microbes and several other kinds of life forms. Some of these we can see and recognize but many others are clearly not visible with the naked eye.

Malaria is always a serious disease and may be a deadly illness. If you become ill with a fever or flu-like illness either while traveling in a malaria-risk area or after you return home (for up to 1 year), you should seek immediate medical attention and should tell the physician your travel history.

Malaria symptoms will occur at least 7 to 9 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Fever in the first week of travel in a malaria-risk area is unlikely to be malaria; however, any fever should be promptly evaluated.

Malaria presents the most significant threat to travelers to many tropical countries. Take anti-malaria tablets as instructed before, during and after travel. The disease is transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes and can prove fatal.

Symptoms

Malaria has an incubation of 10-21 days but may be longer. In humans, the malarial parasites (called sporozoites) after being released into the bloodstream from a mosquito bite, migrate to the liver where they mature and release another form, the malarial merozoites.

Worldwide, malaria affects between 300 and 500 million people each year. Malaria is a leading cause of death and disease worldwide, especially in developing countries. Other species of plasmodia infect reptiles, birds and other mammals.

Plasmodium falciparum, so called ‘malignant tertian fever’, or ‘black water fever,’ is the most common strain of malaria and is also the deadliest. This strain of malaria is a serious disease that is responsible for about 2-million deaths per year, predominantly in young children in sub Saharan Africa.

Malaria is a serious disease caused by a parasite. Infected mosquitoes spread it. Malaria is very common throughout the world. In the United States, the main risk is to persons traveling to tropical and subtropical countries where malaria is a problem.

What you will learn from here will help you understand fully why you should take responsibility for your own health if you want to be truly healthy and Be Malaria-Free For Life! First, take one – Healthcare practice: how it all began.

Treatments

Corticoid steroids are often prescribed in the treatment of lupus. Corticosteroided hormones such as prednisone, hydrocortisone, methylprednisolone and dexamethasone are usually prescribed in small doses to reduce inflammation. Due to the fact that these medications can produce serious side-effects, they are only prescribed in short-term treatments.

For patients confronted with severe forms of lupus, doctors usually prescribe immunosuppressive drugs such as azathioprine and cyclophosphamide.

Although at present there is no specific cure for lupus, the existing treatments can greatly ameliorate the symptoms of the disease and minimize the risk of complications.

Lupus often has an unpredictable pattern of progression, producing symptoms that come and go over time. Thus, most lupus treatments are aimed at prolonging the periods of remission and ameliorating the phases of relapse.

The tests are funded by the National Institutes of Health. The successes so far are showing some promising results, but nothing can be used as of yet to benefit mankind. The research has expected to one day block the illness, but for now we can only wait and hope.

Mosquitoes travel considerable distances, sometimes mare than a mile when the wind is favorable. This fact makes their destruction and the prevention of their breeding the responsibility of the whale community and not just that of a single household.