My Nonprofit Reviews

I've been volunteering with Nepal Orphans Home (NOH) since 2019 with annual trips there. After some volunteering in Bangladesh, I decided to start a new project in Nepal and to join a volunteering program. I found Volunteer Nepal which helped me find a school in the mountains right on the Annapurna Base Camp Trek. It takes about 2 days to go there from Kathmandu—and so I made my way to Ghurjung.

I went there to give English classes for teachers and children and to provide active support wherever possible. The Ghurjung School is a very small one and there are only about 25 kids, which makes it easy to build a deep relationship with each of them.

Not only organizing many things for the trip, NOH’s Volunteer Nepal also gave me the chance to stay in their Volunteer House in Kathmandu. It’s always amazing to meet people from around the world there, meet the NOH kids and be welcomed into their cheerful community, making me proud by calling me “sister.” When I was planning this trip, I would never have thought how generously I would be treated and how intense the warm glow within myself would be. I very much hope to be able to travel to Nepal again soon to continue my projects with the teachers and students, and I can’t wait for it to happen.

I know that COVID-19 is affecting all of our lives right now. But there will be a time when the world will be more open again, with a different “normal,” with a new perspective on hope, security, and encouragement. We need to remember, there will not be rainbows without a storm. You’d better get prepared to start right away. I can recommend this place, this school, and supporting Nepal Orphans Home by going with Volunteer Nepal — these people deserve your support! Please go there and enjoy the magic of this place! My time there was an experience of a lifetime and I can't wait to go back again!