Volunteer Tour Dharamsala India5 March to 20 March 2012
This tour has been designed for mature volunteers who are young at heart and ready for their next adventure! Volunteers will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a developing country, experience another culture and contribute to the development of education in the local communities (both Tibetan and Indian) in Dharamsala India. The tour is a short but intense experience with the additional benefits of comfortable westernized accommodation, as well as a village and cultural tour. You will be assigned a conversation partner who you will get to know well. There will be guest speakers who will give you some insight to their experiences running and working in NGO’s in India. This tour will offer an intimate experience, so you will be able to get know your peers and con as well. Taking part in this volunteer program will also give participants the opportunity to fundraise a small donation which will contribute financially to one of the projects the group will be working with in India.
Proposed ItineraryDay 1: 5 Mar 2012 Arrive Delhi International Airport. Overnight New Delhi Day 2: 6 Mar 2012 Sightseeing Tour around Delhi. Overnight train to Pathankot Day 3: 7 Mar 2012 Take taxi to Dharamsala. Arrive late morning and check in. After acclimatizing yourself to the sights, sounds and culture, Sharon your trip leader will talk to you on what to expect over the next 10 days. Overnight Dharamsala Day 4: 8 Mar 2012 Take a visit to McLeod Ganj – visit His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Temple and Museum in the morning and visit Men Tee Khang – centre for Tibetan Traditional Medicine for a guided tour and consultation (if required). This afternoon you meet with your conversation partner (a Tibetan Refugee) who will spend the next 10 days with. Welcome dinner for Volunteers and their conversation partners. Overnight Dharamsala Day 5: 9 Mar 2012 Visit the Tibetan Children’s village this morning. The Village is a thriving, educational community for Tibetan Children in Exile. Afternoon – Questions and Answer sessions with Geshes from Institute of Buddhist Dialectics. Late afternoon conversation classes with your conversation partners. Overnight Dharamsala Day 6: 10 Mar 2012 Opportunity to teach an English language class. Afternoon conversation classes with your conversation partners. Evening Guest Speaker. Overnight Dharamsala Day 7: 11 Mar 2012 Opportunity to teach an English language class. Afternoon conversation classes with your5 conversation partners. Evening Guest Speaker. Overnight Dharamsala Day 8: 12 Mar 2012 We spend the weekend around Bir (another Tibetan settlement). Drive to Palampur and onto DGL Nunnery for a discussion with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (her schedule permitting) at her nunnery. Visit the ancient temple at Bajnath. Continue to the Tibetan settlement of Bir. Overnight Bir Day 9: 13 Mar 2012 Spend the morning visiting the many monasteries around Bir. Afternoon we start on our way back to Dharamsala via Sherab Ling Monastery. Overnight Dharamsala Day 10: 14 Mar 2012 Today’s highlight is a group audience with the 17th Karmapa (his schedule permitting). After visit Norbulingka Institute with a guided tour of the workshops to see traditional Tibetan art and the preservation of Tibetan culture. Late afternoon conversation classes with your conversation partners. Evening Guest Speaker. Overnight Dharamsala Day 11: 15 Mar 2012 Day at leisure/ or Cooking classes. You will turn your hand to cooking what you have been eating over the past 10 days. Choose from Tibetan or Indian cooking classes. Late afternoon conversation class with your conversation partners. Evening Guest Speaker. Overnight Dharamsala Day 12: 16 Mar 2012 Visit other Tibetan schools such as lower TCV and Tibetan Transit School and the Tibetan Reception Centre for new arrivals from Tibet. Late afternoon conversation class with your conversation partners. Overnight Dharamsala Day 13: 17 Mar 2012 Visit to local NGO. Late afternoon conversation class with your conversation partners. Overnight Dharamsala Day 14: 18 Mar 2012 Morning Field trip – choice of your conversation partner. Prepare to leave late afternoon for overnight train to Delhi. Overnight train to Delhi Day 15: 19 Mar 2012 Last minute shopping sightseeing and in preparation to leave late afternoon for overnight train to Delhi. Overnight train Delhi Day 16: 20 Mar 2012 Prepare for your international flight.
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