Anne-Catharine Leper tells...

I had a good time when I arrived at Airport and they received me and transferred to hostel. Hostel was clean and well-managed. They introduced me to whole staff of cultural youth exchange.
Day after arrival, teacher informed me about my project, schedule, host family, situation of Nepal and other issues. They were very nice and looking so happy and they always asked me about my problem and something like that.

It was good to have a slow introduction to Nepal the first week and learn some words and phrases in Nepali though I'm not using them so much now, because they are so good in English here at Children Home. I really liked the village stay, to get out of the city and to have short look in what life is outside the city and the family was really friendly and hospital. And Chitwan was nice to see some tourist stuff before going to the children home. But I must say that the best time I have had here is here at the children home.

I recommend Exis-Nepal's two weeks program for other volunteers. I would suggest them without any contact person\organization we can't get achievement. I hope so; cultural youth exchange helps you during the time of Volunteering. I haven't had a host family, stayed at orphanage but that was perfect, because the Children Home is such a nice place, so I rather want to spend 24 hours here than only 6 hours. What I can say other than I will strongly recommend other volunteers to come and work here.

The food is good , and I am definitely never hungry, though it took a little time to get used to the spices and the house is fine, and I really like that there is a western kind of toilet.

I would recommend it for the whole program because every one is really nice and they had good hospitality.

Camilla tells...

I was well received and transferred to the hostel, and I was satisfied with my orientations and first week program. Hom is a very good teacher and he was good at explaining us about the historical background and the situation right now. I enjoyed the class and the sightseeing very much! The accommodation was fine. Tyson’s foods were great! To the upcoming volunteers I recommend them to be open-minded, it will benefit them much more lately. I also recommend playing cricket, it is a funny game and it helps you to learn the verbs, numbers, days of the week and so on, faster. I really liked the language class and the information about Nepali culture.

The best thing was the volunteer the work at the orphanage you could feel that you made a difference and the kids were so happy. The staffs here are wonderful as the kids. When it is the day off of kids from school, they made difference games they do not know, they really like that. Just be there for them and be affectionate. My stay in Meg’s Children home has been fantastic. I love the staffs and the kids here. I really liked that I was allowed to use my time with the kids as I liked. Give the kids a hug and show love, the rest comes naturally.