Gap Year Jobs in India
Five reasons to take a gap year in India
Some believe that India may out-pace China as the next economic super power, but the speed of development has left a country with a huge gulf between the rich and the poor. Gap year jobs in India are plentiful, with real opportunities to contribute to the lives of people who really need help.
1. Improve your skills and job prospects
Depending upon the type of gap year you choose, a year out can be a great way to learn new skills, both personal and social skills, and those skills more specifically targeted at the type of work being undertaken. India is a heady mix of old, traditional methods of work and cutting edge industrial practices.
2. Meet new people
Gap years are an excellent opportunity to make new life-long friends. You will get to know people while you are cooking, when travelling, and when working on your chosen project. The majority of people in India are among the most friendly and welcoming you could hope to find anywhere in the world. Taking the opportunity to talk to the local people, not just your fellow gap year participants, will be very rewarding. You will be a world away from what you are used to, so make the most of it. Talking to the locals is a learning experience not to be missed.
3. Make a difference
Volunteering or taking a paid work project in India can make a real difference to the lives of the local people. Whether you are helping protect their environment, or more directly assisting with their health or education, you can be sure that when you return from your gap year you will have had made a positive contribution that you can be proud of.
4. Leave the tourist trail
Of course gap years in Indian cities like New Deli, Bangalore and Cennai are always going to attract the larges numbers of participants, but some careful research will reveal gap year opportunities in many parts of India's vast and varied terrain. We feature gap year providers offering medical work experience and environmental management courses in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, business internships in Mumbai and rural literacy programmes in Udaipur.
5. Learn a new language
In a country where there are 29 different languages spoken by more than a million people, the location of your gap year in India is likely to be one of the deciding factors on which language you will be able to practice with the local people. Hindi is the official language, though English is also widely spoken.
Employer: Volunteering India
Gap Year Type: Child Care, Cultural, Teaching, Voluntary
Country: Delhi, Palampur-Dharamshala, India
Volunteering India offers two incredible summer volunteer programs designed to be joined as an individual or as a group during summer 2012.
Delhi Summer Program - Offers a chance to volunteer and travel in Delhi , the capital of India and have a chance to work with underpriviliged children while exploring this amazing city. While in the program volunteers will travel seeing different monuments and history Delhi has to offer . You will visit Taj Mahal , now amongst the new Seven Wonders of the World and Jaipur the amazing historic Pink city which is popular amongst tourists for its culture and heritage.
Volunteers will be in the Street Children Project or at an Orphanage placement in Delhi. Under this project ,volunteers take informal education classes with the children, play games with the children and introducing them to different new activities.Volunteers work at the various contact points or shelter homes, being run by various organizations, which serve as day care centers for these street children. They can assist in providing love, care, basic literacy, recreation and most importantly spend time and shower affection on them.
Palampur-Dharamshala Summer Program - Volunteer in the beautiful Himalayas surrounded by quaint and calm surroundings . Palampur is only a 40 minutes drive from Dharamshala , home to The Dalai Lama. Volunteers in this program will work with underpriviled children in day care centers.On the weekends you get a chance to take a Trekking Trip and also visit Manali , one of the most popular hill resorts in India. This program is highly recommended for Groups and friends travelling together.
Delhi Summer Program - 2012 start dates: 04th June 2012, 02nd July 2012 and 6th August 2012
Palampur Summer Program - 2012 start dates: 14th May 2012, 11th June 2012 and 9th July 2012
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