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Our platform facilitates human relationships and mutual learning within an expansive network of volunteers, donors, classrooms, and grassroots social projects. We offer a free database of volunteer opportunities, a free online donation portal, and grants to help qualified volunteers defray travel expenses.

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Exciting scholarship opportunity for Omprakash alumni!

 We are excited to announce a scholarship opportunity for Omprakash alumni from The Monterey Institute of International Studies! Qualified Omprakash alumni who are admitted to one of the degree programs at the Monterey Institute will receive a minimum $10,000 annual scholarship.  

The Monterey Institute of International Studies, a graduate school of Middlebury College, prepares students for professional careers with master of arts degrees in international policy, public administration (MPA), translation and interpretation, language teaching and international business (MBA).

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Featured Partner: Water Collective

Water Collective, located in Ekanjoh Bajoh, Cameroon, designs and implements water infrustructure for clean, sustainable water systems to support communities from the ground up.  A recent volunteer said, " Water Collective has a unique mission that's different from any other water charity I've come across.They look at the whole picture to create sustainable solutions with a lot of impact."                                                                

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Featured Volunteer: Alyssa Hoyle

After growing up in California and gaining previous international experience in Ecuador and Spain, Alyssa received an Omprakash Volunteer Grant and is currently in the middle of volunteering for four months with Escuela de la Calle, an Omprakash Partner addressing the needs of street children in Guatemala. In addition to improving the school's library, Alyssa is managing an exchange of photos and letters between her students in Guatemala and a 5th grade classroom in California.

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Omprakash t-shirts are here!

Omprakash t-shirts are here! Snatch one up.

For only $14, you can have one to call your own. You can contact Lacey at lacey@omprakash.org for more information.

All proceeds will help fund Omprakash and our mission to connect volunteers, classrooms and communities. 

July 2012: Cross-Cultural Education Workshop in Costa Rica

We are excited to invite all Omprakash volunteers and project leaders to a five-day workshop that will explore different strategies for making cross-cultural interactions mutually beneficial and mutually educational. A special Volunteer Grant is available to support a volunteer who will help manage and document the workshop.

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Partner Sustainability Grant: Supporting Social Enterprise

After reviewing impressive applications from 32 Omprakash Partners, we are excited to offer Sustainability Grants to Intag in Ecuador and Voluntario Global in Argentina. These strategic grants are aimed to help our Partners jumpstart entrepreneurial initiatives that will reduce donor dependency and broaden social impact.

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Online Consulting Opportunities

 Don't have time to travel abroad, but want to offer your skills to a project in need? We can help! Many of our Partners seek online assistance from volunteers with backgrounds in law, fundraising, business consulting, and more.  Browse opportunities now, or learn more about volunteering online with Omprakash.

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Volunteeting at Parijat Academy, Assam.

Volunteeting at Parijat Academy, Assam.

mentoring  English language to the primary school pupils

mentoring English language to the primary school pupils

fun time-volleyball at the beach

fun time-volleyball at the beach

Group debate in Gener Class

Group debate in Gener Class

Kalwangkyi(Shem staff)

This photo is taken during the first Gender Class held in 2012. After class teaching Gender Instructor of Shem Women's Group arranged a dabating session for the students. The dabate is focued on where it is socialy problem or selve issues that forced rural Tibetan  women have relatively low social status.

The whole class was divided into groups and everybody in the groups was encouraged to give ones own idea for rejection.Therefore, the debate took much longer than it was designed by Shem Staff since all the members were very motivated to talk.

After the debate one of the Gender instructor finalized the result and it showing the problems of rural Tibetan women in low social status is because of both social and self problems. The conclusion was made for solving the problems that women themselves have to build self-confidence and improve their life skills, however, it is very essencial providing equal position,status,education and opportunities to local women by the society is the most crucial part for women getting empowered.

Gender Specialist(Fengyuan) giving training to Shem members

Gender Specialist(Fengyuan) giving training to Shem members

Basonlhamo(Shem Staff)

Fengyuan, as a  specialist in Gender Studies focusing on domestic abuse, has volunteered to give a two days training for Shem members in Dec 2011.

During her training she gave brief introduction to Gender Studies and helped Shem members to analysis social division; she also came up with various activities related to group division and self reliance and so on.

Group Discussion In Gender Class by Nov 2011

Group Discussion In Gender Class by Nov 2011

Basonlhamo(Shem Staff)

This photo is taken during group discussion in Gender Class by Basonlhamo, who is a full time staff and Gender instrutor of Shem Women's Group.

Gender Class is a crucial part in one of Shem's Core Project since Shem's inception 2003. This class is to mainly help young Tibetan college women raise gender awareness and discover their own potential; it is  also designed to encourage them to fight for better life, further education and more opportunities. And a stage for discussing gender issues that are rarely shared and discussed back at their own communities is provided to the Tibetan young women by this class as well

class room

class room

 We are looking for people who are interested in cultural exchange and volunteering with us for our education based organization. We are also looking for some one who can market and manage our guest house which is a source of our funding for our rural youth education and awareness center.

villages and our work

villages and our work

 We have opportunities for an overall cultural exchange, volunteering to teach English, Maths and Computers. Help us in building a youth and women's center. every single soul is invited and welcomed. Our target to bring smile to every needy kid and we are trying to help these kids throughout the year. Every volunteer can get a chance to actually see and be a part of rural India and the village people.

We are also looking for some one who is interested in helping us in market and promote our homestay which is also is a main source of funding our non profit organization.

COVA

COVA

The ProWorld House!

The ProWorld House!

My view of Ghana from the plane!

My view of Ghana from the plane!

Environmental mural

Environmental mural

Looking for a fun and creative environmental project for kids? My environmental club, "Los Tucanes", in Honduras went around to all the local stores collecting aluminum bottle caps that normally would have been incinerated. We created a mural to hang in the school by hammering them to a large plywood board. Not only were we beatifying the school with an environmental message, but we were recycling!

We just wrote a common slogan, but with enough time and bottle caps, you can get really creative with your mural design. And the kids love it!
 

 

Today for Tomorrow  Project KIds after recieving their materials donated to them by volunteers from Japan

Today for Tomorrow Project KIds after recieving their materials donated to them by volunteers from Japan

Today for Tomorrow  Project KIds after recieving their materials donated to them by volunteers from Japan

Today for Tomorrow Project KIds after recieving their materials donated to them by volunteers from Japan

Today for Tomorrow  Project KIds

Today for Tomorrow Project KIds

Health in Ghana

Health in Ghana

cultural dance at the volunteer welcoming party

cultural dance at the volunteer welcoming party

consrruction of a community school classroom

consrruction of a community school classroom

safari trip to Mikumi National park

safari trip to Mikumi National park

Dolphin tour over the weekend in zanzibar

Dolphin tour over the weekend in zanzibar

japanese cultural night presentation

japanese cultural night presentation

painting a classroom

painting a classroom

consrruction of a community school classroom

consrruction of a community school classroom

fun night at a pub

fun night at a pub

cultural night presentations

cultural night presentations

Digging up a trench for laying down a foundation for a classroom

Digging up a trench for laying down a foundation for a classroom

Coop members certify the funds generated by VillageLink's sale of their tea

Coop members certify the funds generated by VillageLink's sale of their tea

A Volunteer Prepares Tea for Packaging and Distribution

A Volunteer Prepares Tea for Packaging and Distribution

Setting up working relationship with Anhui cooperative, Spring 2012

Setting up working relationship with Anhui cooperative, Spring 2012

Huangtian Cooperative at Work

Huangtian Cooperative at Work

One day of work in the Students Laundry

One day of work in the Students Laundry "Su Lavandería"

FINALLY! (Passport and Yellow Card)

FINALLY! (Passport and Yellow Card)

It's official!
Week 5, Group 3

Week 5, Group 3

Week 5, Group 2

Week 5, Group 2

Week 5, Group 1

Week 5, Group 1

Week 4, Abdiel

Week 4, Abdiel

Week 4, Vilma

Week 4, Vilma

Week 4, Rosalia

Week 4, Rosalia

Week 4, Rene

Week 4, Rene

 

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