01/01/2011

Gap Year Volunteering Abroad: Why Pay to Volunteer?

Thinking about volunteering abroad on a gap year? You might be thinking about participanting in a gap year volunteer program but wondering why you have to pay? The most common question that gap year volunteers ask Volunteering India is ‘Why do I need to pay, to volunteer?

Here Volunteering India answer why you need to pay to volunteer on a gap year and where your money goes when volunteering overseas with them:

As a genuine and reliable gap year volunteer program in India since 2004, like any other organization we too have daily expenditures in placing and accommodating the volunteers in our programs in India. The fee is used for the placement, administration and upkeep of the projects in India. We have tried to show in the graph on our website, where the money is used by Volunteering India.

Food/Accommodation and Service to Volunteers Costs Include
- Airport Pickup by our staff in Delhi/ Bangalore/ Kolkata or Dharamshala
- Food 2 to 3 meals per day for all volunteers
- Orientation to volunteers
- First day transport to project
- Local area Visit
- Timely visit by our staff at the project site

Gap Year Volunteer Placement Costs Include

- Locate suitable placement for volunteer
- Donation to project from the program fee

Project Development Costs Include

Apart from regular donation to project from the gap year volunteer’s program fee, Volunteering India also works to provide regular maintenance to its projects in India. This includes timely visits to projects to access their need and provide assistance where needed. This also includes things like, painting of schools, donation of books, clothes and computer equipment. They also undertake work to build local schools, playgrounds like – volleyball court etc in certain schools and projects they work with.

Administration Costs Include

These are the costs without which running this program would not be possible for our volunteers. These include daily office expenses, travel, maintenance etc. as below:

- Staff salaries
- Paypal Fees
- Communications – Telephone, Email, Postage etc.
- Bank Charges
- Office Equipment and Supplies
- Legal consultation
- Rent for offices
- Vehicle Maintenance
- Local Government Taxes
- Vehicles and maintenance
- Website Development
- Online Advertising

More Information About Gap Year Volunteering in India

Website: www.volunteeringindia.com

E-mail: info@volunteeringindia.com

Browse Gap Year Volunteering Opportunities on Gap Year 365.

Volunteering India