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Kids Activity Volunteer in India

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Help run fun activities, sports coaching, outdoor camps or arts workshops.

Based in Bangalore, this gap year volunteer placement is in a unique and innovative project working with several children’s organisations throughout the city to improve the quality of life for underprivileged children. Started in 1999 by a group of people during their university, this soon became an organisation that has been a huge catalyst of change. They promote life skills amongst children by exposure to extra curricular activities. They run programmes in sports (hockey, table tennis, football and rugby), summer camps, monthly camping trips (with canoeing, trekking and bird-watching), creative arts (pottery, painting, drama, music), spoken English and computer training, to name but a few.

Gap Project: Kid's Activity Leader

Your Role: As a volunteer in this gap year project you have the freedom and flexibility to concentrate on any particular activity that inspires you - whether drama, teaching English, sports, arts and crafts or outdoor activities.

The Creative arts program is run in various centres across the city, so you will get a chance to see much more of Bangalore. Each day, a set of 20-30 kids will eagerly await your arrival. The idea is to build concentration skills amongst these children and to keep them engaged through arts. Previous volunteers have done collage making, pottery, clay modelling, mask making and plenty of other things. Sometimes, you may get requests from the children about what they would like to do. If you are unsure about activities, the project has a bundle of ideas and a list of activities of what volunteers can do. This can be your starting point.

Your time will be split between managing programmes (in conjunction with the project's staff) and actively participating in them. So you spend about half your time in the project offices and the other half out and about with the kids.

What you Gain: This project relies heavily on the work of volunteers. You'll be working with local and GapGuru volunteers. You'll get to see quite a lot of Bangalore and the great thing about it is that the work is very lively, varied and always inspiring. By spending a lot of time with the children, you get to see how your voluntary work has an impact on and benefits their lives.