Volunteer in Nepal

Simply the best program in Nepal!

Nobody in Nepal is as prepared as we are to make your volunteer vacation a complete success. We have our own volunteer clubhouse in Maharajgunj, (near the new Bhat Bhateni supermarket) just for our volunteers. Here you can use the internet cafe to check e-mail, hang out and take a break, watch some TV or a DVD, have Kul Bahadur the famed porter fix you a cup of real coffee, learn some Nepali and ask our dedicated and professional staff about any aspect of Nepali culture.

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Welcome to Kathmandu!

The Mountain Fund Volunteer Center is professionally staffed, with a bilingual staff, that's here to help you with your every need in Nepal. In addition to your volunteer placement needs, we will take you on city tours, show you where the locals shop and help you learn all about life in Kathmandu.

Looking for volunteer work abroad? What’s your passion? Want to help teach? Work with children in an orphanage? Volunteer at a clinic or hospital? Help human rights groups like our own Mountain Porter Support Project? How about working at the country's only program for Gay, Lesbian and Transgender citizens? We’ve got it all. We have rural placements in tiny mountain villages with homestay as well. We can also arrange for trekking and a variety of other outdoor sports for you, like hang gliding or bungee jumping.

See for yourself:

"Experiences I'll cherish forever..."

"A great opportunity..."

More Opportunities for You:

• Volunteering Placement Fee $300 USD - includes pick up and drop off at airport. Introduction at volunteer placement. Full use of Mountain Fund Volunteer Center in Maharajgunj (near the new Bhat Bhateni supermarket), travel advice and assistance. We will even accompany you on site-seeing around Kathmandu, show you where the locals shop and provide any other support possible to make your stay a really great experience.
• Affordable Homestay - You are welcome to stay in our own volunteer house in Kathmandu. You will have a shared bedroom (3-4 persons per room), western style bath with solar hot water, 2 Nepali meals each day (breakfast and dinner), and free use of the internet at the volunteer house. The cost is $10 USD per day. PLEASE NOTE: If the volunteer house is full, we have overflow housing at a guest house located 2 minutes walk away. For placements outside of Kathmandu, you will either be staying in a guest house or the home of some of the local people. The daily homestay fee of $10 is applicable to ALL homestay locations.
• We can arrange remote village placements for you if you wish. We can also arrange trekking in any area of Nepal for you. There are extra charges involved for these.
• NOTE - hospitals in Kathmandu charge a fee for volunteers. This fee of $100 USD is not included in your placement. Pre-med students are accepted at many of our medical placement facilities.

  Click HERE to download our Homestay Brochure

Ready, Set, Go!

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MAPS To The Mountain Fund in Nepal:

Click HERE to view a map of Kathmandu. The Mountain Fund office location will be indicated by the blue placemarker.

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• DIRECTIONS: This is the Mountain Fund and Mountain Volunteer Office. From the entrance of Bhat Bhatteni Supermarket, follow the road to the right and behind Richmond cafe. It is about one block on the right, #209 a 3 story white house, sign is on the front of the house.