WHERE THE MONEY GOES

Volunteer Society Nepal’s volunteering fees are very low, but still  we have been able to run so many projects where you will be working on. We understand how important it is for you to trust that your money is being well spent. This is why we have given you a full breakdown of where your volunteering fee will go (where the money goes). As you can see, we keep the administration costs to a minimum ensuring that our fees are competitive and as many volunteers as possible can come and help in Nepal.

The way we allocate your fee to a project is by combining all volunteers’ fees and putting them towards larger projects. We believe that combining the money together means we can make large differences rather than dripping small amounts into projects which get lost in the day to day running of them. For example, with € 5,000 we are able to set up a whole new health clinic in an area or build new classrooms. These are the projects which make significant changes to the Nepali people.

If for any reason the cost of one of these elements comes in under the amount in this table, for example your placement is in Kathmandu and thus cutting transport to site down, then this money is fed directly into the charitable project you are working on.

We are afraid that these fees are non-negotiable. We are unique amongst volunteer societies in giving this much insight into the workings of our organization. We do not accept requests from people to lower their fees by managing their own orientation, transportation etc. If you do not wish to take advantage of any of the program elements then this money is fed back direct to the project you will work on. The fees below are depicted in euro.

Description	1 Week	2 Weeks	3 Weeks	4 Weeks	6 Weeks	8 Weeks
Orientation Costs: Cost for Nepali language and cultural training, including hand outs, stationeries, guided sight seeing	50	75	75	75	75	75
Transportation: Picking up from the airport, transfer to placement and drop off from the airport	25	50	55	60	60	60
Food and accommodation in Host Family	55	110	165	220	330	430
Marketing costs: Internet hosting, marketing, website updates, SEO, advertisement and various marketing purposes	60	75	75	75	75	75
Support to the project: This amount goes to VSN’s ongoing projects, such as schools, scholarship/sponsorship, clothing (food educational expenses) running the women center and a day care center for disabled children	55	90	100	100	100	100
Administration & overhead costs: Staff salaries, legal fees, renewals, rent, repairs, supplies, taxes, telephone and internet bills, travel expenditures and utilities	55	100	130	170	180	200
Total	300	500	600	700	820	940

If you have any further questions that are not answered here, then please don’t hesitate to contact us for more information: Contact Us