Cultural Exchange Program

Cultural Exchange Program dialects and also there are numerous festivals, cultural shows, rituals and includes rites which collectively represent civilization. We also have a number of cultural and religious festivals that are celebrated throughout the year in traditional style highlighting enduring customs and beliefs. Cultural Exchange Program is design for those who have a keen interest in Nepali culture. After the completion of intensive Nepali language training, volunteers will stay with Nepali family in village through participation in village life. Volunteers will experience the different local culture while exchanging their own culture and custom. Main result of culture influence volunteers gain cross-cultural experience through cultural exchange programs. Fundamentally, Cultural Exchange Program is significant in the sense that the students can have an absolute portrait of cultural, linguistic or religious, socio-economic, geographic backgrounds of a particular society which strengthen mutual harmony and the feeling of fraternity through cross- culture. You can get the opportunity to know the social economics status, social psychology, social sociology, and social anthropology of Nepali peoples. You will experience how people of different religions, castes and ethnic groups living in a complete harmony and enduring religious tolerance.

18 Days (excluding arrival and departure day)

Need good physical efforts, so you should be in good health. We just expect our volunteers to be flexible, enthusiastic, having positive attitude be patient and an open mind. Culture exchange program is open to worldwide participants, families, couples and individuals and one need to be above 10. One doesn’t need any training about cross-culture. Upon your arrival in Nepal, students will be given a short orientation regarding Nepali Culture and Society.

A remote village of Ganesh Himal trekking trail of Dhading district, around 130 km. north-west from Kathmandu.

We can get there by road transportation. There is no domestic and international airport nearby project location area. Either the students have to go by private jeep or local bus. Students can hike form Dhading Besi, the middle point from Kathmandu to Achane Village School. For hiking it takes 5-6 hours to get the project area. Our primary focus on hiking from Dhading Bensi which will absolutely be pleasing like the people of different ethnic groups, hills and landscapes, mountain view like of Manasalu, Ganesh Himal, Annapuran and Fishtail.

The students will stay in tents and local houses. If the students want, they can stay with local people as home stay. They will be enjoying organic local products grown in the same locality.

Foreign students spend their time with Nepali students and exchange their culture They are supposed to be intimate, friendly and co-coordinating each other while exchanging their culture They should try their best to meet the objective If the foreign students want, they can take Nepali students to their country through legal procedures

This cultural exchange program is fundamentally designed to strengthen mutual understanding among the students of distinct cultural backgrounds in order to enhance cultural tolerance. Hence, most hopefully this program will absolutely be effective. Hope everything will be all right during your visit here in Nepal. Wish you all the best.