Situated on the tip of India, Sri Lanka is a small island filled with beautiful landscapes, beaches, waterfalls and warm and friendly people, making it an ideal volunteer abroad destination. Each year, thousands of visitors and volunteers flock to the country to enjoy all this and much more. Despite the growth in tourism, Sri Lanka still remains a poor country. The country paid a heavy price during the Tsunami, which devastated life and property, and suffered even more during the civil war which concluded recently after almost 33 years. With the peace returning, the people are now optimistic that Sri Lanka will march towards economic prosperity and the lives of the people will become better.
RCDP is trying to help the country progress by working with grassroots project. Each year, we send many volunteers to uplift the lives of the poor and deprived by helping them gain skills necessary to survive. Most of our volunteers come back with their lives enriched as well and mesmerized by the beauty of the Sri Lanka. So join our volunteer projects in Sri Lanka and be part of this amazing experience. You can choose from such volunteer projects like orphanage work, teaching English, caring for the disabled children and elephants and language and cultural program.
RCDP Sri Lanka volunteer Program starts every 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month.
Every year hundreds of volunteers arrive in Sri Lanka to volunteer from UK and USA based organizations and end up paying up to $2500 to volunteer for 2 weeks. Unfortunately, only a small portion of that money actually goes to host projects and host families. The local host projects (orphanages, school, and local NGOs) in Sri Lanka are poor and need external support to run their programs. In our program, you will pay your fee directly to host families and projects up on arrival in Sri Lanka.
The Program FeeWhen you join our program, we will make sure that all of your money goes to the projects and host families. Part of your fees also helps us to cover our expenses. The program fee is divided in as registration fee ($219) and weekly fee ($80 per week for room, food, coordination, and project donation). Click to find the allocation of $219
Galle is expensive tourist city of Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, weekly fee is divided between room/3 local foods a day (80%) and project donation/support of local project staffs (20%). This allocation may be different depending up on location, project type etc. However, our coordinator will explain these issues before you pay the fee. Please find below the break down of cost in a weekly basis.
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* Please add $25 per each additional week for Internship program
* Additional fee:
$80 - airport receive, transfer to hostel/host family; $125 transfer to elephant orphanage project (82 KM from Colombo).
You pay this fee directly to our Sri Lanka coordinator.
The weekly Fee Does Not Include: airfare, daily transportation, visa and visa extension fee, airport drop, airport taxes, any personal expenses on food and travel, mineral water and soft drinks, gifts to project staffs and host family, laundry, telephone, immunization.
In Sri Lanka, accommodation depends on the type of projects and locations. If you work in an orphanage, you will mostly stay in an orphanage hostel sharing room with other volunteers. Most of the orphanages in Sri Lanka will have rooms set aside for international volunteers to stay and will serve you 3 local meals. Living in orphanage hostel is lot of fun as it gives volunteers opportunities to serve, stay and play with children. If there is no hostel for volunteers in orphanage, you will stay with a host family. In other volunteer projects like teaching English, medical project, HIV/AIDS you will also stay with a host family. The host family will provide you with a separate room for you to stay and serve you 3 local meals a day. You’ll also have wonderful opportunity to learn about the culture and lifestyle of Sri Lankan people while staying in a host family. RCDP staffs will also inquiry about your health and safety by visiting you while you’re volunteering in the field.
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The mission of RCDP-Nepal is to encourage international volunteers to contribute in sustainable community development that benefits the underprivileged and extremely poor. By developing the places and the communities, the volunteers are also developing themselves and learning new perspectives and ideas that will ultimately change their lives.