Volunteer in Nepal
Make a real difference in local communities

VCD Nepal connects volunteers with schools, monasteries, and community projects that need hands-on support.

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Welcome to VCD Nepal

Volunteer Opportunities

Discover hands-on volunteering programs in Nepal, combining real community impact with cultural immersion.

Learn, contribute, and experience Nepal beyond the tourist trail.

Why Volunteer with

VCD Nepal?

Make a real impact

Join projects where your time directly supports schools, monasteries, and communities, helping create lasting change in local lives.

Hands-on roles

Contribute actively, not just observe. After an orientation, every task is meaningful, and your skills are put to work from day one.

Guided every step

From arrival to daily life, local contacts and ongoing support ensure you feel confident and focused on your volunteer work.

Learn and grow

Immerse yourself in Nepali life, develop practical skills, and gain cultural understanding while making a real difference.

Volunteer and Experience

Programs in Nepal

Volunteer Experiences

Rated ★★★★★ by our volunteers

Six Weeks Volunteering with VCD Nepal

Dear Bikky, Santosh and volunteers past, present and future, I am writing to you from Nepal as I enter my last week of my holiday ...

My Nepal Experience

I have been in Nepal for a month and wish I could stay longer. The VCD Nepal team have filled my weeks with an exciting and ...

Two weeks is not enough!

Nepal – wow. From the moment I stepped off the plane, the sensory overload began; the sights, smells, noises & everything! It is truly something ...

VCD is a dedicated & trust worthy organization

Having read many of the previous fare well letters I can only agree with the sentiments stated. However after my 3 weeks visit to Nepal, I ...

To my VCD family

Before I came to Nepal  I had never been  abroad on my own before I was extremely nervous and scared at the prospect of spending ...

Most amazing months of my life

I can’t thank everyone enough for making this experience truly everything I hoped for and more. The lighthouse really become my home and you guys ...

Monks & Memories in Nepal

I only turned eighteen nine days before flying out to Nepal – I had finished school on my birthday also, and everything moved so fast ...

Beautiful, unique & friendly community

We did the cultural adventure travel experience via Frontier and had the most incredible two weeks of our lives! We wish we could stay longer ...

Losing Fear and Finding Home

 It’s really strange to be sitting back in Canada and writing this, because it feels like yesterday that I was browsing these blog posts and ...

Tough but vastly rewarding

From trekking and rafting to safaris and sight seeing, it has all been an amazing experience. Playing chess, relaxing at the lighthouse, drinking and going ...

An unforgettable learning curve

Four weeks has flown by! It still seems like yesterday when my nervous self was picked up from the airport after missing my connecting flight. ...

A new family

I’m really sad to be leaving tomorrow but after staying nearly a month extra it is time to get a move on to India. I ...

Extremely humble and personable organization

Extremely humble and personable organization trying to do big things with small communities. Employees are passionate and dedicated to making a difference and they involve ...

AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE!

MY LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE AT THE VCD NEPAL CHILDREN LIBRARYI arrived on September 12th, 2013 and was immediately made to feel at home by Bicky and ...

An Unforgettable Experience

I initially arrived in Kathmandu alone and nervous, not knowing if the next three weeks were going to be the greatest experience of my life ...

The people make the place

I’m sure you’ve read the same things a million times but I honestly can’t thank everyone at VCD enough. Bicky, you are truly inspiring and a great ...

Rød grød med fløde

I could write several pages about all the great experiences I’ve had here in Nepal during the last two months. What an amazing country! The ...

My life-changing experience at the VCD Nepal children library

From the moment when I first arrived in Kathmandu I fully believe that I was adopted into the VCD Nepal family. This sense of sibling ...