Women Empowerment in Srilanka

About Women Empowerment Project

In many countries, women are the marginalised section of society and these activities are geared towards more opportunities and better quality of life for them. This leads to not just the women being helped with living a better life but also building better future generations.

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Specific conditions for this type of project activitie

  • Formal education or past experience related to the type of project: Not required.
  • Language Proficiency: Basic English
  • Open to which gender of volunteers: Male and Female
  • A criminal Background check is mandatory for volunteers to ensure well being of children at the project.

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

Women empower projects are engaged in a variety of on-going and short term activities that help in building the confidence, self- esteem, and abilities of women to lead a better life. Activities of volunteers may be geared towards teenaged girls or adult women and may include one or more of the following:
  • Basic education for English literacy
  • Income generation skills
  • Awareness towards personal health, hygiene, civil rights etc.
  • Practical skills such as riding bicycles.
  • Confidence building activities such as taking short excursions, personal life story sharing etc.

Features of the Volunteering Trip

After knowing why you should see yourself making a volunteer trip, as compared to any other type of travel, here are some features that make it a safe, immensely enjoyable and memorable experience.

Safety features

Your safety and well-being is the top priority when you are travelling to another country. For this, we use our experience since the year 2000 to make it one of the safest forms of travel you can undertake:
  • Everything is pre-organised for you from the time you arrive until the time you complete the program. Journey with complete peace of mind.
  • Safe, licenced drivers and registered vehicles used for all your road transportation.
  • We are always with you, during trips, transfers and your project activities.
  • Hygienic meals of home-like local cuisine (as included in your plan) for proper nutrition.
  • We prepare you really well for your travel and volunteer experiences from before you start the program until the completion of the program.
  • With us, your family can feel safe because they can reach you through multiple team members that are with you or looking out for you.

Convenience features

A volunteer program needs to be well designed and organised to make sure that even if you are volunteering or visiting the country for the first time, you can focus on enjoying your time there and make the maximum positive impact possible.
  • Pre-arranged accommodation throughout the program with other international volunteers.
  • 3 meals per day as per local cuisine (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for the entire duration of the program.
  • Free wi-fi at the accommodation to stay in touch with family and friends.
  • The regular presence of our trained staff to help you at your volunteer project guiding you on how to plan and execute your volunteer work.

Volunteering experience features

It is very possible that you are volunteering for the first time or at least volunteering in a new country on your trip. This means that you will do better if we supported you fully during your volunteering activities.
  • We provide complete details of the project where you would be contributing. You will know why the project exists, it's needs and the role you play as a volunteer to help in that project.
  • A tailor-made volunteering activity plan for you to get started as quickly as possible and know who you are teaching.
  • We support you every day in planning activities at your project, the next day.

Care and support features

We will speak with you daily, assist in case you need medical care or help you change plans if something unexpected comes up.

Travel and cultural Experience features

We believe that a good volunteering program should be fun and leave you with memorable experiences. This means that your volunteer program can include trips, adventures, workshops and cultural experiences that are delightful or hard to find.
  • Optional weekend excursions to top highlights of the country or region ensure that you are getting the best of what tourism in the area offers.
  • One of the most fun elements of a country's culture is learning the basics of its language, cooking food local style, seeing how local people live and other aspects. For this reason, we include workshops in your volunteer program such as
  • Visiting local families and having a meal with them.
  • Learning the local dance or arts.
  • Trying your hands at local cuisine.
  • Learning the local language for fun and for practically using during your travels or volunteering.

Services Included

  • Accommodation on sharing occupancy basis for the program duration selected.
  • Airport pickup on arrival
  • Drop off at the airport at the end of the program
  • Daily return transfers between accommodation and volunteer project
  • All required transfers for cultural workshops and excursions ( as included in the program)
  • Breakfast, lunch and dinner of local cuisine from the time of arrival till departure during the volunteering days and free weekends

  • Cooking workshop to observe and learn Sri Lankan cuisine and try your hands at it yourself.

  • Visit the home of a local, English-speaking middle-income level family to experience their day to day life, its challenges and opportunities. Have a meal with the family for a truly authentic experience.

  • Learn the Sinhala language for fun, use during trips and volunteer work.

  • Project introduction to get you settled at the project.

  • Handover session so you may continue the work from where it was left by previous volunteers.

  • Daily work planning to plan the next day.

  • Daily accompanying staff to help with translation, organising and general support.

  • The material used for volunteering such as pens, papers, workbooks, paint, colours or others.

  • A thorough orientation upon arrival including various topics of local culture, personal well-being and appropriate behavior.

1 night, 2 day Excursions to

  • Anuradhapura.

  • Udawalawe National Park including safari.

  • Kandy

  • Hikkaduwa Beach

  • Entrance fees to monuments and sightseeing as required.

  • Services of English-speaking guides during sightseeing.

  • Accommodation on twin sharing basis.

  • All currently applicable taxes.

# Refer to arrival and departure procedure to know pickup window times and departure schedules. + Meal plan during any trips during weekends may be different. Please refer to detailed information about excursions for all details.

Services not Included

  • Any personal expenses such as tips, laundry and drinks.
  • Any extra meals (other than those specifically mentioned).
  • Personal Travel Insurance, visa etc.
  • Camera fees (both still and video).
  • International flight ticket or other flight tickets, unless otherwise mentioned.
  • Donation to your volunteering project is not included in this program fee and may be taken upon an individual capacity.

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