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Food and Accommodation - Africa and Asia Venture

Food and Accommodation

Photograph of AV volunteers at their accommodation - Gap Year Projects & Volunteering Opportunities in IndiaAV apartment or flat with fellow volunteers

You will live in a designated AV apartment or flat with fellow volunteers, not far from the school. An important part of the AV experience is living in local accommodation, shopping at markets, being invited to fellow teachers’ houses as well as entertaining the staff. The school will often give you lunch and this is a great way of socialising and getting to know the teachers.  There is one apartment in Kalimpong and one in Mirik, the number of fellow volunteers you will live with depends on where you have been placed and the size of the AV group. The apartment itself will have a bedroom(s), a shower and a loo, a communal kitchen and living room. Electricity can be intermittent so prepare for frequent power cuts! You will grow to love it and soon feel very much at home!

Photograph of AV volunteers enjoying a meal together - Gap Year Projects & Volunteering Opportunities in IndiaWe encourage independence and so you won’t have someone cooking and looking after you – it's a chance to step up and take responsibility for yourself. You will be given a daily food allowance and expected to shop at the markets and cook for yourself. This is the best way of getting to know people, being involved in the community and gaining an understanding of living there – you are not a bystander watching from afar.

The AV representatives are never far away and there whenever needed. They can be contacted by phone 24/7 and will visit you during your project. Most day-to-day questions can be answered by your hosts or school.

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