Cost US$70 per week (US$10 per day) per person including public bus transportation.

The cost includes meals, accommodation with hot tea, public bus transportation.
Accommodation
Accommodation is in a traditional Nepalese Farmhouse, you will be provided a basic bed with a mattress and a quilt or blanket, although its recommend to take your own sleeping bag.

Toilet Facilities
Most village families in Nepal don't have a flushing toilet that is connected to a sewage system. All toilets are squat toilets either made of a few planks precariously positioned over a hole in the ground or made of stone with a bucket and/or tap. There is a water supply next to the toilet which is used for flushing the toilet. You need to take your own toilet paper with you as its not common practice to use in remote areas and you don't get them there.

Bathing
In the village area there are no private facilities for bathing, there are only the local spring water areas that are very much out in the open and all local village people use them too. Bathing can be done at any time and you are recommended to wear something at all times as Nudity is not acceptable. It is ok to use soap in the water streams when bathing.

Meals
Typically you will eat Nepali food with your home stay family twice a day (around 9am and 7pm but you can ask them if you want to eat late or early) Dhal Baht consisting of Rice, Lentils, Potato and/or Spinach. Tea is served in the morning and in the afternoon,  either black or with cow or buffalo milk. They also offer popcorn, wheat, millet and corn breads around 3 PM in a day. You can also cook yourself in the local Nepali kitchen, if you are non-vegetarian you can try to get local chicken in village, if you are vegetarian please let the family know.

Laundry Options
Washing facilities for clothes is the same area that you bath in and there is normally a line to hang your clothes on outside of the traditional house that you are staying at.

Share your Comment and experience.
There is a comment book available in the village, we ask that upon completion of your volunteer experience that you leave some comments and even make some suggestions as to your thoughts on your particular experience in volunteer program. It will be good to read for the new volunteers that come through.

Cultural Tips/Considerations

• The traditional Nepalese greeting, by placing your palms together in a prayer position and say "Namaste" or "Namaskar"
• We recommend you to purchase a Nepalese Phrase book, as they speak little English in the village, it will come in handy to refer back to student or patient in Nepalese.
• Dress appropriately - Shorts, lycra, and revealing clothes are unsuitable for men or women.  Its not acceptable to walk around with no shirt on.
• Nudity - is unacceptable ANYWHERE even when bathing.
• Always remove your shoes before entering a Nepali home
• Avoid "polluting" food by inadvertently touching it or bringing it into contact with a used plate or utensil. Using your own fork or spoon to serve more food is not acceptable; always wait to be served.
• You are expected to wash your hands and mouth before dinning
• Nepalese can drink from a cup or water vessel without letting it touch their lips, if you are using the same container, pour into a cup but don't put your mouth on the vessels.
• Public displays of affection are frowned upon. No kissing or hugging in public.
• Raising your voice or shouting is also not acceptable.
• Its bad manners to step over someone's outstretched legs or to touch someone's feet.