Volunteers will be working with waste products like polythene items, discarded vehicle tyres, water bottles, cans, old furniture, unused clothes, eco-bricks, farm waste and bamboos etc to recycle them and make products of uses. This will involve education and building entrepreneurial skills among staff and local communities. For over four years, RUCHI has already been involved in creative use of bye products, waste materials or unused/unwanted items into new usable materials.
In between you will also be participating in our ongoing humanitarian actions like Non formal education, women empowerment initiatives, environment conservation, waste upcycling, organic farming etc and interacting with local people on daily basis.
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Volunteers will live in the RUCHI campus. All basic amenities will be available with library facilities. Asian squat type toilet and English WC will be available. Vegetarian food will be served. A cook will be there but volunteers are expected to help him and occasionally cook their own meals. Self-management is required. Meantime volunteer can learn Indian cuisine (cooking). Sleeping bag is not required.
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Ruchi campus is located near Bandh village. It is 30 km from Kalka and 60 km from Chandigarh. Bandh village is small located in interior mountainous area and the volunteers will have a unique opportunity to live with nature in a peaceful environment. RUCHI campus is one km. from the village. Self organized city tours and excursions. Old Sikh and Hindu temples in the near vicinity can be visited. Nearby Kasauli town is another hill station as a tourist attraction. A visit to Shimla will offer an opportunity to see high Himalayan Mountains.
Notlar
Upcycling is the process of turning waste materials or unwanted products into new, more valuable, or better quality items. It's also known as creative reuse. Upcycling is different from recycling, which is an industrial process that turns products into new materials of lesser quality.Upcycling can help reduce the amount of waste in landfills and promote a more sustainable lifestyle.