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Volunteers who wish to teach in the school will instruct “supplemental” classes which students can take in addition to their regular subjects. English is one of the most commonly taught classes, and is part of the curriculum for all students in Nangi from grades 1 – 11. In the lower grade levels, participants can teach basic English through different types of nursery rhymes and stories, and in the higher-grade levels, they can teach vocabulary, sentence structures, grammar, writing, and verbal and oral communication skills. Participants can also instruct other subjects, such as science, math, computers, or visual arts, but may need to bring their own teaching materials, as resources in the village are limited.

Sports are very popular with girls and boys of all ages in the village. Participants can coach different types of athletics and games to the students, including coach volleyball, basketball, soccer, karate, or other sports.

Nangi village has a community forest nursery that produces about 12,000 to 15,000 saplings of different varieties of trees each year. Some of the trees are planted annually in the community land and the rest are distributed to the neighboring villages. Participants can work in the nursery to produce the tree saplings. The staff of the nursery have a thorough knowledge of the plants and herbs that are found in the region, and can guide the participants to learn about the natural environment and the conservation activities that take place in the village. Those who arrive in summer can also plant trees.

Volunteers can work with local health care providers to assist in the medical clinic, which was recently remodeled under the direction of a medical volunteer. Medical volunteers (doctors and nurses) will also have opportunities to teach health care providers in Nangi and neighboring villages.

Nangi has a public library with approximately 2,000 English and Nepali books. Participants can help the librarian organize the library, catalogue books, take students on “field trips” to the library, help students and teachers learn about effective ways to use the resources, and identify ways to improve the village’s collection.

Participants can work together with the villagers in manual work such as building construction and community tree planting. Participants also can provide skilled service such as masonry, furniture making, electrical wiring, and other areas of need. In June 2012 a new project installing solar lightbulbs was started in Nangi by a volunteer family. Solar lightbulbs provide a free source of light at a nominal cost by using water, bleach, alcohol (which is needed to lower freezing temperature), empty liter water bottles and a few simple tools. There is a need for the bulbs to be installed all over the village. Simple instructions can be provided.

At present, the high school is run with the financial support of individual donors abroad. One of the main efforts of the villagers is to make the high school self-reliant by developing viable and sustainable income producing programs. Participants can help with brainstorming projects such as eco-tourism programs, teaching handicrafts, helping villagers to market goods they have produced, or other activities. For example, this pond was built by villagers to raise fish to sell, and the school built a camping ground for visiting trekking groups to raise money for paying teachers’ salaries.

In addition to working in the nursery, volunteers can also assist with designing and implementing other types of environmental conservation activities, such as developing ecologically sound methods for sewage and garbage disposal, or maintaining clean water sources.

Assistance can be provided for those participants who want to do academic research in the region. Arrangements can be made for volunteers to travel to various sites to carry out projects they have developed or to collect data and gather information.

Depending upon the interest of the participants, programs such as tours of neighboring villages and schools can be organized. For example, participants can visit and a yak raising project, sponsored by Nangi and another school in the region, which is a two-day hike from the village at the foot of the Himalayas. Whenever local festivals or social events such as a marriage ceremony, worshiping and village fairs are organized in the village, participants will be invited to participate. They will be considered as members of the community.