About Global Xchange
 
Global Xchange is a 6 month long international volunteering exchange programme and is a Pravah, VSO and British Council partnership.
 
The vision of GX is to build mutual respect among young people and promote global active citizenship. Young global citizens are individuals who learn from the experience of others around the world, have an awareness of issues facing developed and developing regions and put that learning into action.
 
The programme will bring together 9 young people from the UK and 9 young people from India to spend 3 months in a community in the UK and 3 months in a rural community in India.
 
The volunteers will live in host homes in counterpart pairs, to ensure a rich experience of the community life, and understanding of the culture and lifestyle of the respective regions as well as an opportunity to deeply understand the issues concerning day to day life.  
 
One day in a week is reserved for the team to come together, share their varied experiences, and learn about the community- its culture, places and issues. The Xchange will pay for travel, accommodation, food, visas, medical costs, training and an allowance.
All the 9 selected Indian volunteers will be expected to take part in 3 training sessions:

1. Introductory Training Course (ITC): This will prepare you for the arrival of the overseas volunteers and will also look more specifically at preparing you for working in a cross-cultural environment.
2. In country Orientation: The ITC goes directly into the in-country orientation, which starts with the arrival of the overseas volunteers. The training then focuses on building supportive and trusting relationships. There are more opportunities for training, reflection and review throughout the programme during educational activity days, mid-phase reviews and de-briefs.
3. Returned Volunteer Workshop: 4 weeks after returning home, the Indian volunteers are invited to attend a returned participant workshop. Its purpose is to support returned volunteers in their 'life after GX’ by giving them the chance to reflect on their experiences and to help them focus on their future plans.

A learning opportunity for young people
 
GX offers an opportunity to learn by experience about the diversity of peoples lives within the global community, develop knowledge, skills and values. GX provides you an opportunity to engage with critical, social and developmental issues first hand and contribute in whichever way possible to the communities both in India and UK.
 

• Counterpart Pairs: Each volunteer has one counterpart from the exchange country with whom they live. They may also have another counterpart from the exchange country with whom they work.
• Host Homes- Each pair of volunteers will be staying with a family in the host community. Just as we look for diversity in our volunteers and communities, we also encourage variety in our host homes.
• Host communities- In both countries, the volunteers live and work in a community that is new to all of them. In India, the community will be a rural area in Jharkhand or Rajasthan.
• Volunteer placements- Volunteer placements are structured so that the volunteers are able to have maximum takeaways about the community and its issues and at the same time make a positive and practical contribution to community initiatives.
• Educational activity days (EADs) - Usually held once a week, EADs provide the volunteers with an opportunity to come together and engage in active learning about community development issues in each country. Each week, different counterpart pairs run the sessions.
• Community Activity Days (CADs): An opportunity for the GX team to engage a larger part of the community by organising action days which will benefit the community learning and welfare. The action days are based on the theme of the exchange, interactions with the community, as well as the funds raised by the team.  

For this programme the applicants must:

• Be an Indian national
• Between the ages of 18 – 25 years
• Have working knowledge of Hindi and/ or English

About Youth for Development

YFD is a partnership between Pravah and Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO).
 
As part of Youth for Development (YfD) program you will get to work in a rural area for six months. This means that you can get the experience of working in these areas as well as use what you learn to help out in some issues which the people out there feel are important for them. But do you think you cannot do alone? Maybe then, you should read ahead – at YFD we also train you for two weeks, provide you with constant mentoring and a monthly stipend till you are with us. Now that does make your work a bit easier and a lot more fun! Who can apply? If you are an Indian resident between the age of 18 - 27 and have some basic knowledge of Hindi and English, you can apply!!
 
How is it different from any other rural internship?
 
Here you can learn in two ways: first, you get to learn when we actively design your trainings with our partners, like Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO). So you are not simply left on your own while also having the chance to chart your own journey. Second, you of course gain a great deal from the experience of working in an organisation in the field you want. At the end of your placement you will also give your feedback and share your experience with us. The programme will pay for travel, accommodation, food, medical costs, training and a stipend While you are with us, you will also be required to raise a minimum of Rs. 5,000 which will contribute to your placement. Again, we will be around to assist you with these various activities, while you get to call the shots.
 
 
Download the application forms for the YfD and GX batch of 2010-2011 by clicking on the links given below.

Download the application for in English.

Dowload the application form in Hindi.

Send in your completed applications LATEST BY 15th JUNE to lokasish.saha@pravah.org or mail them to:

Lokasish Saha, Pravah, C-24B, Second Floor, Kalkaji, New Delhi-110019