Volunteers needed at Mahabodhi Devachan

One or more years of teaching in the general subjects of mathematics, science, history, social science, art for children of the primary and secondary educational levels.

Free room and board, flexible teaching schedule can be arranged. Please contact us via email.

Karuna Charitable hospital is the only private charitable hospital within Ladakh. Fresh or experienced medical graduates are needed to assist in surgery, anesthesiology, nursing, and gynecology at the hospital and health education in rural areas. The minimum volunteer period in medicare is 3-4 months preferably between May and November.

Meditation teachers are required from middle of June to the middle of September every year.

The students sponsorship program also requires assistance in its management and maintenance.

At the Girls and Boys hostels, volunteers are required to stay at the hostel and teach children general knowledge, hygiene, music, song, drama, and languages, particularly English, Hindi and German.

The Mahabodhi Nunnery requires female volunteers to teach English, computer skills, office administration and management to the nuns. Foreign nuns are welcome to stay with the nuns and help them.

The Tingmosgam branch school will be happy to have volunteer teachers, to teach small children age between 4-8 about hygiene, language, drama, songs, general knowledge etc.

Mahabodhi is in great need of social workers experienced in the social and physical care of the mentally and physically disabled, and the elderly. We are looking for individuals who can provide their services in caring and hygiene in our Home for the Aged. The home services 27 delightful Ladakhi elders, and four disabled individuals.

Mahabodhi aims to educate its students, staff and the nuns in computer technology, including the internet, and to develop a database system to maintain and update records of its mailing list etc. IT computer programmers are needed to teach these technologies as well as installation of office system and the internet at different wings of Devachan campus.

An experienced civil engineer is needed in preparing a master plan of the whole Devachan campus. The Devachan campus continues to expand its infrastructure to accommodate the needs of the Ladakhi people. Mahabodhi aims to employ innovative, cost-efficient technologies suited to the Himalayan environment, including solar energy for heating water, room and lighting etc. artificial lake and irrigation for the re-cultivation of land, and sustainable waste disposal. Engineers are needed to assist with these important projects to make Mahabodhi a garden within a desert, and to be a model for the integrated community projects and the other NGOs in the world.

For those with artistic skills in photography, creative writing and journalism, we welcome individuals who would like to highlight the people and their stories and our projects to bring awareness of Mahabodhi abroad. Writing contributions are needed for the publication of our annual news magazine, 'Devachan'. We are also looking for the volunteers to make a documentary film on the activities of MIMC.

Volunteers need not necessarily be Buddhist but since this organization is run on Buddhist principles, volunteers are expected to have a positive and appreciative attitude towards Buddhist teachings and Ladakhi culture. They are expected to follow the 5 moral precepts of Buddha's teachings during their stay at the Devachan campus.

The five precepts to be followed are:

This organization is run purely on donations from individuals and has fund constraints so MIMC will be grateful if volunteers contribute to the simple vegetarian food eaten at the campus.

We are looking for a male and female volunteer for long term at the Girls and Boys Hostel, all the volunteers contribute 100 USD will be provided free for food and accommodation.

Duration: Except for meditation teachers, we appreciate volunteers staying for a longer period of one or more years and minimum of 6 months.

We prefer our volunteers to be aged 35 years and above.

In return for your help… We offer a unique opportunity to visitors to experience Ladakhi life and culture at first hand. We offer you the time and the space to make a difference to the lives of the people in this remote and inaccessible land. Mahabodhi also offers a serene, isolated environment for meditation, yoga and trekking. At Devachan, we provide meditation rooms, meals and retreats to our visitors, in addition to magnificent tracks in the surrounding lands speckled with century old monasteries.

"Whatever talents a person has, to be dedicated to the service of the rest of humanity, indeed of all living beings. Therein lies fulfillment."

In the village of Tingmosgam, the birthplace of Ven. Sanghasena, we plan to construct 50 meditation cells in a beautiful valley. The environment here is so perfect for meditation purposes- very close to nature, calm and quiet without any disturbance and far away from the local dwellings. The link road from the village to the valley is under construction after which it will be possible to transport construction materials to the site. The construction of 50 cells, a meditation hall of a capacity of 50 meditators, residential place for the meditation teacher, Dhamma workers would cost us huge amount. Other individual and group could also avail of the facilities that wish to undergo intensive meditation. See link: Other Activities - Vipassana Valley.