Someone who loves working with children and wants to experience the real India. It’s one of our most demanding placements, but also one of the most rewarding.

Changing Worlds offers a range of voluntary working abroad placements in urban and rural settings in southern India. Many of our volunteers choose to help in orphanages or with social programmes.

India is one of the most fascinating and beautiful countries you can visit during your gap year. Its vibrant scenery and culture are legendary, but so is its poverty. This is your opportunity to experience both sides of India.

Life in India is tough and these placements can be challenging. But they are also extremely rewarding. And, of course, you'll have the support of Changing Worlds' local representative.

Changing Worlds placements in orphanages are extremely popular and demand for placements is high.

We are happy to be associated with some excellent orphanages and children's homes around the World.

Each set of circumstances for the children is unique.

Some are orphaned by the death of their parents, some have been thrown out by their parents because they are handicapped or, as in India, they are female! Some have experienced tragic events like the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Others are discriminated against by the political regime in which they find themselves - like the hill tribe children from Burma who have fled to Thailand. Others are the result of a fast changing political system where the poor and vulnerable are left to fend for themselves like children and young adults in Latvia.

We look for volunteers who love children.

We look for volunteers who can cope with stress of working long hours with limited resources.

We look for volunteers who will be prepared to live in basic living conditions.

We can offer you work with babies, work with toddlers, work with handicapped children and work with young adults - you can choose and will try to match your wants with the needs of the institution. Our criteria is more determined by their needs than by your wants and we will we do want we can to match these up as well as we can. If you can be flexible this tells us a lot about you!

We can also offer other gap year placements in India:

• Teaching English


• Medical Placements


• Law placements


• Journalism placements


• Conservation


• Business and Community development

For more information on any of our placements in India please contact us or visit our website: http://changingworlds.co.uk

0845 344 7521

Changing Worlds is a family run not-for-profit Gap Year Company. We offer a personalised service & are happy answering any questions from you or your parents. We regularly visit each placement and have representatives at every location. We are ATOL protected