We are excited to share that we are recruiting for an intern to help us out at Anjali School for the Blind! I’m really excited about it and hopeful that the right person will join our team. It would certainly be helpful for this person to have experience working with blind children, but that’s not a requirement and we can provide on-the-job training, as well as required reading/training prior to arriving in India. The biggest thing is a heart for children and a desire to serve God through loving and teaching them. More info is below! Please contact me at nikki@icmin.org with any questions. Please feel free to share this post with anyone you think might be interested!
Time: We would like the volunteer to commit a period of 6 months beginning in the summer of 2016. Dates are flexible.
Where: Hyderabad, India with the organization Sarah’s Covenant Homes (www.schindia.com). SCH offers volunteer lodging on-site.
Fees: $1900 US which covers lodging, airport pickup/drop off, 3 meals/day, drinking water, and wifi. Note that this is a volunteer position- NOT paid. Volunteer will have to pay the previously noted amount to SCH as well as cover any additional fees such as extra food, visa, personal transportation within country, etc.
Other requirements: Indian visa and international medical coverage
Job description: Volunteer will spend the hours of 10-1 and 4-6 Monday-Saturday working with the blind children of Courage Purple, a home in Sarah’s Covenant Homes for abandoned children with special needs. Anjali School for the Blind (ASB) is a preschool run out of the Courage Purple home to meet the needs of the blind children who are not able to attend school due to lack of early intervention programs for blind children. The kids range in age 1 – 9. Some are typically developing blind children and others have additional needs such as autism, hearing loss, or sensory processing challenges. The volunteer will support the foster moms and teachers in this home with the ultimate goal of helping to teach the children and assisting them in reaching new milestones.
Tasks assigned to the volunteer include:
-Teaching classes, organizing activities, planning curriculum
-Prepping crafts
-Bringing children on field trips so they can get out into the community
-Teaching life skills such as feeding themselves, undressing and dressing themselves
-Assisting them in learning to become independent in walking with their guide canes
-Researching various tools and techniques that may be of help to the kids
-Reading to them, bringing them outside to play in the sun, playing with them, organizing music times, helping to ensure an overall happy quality of life
-Advocating for the kids and helping to spread the word about the needs of the organization
Nikki Cochrane 
I would be interested in volunteering