Those corporations, he said, are not only potential mates in private business-nonprofit organization promotional partnerships but also filled with executives and other employees looking for meaningful ways to spend three weeks off from work. And it's a two-way street. For now, the destination is India, although locations in Africa will be added soon. Accommodations, according to the brochure, are modest flats with one to three people in a room. Beds, flush toilets, hot water and electricity are provided.
Meals are simple, mostly vegetarian.
Most of the programs take place in New Delhi, but some are held in the foothills of the Himalayas. Work assignments vary depending on a person's interests and talents. Volunteers care for infants at adoption clinics, teach business skills at women's centers, teach arts and crafts to children, assist doctors and nurses at hospitals and teach English to youngsters and adults. Before starting their tasks, volunteers go to orientation meetings to familiarize themselves with the language and customs of the country. She said that while she had worked her entire adult life with underprivileged children and adults, she had never seen poverty so severe as in India.