Because of your generosity on Giving Tuesday, $1,700 has been raised toward hiring the local crew for the first month of work at the Bichli Haveli project in India. $1,700 puts us well on the way to what's needed help create new jobs in Udaipur. By making a donation, you can help get us the [...]
On this annual day of giving back, we are exhilarated and hopeful about the meaningful work that is beginning soon in India. Over the next few years, with our Indian partners and our trip participants, we will be restoring the Bichli Haveli in the old city of Udaipur, and embarking on a series of socio-economic [...]
We are delighted to announce we are officially moving forward with the Bichli Haveli project in Udaipur, India! Our advance team's trip to the site last month confirmed that our partners and the project will be a good fit for our mission of using volunteer tourism to help communities restore their heritage sites, and, in [...]
Photo by Ravi Dhingra Our advance team is preparing for seven days on site at the Bichli Haveli this month. They'll be meeting with our partners (the Mehta family), potential collaborators (other nonprofits already doing good work in the community), and the community. The team will be providing input about community engagement, logistics, site work, [...]
Join Restoration Works International on an exploratory trip, October 18-27, 2016, to one of our future projects in Udaipur, India: the Bichli Haveli. As a participant, you'll be among the first RWI volunteers to arrive on site, and you'll play an important role in pre-program preparations by providing input about community engagement, logistics, site work, local programs [...]
Thanks to your generosity during our #GivingTuesday campaign on December 1st and your end-of-year gifts, we met our goal of raising the last $10,000 needed to complete RWI's financial commitment to Chhairo. With the funds raised, the last of the work is underway. Second Story of Visitor/Kitchen Block Begun Now that the weather is getting [...]
Restoration Works International's board of directors is actively evaluating potential projects in India and Thailand: a haveli (townhouse) and a cinema, respectively. Both are exciting projects that have the potential of truly helping the associated community while offering volunteers a unique and meaningful way to give back. We're also establishing relationships with communities in Cuba, [...]
Because of your selfless gifts on GivingTuesday 2015, we are pleased to announce that we have met our goal of raising $5,000 so the Chhairo gompa restoration will endure for generations to come. THANK YOU from all of us at Restoration Works International and our friends at Chhairo. On this annual day of giving back, [...]
If you've joined us in Chhairo, you may remember meeting Bimala. Perhaps you plastered the gompa walls alongside her or spoke with her about her favorite statue: Guru Rimpoche in the main chapel. Her joy and welcoming spirit has been a delight to all of us through the years, which is why we've chosen her [...]
With Restoration Works International's partnership, the Chhairo community has brought a crumbling ruin back to an operating monastery over the past 11 years. It was a bittersweet trip to Chhairo this autumn. Sweet for what it signified: we are close to reaching our goal of restoring this 300-year-old monastery. Bitter for knowing it was our [...]