Find your place.
Connect with the team and choose a chapter where you can participate regularly.
What brings us together
Knowledge grows
when we share it.
VolunTeaching brings people and rural communities together through learning, week after week.
Children have curiosity and potential. Regular guidance and exposure to different people, skills and ideas help them explore more possibilities. You don’t need to be a teacher to contribute.
Learn together.
Travel to the community. Share stories, skills and activities. Make room for questions.
Build the connection.
Reflect on the day and come back. Consistency turns a visit into a relationship.
Inside a VolunTeaching session
Learning opens up
when people come together.
Reading, making, playing, asking. A session makes room for all of them.
01 / Expression
Find your voice.
A name on a card. A story read aloud. Words and numbers become personal when children have space to practise and express themselves.
02 / Discovery
Find out by doing.
Take something apart. Ask how it works. From making with clay to exploring computer hardware, curiosity becomes practical experience.
03 / Connection
Learn from one another.
Different ages, different experiences, one shared circle. Games, conversations and regular visits bring generations together.
Since 2008
2008
It began with
showing up.
The journey began in Paldi Kankaj. A simple commitment to share knowledge became a movement built on regular visits and lasting relationships.
Where we teach
Real places.
Relationships that continue.
From villages near Ahmedabad to university-led movements, participation grows through a connection to a community.
Near Ahmedabad
Miroli, Pirana, Giramtha, Naj, Vasai, Timba, Navapura, Ode and Paldi Kankaj. A connected village cluster along the Ahmedabad–Dholka corridor.
From campus to community
Ganpat, Nirma and Kutchh VolunTeaching Movements connect university students with rural communities, bringing field experience and responsibility into student life.
A shared space in Miroli
The Dr. Mahesh Mehta Center for Holistic Development (MMCHD) brings VolunTeachers, educators and community members together for orientation, learning and coordination.
People behind the movement
It takes people
who keep showing up.
Children, families, local VolunTeachers, educators and supporters all have a place in this story.
Hiral Mehta
Co-founder · Educator and VolunTeaching pioneer
Ravin Vyas
Co-founder · Institution builder and mission enabler
Get involved
You have something
to share.
Students, professionals, educators, homemakers and retirees take part. Choose a way to contribute that you can keep coming back to.
The photo archive
Look closer.
There is a story in every moment.
A quiet conversation. Something made by hand. The confidence to share it. Our photographs hold the memory of the movement.
Enabled by AIREP
A shared commitment
to rural empowerment.
The All India Rural Empowerment Program connects urban knowledge with rural communities through education, vocation and health. VolunTeaching is its people-led movement, under Avasath Vidhya Sansthan.
Do I need to be a teacher?
No. VolunTeaching welcomes people from different backgrounds. Your skills, experience and willingness to learn are a place to begin.
Why one day every week?
Regular visits help people get to know one another. Returning makes room for learning to continue and relationships to grow.
How do I get started?
Fill in the participation form or talk to the team. They can help you understand the movement and find a way to take part.
एक दिन देश के लिए!
One day for learning.
One step to begin.
Share your knowledge. Become a VolunTeacher.
