The Guest House has living accommodation and a community lounge cum dining room with a television. Each room has two beds and an attached bathroom with western style toilets and hot and cold water. The food is vegetarian and meals are provided for at reasonable rates. Payments are required to be made on a weekly basis.

Your everyday needs are available in shops in the vicinity of RAPHAEL.

If you need a visa to travel, please get it prior to arrival in India.

Please ensure that you apply for a tourist visa.

Check with your home country authorities on the requirements of travel and medical insurance.

Do not carry it around with you unless you are going to be staying at a hotel over a weekend. You will need the passport to check in. At all other times, keep it locked in your room or you can ask the office to keep it for you in safe custody.

Please check requirements with your home country before arriving in India.

If you are unwell during your time at Raphael, you will be looked after.

This will depend, to some extent, on the length of time you plan to spend at RAPHAEL, your qualifications and experience, and also your interests. Please remember that you do not need to have any special qualifications to work here.

The primary focus of our work is in the special education of children and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. You could work as a teacher aide in the classrooms, assist with therapies, develop English conversation skills with the staff, help with office documentation and digitizing. You could help with social media, taking photographs and supplying daily news bytes.

You will, as a matter of procedure be asked to sign our Policy for Protection of Children and Vulnerable adults.