The work you'll do here isn't small.
Volunteers at Astitav help children learn to tie their shoes, sound out their first sentence, finish their first race. You don't need prior experience with special needs — just time you mean to give, and the willingness to learn what we do.
Short-term, long-term, or event-based Orientation provided Students, professionals, retirees all welcome
What a week at Astitav actually looks like.
Your role depends on your skills and schedule, but here's what volunteering with us really means.
In the classroom
Shadowing teachers, helping children with individual tasks, reading, art, one-on-one support during group activities. The kind of help that gets a child unstuck when the teacher is with someone else.
At therapy
With training, volunteers assist therapists — setting up sensory activities, supporting OT routines, transcribing session notes. Often the most educational placement for students in psychology, OT, and SLP.
At events
Ability Olympics, Lanterns, Children's Day, festival celebrations. We need ~20 volunteers for every major event — running games, timing races, managing refreshments, photography.
Behind the scenes
Fundraising, social media, photography, graphic design, CSR outreach, writing for the website. If your day job is marketing, design, legal, or finance — you're probably more useful here than you think.
Open volunteer roles this month.
[Placeholder roles — refreshed monthly]
Classroom Assistant
Speech Therapy Shadow
Event Lead – Ability Olympics 2026
Social Media Volunteer
Weekend Art & Dance Volunteer
Volunteer your way.
Event-based
One-day events, 3–8 hours. Best for first-time volunteers and corporate groups.
Weekly
A regular slot in your week. Classroom, therapy shadow, or weekend activities. Minimum 3 months.
Project-based
A defined deliverable — design, photography, CSR proposal, video. Scoped upfront.
Interns
Full-time, 4–12 weeks. For students in special ed, psychology, social work, communications.
From interest to impact — in four steps.
You send a short application
The popup form takes 5 minutes.
We invite you for a chat
Video call or in-person — 20 minutes. We understand your skills; you understand the work.
Orientation
Half-day at the centre. Meet the team, observe a class, understand our child-safety guidelines.
You begin
Matched to a role that fits. A teacher or programme lead is your point of contact — always.
From people who've been here.
"I came to do my 60 hours of college internship. I stayed another year. You go in thinking you're going to help these kids. You walk out realising they were doing most of the teaching."
"I run a small design studio and offered to help redo Astitav's Instagram. What I didn't expect was to come in once a week for the shoot day. I don't think my team and I have laughed this much at any client meeting."
"I'm 62 and retired. I teach the senior students basic accounting on Tuesday mornings. Everyone said I'd find it difficult. What I find is that I look forward to Tuesdays."
Or start with one event.
[Current as of April 2026 — refresh as events are scheduled]