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TEACHING ABROAD: Challenging Projects with
Underprivileged Communities around the World
Teach your choice of subject to
children and adults, usually in the poorer section of society, in
Schools, Orphanages, Social Care Centres, Crèches. Children’s Homes,
and more, and always with the objective of helping the local
community. You’ll benefit the children and also gain valuable
skills and experience yourself. Your help is always appreciated
because the schools generally have a lack of teachers, high
illiteracy rates and poor funding. Teaching the children is hugely
satisfying, a high feel-good factor!
You don't need any
qualifications to teach. We have teaching projects in many
countries, the hardest part is choosing! If you'd like any help,
guidance or advice, please contact us by phone, Skype or email.
We're here to help you. If you're a teacher taking a break,
you may like to know that
many
schools regard our teaching programmes as professional
development, and that this may be used in appraisals or
performance management interviews.
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ARGENTINA
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Teach Conversational English in schools,
orphanages and social centres in the cosmopolitan
city of Buenos Aires.
Teaching is available in a variety of institutions,
to children, teenagers, orphans, street children, or
single mothers. Often these children come from
deprived or abusive backgrounds and have been taken
into care by the justice department.
Despite these disadvantages, the children are
usually warm and friendly and they need and respond
well to care, attention and affection.
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AUSTRALIA
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Teaching English to Children in beautiful Perth,
including some refugee children from war-torn
countries.
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Coach Sports in schools in Perth. Many different
sports to choose from, or you can coach a mixture of
different sports. You may also get involved in
teaching as well, giving you a varied experience.
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BRAZIL
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CAMBODIA
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CHINA
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ECUADOR
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Teach Conversational
English in Quito plus subjects like Music and
Drama in a wonderful school for 5 - 14 year olds in
beautiful Quito.
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Teach Conversational
English in the Galapagos Island, one of
the most fantastic places on the planet! A truly
amazing experience! You will help teach English to
children aged 4 to 12, teenagers and adults of all
skill levels. As well as teaching English, there are
also opportunities to assist with conservation
education and also teach some art. You'll also be
involved in helping out at a local nursery for
vulnerable children, as well as assisting in other
areas that will benefit the community.
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GHANA |
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Teach Conversational English in the capital city
of Accra. You can also teach most academic subjects
- in fact, almost anything you have good
knowledge about)
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Teach IT and Computer related activities to
children who'll soak it up.
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Summer Camp: Have fun with the kids and at the
same time teach them
English, games, sports, arts/crafts, drama/music,
magic, face-painting ... and more.
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INDIA
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Teach Conversational
English, Art or IT - but in India all teaching
is very much appreciated, so you can combine your
teaching with Music, Drama, French, Arts and
Crafts. An extremely rewarding project
based in the fascinating town of Madurai in the
South of India!
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Teaching Drama to School Children: A very
satisfying project where you can watch their
confidence grow as they learn and develop new
skills.
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KENYA
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Teach Conversational English in Mombasa on the
coast with its golden beaches. You'll teach children
from 3 years of age, up to about 16. Most schools in
Mombasa are quite small and so you will instantly
feel as though you are part of the family! They
generally range from 100 to 300 pupils at one given
time. This means that class sizes are also fairly
small and very manageable, normally ranging from 20
to 40. You can also teach most
academic subjects (in
fact, almost anything you have good knowledge
about!), including anything related to IT
and Computers.
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MALAYSIA
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Teach Conversational
English in a rural(ish) village on the island of
Borneo in the South China Sea.
You'll teach in a primary and secondary school,
located in a village environment.
English is taught in all
schools, but in rural areas the children have no
need or opportunity to speak the language outside
the classroom, so they get very little practice in
pronunciation and speech. Thus having exposure to
you as a native English speaker is very beneficial
to them and helps them raise their grades, which is
a big plus given that in the rural areas, the
passing rate of English is only 60%.
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MOROCCO
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Teach Underprivileged Children In Errachidia
You'll work with children from 13 to 18 years old
who will benefit enormously from your help! You'll
assist in non-government schools and other learning
centres, as well as a special needs school, located
in Errachidia where you'll get a true Moroccan
experience.
The students come from different
walks of life and backgrounds, but many of the
students are from poor, agricultural background.
Thus, the opportunity you provide for them to learn
English is very valuable. You can make a huge
difference here!
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MOZAMBIQUE
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Teaching, Community Development & Home Building
Project: A very worthwhile and satisfying
project, which has
a very tropical feel. You'll have the opportunity to
get involved in various different aspects of the
project, including teaching, community and
development work in and around the coastal town of
Vilanculos.
Our volunteers love the diversity
of this programme and the stimulation and
development it gives them.
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NEPAL
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NEW ZEALAND
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Teach English
in buzzing Auckland. You'll work with small groups
of children at a school where the children are from
underprivileged countries and communities. Many of
the children come from different backgrounds and
countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia and the South
Pacific islands.
You'll work as an assistant teacher, helping
small groups of children in a variety of subjects.
You may also be asked to work one-to-one with some
of the children who particularly need help. This
close interaction and undivided attention from you
plays a very beneficial part in helping to raise
their standards of education. This is a very
worthwhile project that will give you lots of
personal satisfaction.
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SRI LANKA
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Teach Conversational
English to very poor children in Ja-Ela on the
West Coast of Sri Lanka. You'll work with
disadvantaged children and adults and help to
improve significant sections of the local community
schools, enabling more children to have access to
education. You can teach a range of subjects -
anything that you have a reasonable knowledge in.
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Teach Conversational
English to village community children in rural
Wasgamuwa, near the famous Game Park - A truly
cultural Sri Lankan Experience!
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THAILAND
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Teach Conversational English in the rural Thai
village of Muak Lek. A fascinating cultural
experience awaits you in this land of smiles!
Embrace Thai culture while assisting others to
perfect their English in a small community to the
north of Bangkok. You can help teach English and
other subjects.
Children also receive Thai
lessons every day and you can participate in these
Thai lessons for free if you would like to learn
some of the native language.
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ZAMBIA
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Conversational English in Livingstone, very
close to the awesome Victoria Falls! Teach English,
Maths, Sports or any academic subjects, to children
aged 2 and 16 years. Most of the children are very
shy to speak English and it’s in this area that your
help is most needed. If you have skills or knowledge
of Drama, Dance, Music or Arts & Crafts,
you'll be able to teach these as well
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Teach Orphans at a very poor
school that needs as much support from volunteers as
possible. Children's ages range from 7 to 19. You
can also teach other academic subjects, as well as
Sports. A worthwhile, enjoyable placement.
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List of Topics
you can Teach:
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Conversational English
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Academic subjects, such
as Maths, Biology, Geography...
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Languages - e.g. your
home language.
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Computers or IT
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Design Technology
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Music, Art, Dance or
Drama (read
more...)
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Sports (read
more...)
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Note:
If you have a special ability in any area not mentioned above,
please contact us and we can probably arrange for you to teach it.




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"The teaching was hard work at
times ... however, the whole experience was very rewarding
and we both gained so much from it. The school were very
friendly and welcoming and all the staff looked after us
very well. We were made to feel wanted and they were very
appreciative of all our efforts."
(Nicholas Harland talking about the teaching project he and
Tom Gilchrist did together in India.)
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"From the first day onwards we enjoyed every day of
our stay. The atmosphere at the school is very nice and we
really feel part of the community. It was a very sad goodbye
at the school ... the experience we had was amazing. We
still think back on it every day and we know that there are
already lots of letters waiting for us in Holland."
Augusta and Carlijn on their
teaching placement in Southern India
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"So far so good. I've just
had the most incredible day. The warmth I was given by the
children and staff was quite something. Don't think the kids
had seen anything like me before. They either pointed and
smiled or just came up and hugged me. A number of them asked
me if I was a pop star!" Adrian
Tate, teaching in South Africa
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About Teaching...
Anyone can do these
projects, from 17 to 70+, and from any country. You don't need
any qualifications and we provide you with a Teaching Guide
which we have had written especially to help you plan lessons and
give you ideas of topics.
Your main resource
will be the fact that you're a foreigner. The children will bombard
you with questions about your home town, your family, your school
(or ex school) and they'll want to know all about famous places in
your country.
You'll teach in classes and sometimes informally outside the
classroom. Teaching Abroad usually takes place in State schools but we do
have some private schools as well. We also sometimes work in
orphanages and crèches, or in teaching centres.
Class
sizes can vary, depending on school and country.
Your teaching hours can range from 5 to 20 hours per
week, usually over 5 days but occasionally over 6, depending on the
school. You will be expected to prepare lesson outlines, but
the Principal and teachers will help you with this.
How your teaching benefits the
children:
Your teaching will help
the children in so many ways, and they want to learn because they
know that the end result will be greater opportunities in life for
them, whether career-wise or, for the luckier ones, possibly getting
into a better university.
Travelers also makes
donations to most of our poorer schools (and also some that we don't
work directly with). Sometimes we sponsor the children's education
by paying their school fees, or we provide money directly to the
school. We also buy necessities, such as food, books, uniforms,
computers and other teaching aids for the kids.
And this is only
possible because our volunteers have chosen to do a voluntary
project with us!
And what do you
gain? You will gain valuable skills during your placement, or
improve the skills you already have. You'll get experience in how to
interact with children and yet retain authority, a boost to your
confidence, and the satisfaction of knowing that you are making a
huge difference to the children and their abilities.
As one of our volunteers said,
"I'm a teacher by profession and every year I go on a Travelers
project to teach children in disadvantaged countries. Why?
Because they want to learn! Do you know how good it is to teach
children who want to learn? It refreshes my spirit and reminds me
why I joined the teaching profession in the first place."
Nervous about standing in front of a class and teaching for the
first time?
We also provide you
with a Teaching Suggestions Guide which we've put together
for our volunteers. It is packed with guidelines to help you plan
lessons and has many examples and ideas for topics and games to use
in class to help the children gain confidence in using English
whilst teaching abroad.
Free Brochure:
Teaching
Abroad
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