TEACHING ENGLISH AT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

CODE: VINLMTV07-B

Work:

Creating lesson plans for your daily teaching.- Teach regular English classes and other subjects.- Interacting with the children of the local community.- Helping the other teachers advance their English.- Create local teaching resources with local teachers

Accomodation and food

Volunteers stay with the host family/hostel identified by VIN. The living conditions at the host family/ hostel are simple and basic. Male and female volunteers will share the same living area but have separate sleeping rooms. The volunteers sleep on simple beds/mattresses. Please bring your sleeping bag. The food will be provided in Nepali standard i.e. dal Bhat (rice, lentil soup, vegetables, pickle, eggs).

Location and leisure

VIN works in three different districts Kathmandu, Nuwakot, and Okhaldhunga are the three districts where VIN works. If you arrive early or wish to stay in Nepal after your volunteer period, VIN offers weekend travel tours to Chitwan Jungle Safari, Pokhara, and Nagarkot at reasonable prices.

Project hosted by

VIN s teaching in Nepali-Community Schoolsproject targets international volunteers orinterns who are looking to take part in a handson Nepali classroom experience. With your help,VIN hopes to deliver the children and their localcommunities a crucial life skill:speaking English. This life skill, if acquired willtake the Nepali people much further [Due to school holidays these projects will remainclosed during the months January and sometimes in April, July and October. You areencouraged to take part in the winter camps in January. There are also other VINprojects.

Directions to meeting point

VIN staff will pick each volunteer from the airport. The volunteers are requested to send their flight details to VIN on time so that we can send our staff with your name card and VIN s Logo.

Additional comments

Fee for four weeks volunteering is 550 Euro, then 85 Euro for each extra week. Placements out of Kathmandu Valley cost extra depending on travel distance.