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Teaching English to the disadvantaged
Teaching English abroad gives you the great opportunity to share your knowledge with others and experience a new culture from within. It is one of the best ways to truly catch a glimpse of the soul of a place. You’ll have a lot of fun and gain valuable skills while your students practice their skills with you.
For teaching English it is not necessary for volunteers to have past experience and in-depth knowledge of grammar and vocabulary. The children having experience working with fluent English speakers is invaluable on its own. Whatever extra-curricular activity you may do with the kids- be it, playing games, story telling, singing or giving knowledge about your own culture, it involves talking in English and provides practice for the students. Most of the children are at a very basic require learning more about things in their daily life like body parts ,names of birds and animals ,opposites etc. and some conversation used in their daily life. This is a brilliant opportunity to teach children in an orphanage or a school for the disadvantaged kids in Delhi or National Capital Region and interacting with them is extremely valuable for children’s confidence and your learning of the local culture. One good technique of building rapport and empowering the children is to ask them to teach you basic Hindi at the same time as you are teaching them. You’ll come back with fond memories of an unforgettable experience.
Program available in – Delhi, Jaipur,
Bangalore, Dharamshala & Mumbai
Volunteer’s life on the field
Once you get over the initial culture shock of coming and working in India, you will realize that helping the orphans/women will give you immense satisfaction and you will view life with a different perspective. A typical volunteer helping in an orphanage would help the children with their day to day activities such as: doing homework, making notes, playing with children, helping staff organize the orphanage, providing mental and physiological support, exchanging cultural views, teach them about health and hygiene.
Quick Project Facts
Duration
2 weeks to 6
months
Location
Delhi, Bangalore, Jaipur & Mumbai
Start Dates
All year round, you can choose your own dates
Working hours
6
- 7 hours a day
Food
2-3 meals a day, depending on project
Accommodation
Host family or residential within project
Educational Requirement
There is no educational requirement for this project; anyone with a heart to help is welcome on this project! However proficiency in English is required.
What we provide
Airport Receive/ Transfer: Our representative will greet you at the airport and will transfer you to your hotel/placement/home stay.
Orientation: A half day orientation will be
provided by our staff. We cover areas like, culture,
greetings, locations, transportation etc. Each participant
will be provided with a local Map of the city or
Start your volunteering experience by taking the 1 week language & culture orientation
week in Delhi
Lodging: Almost all placements have residential accommodation arrangements, however if that is not available volunteers will be staying with a local welcoming and educated family.
Food: 2 Indian meals will be provided in this project.
Insurance: All participants are covered for full comprehensive travel and medical insurance for their time of stay in our project. Please find details here.
In – Country travel assistance: If participants like to travel around, we provide with full support for bookings & arrangements to travel with India or Nepal.
Language Books: We provide participants with English to Hindi language handbooks.
In-country support: 24 hours support provided by our local staff.
Pre-departure information: After we receive full and final payment all participants are provided by a pre-departure information booklet by e-mail which will have all vital information about your program.
Cost and Start Dates:
We have programs running throughout the year for your convenience.
Duration in Weeks
Application Fee *
2
3
4
5
6
7
8**
Cost (USD$)***
$200
$450
$550
$650
$750
$850
$950
$1050
Cost (GBP£)***
£104
£234
£286
£338
£390
£442
£494
£546
*A non-refundable application fee is charged above this fee for all projects, which includes – advertising, staff salary, communication , administration, application processing and overhead charges) The program fee covers – insurance, food and accommodation, transportation, orientation, in-country support etc.
**Please add $100 / £52 for additional week
***All payments will be processed in INRs (Indian Rupees) with weekly applicable currency rates. Please check for applicable rates on www.xe.com
As programs have limited availability we advise volunteers to apply are far in advance as possible to reserve a confirm placements for them.
What we do not provide
Return airfare to India
Personal expenses
Visa charges
Local city
Transportation (except placement drop)
Anything else that is not listed above
