Volunteer Teaching in Nepal
Do you dream of touring Nepal to experience their rich and diverse culture while mountaineering in the great Himalayas? Would you like to teach English to poor and disadvantaged communities in Nepal? Then, this volunteer opportunity teaching English in Nepal will offer you exactly that and much more.
Nepal is a spectacular country blessed with several natural fascinations throughout the country. Not only is it home to a wide varieties of fascinating traditions and cultures, but also it is home to exotic flora and fauna.
English is an international language and good knowledge of this language makes children compete in international level for lucrative job opportunities. Unfortunately, the children from poor background in Nepal cannot afford private boarding schools. The government schools are often underfunded and lack experienced teachers, making it difficult to learn the precious English language for the poor children.
As a result they might lose out on profitable employment opportunities in the future. RCDP volunteer teaching in Nepal program collaborates with these understaffed schools to help the poor children improve their English language skills.
Your vital support and dedication to improve the English skills will certainly help change the current and future situation of needy Nepali children. This is indeed a perfect opportunity to gain international teaching experience in a fascinating country, building the children’s as well as your own career.
Become a volunteer for a rewarding and gratifying experience. If you want to change lives and make positive impact in lives of children, contact RCDP now to learn more about this life-changing career opportunity.
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Volunteer Responsibilities and Impact
When join this volunteer English teaching opportunity in Nepal, you will teach disadvantaged children in schools. You will be assigned the task of teaching conversational English to these kids. You will not only improve their English and conversational skills, but support the recreational and artistic activities too. Similarly you will help the local teacher with their and work on curriculum development. If need be, you will be assisting school administrations with daily tasks too.
Nepal volunteering teaching English program is highly impactful. Your support and dedication will encourage the students to speak English, and find their feet in this competitive world in future. Besides, you will also get to experience lovely Nepalese daily life while building your as well as needy children’s career.
Skills and Qualifications
To take part in this project, fluency in English is required. Other than that, there are no specific qualifications needed. However, you should enjoy teaching underprivileged children. You are also expected to be patient, open-minded and respectful. Since volunteering is all about support and love for poor communities, you will be expected to be hardworking, passionate and have compassion for the people in need.
Volunteer Schedule
While volunteer teaching in Nepal, your days will be jubilant, optimistic and exhilarating. You will spend your days sharing your love and passion for teaching children and experiencing interesting Nepali lifestyle.
In Nepal you will work with different schools and each one has its own needs, tasks and program, there is no fixed schedule or exact daily itinerary. Just be prepared to help at all times in many exciting tasks and activities.
Here is a sample daily schedule:
- 7.00 AM - 7.30 AM – You will enjoy delicious breakfast before heading to teach the children
- 9.30 AM - 4.00 PM – Full day of fun activities. Enjoy teaching, talking, playing with the children
- 4.00 PM – Work usually ends at this time, you are free to explore mesmerizing local areas
- 7.00 PM – Dinner time; a great time to discover local Nepalese cuisine and create bond with your host and fellow volunteers
Dates and Fees
Volunteer in Nepal teach English program start each 2nd and 4th Monday of each month all year round. If you have travel constraints or trouble getting to the country on the day your chosen program can also commence on any day of the year
Every year, hundreds of volunteers arrive in Nepal to volunteer from UK and USA based organizations and end up paying up to $2500 to volunteer for 2 weeks. However, RCDP offers the most affordable program fee. Our program fee starts as low as $180. The program fee is divided in as registration fee ($279) and weekly fee.
In addition to Nepal teaching volunteer programs, RCDP runs many projects to help poor children and orphanages. We are presently running 2 orphanages in Nepal and school construction/renovation program (for detail, visit:http://www.rcdpnepal.org/about_rcdp/achievements.php). Majority of your program fee is used for your program. However, as RCDP aims is to support poor communities and children, we use remaining saving (if any left)) to run or manage our orphanages and community projects.
Weekly fee is divided between room/3 local foods a day (50%) and project donation/support of local project staffs (50%). This allocation may be different depending up on location, project type etc. However, our coordinator will explain these issues before you pay the fee.
The weekly fees include:
- Accommodation (volunteers house or host family)
- Food (local food 3 times a day)
- Airport pick up/Transfer
- In-country support
- Program Orientation
- Personalized project
- Pre-departure information
- Certificate of completion
- Fundraising ideas and letters
- Discount for returning volunteers
The weekly fees exclude:
- Visas
- Airfare
- Personal expenses on soft drinks and foods
- Daily transportation
- Airport return transfer
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