Description

HELP assists primary and secondary schools in the Kathmandu and Pokhara valleys, as well as in the mountains in the Annapurna reserve. What volunteers teach depend on their skills. The main need is for English language, Math, Science and IT skills.

Highlights

Our volunteers in Nepal make a valuable contribution to various schools in fascinating urban and beautiful rural locations. Before or after their assignments there are trekking and white-water rafting opportunities. The real highlight is the feeling that you have made a difference to the lives of the children you had the honour of teaching.

Qualifications

If you have no experience of teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL), you will need to take a short course in TEFL (an intensive weekend course would be the minimum requirement). A love of children and an ability to communicate skills and knowledge to them is essential. Our volunteers must also be mature, patient, tolerant and diplomatic.

Minimum Education

Diploma/Certification

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

From USD 470 for two months or more

Program Fees Include:

* Placement at a school
* Support from a local HELP representative
* Written documentation about all aspects of working and living in your Himalayan community
*a pack of TEFL materials
* Full board and accommodation with a host family.
* A donation to this project and to other HELP-supported projects

Salary/Pay

The benefits are non-monetary: the pleasure of sharing your skills and money with a poor community, and the chance to live in a fascinating country and to trek in the Himalayas.

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

• Education
• Primary Education
• Secondary Education
• Teaching
• Volunteering
• Youth

Typical Volunteer

Because these opportunities are best suited to mature people, our volunteers are likely to be (but not exclusively) from one of the following categories: working people taking a career break, retired people who are not yet ready to put their feet up, graduates wanting to have an adventure before starting their careers, students aged at least 19.

Age Range

19 upwards

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Letters of Reference
• Phone/Video Interview
• Resume
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

2 -4 weeks

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network

Himalayan Education Lifeline Programme's Mission Statement

The aim of HELP is to enhance the lives of poor Himalayan communities by supporting selected educational and training projects. HELP realizes its aims by enabling responsible and committed people from the developed world to: - sponsor young people with the potential to benefit from a school or college education, but without the means to do so. - make a donation to provide grants to individual students, and also to schools and health clinics that lack the means to acquire the materials or premises required to provide a satisfactory service to their communities. - undertake short-term assignments as volunteers in support of educational and training projects

Year Founded

2002