Description

Give Filipino youth an outlet for movement, dance, and performance as you share your dance skills with children at a community center in Tacloban City, Philippines. Through this volunteering opportunity you will be able to establish structure and fun for children during their summer months, along with creating a space for artistic and personal development. You will also learn about Filipino culture, gaining an understanding about the children you are serving and the vibrant arts history of the community. As a volunteer at this thriving community center, you will be part of a larger team that empowers adults, teens, and children by providing important services. Volunteers are needed most during summer months since students are no longer in school and spend most of the day at the community center. The minimum volunteering requirement is 10 hours per week for one week, but PAA strongly recommends two weeks.

Highlights

* Teach dance to low-income children ages 8-16 at a local community center
* Learn the local dialect Waray Waray in two crash courses
* See the surrounding area during excursions to caves, waterfalls, and beach resorts

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

Please visit the website for more information.

Cost Includes:

• Excursions
• Food
• Housing
• In-country orientation/Training
• In-country staff support
• Language instruction
• Pre-departure orientation/Training
• Travel while in host country

Program Fees Include:

* Airport pickup and drop-off
* Accommodation with host family
* Excursions to caves, waterfalls, and community projects
* Guaranteed volunteer placement
* 24-hour staff support
* Welcome orientation
* Tour of city and center
* Short course in local dialect of Waray-Waray
* Professional, friendly onsite staff
* Pre-departure orientation
* Post-program support

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays

Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Typically The Application Process Time is

Two weeks

Post Services Include

• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Performing Arts Abroad's Mission Statement

Performing Arts Abroad offers unique and fulfilling international performing arts programs to individuals and groups, enhancing understanding of our diverse world through the transformative arts of theater, music, and dance. Our organization sends U.S. students and professionals on trips for study abroad, internships, volunteering, and career workshops. PAA believes the experience of cross-cultural collaboration is invaluable for performing artists and is committed to providing international programming of the highest caliber to promote a more global perspective for our participants.

Year Founded

2011