Description

Volunteer abroad with a teaching program.

Teach English, IT, arts, sports, or business to secondary students. In your time off, participate in their practical classes like planting fruit and vegetables in the gardens; cultivating coffee and reforestation plants, tending and feeding the pigs and chickens, helping to milk cows. Volunteer abroad with a teaching program for a worthwhile travel experience.

Volunteer abroad with a teaching program at Ondati Girls' Secondary School, Kenya:
- The school is located in one of the poorest areas of Western Kenya
- The local community asked Teach A Man To Fish for help in building and running a school for girls
- School businesses include grain storage, milk production, beekeeping, mobile phone charging, selling tree seedlings and a mango and pineapple plantation
- The community is fully behind the project, showing their support through harambees (local fundraisers), raising GBP 2,000 towards the school building

St. Denis Secondary School, Uganda
- The school is attended by about 190 students, lots of them orphaned by HIV/AIDS
- The main school businesses are dairy production, a matoke business, a school supplies store, an internet cafe/copy centre, and a mill for the production of flour
- The Student Entrepreneurship Club meets every other week with guest speakers visiting the school

Centro de Educacion Agricola Alternative (CEAA), Bolivia
- The school was established by our local Bolivian partner Agro XXI
- It now has several businesses underway. These include grain storage, dairy farming, beekeeping, poultry production, a tree nursery and others
- The school offers 3 different technical qualifications to students

La Bastilla College, Nicaragua
- This school is based on a coffee estate, in an area where only 20% of young people currently attend secondary school
- Along with providing an academic education, the school also runs several businesses
- The businesses include an eco-lodge & restaurant where it is possible to hike and birdwatch, chicken and egg production, as well as dairy, pigs, and a vegetable garden

Highlights

Teach a Man to Fish is a UK-based NGO that promotes a new approach to education in developing countries. We believe that education is the key to tackling global poverty. At the same time we challenge traditional education as we know it. We want to eliminate the problem of limited access and poor quality of education. Our innovative model combines teaching practical and business skills within school-owned enterprises. Over time these businesses can generate income to cover 100% of the school's running costs so that they don't need any external funding from governments or charities. The graduates of these schools are then equipped with the necessary skills to support themselves and their families.

The innovation that distinguishes Teach a Man to Fish from other education charities is in our approach to financial sustainability. Our schools teach business through running their own businesses. These school enterprises - from beekeeping to carpentry workshops - earn the schools money, which covers facilities and teaching costs. Over time the schools become financially self-sufficient, meaning even the poorest kids can attend for free. We call this model "Education That Pays For Itself".

Minimum Education

High School

Languages

• English

Cost in US$:

Experience Required

no

Volunteer Types

• Agriculture
• Community Development
• Economic Development
• Education
• Teaching

This Program is open to

American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

Independently

Application Process Involves

• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

5 Days

Teach A Man To Fish's Mission Statement

We believe that education is the key to tackling global poverty. Our organization helps kids from poor families across Africa, Asia and South America to get the quality education they deserve. We work with schools to create new sources of income so that the poorest children can attend for free. All our students get "hands-on" involvement and learn practical skills and entrepreneurship.

Year Founded

2006