KUFUNDISHA WATOTO (VOLUNTEER IN TEACHING)

Our volunteers are placed in English Medium schools, Government schools, or Orphanage schools, in which the presence of volunteers is beneficial in opening the minds and horizons of the children, along with exposing them to spoken English as spoken by a native or very fluent English-speaker. Children in Tanzania love to go to school, and they often start as young as 3. Wherever possible, children hope to stay in school until at least 14 years of age, as education is highly valued in Tanzanian society. In this program, volunteers can work by themselves or alongside other teachers and volunteers, and typical subjects taught include English, Math, Science, Social Studies (Geography and History), Art, and Physical Education.  There can be between 30 and 80 children in each class, and volunteers therefore assist the local teachers with daily classes, providing one-on-one attention to the children, and sometimes relieving the teacher of a class or two per day. Volunteers DO NOT need to be qualified or have previous teaching experience to volunteer on this program.