Where you will Work:
You will volunteer in local community schools or orphanages in run
down areas of the city. These institutions cater to economically weak, abused,
and children who are facing difficulty in life. The education for these
children is free and at the orphanages they are giving decent housing and food.
In school the children are only learning through rote learning. You will work
with age groups that are between 4 years to 16 years.
Timing: Monday to Friday 10:00am to 3:00pm;
Lunch will be at 12.30-1.30pm
Benefits of this program:
India is one of the oldest living civilizations of the world and today,
with exploding population, wounded history, political disinterest and
prevailing poverty, education has been neglected to a great extent. The poor
community is the most affected where education is either absent or negligible.
Schools that cater to the poor only teach via rote learning and no added
teaching aids are used.
Volunteers are important to teach the children in different ways
and going beyond rote learning. Many children do not have access to good English
speaking teachers and subjects like arts or music or drama. The parents of most
children are mainly daily wage earners janitors, cleaners and tuktuk drivers.
Many parents are not educated at all and some chidren are the first generation
to be educated. There is also a lack of
facilities in schools like teaching aids and modern facilities like libraries
or computer labs. With enough volunteer support we can help to build on these
and give the children an education that they deserve.
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What you will do:
Your role will be to help teach English using creative learning
method. If you like you can follow the local syllabus and organize and be in
charge of education projects involving English and math teaching, vocab,
pronounciation, English workshops, computer teaching and so on.
A Day in the Life :
Heres how your day would look like.
Please note this is subject to change.
8:00 am- wake up, have breakfast and get
ready for project visit
9:15am Leave for project site
9:45am- Meet Rainbow Staff and get materials
ready for Project
10:00am-Start Volunteering
11.30am: Tea Break
11:45-12.30pm- More Volunteering
12.30-1.30pm Lunch Break
1:30- 3pm- More Volunteering, Quick meeting
with Rainbow Staff
3:30pm- Return home and refresh and relax
6:00pm- Dinner /Cultural Activities like a
cooking class/ Plan work for the next day
9:00pm- Free/ Relax/ Sleep