Nepal Teaching - SEFU Suryodaya Bal Bikash Primary School and Community Centre

  Nepal

• Kathmandu: 
Kathmandu

Durations of Program: 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 9-12 weeks
Dates: Year round; monthly departures

Description: SEFU is an entirely volunteer based non-governmental, non-profit making and social development organisation. SEFU is involved in the activities of social development aiming to provide socio-economic enhancement to maginalised and rural people with special focus on the empowerment of women and low caste groups.

SEFU mainly works in rural and remote areas of different regions and sectors of the kingdom, in diversified field like drinking water and sanitation, poverty reduction, environmental conservation and forest management, non-formal education for different category of participants, health and HIV/AIDS awareness and preventive activities, childrens education and community learning center (CLC) programmes and advocacy and net-working with the organisations on common issues.

Specific Roles:
- To conduct core programme activities on children's development and community education such as non-formal education, community library and community learning centre (CLC).
- To introduce programmes that can assist in raising public awareness on various issues and raise voice against social discrimination and unjust.
- To launch drinking water and sanitation program in the need felt areas.
- To introduce programmes that can help safeguard and promote human rights, democratic norms and values, good governance and gender equality.
- To initiate programme activities with the endeavour of community people in order to serve communities in the health sector through curative and preventive measures.
- To empower rural women and make them socio-economically active.
- To introduce rural reconstruction and infrastructure development initiative through vocational and skill oriented trainings focusing on grass-root level people.
- To promote health and HIV/AIDS related programmes mainly focusing on grass-root level and youth generation.
- To run programmes that can mitigate environmental degradation and help improve environmental condition and forest management for sustainable development.

Highlights: This village school is very much in need of native English speaking teachers. It is in a more rural setting just outside the core of Kathmandu. Most children are underprivileged and come from farming and small shop owner families and have little exposure to intermediate English. They are very appreciative of international volunteers that take the time to help out in their little school. Volunteers will teach English, interact and play with the children, read in the library as well as helping to teach other subjects such as Math or Science.

Qualifications: Volunteers should be fluent in English and have achieved at least a High School Diploma. Patience, creativity and initiative are important characterisitics to have in this placement. People who have a difficult time with public speaking or require constant direction may have difficulty as a volunteer here.

Cost in US$: $1895 for 8 weeks; $105 for each additional week

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: We believe everyone can contribute by volunteering. Recent graduates from high school, college or university, professionals taking a career break, recent retirees, individuals or groups who are interested in a change and the chance to enrich their own life and the lives of others. If you are 18 years or older you can apply for any of the placements available. If you are from 16-18 years old you may apply for placements near our Volunteer Abroad Office and Residence, so that we are able to give you more support. Both students and professionals are needed for placements in all our countries

Age Range: 18+

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

Participants Travel to Nepal Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Resume
• Written Application

Volunteer Abroad's Mission Statement: We believe international volunteering promotes cross-cultural learning that helps create global awareness, understanding between cultures and provides the platform for positive change. Our volunteers have taught in schools, provided disaster relief support for the International Red Cross, conducted essential research to improve the management strategies of threatened environments, built homes for impoverished people, provided vocational training and programs for street kids and have worked in co-operation with hundreds of local organizations to distribute aid and improve the quality of life for people throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Year Founded: 1998