Background
Access to good quality education and awareness regarding the importance of education is one of the most basic roadblocks all developing countries across the world face.
Challenge
To bring change in the society and build an equitable world improving education facilities and overall literacy is the way forward. Due to lack of good quality teachers and role models, these children are unable to concentrate and believe in the power of education.
SBB Intervention
STEP Beyond Borders works with volunteers to build a brighter future for children altogether a better future for the country. Coupled with important skills, such as math and artistic expression, the ability to speak English fluently can open the doors for many to dream, aspire and do whatever they desire. A volunteer teacher in Nepal will primarily teach English and math to students between the ages of 6 and 15. Depending on the needs of the school, the volunteer may be asked to assist in other areas like sports, art, music and more. We always consider the volunteers’ strengths in assigning the tasks and leave room for suggestions of activities and methods of teaching so be creative and join the educational project in Kathmandu.
Main tasks of the volunteers:
- Teaching English and basic computer skills
- Teaching how to use smart phones if available
- Provide some creative workshops to create a learning environment, some women feel that education and knowledge is something meant for men
- Deliver vocational trainings like stitching classes, make-up, beautician classes and more to provide entrepreneurship capabilities
- Running workshops on the importance of a healthy lifestyle
- Raising awareness about menstrual hygiene and pregnancy
- Organizing fun activities to make women feel connected and motivated
- Create a trustworthy environment to share thoughts & ideas and encourage dialogue
- Help local NGO prepare documentation, research, write proposal of projects for women empowerment and value addition tasks
- Project duration: 4 weeks and aboves
- Beneficiaries: children of social private and government schools
- Number of direct beneficiaries: 15-25/ can be also more depending on the school
- Working days: 5 days a week, weekends are off
- Volunteering hours: depends on the project availability, usually 10:00 am-2:00 pm
- Skills/ qualifications required: English knowledge
- Age criteria: open for teenagers, adults and elders(18+)
- Pre-arrival assistance
- Detailed pre-arrival orientation and cultural awareness info
- Pick-up from Kathmandu International Airport
- A detailed orientation about Nepal, project, cultural responsibility and things to remember in Nepal
- Accommodation with host family (sharing occupancy)
- Breakfast & Dinner (Home-made Nepalese meals)
- Wi-Fi or internet access
- Guidance to figure out the local transportation
- Drop at Kathmandu International Airport
- Logistics & program assistance if required
- Emergency support
In Kathmandu our team will allocate you with a host family that lives not far from your project. Host families are carefully chosen safe accommodation option to ensure cultural immersion as the volunteers can see the local customs and traditions, share food together and see the neighborhood with their hosts. Hosts are generally an extended family but you can come across nuclear families two, so based on the available number of bedrooms, our teammates decide how many participants can stay in one host family. Breakfast and dinner are included in the program and it is home-made local food while lunch can be easily arranged by the volunteers from nearby the project areas. It’s safe and also affordable and this way volunteers have freedom of choosing what they like once a day.
Facilities at the home-stay :
- Shared bedroom
- Western washroom with toilet & shower
- Hot & cold water
- Filtered water
- Common Fridge
- Common semi-automatic washing machine
- Kitchen access to cook food if wished so
- Wi-Fi or internet Data access
- Family environment
- Comfortable & safe stay option
- Traditional dress workshop
- Henna workshop
- Air fare
- Visa
- Insurance
- Local transportation (mostly on walking distance or support from coordinators)
- SIM card
- Personal expenses
For costs and further details please contact us on info@stepbeyondborders.org