If you are looking for an opportunity to volunteer abroad as a teacher and make a change in a small community in Jaipur, then our volunteer-supported school is the perfect option for you.
Background
We work in a rural area in Jaipur where nearly 85% of the population are village residents who moved to Jaipur in search of work. The adults work in factories of the neighbourhood, domestic helpers in high class households and drive rickshaws(tuk-tuk). The adults leave the children alone to go to work, hence the children are highly vulnerable to child labour, domestic labour and don’t go to school.
Challenge
Instead of paying for a child’s education, parents prefer their children mostly below 14 years of age to work with them and earn money. Many children of the neighbourhood work as mechanic assistants, cleaners and sellers in juice or tailor shops. Apart from them, the responsibility of domestic labour like fetching water and cleaning the house falls on their tiny shoulders.
SBB Intervention
To combat child labour and promote education in this are, with our partner NGO a community school has been established where education is free and parents pay only for books and uniform of the students. Since 2014, every year with limited resources the school provides for 70-80 students who study there till 8th standard.The school operates on donations and depends on volunteer work to enable good quality education. Volunteers are much needed to provide English knowledge to students. The children are away from toys, enjoyment and general children fantasies so with the volunteers they share their feelings, receive love and affection which makes them feel appreciated and loved.
Main tasks of the volunteers:
- Do assessment of children’s English
- Prepare lesson plans or follow the book lessons
- Teach communication skills to children
- Teach basic grammar, vocabulary, reading and writing
- Come up with ideas of games, songs, dances to make the teaching interactive
- Enjoy and have fun with super excited and joyful students
- Program Base: Jaipur
- Project duration: 4 Weeks and above
- Joining dates: Throughout the year
- Arrival date: Saturday or Sunday are preferable, if not weekdays will be managed
- Arrival airport : Jaipur
- Beneficiaries: 15- 20 students at least from local communities
- Working days: Monday to Friday, Weekends are off
- Total volunteer hours: 08:30 AM – 01:00 PM
- Weekends: Free to do sightseeing or travel
- Requirements: 18+, Knowledge of English, qualifications to work with children and background clearance
- Pre-arrival assistance
- Detailed pre-arrival orientation and cultural awareness info
- Pick-up from Jaipur International Airport
- A detailed orientation about India, project, cultural responsibility and things to remember in India, SIM card assistance
- Accommodation with host family (single or dual occupancy) or volunteer house
- All meals (Authentic Indian meals) Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
- Resource materials to use on project
- Weekly market visit to shop for your necessities
- Cultural workshops: 1 Hindi class, 1 Indian dress workshop, 1 professional Yoga class, 1 cooking class
- Airport drop at Jaipur International Airport
- Logistics & program assistance if required
- Emergency support
Host family: Indian local family which is ready to receive you like a family member, share food and space with you. Chances of having single or dual occupancy are there as we don’t keep more than 3 people in one room in host families. Host family accommodation is best to discover the local culture and to enjoy tasty home-made Indian food. Food includes breakfast, lunch and dinner made by the host and includes vegetarian authentic dishes like chapatis, daal, vegetables.
Facilities include:
- Shared bedroom (max 2 people)
- 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
Volunteer House: This is a common accommodation for our foreign participants to share and experience each other’s culture as we have participants from all over the globe. To ensure understanding and security in this accommodation we have some basic rules to follow to make sure everyone is convenient here. Rules are no smoking inside the accommodation, no night outs, no outsiders allowed. Food in the volunteer house includes breakfast which is self-service (make your own coffee or tea, toast, oats), lunch and dinner are ordered by our coordinator staff with delivery from hygienic and decent restaurants or chefs. Food is vegetarian authentic meals like chapatis, daal, vegetables.
Facilities include:
- Gender based division of participants
- Rooms with max 4 people in
- Western toilets
- Shower
- Kitchen to cook
- Hot & cold water facilities
- Wi-Fi facility
- Semi-automatic washing machine
- Fridge
- Filtered water
- Hindi class
- Indian saree workshop
- Professional Yoga class
- Indian cooking class
- 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