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Description
Make a lasting mark in the lives of Colombians through this volunteer program at a center that offers affordable English language classes. We focus to a diverse range of students, from kids to adults, in a workspace that promotes team building, cross-cultural communication, and solidarity.
Volunteering with us have an incredible chance to make connections with locals, immerse yourself in our culture, grasp some Spanish, and explore various regions across Colombia. We prioritize a social and friendly atmosphere, ensuring your time here is not just memorable but also enriching.
Our company is a unique space where kids, teenagers, and adults are eager to enhance their language skills, particularly in English, during their leisure time. We use an approach that ensures fun learning during classes.
Embrace the opportunity to volunteer and teach English to eager children or teenagers in an informal setting. Immerse yourself in our vibrant culture and make a profound impact on the lives of young learners. Empower them to build a brighter future for themselves through education. At the same time, enrich your life through a meaningful experience.
In our place we have the coordinator who also works as teacher, we have the secretary that help us with copies and the communication between parents and teachers and students, we have other three local teachers on saturday classes and the director who is the administrative person.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Práctica de idiomas
Enseñanza
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Volunteers will improve their Spanish level talking with partners and students also they will know a wonderfull place, Yopal has a warm climate, there is a river very close, many places to swim and waterfalls if you like to go for a walk. We are located in the eastern plains, where the best sunsets and sunrises are. Our culture in food and music is very important in our country. We are close to any part of the country which makes it easy to go to the sea and return for a weekend. We are five hours from the capital of the country, it is easy to move to other parts of the country because we are very focused.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
As you will communicate with students you need to prepare some topics for classes but most of them are conversational classes, Students are around 5 to 18 years old. small groups are less than ten students per class they are so friendly and focus because they like English. you may have to know some Spanish as well to communicate better but is not a request.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We are interested in someone that wants to improve Spanish and teach English.
Accommodation
The living accommodation is located in the same place you are going to do the volunteer, it is a big fourth floor house and it is shared with the coordinator who lives in the second floor in the house and her cat. It is a nice neighborhood very close to a mall and downtown.
We offer a single bedroom with private bathroom in the third or fourth floor.
Bed linen is provided, but volunteers are free to bring their owns sheets if they feel more comfortable and must to buy their own toiletries. The weather is hot so you don’t need blankets and you have a fan in your room. The rooms are well-illuminated, with windows, a big dresser, fan, electricity, internet, cold shower.
Common areas with the coordinator is the kitchen, implements in the kitchen for volunteers are new and separated if they need them. There is a small refrigerator with cold water for volunteers. Although the volunteer's house has a small sitting area with a sofa which is just for volunteers. Washing Machine is provided just on Sundays so you need a time to use it. There is a bicycle for volunteers to transport.
We provide lunch everyday in exchange of 3 days of work ( monday, wednesday and saturday), no more than 15 hours a week.
What else ...
Helpers are willing to do wherever they want to do in their free time, if they want someone to go any place we are more than happy to guide you and show you around. We live very close to cooffes, restaurants, mall, drugstore. everything is very close you dont need a transport to go around but if you decide to go example the river and hiking around mountains we can provide you some help. for sure you will have all our support anytime.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can possibly accept pets
I accepts workawayers with cats, We have one in the place of work so that will be nice company
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4 hours a day, 3 days a week
