| Teaching English as a volunteer will give you the | | | | education in Buddhist philosophies alongside other |
| opportunity to teach students who are eager to | | | | activities such as English and computer skills. |
| learn and improve their abilities in English. The | | | | As a volunteer you will be teaching English to young |
| students will also benefit from cultural exchange and | | | | Buddhist Monks and working towards enhancing their |
| different teaching techniques. You will be placed in | | | | education. Alongside English you can organize games, |
| either a public (government) or private school, | | | | painting and other creative activities. During this |
| depending on the area you wish to work. Your main | | | | placement you will also get the fantastic opportunity |
| role will be to teach English, however you may have | | | | to witness and participate in traditional Buddhist rituals. |
| the opportunity to assist in other school activities | | | | Work For Orphanage |
| such as sports and extra curricular projects. | | | | |
| Generally as a volunteer you will be teaching for 2 to | | | | Every year hundreds of children become destitute in |
| 3 hours per day, 6 days a week, to students aged | | | | Nepal's crowded cities after leaving their villages in |
| between 6 and 13 years old. There will be a | | | | search of work or from a loss or change in family |
| permanent English teacher at the school to assist you | | | | situations. These children are deprived of education |
| with teaching methods, offer advice on dealing with | | | | and a number of them end up working as child |
| communication barriers and provide you with suitable | | | | laborers in factories, restaurants or hotels, with |
| curriculum for the classroom. | | | | others turning to drugs whilst living on the streets. |
| As a volunteer English teacher you do not need to | | | | It is thanks to a number of orphanages that some of |
| be native in English but you do need to have good | | | | these children begin to get the love, attention, care |
| knowledge of the language. | | | | and education they need. As a volunteer in an |
| If you are volunteering during school holidays or | | | | orphanage you will be there to continue providing this |
| exam periods Alliance Nepal will find alternative | | | | by assisting the children in learning English and other |
| activities for you to participate in such as working in | | | | subjects such as math and science and helping the |
| an orphanage. | | | | children with their homework. You can also organize |
| There are more than 130 000 Tibetans living in exile | | | | tours, games, painting, singing and dancing and other |
| in India, Nepal and Bhutan; 20% of which reside in | | | | activities to enhance the enjoyment and |
| Nepal. Tibetans continue to face many problems | | | | development of the children living in the orphanages. |
| whilst in exile; education being one of them. A | | | | Volunteering in an orphanage will be an experience |
| number of primary education schools known as | | | | that you will never forget and one that will open |
| ‘Tibetan Children's Villages' have been established | | | | your eyes to just some of the problems facing |
| by the Tibetan community in Nepal. These schools | | | | children in Nepal. |
| support religious Tibetan practices and provide | | | | |