Highlights
- Teach English at a school in Cape Town for 4 - 24 weeks
- Live with a host family and work alongside local people
- Make a genuine and worthwhile difference and boost your CV
Teach children in underprivileged suburbs and townships of Cape Town
How you can help
- Assist teachers in local schools or take your own lessons
- Provide educational support at a primary school or secondary school
- Organise extra curricular activities, from arts and crafts, dance and music, to
sports days and football matches
- Work alongside local people to help improve the lives of children from
townships
Why your help is needed
Many schools in underprivileged regions of South Africa do not have the resources
that most in the developed world enjoy, meaning that providing pupils with high
quality educational support can be extremely challenging for teachers. Volunteers
on this project support school teachers and help make a real difference to the lives
of South African children, providing them with the kind of educational foundations
that could change their futures.
The schools that volunteers teach at are typically overcrowded and under-staffed and
pupils often come from underprivileged backgrounds. Volunteers are highly valued
as the support they provide means that children receive much-need attention.
Volunteers assist school teachers, prepare lesson plans, mark schoolwork and offer
help and encouragement to their pupils, which can be extremely rewarding for those
who love to work with children and are passionate about making a real difference
in an underprivileged community.
Our teaching programme in South Africa is not only designed to help improve
the lives of young South Africans, but also to promote integration between volunteers
and local people.
How long can I go for? Our Volunteer South Africa placements range
from 4 to 24 weeks.
Working hours: 4 - 6 hours a day, 5 days a week
Eligibility: British/Irish, 18+
A TEFL qualification or experience of teaching or working with children is desirable
but not essential