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Lindersvold School, also called The Travelling Folk High School

May 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Lindersvold School, also called The Travelling Folk High School South Zealand (DRH South Zealand), works in cooperation with Humana People to People as part of the DRH Movement. The aim of the school is to provide the necessary skills and knowledge for those who want to take a stand against the world’s main problems fighting side by side with the poor.

Our programs offer an unique chance to study and work together with people from all over the world. You will have the opportunity to travel and learn from different cultures and to help those who are less fortunate.

We invite you to take part in this! Study, learn, and understand the main issues ruling the world today and how to take action to really make the difference.

Become a Development Instructor and be the change you want to see in the world!

Programs you can join:
*) “Fighting with the poor” – 18 months
6 Months in Denmark [studies]
6 Months in Africa/India
6 Months in Denmark [studies, journal, exams]

*) “Fighting with the poor + pedagogy” – 24 months
12 Months in Denmark [saving up-work and studies]
8 Months in Africa / India
4 Months in Denmark [Journal and Exams]

*)Bachelor’s degree in pedagogy – 36 months
2 months Preparation for the Africa bus travel
4 months Study travel by bus through Northern Africa
3 months Preparing and presenting final products around Europe
3 months Training in productive work saving up for the next period
6 months Experiencing the European community by working in a city in Europe and living a rich and active cultural life.
3 months Studing Pedagogical specialization s in DNS Tvind
3 months ´Do what you find most appropriate to do´
8 months Teaching practice in Europe / Denmark
4 months Study specialization in Tvind

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Teach Abroad in Cameroon

March 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Educating underprivileged children is key to development and ranks as a RUDEC priority. Local classroom populations frequently reach up to 150 students. As a result, many children lack the individual attention required to succeed. To address this crisis, RUDEC staffs local schools during the academic year with volunteer teachers to provide educational expertise and to alleviate the large, student-teacher ratios in under-resourced schools. RUDEC volunteers also facilitate free, after-school tutoring programs to supplement local students’ educational progress. During the holidays, volunteers operate summer school classes, which are highly attended by local children. In order to develop the professional skills of local educators, experienced volunteers also design and facilitate seminars on best educational practices.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
- Intermediate level of English
- Professional experience or degree in education beneficial but not required Knowledge in primary and secondary school subjects (including English and French).

Strong communication skills
- Hard working, flexible, creative, and able to adapt where resources are limited Ability to lead educational training seminars for local teachers desired.

Tasks
- Provide in-classroom support to local teachers
- Design and teach daily lessons for the RUDEC after-school or summer program.
- Develop teaching materials as needed
- Organize schedule for students’ attendance and monitor students’ progress Design and instruct seminars for local teachers on best educational practices.

www.rudec.org

Note: There are FEES associated with volunteering with this organization, but I can’t find out what the costs are.

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New eBook about Volunteering in Africa

December 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Volunteering should be a challenging and an immensely rewarding experience; beneficial to you the volunteer as well as to the community you get involved in. But there can be pitfalls in the shape of unscrupulous agencies that charge large fees to find you a placement, and even bogus projects that don’t exist. Volunteer For Africa aims to help you avoid these pitfalls and guide you through the process of finding a project that suits your interests, whether that involves human welfare, animal conservation or environmental action.

The author is an experienced volunteer with an extensive hands-on knowledge of grassroots volunteer organizations in Africa. The organizations in the eBook have been selected not only because they offer cheap, sometimes free, volunteering opportunities, but also because the projects are seen as meaningful and worthwhile. Many of these are smaller, local organizations that rarely receive international attention. The author’s support for these organizations helps them tap into an international pool of potential volunteers. It also maximizes the benefits for local communities by ensuring as much money as possible reaches the grassroots level of society.
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Become a development instructor in Africa

November 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment

DRH Holsted, school in Denmark, recruits Development instructors for development project in Africa. We have 2 different programs- 18 month and 24 month program. All programs includes 3 periods- studies in Denmark, project in africa 6 or 8 month and journal period in Europe. Get a new experience, friends in all the world and give an effort in making a better world!

You need to be at least 18 years old with finished high school or secondary school and you need to speak english, cause our students are from all over the world:)

This is awesome experience- use it:)

www.drh-holsted.org

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Volunteer in Africa for Free with Nka foundation

August 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Volunteer in Africa for Free

Nka Foundation’s Pilot Design-Build Program in Vernacular African Architecture at Sang Arts Village in Ghana was a Success- the Second Edition, TH!NK: Art+Architecture runs from 2012- 2014. The project provides you with the opportunity to volunteer in Africa for free.

In the transnational project, the empowering question is: How do you engage people who are culturally different? How do you enable sustainable rural community development? One way to begin is to see the people as a people to be known. Nka Foundation’s art village project in the sub-Sahara creates the relational spaces to these ends. We seek to position the arts village as an open door for building bridges across cultures and disciplines.

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