We are looking for creative, fun-loving vols who love children and want to teach activities from their home country, such as games, songs, and dance. Vols will work with local adults and teenagers to teach a variety of activities including nature study (water life, forest mammals), outdoor adventure (kayaking, hiking, bicycling), performing arts (theater, music, dance, puppetry, circus acts), and visual arts (weaving, nature crafts, painting). Many of the children come from poor families and some suffer from emotional and behavioral problems.
Accomodation & food:
Volunteers will be housed in a historic house in Vershire Village.
Location & leisure:
Vershire, a very small, rural, town of 600 people spread out over 100 square kilometers in central Vermont. There are no shops or restaurants in town, no cell phone service or high-speed internet, but the scenery is beautiful and the people are friendly and welcoming. Lots of opportunity to interact with local residents and learn about life in rural Vermont, community dinners and entertainment, hikes in the surrounding hills, animal tracking, visits to local swimming holes, organic farms and nearby Dartmouth College (University.)
Requirements:
Must speak ENGLISH WELL Experience with children, teaching arts and/or outdoor adventure is an asset. VFP MOTIVATION FORM REQUIRED. No smoking.
Age:
18-99
Region:
Vermont
Location:
Vershire
Language(s): English
Airport:
BOS: General Edward Lawrence Logan Intl (Boston, United States)
« When volunteering in Malawi and Tanzania while at school and during my year out I developed a love of East Africa and soon felt itchy to go back. On discovering VAP I found a number of workcamps in Kenya and at far more affordable prices than any 'volunteer abroad' organisations. I chose a 6 week workcamp based at a secondary school in western Kenya... »
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