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Teaching Projects

One of the best feelings in life is to help teach a child! With Ecoteer you can teach in a wide range of situations at primary schools, orphanages, community halls and even help teach guides English.

Some of the opportunities require you to have formal teaching education but many don't so take alook at the placements below

Before you teach English abroad we strongly advise you to complete the online Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) course!

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Asia

Teach in Tibet
Placement number: 0113
Location: China
A residential school for 150 orphans aged 5 - 20 in a market town in East Tibet, Qinghai Province, China. This is a unique project supported by international humanitarian funds providing a Tibetan-medium education.
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Help Children Abroad
Placement number: 0141
Location: China (Tibet)
Help teach the children of Tibet or perhaps help the many orphans of Tibet!
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Teach in India
Placement number: 0100
Location: India.
Help teach and train the local employees and people about conservation/
community development/ tour guide/ linguist etc
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Teach at the orphanage
Placement number: 0131
Location: India
MThe Orphanage of DAYA (Destitute Aged & Young Association) is a Christian-based social organization established in 2004 with the purpose of "bringing the fatherhood of God to the fatherless."
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Indian Primary School
Placement number: 0132
Location: India
Panskura Primary School started in 1992 under the auspices of Ananda Marga - a non-profit social organization. After 2-3 years, local people donated some land for building of a nice school. In 1995 the school moved into this building. Panskura is a small rural town located an hour and a half from Calcutta.
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Help handicapped children
Placement number: 0133
Location: India
Mother Theresa Society for the Handicapped-Udumalpet is a small voluntary organization providing care and rehabilitation for rural poor children who are differently abled since 1998.
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Teach tourism at our community lodge
Placement number: 0047
Location: Laos
We seek volunteers who have knowledge of tourism and related services to help teach our local staff.
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Nepalese Orphanage
Placement number: 0134
Location: Nepal
Orphanage was started in 2004 and is a registered non-government organization. It is located rurally because this is where most homeless children in Nepal live, although most orphanages are in city centers. Currently we are home to 16 children 3 to 9 years old.
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Help Children Abroad
Placement number: 0141
Location: Nepal
Help teach the children of Nepal or perhaps help the many orphans of Nepal!
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Africa

Teach and care for disadvantaged youths
Placement number: 0060
Location: Cameroon
UAC is a caring organization for children and youths. Our main goal is to provide affordable quality education to the children and disadvantaged youths of Buea, Cameroon.
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School Child Care Project
Placement number: 0149
Location: Cameroon
The Unique School Child Care Project is a comprehensive daily childhood care and special educational institution, created for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged rural children, {street children, orphans, poor children}. Most especially an attempt to eliminate gender disparities in Education in these villages - Batoke, Sokolo, Mukondange, Ngeme, Bobende, Idenau and the environs, with a focus on ensuring girls full and equal access to an achievement in essential life skills.
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Teach the Pharohs!
Placement number: 0079
Location:Egypt
Volunteer at this simple eco friendly resort/camp by the Red Sea. We need qualified teachers to help teach our local children - English, Maths and Science - during this relaxed placement!
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Help give street children a chance!
Placement Number: 0071
Location: Ghana
Our aim is to provide education for street children, not only in the usual school subject, but also in any skills they might need in order to start living self sufficiently. We are therefore fighting to help alleviate poverty, hunger, illiteracy, malnutrition and drug abuse, unemployment.
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Teach in Ghanian Rural School
Placement Number: 0091
Location: Ghana
The primary school lies in the Ashanti region in rural Ghana. The local village is known for its friendly people, juicy mangoes, and busy Monday Market. There are currently 150+ students there, from kindergarten to the Junior Secondary School level (grade 7). The children range from about 3 to 19 years old, so it is common to have students of various ages and abilities in the same class.
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Ghanian Kindergarten
Placement Number: 0120
Location: Ghana
This is an early childhood development center that provides nursery and kindergarten level classes to children 2 to 5 years old on weekdays. Currently about 40 children from the surrounding neighborhoods attend the center.
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Help at Boys school in Ghana
Placement Number: 0121
Location: Ghana
Mr. Kofi Boafo Charles, began an initiative called Operation Catch Them Young to help assist the street children realize their talents and get back to school. He established Tintinto Boys' Project to train street boys in a game they love to increase their skill and provide them education and counseling.
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Help at drama and Cultural Center
Placement number: 0122
Location: Ghana
Help teach the chidlren of Ghana through Drama and cultural lessons!
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Childrens Center Female Volunteers Only
Placement number: 0123
Location: Ghana
Currently the center cares for 8 girls, 12-18 years old. It also runs nursery school in Korlegonno and a children's library at the center.More

School Teaching
Placement number: 0124
Location: Ghana
We have a current population of 167 students and 8 teaching staff. The grades range from nursery level to grade 6.
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International School
Placement number: 0125
Location: Ghana
Help teach at our International school
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Childrens Home
Placement number: 0139
Location: Ghana
The Children’s home was built by Trips With a Mission, a service-oriented Christian group. The organisation has engaged in various types of projects from establishing a pre-school, providing a community center in South Andros to annual volunteer medical camps in Nepal. 2006 saw Trips with a Mission redefine their focus to work exclusively with children, specifically the Least of These.
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International School Female Volunteers Only
Placement number: 0140
Location: Ghana
Established in 1996 as only a pre-school Nursery with 5 kids, 2 female teachers and the Headmaster, Golden Era has come along way since then. The brainchild behind the school was then Accountant, Charles Kofi Aboagye, and his accomplishments are nothing less than altruistic.His efforts have meant that each year 300 children are taught in proper class rooms with a proper standard of teaching!!
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Help at an orphanage!
Placement number: 0052
Location: Kenya
Since its formation, the group has been offering free education to orphans and needy children, emergency relief, counseling community mobilization for socio-economic empowerment, hiv/aids awareness, trees planting among others.
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Teach local guides at this River Lodge
Placement number: 0096
Location:Kenya
We seek qualified teachers to help teach the children living near our lodge and our staff! We mainly need volunteers who can teach English.
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Teach in the middle of Madagascar in a tent!
Placement number: 0080
Location: Madagascar
Do you speak French? Yes! then why not volunteer at our rustic eco-camp! Help teach the local children, assist the tourists - make sure they enjoy themselves!! and just generally make sure the tents dont fly away! This is a great opportunity and is in one of the most remote places in Madagascar!
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Teach with the Lemurs
Placement number: 0084
Location: Madagascar
If you can speak some french then why not help out at our nearby schools and ecolodge. In your spare time explore one of the last vestiges of dense rainforest on the high plateaux, which is a source of life for the population and harbours an enormous biodiversity: With its 11 species of lemurs(Indri, Propitecus Diadema, Microcebus…), 82 bird species (amongst which 43 are endemic), 423 plants (amongst 65% endemic), this forest is a dreamland for nature lovers.
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Teach 4-6 year olds
Placement number: 0078
Location: Malawi
We are looking for some volunteers to teach our 4-6 year olds starting in January 2007!!! Volunteers would need some formal teaching qualifications!
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Teach English, catering or conservation
Placement number: 0068
Location: Mozambique
We need people who have the relevant qualifications/experience to teach in the following fields:- English, catering and conservation
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Teach at our local primary school
Placement number: 0069
Location: Mozambique.
We need volunteers to help teach at our local school. Funds were raised through schools in London to pay for the construction materials for the new school. The Governor of Niassa donated a roof and the community have made bricks. The Trust used the funds to buy cement and to pay for professional builders.
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Help to start a new kinder garden!
Placement number: 0059
Location: Namibia
We need volunteers to help start a kinder garden school and then help to train local people how to run the school. We also need volunteers to help improve our local guides english.
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Teach in the African Bush
Placement number: 0020
Location: South Africa
Are you interested in teaching school children and visitors about wildlife and conservation? Yes, then volunteer here!
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Help Children Abroad
Placement number: 0141
Location: South Africa
Help teach the children of Africa or perhaps help the many orphans!
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Help South African NGO
Placement number: 0145
Location: South Africa.
Help us to reduce poverty through health care and education.
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Teach English
Placement number: 0087
Location: Tanzania
Help teach our local people to speak better English!
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Help the orphans of Tanzania
Placement number: 0128
Location: Tanzania
Defesco's mission is to empower orphans and destitute children through academic excellence and vocational training so that they are able to face the challenges of life and grow into responsible, generous, loving, and industrious adults. We provide services to orphans, the disabled, and destitute children who are in secondary school, high school, and colleges.
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Children of Africa
Placement number: 0129
Location: Tanzania
Watoto Wa Africa means "Children of Africa." The project is currently home to over 45 orphans and street children. At Watoto Wa Africa children are provided with their human rights: food, water, shelter, clothing, education, and - most importantly - love.
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Help teach orphans, widows & aids/HIV victims
Placement number: 0117
Location: Uganda
FOWAV has provided orphans and children from poor families with subsidized education and educational materials, as well as basic necessities such as food, shelter, and clothing. Other activities include increasing awareness about HIV/AIDS among students and the community in order to reduce transmission and the stigma attached to those with HIV/AIDs and providing counseling for those affected by HIV/AIDS.
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Help the Kids of Uganda
Placement number: 0118
Location: Uganda
Located near the source of the Nile River in east-central Jinja, Uganda, El-Shadai Family Foster Home provides a healthy, nurturing family environment to ~30 former street children and orphans, aged ranged from 3 years - 18 years, as well as supporting an extended family of abandoned and abused children with counseling, mentorship, and school assistance.
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Ugandan Primary School
Placement number: 0119
Location: Uganda
Located in Uganda's Rakai district, the region hardest hit by HIV/AIDS, near the Tanzanian border, the Kabira Adult Attention and School of Orphans (KAASO) also known as St. Paul's, provides support for: approximately 420 orphaned and needy children via a year-round primary/elementary level boarding school.
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Teach Orphans in Uganda
Placement number: 0127
Location: Uganda
The Foundation for Education and Development (FED) project in Jinja, Uganda aims to provide education to needy and orphaned children. Currently 126 children's school fees are sponsored, but there is a waiting list of many more.
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Help Children Abroad
Placement number: 0141
Location: Zimbabwe
Help teach the children of Africa or perhaps help the many orphans!
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Australia/Oceania

There are currently no teaching projects available in Australia or Oceania. Please sign-up to our mailing list to receive notification of new placements.

Europe

Help the Elderly
Placement number: 0130
Location: Moldova
Sunrise Assisted Living Center for Senior Citizens aims to serve the most vulnerable category of people in Moldova - those elderly who are single (lonely), sick, or physically differently abled, and who therefore need extra help caring for themselves.
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North America/Caribbean

There are currently no teaching projects available in North America or the Caribbean. Please sign-up to our mailing list to receive notification of new placements.

Central America

Teach English to our local staff at our Ecolodge
Placement number: 0007
Location: Costa Rica
We would like volunteers to help us with teaching basic English to our native staff.
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Educate about the Scarlet Macaw
Placement number: 0032
Location: Costa Rica.
We need volunteers to help teach in the local schools about the plight of the scarlet Macaws and also find out exactly how much information Costa Ricans have of the problems facing the Scarlet Macaw and their ideas for solutions..
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Teach the local guides and school children at this Pacific Ocean Jungle Lodge
Placement number: 0037
Location: Costa Rica.
We are looking for volunteers who would like to teach our guides and local children no formal qualifications are required but you must speak spanish!
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Educate about conservation at this ecolodge and research station
Placement number: 0072
Location: Costa Rica
We want volunteers who want to focus on teaching, this will be done informally in workshop classes, lectures and during guiding. No formal qualifications are required but must have suitable knowlodge of conservation and wildlife.
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Improve your Spanish while volunteerng
Placement number: 0147
Location: Cosat Rica
We provide the best spanish tutition in central America and while you learn you can help out at schools, orphanages and conservation projects! Sound good enquire today and volunteer tomorrow!
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South America

Do you speak some English and Spanish? Then why not teach here!
Placement number: 0014
Location: Argentina
We are looking for volunteers with a decent level of Spanish and English teaching experience or qualifications to help at our project.
Please note volunteer would need to commit to at least 2 months.
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Teach basic Maths, English and Science
Placement number: 0089
Location: Bolivia.
We would like volunteers to help teach basics including Maths, Science and English.
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English Teachers needed
Placement number: 0081
Location: Brazil.
Help teach English to our staff and in the local village at our ecolodge. We only accept qualified teachers.
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Help disadvantaged Children
Placement number: 0136
Location: Brazil.
Casa do Caminho is an orphanage run by a non-profit organization called Communidade Rural Casa do Caminho, with an aim of providing a full-time home to shelter children on a long-term basis.
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Teach Secondary Children
Placement number: 0137
Location: Brazil.
Casa Amigos and Casa Amigas currently provide a home for 15 boys and 7 girls aged between 11yrs-18yrs. The majority of these teenagers previously lived at Casa do Caminho. The teenagers live in town as the school near Casa do Caminho only has classes up to the 4th grade.
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Teach in a primary school
Placement number: 0018
Location: Ecuador
We want volunteers who can help with teaching primary school children
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Teach in Ecuador
Placement number: 0070
Location: Ecuador.
Help the local people to improve there English! At this location right across the sea, this magnificent and innovative “Hosteria” is built mainly of bamboo; it has a private and large beach and it is surrounded by magnificent flower and organic vegetable gardens as well as small bamboo forests.
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Teach the Shiwiars
Placement number: 0077
Location: Ecuador.
Help teach our local people and children English! This is a very rewarding placement and gives you the chance to experience the truth warmth of our people!
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Work in Biological Reserve
Placement number: 0112
Location: Ecuador
Help us in our quest to help the local wildlife in this cloud forest reserve. We also need help to protect the Andean Bear.
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Teach local guides
Placement number: 0048
Location: Peru.
We would like our volunteers to help with teaching the local children and guides. No qualifications required.
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Teach local guides
Placement number: 0049
Location: Peru.
We would like our volunteers to help with teaching the local children and guides. No qualifications required.
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Teach local guides
Placement number: 0050
Location: Peru.
We would like our volunteers to help with teaching the local children and guides. No qualifications required.
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Teach the Street Children
Placement number: 0135
Location: Peru
A team of international and Peruvian volunteers provide food, classes and medical attention to children who would otherwise be on the streets. Inca Wasi's main goal is getting all children to attend school. It helps with the provision of school materials; it also fosters good relations within the community.
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Help the Street Children
Placement number: 0154
Location: Peru
A team of international and Peruvian volunteers provide food, classes and medical attention to children who would otherwise be on the streets. Seeds of Hope provides help to children in education right up until they are ready for work.
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Help the local children, not just teaching!!!
Placement number: 0053
Location: Venezuela
We would like volunteers who are interested in helping children and some of the the following:- organizing events, teaching or assisting with conversational English, teaching computer skills, sport, art and craft, ceramics, music, play therapy or recreational and developmental activities.
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