Our expectations of you
To commit to a minimum of 5 hours volunteering a day - Monday to Friday during the day and evening for 3 weeks or more.
To teach our students, aged 6 years to adult, in two classes each day. Each volunteer will teach one children's lesson, and one adult's lesson each day. Our children's classes are formal, Khmer-style. Adult classes are conversation based.
Weekends are free and we are happy to give you ideas of places to visit in our area.
All volunteers pay 40,000 Riels (US$10) per week to help us pay the utility bills, and things like drinking water and keep the volunteer house in good repair. The school is owned by Mr Yuth and his family and he doesn't receive any outside funding.
Teaching experience is greatly appreciated but if you are new to teaching, don't worry, a good standard of English, and enthusiasm and a commitment to help the students are all that we require. Our children's classes are formal, Khmer-style. We do not play games in class. We teach a different topic each month, and vocabulary lists, suggested activities etc. are provided to the volunteers, to make lesson planning easy. Most of our students study at Beginner level.
Adult classes are conversation based.
Volunteer accommodation is in a traditional Khmer wooden house. The house has 3 shared bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen
You can choose to cook for yourself or for an extra $3 USD a day, on top of the payment for utility bills, you can enjoy 3 Khmer meals
We have bicycles available for you to use but we ask that you help us maintain them
