Peruvian Orphan Children's Fund
English Teaching Volunteer Work
POCFUND works with orphans and very poor families in Puno, Perú, not only to alleviate their poverty and sometimes starvation, but most importantly to assist them with education. At this moment, the main focus of our work is the rebuilding of the only school in the Cancharani community. We would welcome English teachers, university leavers and gap year students, to come and work with the children at our school. Usually you will teach about 18 hours of timetabled English lessons per week.
You will also need to prepare your lessons, and mark your student’s work. Volunteers may choose to help out in other areas too, taking students for extra-curricular activities like sport, drama, literature, history or music lessons for example. But, remember you are your primary resource.
Anyway, you are not likely to have problems getting your pupils’ attention. They want to learn English well so that they can get into good universities, get better jobs, have a better life. While your pupils want to learn English, you will probably find that the teachers are just as keen – and they will practise their spoken English with you. This is, of course, part of the benefit of your placement.
The volunteers will have to pay for their board and lodging (you are very welcome to stay at the volunteers’ room, next door to the school), as well as their return fare to Peru, they would also need a reserve of pocket money to do anything else that they might wish to do during their stay. We would welcome funds that you may raise through any activities you organise on behalf of POCFUND, prior to your departure. Minimum stay, 3 weeks.
I believe that any volunteer, would find the work very rewarding, since they would see very quickly, the change that it brings about in these children’s lives.
Equally, the volunteer would gain a sense of proportion about the privileged life they enjoy in the West.
Furthermore, Peru is a country of breath taking beauty and rich in ancient history and archaeological sites. There would be ample opportunity, for the volunteers to have a couple of breaks during their stay, in which they can discover the country.
Elena Day
Chairwoman
www.peruvianorphanchildrensfund.org.uk
pocfund[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]uk
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