Volunteering Overseas

Get ‘Hands-On’ to Help Make a Difference

Volunteer at a Teach A Man To Fish School!

Through our local partners we are able to arrange volunteer placements - bringing needed skills to local communities, and offering volunteers a chance to immerse themselves in local culture for a unique life experience.

Our partner schools are committed to transforming kids from some of the poorest backgrounds into young entrepreneurs - which means you can get involved with creating school businesses and pick up new skills in areas like organic farming as well as helping with regular educational activities!

Placements are currently available in the following locations:

• Kenya, Africa
• Nicaragua, South America
• Paraguay, South America
• Uganda, East Africa

Kenya - East Africa

The village of Ondati is located in one of the poorest regions of Kenya. Schools are few and far between in the area, which makes it particularly hard for girls to access education.

Nicaragua - South America 

Colegio Tecnico Argropecuario La Bastilla is the first rural entrepreneurship school in Nicaragua. Hoping to reach financial self-sufficiency by 2014, the school has already set up seven businesses, including a coffee plantation and an ecolodge. The project is set in magical surroundings, and is situated in a Rainforest Alliance-certified area.

Project Areas: 

• Education
• Farming Skills Training
• Environment and Eco-Tourism
• Business, Sales and Trade, Entrepreneurship
• Public Health and Community Development

Activities: 

• Teaching - English, Physical Education, and Cultural Activities (depending on your level of Spanish).
• Assisting with farming activity or teaching farming techniques. 
• Designing a nutrition programme.
• Assisting in and helping to extend ecological activity.
• Helping to develop an eco-tourism programme
• Helping to develop the organisational and administrative capacity of the businesses.
• Assisting in the development of a health sensitisation program.

Duration of Project: Generally a minimum of 2 weeks. In some cases a commitment of less than 2 weeks is possible. Please contact us for more information.

Costs: Volunteers are expected to cover the cost of their flight, insurance and transfer to the project. Project costs range between £105-115  per week depending the length of stay. Volunteers also have the option to upgrade their accommodation to stay in the eco-lodge for an additional cost.

Language: An intermediate level of Spanish is required as none of the students and only two members of staff speak English. This represents an excellent opportunity to improve your Spanish. It is also possible to arrange Spanish lessons as part of your placement - please ask upon application for further information.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 18

For more information about the program please download the full information pack or contact volunteer@teachamantofish.org.uk

Paraguay - South America

Teach A Man To Fish currently has two partner schools in Paraguay that provide internship opportunities; Fundacion Paraguaya and Centro Educativo Mbaracayu.

Fundacion Paraguaya is one of the leading NGOs in Paraguay. Their pioneering work cuts across the fields of education and microfinance with programs supporting the development and needs of entrepreneurs from the classroom to the workplace.

Project Areas

• Entrepreneurship Education
• Environment
• Marketing
• Business Planning     

Length of Internship: To be considered for an internship applicants must be available for a minimum of 2 months, although longer commitments are welcomed and encouraged.

Background: Current undergraduates, college graduates or graduate students with a strong interest in one or more areas in which Fundación Paraguaya works (microfinance, economic education for children and youth, agricultural high school education).

Language: Spanish proficiency required.

For more information on the range of available intern positions contact Sarah Hooper at the Fundacion Paraguaya: send mail now!

Centro Educativo Mbaracayu  is a girls only educational facility located inside a national forest reserve in Eastern Paraguay. It hopes to achieve financial self-sustainability and empower rural girls to overcome poverty. An internship at the school offers the opportunity to acquire hands on experience in the environmental sciences and sustainable development through its innovative internship programme.

Project Areas: 

•  Education (Environmental and Public Health)
• Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry
• Tourism
• Ecological Anthropology
• Rural Development

For more information, please contact us at volunteer@teachamantofish.org.uk

Uganda - East Africa

Travelling an hour out of Masaka in South East Uganda, along  a dusty road lined with banana plantations, you will find St Denis Senior Secondary School. Situated in Makondo, a rural area of Uganda, St Denis is a school of 250 students and a team of 15 teachers.

Taking advantage of all the natural resources they have around them, St Denis is working hard to become the first Self-Sufficient School in Uganda.

Project areas

• Entrepreneurship Education                      
• Healthcare Education
• Sustainable agriculture
• Education

Activities

• Take part in developing school businesses in the areas of dairy farming, bee-keeping, tree nursery and grain storage.
• Build capacities of project staff in specific skills of business management, including financial planning and information management.
• Assist in teaching English, Maths, Science or whichever subject you are capable in (please note - these opportunities are generally only available for those with teaching experience)
• Provide extra tuition for individuals or groups of students who may be struggling.
• Work with teachers to improve the quality of education provided and increase its scope to include subjects like health, social and environmental education.
• Conduct extra curricular activities such as sports, music or drama and establish clubs among the students in these areas.

Costs:

• Up to One Month: £100 per week
• Up to Three Months: £350 per month
• Three Months or more: £300 per month

Costs Include:

• Accommodation
• Food Costs
• Project Induction & Supervision
• Donation to the School
• Project Administration Fee
   

For more information, please download the full information pack, or contact us at volunteer@teachamantofish.org.uk.