VIRTUAL VOLUNTEER WORK:

A NEW PROJECT FOR 2021, Volunteers will be able to help from their own homecountry.

Project: Virtual Volunteer Work

Areas: Schools, Youth Centre

Audience: School Children from 7 to 12, Youth from 13 to 17

Language Skills: at least Basic Level of Spanish

Skill: English, Math, Arts, Music, Science

Hours: 1 or 2 per day

From 10 hours

Allowance: USD$50 for 10 hours

Donations: Donations for the projects can be accepted please ask us how.

Requirements: Photocopy of passport, Police Check, 1 written reference, CV, there is no need to be a teacher to help in this project, but if the volunteer has the qualifications it will be a plus.

Platform: Zoom

WHY TO PAY FOR VIRTUAL VOLUNTEERING?

The funds we receive from volunteers is used:

To pay the internet for those students that do not have access to the internet for their lessons

To pay to rent all the media kit and the salon when it is for groups

To pay to have a supervisor on-site while the lessons take part

Without this help it won’t be viable to support children’s education process in this time.

Virtual Volunteer Work

There has been a long way to come to this initiative to help and support the Teaching project virtually at the Schools and Youth Centres. The aim is to continue the learning process through internet and reach more children with this technology. We know it will be a huge challenge for all of us but at the moment due to the current pandemic situation this is the safest way of volunteering and learning. So let’s get enthusiastic and make of our enclosed time something to make a difference and leave a print. Volunteers can help with teaching English, arts, maths, science or music. Choose your hours and weeks and let’s do it.

The Virtual Work Procedure

Volunteer made contact with Volunteer in Colombia

Volunteer in Colombia will send the application form

The volunteer will sent the sign app form plus the required documentation

Once the volunteer is accepted in the program we will discuss the topic to be taught at the school through virtual room

The volunteer will organize and prepare the lessons and send the proposal to the organization to be approved specifying what kind of stuff the children need for the lesson

Once the volunteer proposal is received it will need to be accepted by the school and the organization

Once is accepted by the school we discuss with the volunteer hours and days for work

Volunteer in Colombia will organize the virtual room for the volunteers to get into with the classroom

There will be always a supervisor if questions arise. They will be send to the volunteer through zoom to be answer, the supervisor is an English and Spanish speaker.

The duration of the lesson will be from 1 to 2 hours according with the volunteers plans every day, the audience will be children from 7 to 12 or 13 to 17 years.

At the end of the program children will have a small test or quiz of what they have learnt.

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Will support the education system to better children skills and knowledge. Opening their views in other cultures, languages, people’s life styles and the world. In Colombia, many schools are under-staffed and under-resourced and in many cases, the teachers are under a lot of pressure.

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Please read our terms and conditions, privacy policy and projects overview before applying.