Teach and Care for kids in Romania

Vacancy: Teach and Care for kids in Romania
Company: GapGuru
Category: Community development, Teaching English, Childcare
Cost: from £450
Support in place: Pre departure advice and In-country support during the project

Romania is one of the last reserves of Europe's rustic way of life, with welcoming village communities nestled among beautiful green valleys. At the heart of the country and bordered on three sides by the spectacular Carpathian Mountains, is Transylvania - famed for its fabled vampires and haunted castles.

The programmes are based in around Miercurea Ciuc in the beautiful Transylvanian region of central Romania. We are working mainly with Hungarian and Czango ethnic groups who have preserved their unique traditions from medieval ages. 

Teaching in Shools and Working with Children in Care Homes

The project works with orphaned and abandoned children and young adults who live in care homes in the absence of their own families. The goal here is to create supportive and familiar homes for them, while encouraging them to make to most of often limited educational opportunities to improve their future.

Your role

Volunteers can attach themselves to one or more of the homes and can be mentors, teachers and friends to the children. The homes are small, housing typically 8-10 children or teenagers, so there is a real opportunity to get to know the children very well, and to see progress in a relatively short amount of time. The role is varied and might include tutoring of English and other subjects, helping with homework, care work, counselling, extra-curricular activities and arranging special events. During the summer you could be involved in running summer camps for children.
 

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