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I'm Fafah a wife, a mother of 3 lovely kids, 15, 12 and 3 years old.I run an English immersion school. The first and only school in our region where English is the main medium of instruction, only the preschool and elementary children are taught in English but the secondary kids are taught in French. The teachers are not very fluent in English though so we need native speakers or good speakers of English to mingle with the kids.
I want to provide a better quality education for kids in my region. English immersion schools exist only in very big cities and they are very expensive, but many parents want to send their children to English immersion schools thanks to the domination of the English in many fields right now. Thus, I decided to start my English immersion school, I wanted to provide the opportunities to kids in small towns like mine.
The school fee is very cheap, just to fairly pay teachers, we also accept smart kids who want to join us but whose parents can't afford the school fee, for free. There are 12 kids who study at our school for free right now.Thus, unfortunately we can't afford to pay workawayers,
What do we need? English native speakers or someone who speak English fluently to lead activities in English with our kids and teenagers or to lead the English club in the school.
What can we give in exchange of your help?
We can provide a room for you,your daily meal if you can eat local food or a modest amount with which you can prepare your own meal. Our location is 40mn from the second most visited national parks where you can see varieties of lemurs and numerous endemic plant species. We can give you a free ride there, and a free tour if you stay with us for more than two months.
We can also help organize your tour if you want to visit different places in Madagascar
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Teaching
Babysitting and creative play
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travellers will get a free room and a free tour around the city.
The travellers will live with us so they will have opportunities to experience the family life.
They will have the opportunity to mingle with all the students and if they want to work in the field of education, it's kind of a real training.
The travellers will live near a rainforest where they can observd many varieties of lemurs, endemic of Madagascar.
The travellers will benefit the enthusiasm and friendliness of our students and will have opportunities to try local foods.
Projects involving children
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Help
We need someone who likes and feel at ease being around children and teenagers.
We want someone to give language immersion to our children, by reading them books, doing activities like coloring, cutting and drawing but led in English.
We want someone who can lead our English club or teach English to the teenagers , I will provide the curriculum.
You can also teach dance steps or song in English.
People in my country like dancing and singing so it's an asset if you like singing, dancing or music in general
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Esperanto: Fluent
French: Fluent
Malagasy: Fluent
Japanese: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
I speak Malagasy as my mother tongue. I speak French because this is our second official language, I speak English as I am an English teacher, I speak Japanese a little because I have studief and lived in Japan for 18months. I want to improve my Japanese and I want to learn Spanish and italian in the future. I just love learning languages
Accommodation
A free room, living with us but the bathroom is shared.
We live in a simple place where there is no running water and we need to heat water everytime we take a bath.
But if you are more than one who want to come together and you want to stay a month or more. We can provide a small bungalow /simple detached house where you will live quite separately.
The workaway can eat with us as a family however I want to precise that we are neither vegetarian nor vegan, so we cannot prepare non meat eaters food. Thus, workawayers can prepare their own food.
Volunteers are not meant to pay any fee.
However, if they travel or do activities outside the project, they will be responsible of their own expense
What else ...
Travellers will be able to visit local tourist sights but we can also help organize national visits where they can enjoy the beauty of our country.
Our town is so small so you can do everything by walking but the msin means of transport is rickshaw.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
I do not have decent internet but there are local restaurants just some minutes walk from our place, tech nomad can go there, order a drink and work there for hours. The restaurant have very decent wifi.
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
