Profile information
Host rating
100 %
Last replied
28 Apr 2024
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100.0 %
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Details
Description
Please read the Help-section carefully to avoid misunderstandings and note that there is no availability until May 2024 at this point. Thank you
About the organization:
We are a self sustained microfinance organization providing financial education and services to rural women entrepreneurs. Our head office is based in Vientiane and the current 17 service units spread across 6 provinces and serve more than 350 villages mostly in rural districts.
We want to support our key staff in the head office by offering English courses to them during working hours to make the organization ready to profit from knowledge exchange in the region.
Currently, we have 5 staff with different levels participating in the courses.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Teaching
UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Lao people are very welcoming and this assignment would leave plenty of time to join the staff in visiting the rural areas, interact with the local people while on work related travel.
Help
We look for candidates who are matching the following requirements:
- mother tongue English
- experience in teaching ESL
- the minimum is 8 weeks and longer stays are desirable to achieve that the students adjust to accents and different teaching methods. Short-term teaching assignments did not render the results we were hoping for.
Please get only in touch if you match those conditions highlighted above. Thanks.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Accommodation
The organization will be able to provide an apartment close to the office where training will be conducted. The organization will cover the rent for the volunteer. Often, our staff is usually cooking for lunch and putting some money together to buy for common lunch. The volunteer is welcome to join in. We also offer a small daily allowance to cover for daily expenses and an electric motorbike (if you are comfortable with it).
What else ...
The organization is supported by a long term expert who helps in the organizational development, technical training and strategy development. Since September 2019 our language training program was supported by 6 teachers already. Since then we had a mix of on-site and remote learning with teachers mainly from North America.
There is plenty of nature to see in Lao and all visitors so far have enjoyed the country and its people.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Average 5 hours a day, 4-5 days a week (max 25 hours)
Feedback (4)
Had 2 main students here and both a joy to teach. Had occasional… read more
The two students of our organization appreciated the lessons with Judith and progressed well to now communicate more fluently during trainings and meetings.
Judith is easy going and like most teachers appreciates motivated… read more
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Cultural exchange:
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Communication:
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Had 2 main students here and both a joy to teach. Had occasional… read more
The two students of our organization appreciated the lessons with Judith and progressed well to now communicate more fluently during trainings and meetings.
Judith is easy going and like most teachers appreciates motivated… read more
