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Description
We have 7 teachers, and we seek volunteers with teaching experience or who are willing to get it ! We are a friendly and growing institute where your contribution will have a substantial impact on our lives. We host volunteers year-round. The conversational classes take place in the afternoon, where the volunteers share with the students 1 or two hours per class. We are located in Mariquita, Tolima, it is a small and friendly town, the weather is warm but in 30 minutes you can visit Palocabildo Tolima and the weather is cool. We have another institute in La Dorada, Caldas. Both Mariquita and La Dorada are full of interesting and touristic places to visit.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Teaching
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
First of all, we help workawayers by providing housing and a stipend to help with food. You will also get to know our Colombian culture, typical food, travel to different places and help children and young people have a better future by learning a new language. Also, if workawayers want to learn spanish, we can help them. We have different places to visit (waterfalls, rivers, cultural towns like Honda and in Colombia this is the only place where you can enjoy a cool weather and if you go 30 minutes you can enjoy hot weather....you can do horseriding and if workawayers like farms we can take them to a farm to enjoy the weather, animals and hiking. There is a River named honey River it is totalment cristaline where you can swim 5 kms along and across it you can sew the nature, the animals like monkeys and birds etc.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
We have all our locally paid staff, the role of workawayers is to talk in English with our students acording to their level. Conversations with native speakers will help them with real English practice. We are an institute that teaches English to children and adults. We offer classes at lower prices than other private schools.
We do not charge anything to workawayers
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.
Accommodation
Accommodation in a room or apartment with kitchen, private bathroom, with all services including water, electricity, and internet. We also provide a $25 USD weekly stipend. Also, If you want, you will have the opportunity to practice Spanish.
What else ...
in your free time you can visit tourist places like hacienda napoles, Armero guayabal do ecotourism, visit termales, spring waters, play Soccer, go to the waterfalls, go to some farms to relax etc.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Volunteers average 15 hours per week, mosly in late afternoon/evening and Saturday mornings. No classes on Sunday.
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Because a lot of my time there was during school holidays, I only had to teach about 2 to 4 hours a day. The classes are either in person or online. From time to time I was given… read more
The students of the Politéctico are lovely, they are super motivated and close. The stay at the school was also great, we felt very comfortable at all times.
Thank you, Edwin and the rest of the team for their work, making us feel so welcomed and… read more
What stands out for me is the friendliness of the staff, and how nice the town is - it's a nice size with a lovely plaza and lots of cafés, shops and places to eat. The surrounding landscape is very pretty, and… read more
Accommodation was great - I had my own private space and even a pool! In a free time we went in different amazing places… read more
