Child care, English teaching and farming in San Gil, Santander, Colombia

Detalles

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  Descripción

  Hi! I am Helmer, I live with my wife Lorena and my 5 year old son, Matias. We both are Colombians that teach at a public institute in San Gil, Santander. We are hosts with experience in intercultural exchange due to our active in receiving foreigners through Couchsurfing and Workaway. We want to host women or couple workawayers who would like to stay at our place in order to increase their experience with a local family for one week or two. The main idea is that my son uses English with you. He nows some English but needs practicing; in addition, you can improve your Spanish (Matias also speaks Spanish) learn about our customs, gastronomy, know our education system, and even more. You can join my classes and interact with more local people, too.
  
  There is no need that the workawayers have plenty of experience in childcare and masters teaching English to kids, no! At home, Matias and I use English to comunicate each other all day long, but he uses Spanish with momy and at school. The volunteer would spend time with my son practicing English while playing with him, reading, helping him to have his things done, sometimes taking him to school, and why not, you may teach him some of your abilities. You’ll get support form us, you'll be trained in order to see from us how all these go before you do by yourself. We know that a happy helper produces the best results and his stay becomes much more pleasurable.
  I would like also my child have a intercultural interchange with you.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Práctica de idiomas

  Enseñanza

  Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  The volunteer will have the opportunity to live with a local warm family, learn or practice a new language “Spanish” and also interact with my students where the place I work. San Gil is the touristic capital of Santander, so many nature and extreme outdoor activities wait for you. At about 50 minutes by bus you can reach the Chicamocha Canyon, the biggest in Colombia and one the the best in America.

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  Proyectos con niños

  En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.

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  Ayuda

  My son speaks English and that is something really important for us as parents, I mean, to keep in touch with that second Language. He knows Spanish, thought. So basically this is what you would do on the weekday mornings. Spend the first two hours of the day with him helping Matias get ready to school and take him there at 7:30am, school starts at 8am (that would be maximum 3 days of the week). Matias has the following routine. He gets up before 6:40, takes a shower, organice his bedroom, has breakfast, brush his teeth, put his uniform on and go to school. My wife and I prepare food for Matias and for the volunteer also, but that is something you also could help us with. It’s not your duty, however. Matías knows how to do all his routine by himself, but he sometimes needs support and guidance. After 8am, you’ll have the time to visit places nearby, or do your personal stuffs at home.
  In the afternoons he has school classes from 2 to 4. So you would also spend time with Matias from 6 to 8 pm before he goes to bed, so he can improve language communicative skills.
  
  On weekends we go out to visit friends nearby, go to a restaurant, visit a small town, visit relatives, have fun in general, and you can absolutely join us. That’ll be fun and a great opportunity for you to know what locals do on weekends. :) I can also take you to do my father farm which is 45 minutes away by car. There you can learn about the process of coffee and have the experience of collecting coffee beans directly from the plantation.

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  Idiomas hablados

  Inglés: Fluido
  Español: Fluido

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  Alojamiento

  At home we have a private room for the volunteer, free wifi, a bathroom for you, hot water, washing machine and a beautiful balcony with a great view point of San Gil. The apartment is very convenient, just 20 minutes away form the bus terminal and 5 min to the downtown, all by foot.

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  Algo más...

  There is always something interesting to do in San Gil. You can visit several towns nearby, each with something great to visit and fall in love. You can go hiking, bike riding, paragliding, caving, rafting, rappelling, go swimming in the rivers, and more. But also you can join me at work and develop educative projects with my students.

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  There is wifi and good accommodation for you to work in your spare time.

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Uno

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  Horas esperadas

  Maximum 4 hours a day, 5 days a week

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