English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher

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8 - 8 weeks  ·  Alder 18 - 50+

rating  Excellent 4.8  · 
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Højdepunkter

  • Teach your own classes! You'll work with our experienced staff, lesson planing and teaching. We'll provide plenty of training and there will be many opportunities to lead lessons yourself!
  • Experience a new culture! The Trust is based rural North Sumatra. You will be immersed in the local way of life and experience everything is has to offer, from trying new food to attending weddings!
  • Work with a diverse international team! Our team comes from around the globe and we welcome volunteers from all walks of life.
  • Explore the Sumatran Jungle and our beautiful environment! You'll experience a two day expedition into the tropical rainforest to see wild orangutangs in their natural habbitat!
  • Make and Impact! Every volunteer that joins our programme has the chance to make a tangible impact both on the Trust and within the communities we work with.


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Alder 18+
Singler
Par
Familier
Grupper
50+

Om programmet

Support the facilitation and delivery of free English language classes to local students in rural communities across North Sumatra.

The Bukit Lawang Trust is a NGO based in Bukit Lawang, North Sumatra. We are an education centre providing free education to all people within our local community and surrounding areas. We're based in a rural area where many of the local communities have limited access to education. We exist because ...

Om programmet

The Bukit Lawang Trust is a NGO based in Bukit Lawang, North Sumatra. We are an education centre providing free education to all people within our local community and surrounding areas. We're based in a rural area where many of the local communities have limited access to education. We exist because we believe education is the best way for people to be empowered and in turn for sustainable development to occur, ensuring our precious natural habitats of Sumatra remain protected. 

Our English Language (ESL) programme provides free English lessons to people of all ages. As with all our programmes, sustainable development, long term conservation and empowering local people are our core aims. We want to provide people with more options so that they can engage in further education, travel more easily and find work in more sustainable industries such as eco tourism. 

Our ESL volunteers will help plan and teach all of our ESL lessons starting from our kindergarten classes up to our adult classes. The programme is run by our ESL Programme Co-Ordinator and overseen by our Education Manager and they will guide you through your whole journey. You will receive plenty of training and support throughout and you will never be asked to do something you don’t want to do. But, we will encourage you to step out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself. Initially you’ll support our staff during lessons but you will have plenty of opportunities, if you wish, to fully lead classes yourself! 

We teach lessons both at the Trust building but also in local schools and in more rural villages. You will experience a wide variety of teaching styles, group sizes and ability levels. We work from our own developed curriculum and ensure our learning is fun focused and engaging for our students and tailored to the specific groups needs. 

As a volunteer you will live in the Trust building, along with most of our team, and you’ll be immersed into local life. We’re based in the heart of a dynamic and fun filled community. 

Outside of the ESL classroom you will have the chance to work on various projects around the Trust, perhaps you are green fingered and would like work on our roof garden?  Perhaps you have a creative flare and want to help design a mural or create an arts project with the kids? The opportunities are endless!  

When you are not working you can explore our breathtakingly beautiful area, you can relax at one of the many river spots, find some live music in Bukit Lawang, go trekking in the jungle or take a local craft workshop. You’ll have no shortage of things to do in your free time!


Typisk dag

Our typical working days start around 08:00 when our kindergarten students arrive. We teach an ESL lesson to them on Monday mornings. 

On Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays we have exercise classes at the Trust in the morning (fitness, dancing or Yoga) and on Wednesdays we have our women’s group, we ...

Typisk dag

Our typical working days start around 08:00 when our kindergarten students arrive. We teach an ESL lesson to them on Monday mornings. 

On Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays we have exercise classes at the Trust in the morning (fitness, dancing or Yoga) and on Wednesdays we have our women’s group, we encourage all volunteers to participate in these if they want to. 

Typically there is one ESL lesson every morning and one every afternoon, although it can sometimes vary. Outside of lesson times you will work with the ESL Programme Co-Ordinator and your fellow ESL volunteers lesson planning/preparing for future lessons, for example you may need to create resources, games or songs. 

Lunch break is 12:00-14:00 every day (plenty of time to eat and nap). 

Lessons resume at 14:00 but you’ll sometimes need to finish lunch at 13:30 to allow for travel time to some of the rural areas we teach in. If you're not working offsite your lesson will be at the Trust building. Once you're finished you will either work on lesson planning or focus on ‘project’ work. 

Working on the ESL programme will take priority, but you’ll also have time to work on other ‘projects’ around the Trust. This could be anything from developing our roof garden, decorating the Trust building, community walk arounds, DIY jobs or anything else you can think of that would be of benefit! We welcome new ideas and creativity.

Our days finish at 17:00. Maybe you want to go for a swim in the nearby rivers?  Or you can chill on our roof garden? Play cards with the team? Go into town and hangout?  It’s your free time and the choice is yours. We have a very social team though and a real family vibe at the Trust and so we often all hang out together and regularly there are optional evening activities arranged like team cooking night, karaoke parties, a writing group, painting nights, things like that. 

Your weekends are always free time, apart from one weekend in the middle of the cycle where we have a ‘team building away weekend’, but this is super fun and usually a highlight.


Fritidsaktiviteter

The Bukit Lawang Trust is located in an exceptionally beautiful area, from our roof garden you can look out across at the jungle covered mountains of the Gunung Leuser National Park. Exploring the incredible nature the area has to offer is definitely worth prioritising in your free time. From jungle ...

Fritidsaktiviteter

The Bukit Lawang Trust is located in an exceptionally beautiful area, from our roof garden you can look out across at the jungle covered mountains of the Gunung Leuser National Park. Exploring the incredible nature the area has to offer is definitely worth prioritising in your free time. From jungle trekking to see the famous Sumatran Orangutan (you get a free two day trek included in the volunteer package), to visiting the gorgeous rivers, to finding waterfalls and hot springs, to going on snake tours, to exploring caves, you'll be spoilt for choice with what to do!

There are many rivers in the local area, the biggest, Bohorok River runs through the middle of Bukit Lawang and it's a popular spot to hang out, people often bring a picnic and drinks and relax and swim. But there are some smaller less visited hidden gems that we'll be happy to show you.

We have a very social team and a real family vibe at the Trust and so we often all hang out together and regularly there are optional evening activities arranged like team cooking nights, karaoke parties, a group or arts and crafts nights. In Bukit Lawang there are multiple bars and guest houses too with extremely friendly locals and live music on most nights and we often go into town together. 

We have a library at the Trust and volunteers are welcome to borrow books from there. The roof is a nice and peaceful place to do some reading.

We will also arrange optional weekend excursions for our volunteers like camping, canyoning, cave exploring and jungle treks.

Simply put, you will not be bored during your stay! 


Krav

Krav

Minimumsalder: 18 år

For at kunne deltage i programmet skal du være mindst 18 år gammel på programmets startdato. Der kan være undtagelser, hvis du kan give tilladelse fra din(e) værge(r), eller hvis du ledsages af dine forældre.

Sprogfærdigheder

Du skal kunne tale Engelsk (fluently)

Nødvendige dokumenter

CV/Resume and Cover Letter

Nationalitetsrestriktioner

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Andre færdigheder

The essential things we look for in volunteers are a passion to help others, a flexible and adaptable approach and a desire to work within and support our team. Non-Essential but desirable 'skills' would be... Experience working with children, experience teaching or instructing (any age), relevant qualifications or professional experience, experience living abroad, willingness to work alone and an ability to keep busy using your own initiative.

Tidsforpligtelse

Der er brug for din hjælpende hånd Mandag, Tirsdag, Onsdag, Torsdag og Fredag fra 08:00 - 17:00

Hvad er inkluderet

Hvad er inkluderet

Tjenester af Bukit Lawang Trust

We ask all of our volunteers to fundraise £1000 GBP, for the 8 week period, before coming out to Sumatra. Alternatively, some people choose to just pay this amount if they can afford to and are unable to fundraise. We ask for a non-refundable deposit of £150 in order to reserve your space. In addition to this, you will need to pay for the cost of your volunteer visa, which is £180 and lasts 60 days. 

We understand it's a large amount to raise, but fundraising from volunteers helps us continue our important work and we appreciate every penny donated.

The placement includes:

  • Accommodation - shared dorm room
  • Breakfast and Lunch, Monday - Friday 
  • Transport to and from Medan airport to the Trust.
  • Exercise classes three times per week at the Trust Hub.
  • Training to teach our programs and support you throughout your volunteering journey. 
  • An overnight, 2 day jungle trek in the Gunung Leuser National Park 
  • A workshop with a local business- e.g basket weaving, wood carving, eco printing, soap making, cookery, painting 
  • A team building away weekend
  • Indonesian language lessons

Afhentning i lufthavnen i Kuala Namu International Airport

We provide a car to collect you from the airport along with your fellow volunteers and a return car for when you leave. We are located a few hours from Kuala Namu International Airport in Medan. 



Indkvartering

Our volunteers stay in simple dorms within the Trust building, there are 3 beds in each dorm.To abide by local law we have to split the dorms into male and female rooms. Most of our staff also live within the Trust building, so it's like living with a big family. All rooms have fans and we provide bedding. 

There is a large shared kitchen at the Trust which all volunteers are welcome to use, there will be storage space in the kitchen to keep personal food and clear space for all communal food. 

There are four bathrooms at the Trust, two of which have showers and western toilets.

There is WiFi at the Trust.

Mad og drikkevarer

There are always breakfast essentials provided such as - Bread / CerealFruit / Eggs / Jams / Rice 

Lunch is cooked for the team, Monday - Friday by our Trust chef

For other meals volunteers will need to either eat out or cook for themselves. Typically volunteers tend to eat out but we have a big kitchen which everyone is welcome to use, kitted out with everything you need.

To eat out locally, prices start from 10,000 IDR (£0.50/€0.57/$0.62) for a nasi goreng (national dish of fried rice) or rice, curry and a side of veg.
Eating out at a guesthouse in Bukit Lawang prices typically start from about 25,000 IDR.

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Hvad er IKKE inkluderet?

Hvad er IKKE inkluderet?

Flybilletter

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Rejseforsikring

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Oplysninger ved ankomst

WE NEED ESL VOLUNTEERS SOON!  

We are currently recruiting for:

  • Elephant Cycle - 21st June - 16th August 2024
If you cannot make these exact dates, or could come for a shorted period, please still apply and we can discuss specifics later. 

Dates for placements later in 2024 are:

  • Leopard Cycle - 23rd August - 18th October 
  • Rhino Cycle - 25th October - 13th December 
We can sometimes be flexible with the dates, so if you cannot commit to a fixed cycle, please do still apply but mention when you would prefer to come and we can discuss it further. 

Tilgængelighed
Jan. Febr. Marts April Maj Jun Jul Aug. Sept. Okt. Nov. Dec.

Programgebyrer

8 uger 1.259€
Gennemsnitligt gebyr 157€/uge

Programgebyrer

157€ pr. uge 8 - 8 weeks Alder 18 - 50+

Betalingsmetoder

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Duration

8 - 8 weeks

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Final Payment

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Mød din vært

Bukit Lawang Trust

Excellent 4.8 rating (5 feltrapporter)

Non-profit - grundlagt i 2004

Verificeret af Volunteer World

  Moderat Svarrate

Vært er

Head of Volunteering

Spoken languages: Engelsk, Indonesisk

Om projektet

An NGO based in rural North Sumatra, providing free education for all people in the community. Our goals focus on supporting conservation and sustainable development.

Mød din vært

The BUKIT LAWANG TRUST was founded after a devastating flood wiped out the village of Bukit Lawang in November 2003.

The flood tragically killed hundreds of people and was described by witnesses as a tidal wave, the water was over 10 metres high, as it came crashing down from the hills it wiped out everything in its path.  

Founder and Trustee Rebecca Coley had been visiting the village a couple of months before and was contacted and asked to help. Rebecca set about raising funds in the UK and returned to Bukit Lawang to help provide simple things like rice and other basic staple foods, water carriers, purifying tablets, sleeping mats and educational materials. 

The charity was officially set up and registered in 2004, and a small temporary health clinic was started from a rented house, employing a local doctor, nurse, and a midwife. The clinic was run from this small house for two years, seeing more than thirty patients a day, for free. At that time the health clinic offered free health care to any families affected by the flood.

The Trust then partnered with Jersey Overseas Aid and they agreed to match fund the building of a community centre. Sixteen volunteers worked hard raising funds and came from Jersey to Indonesia to build the new community building with the locals in March 2007. The new community centre is still the permanent home for the Trust.

The clinic moved into the downstairs of the new building in December 2007 and continued to serve the community until December 2011. By now the area had been positively rehabilitated, and the need for the clinic diminished. Other clinics had opened in the area and the decision was made for the Trust to focus on Education instead, opening its doors as a dedicated Education Centre in January 2012. 

Since that time the Education Centre has seen countless numbers of children and adults come through its doors for free English lessons and extra lessons such as arts and crafts, maths, computer lessons and traditional dance. In recent years we have also launched our Youth Ranger Programme (conservation for kids), the Sustainable Business Programme and the Eco Farming Programme.

There is also a free kindergarten at the Trust (Monday to Friday) which has helped hundreds of children to learn to read and write. 

The main ethos of the Trust is that education is the best route out of poverty and the best route to sustainable development. We offer the opportunity for all people to come and learn at the Trust and increase their knowledge of the world and their environment through our lessons.

The Trust is also very focused on conservation and wishes to empower and enable the local community to protect and look after their local environment. The Gunung Leuser National Park is right on our doorstep and the rare endangered Sumatran orangutans are under serious threat from plans for further deforestation, new roads and more palm oil plantations. We hope through providing education, locals will find alternative sources of income to palm oil and work together to protect the National Park.

The ethos of the Trust is to empower people, so that the community is involved in every aspect of our projects. We don’t want to inform the community what is best, but rather work collaboratively with local people and offer support.

Currently in 2024 the Trust has a team of 14 permanent staff and six volunteers at a time supporting the team. We have five main educational programmes, Kindergarten, English Language, Youth Ranger, Eco Farming and Sustainable business. Plus several other supporting projects such as exercise classes, a women's group, kids play sessions and a playgroup for mums and babies.

We are looking for people to join us who share our passion for social projects, who wish to give back and help communities, who care about education as a means for sustainable development, people who'd love to work in and support our team and people who are looking for a challenge and a once in a lifetime adventure! You’ve also got to love children, we work with adults too, but the kids are always around. You should love and care about the environment, love to have new experiences and want to build relationships with the local community!

5 feltrapporter · rating4.8

I’ve been a volunteer at the trust for the last three months and I can honestly say it was the best time of my life! To be fair I’m only eighteen, therefore still young and got called „the baby“ many times here at the trust! But thats what shows how loving and caring everyone here is. The ...
Luka Quade rating5

2019 at Eco Farm Volunteer

Thanks Bukit Lawang Trust (BLT) for this amazing time! I was volunteering at Ernas Ecofarm (there's the choice to volunteer at the BLT, working with kids, or at Ernas Ecofarm, gardening) and I don't regret my choice. She taught me many interesting things about gardening and she gave us (some other ...
Mateusz Sidoruk rating5

2018 at Conservation Teacher : Youth Rangers

I had so much fun at Stay Wild, from doing the work itself like teaching English, treating local dogs and trekking which I think was the most fun and challenging but also the project was offering different activities like camping out in the cast forest overnight which was also an awesome experience. ..
alexandre lesbaches rating4.6

2018 at Eco Farm Volunteer

Great time and experience achieved in bukit lawang. Erna and her family are very welcoming and always look after you. I had an amazing 3 weeks stay with her and the other volunteer from the English ...
Emily Marushko rating4.4

2018 at Eco Farm Volunteer

Erna is a hard working local woman who doesn't subscribe to convention, and it's an inspiration to work alongside her. Erna founded and continues to run the EcoFarm. She envisions an environmentally sustainable farm that feeds and educates the community. Our role as volunteers is to help achieve ...

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