Travel to Costa Rica to teach English in Quepos.
This volunteer program is especially suitable for:
Work and live with like-minded volunteers in the beautiful resort town of Quepos all whilst having an incredible impact by teaching English to local community members.
Quepos is known as the gateway to Manuel Antonio National Park, a popular destination for tourists. In addition the town features many popular beaches. Tourism brings in many business opportunities for locals, however, in order to access these opportunities, locals must fulfill the requirements of employers who are looking to cater to English-speaking travellers. Therefore, the request from local schools is often for more English educational support.
Volunteers on this program will work with GVI staff, interns, and other volunteers to provide free individual English education classes to members from the local community. We work with ongoing curriculums to introduce English vocabulary and discuss sustainable development topics like environmental awareness. We also offer conversational classes so students can practice real situations and feel more confident in speaking English. Our work is based on the needs of the community, which means that the specifics of the classes, such as the time schedules, ages, and levels of English language competency change over time.
Health & Hygiene:
The work we contribute to across the globe remains important and new measures allow our participants to continue to join our programs and continue impacting positively on their world and the communities we work with. Changes to our existing protocols have been made by our health and hygiene team to strengthen our health and hygiene protocols and ensure that international standard safeguards are in place to protect our participants, staff and host communities. Please inquire for more information on the protocols.
Example of a typical Monday:Morning: Planning or training at the base
Early afternoon: Lunch and house meeting at the base
Afternoon: Interacting with the children
Late afternoon: Spanish Class
Early evening: Cooking and other chores
Evening: Dinner
Example of a typical volunteer day:
Morning: Childcare, community work, English teaching
Early afternoon: Lunch and house meeting
Afternoon: Childcare, community work, English teaching
Late afternoon: Free time followed by Spanish class or Adult English lessons
Early evening: Cooking and other chores
Evening: Dinner
Please remain flexible as things do change based on the needs of our project partners and community members.