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Gap Year Teaching - Gap-Year-Nepal - Africa and Asia Venture
Gap Year Teaching
Gap Year Experience in Nepal Teach English, (and make friends!) in Western Nepal.
Where?
In the Himalayas! Indeed, there are so many mountains that Nepal almost IS the Himalayas, but the majority of the people live in the foothills, between 1800- 3500m. We believe that you will find the ‘real’ Nepal in these hills rather than the Kathmandu Valley and our schools are in Gorkha (once capital of Nepal) and Besisahar (where round Annapurna trekkers get off the bus).
Outline Experience
| 1 week | 12 weeks | 6 days | 2 days | 4 days | 3 Weeks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| orientation in hills near Kathmandu | teaching in schools in mid-western Nepal. Live in houses of 6 volunteers, work in pairs | safari | rafting | in the jungle | trekking in Nepal or travel in India. See some the worlds wildest spots and visit a whole sub-continent |
What?
The schools in Nepal’s towns grew rapidly during the People’s War, when children left their village homes and local, rural schools for the better-protected areas. These schools then had to deal with increased numbers but few increases to resources and staff. Therefore, volunteer teachers are very useful in bringing not only the interest of the outside world but an extra pair of hands for the hard-pressed staff.
You will teach English, take part in whatever sport is going on, and give your skills to the children. Some schools have smaller schools for the blind, deaf or special needs children attached to them.
Gap Year Living
You will live typically with 3 or 5 others in a house in the town. Your landlord will also act as your host. There will be a kitchen, living room, shower and lavatory and 2 or 3 bedrooms. You will cook, shop and clean (AVs aren’t great at this!) for yourselves. Each day you will walk to school with your teaching partner and you will soon become well known figures around the town – respected because you have come to help Nepal’s children.
Gap Year Travel
After teaching the whole group will gather in Pokhara for the start of the safari. You will raft down one of Nepal’s mighty rivers, and then travel to Bardiya National Park to look for elephant, tiger, rhinoceros, fresh water dolphins and other wildlife, much of which is threatened with extinction. After that you can either return to the hills of Nepal for some of the world’s most spectacular trekking or you can travel on into India. The latter offers some incredible variety from palm-fringed shores to hot or cold deserts and an history which arguably stretches well beyond the earliest European civilisations.
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