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WORDS CHANGING WORLDS

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WORDS CHANGING WORLDS  ZAR12,420.00

We believe that WORDS really can change worlds, and we are committed to empowering our children through the gift of reading.
Be part of our diverse group of volunteers. All you need is the love for children, books and the willingness to donate your time!
 

Volunteer

At the project, we provide a literacy programme to support children at English-speaking, inner-city schools whose first language is not English and who need a little extra help.
The founder, Maurita Weissenberg, an experienced remedial teacher, was volunteering at a Junior School in South Africa when she realised that a structured early intervention educational support programme was really needed for learners in Grade 1 - 3 (7 to 9 years old) who`s first language was not English. The programme breaches the gap between `learning to read and reading to learn`.

The project chooses to work with schools that have a good infrastructure and committed teachers: but the people we really hope to be of future service to are the previously disadvantaged families - who are paying high transport costs from township areas, because they want to provide their children with a better education.

We will also refer to the children as learning partners as we believe that you will both be learning from one another. It’s a partnership filled with mutual respect for what you both may bring to this journey you are embarking on.
We want children to have fun while learning and to be excited about what they see and hear. We want to give them the message that any dream is possible. Fear and anxiety do not play a part in learning, and all expectations are put aside.

Every Monday except during South African School Holidays

1 month prior to arrival but flexible

Available

South Africa

Western Cape

Cape Town

City (cosmopolitan centre with nearby airport and all major resources)

No

Yes

- Availability
- Volunteers communication skills. Volunteers must have an intermediate to advanced level of competency in English.
- A telephonic interview may be required

18

Children and Youth

- Empowering young children to read and learn through books
- Interacting with young children
- Helping Children to build a future
- Encouraging them to excel
- Sharing your love for reading
- Meeting new people and making friends

08h30 -12h30:
Spend some one-on-one time with children in the literacy programme
- Assist with reading, spelling and pronunciation
- Assist with word games
- Assist children with key problems in regards to reading
- Create conversation to encourage language development
- Listen and support

13h30 -16h00:
This is your chance to shine and bring your own individual skills to the table
- Take initiative and develop an after school activity that is within your area of personal interest but also that would be fun for the children.
- Anything goes - from teaching children to play chess to drama classes.
- Part of your project amount goes towards resources for the afternoon activities you initiate (within reason and depending on the activity)

4 weeks

Any skill is welcome.- please keep in mind that you will be working with children between the ages on 7 to 9 years old.

Volunteers must have an intermediate to advanced level of competency in English.

2900

South African School Holiday:
27 march - 11 April 2010
10 June - 12 July 2010
24 September - October 2010
11 December - 11 January 2011

- You2africa Volunteer House: shared rooms between 2 - 3 volunteers
- Communal lounge and Kitchen
OR
- South African Host Family in local community - own room or shared with another volunteer

- Breakfast is self service and provided by the volunteer house host/host family
- Lunch is to volunteers own account
- Supper is a cooked meal provided by the volunteer house host/host family


*Please note that the accommodation and food can be basic. If you have special dietary needs you should provide this for yourself.

To volunteer`s account
- Pay R200/week for You2Africa shuttle (door to door from host family/volunteer house direct to project) or
- Hire own car

- Airport Transfers
- YOU2AFRICA`S CAPE TOWN ORIENTATION: 3 nights accommodation, orientation that covers everything the volunteers need to know about staying in South Africa (from social skills to transport and safety), two meals per day, bus trip into town, lunch (on the Friday), walking tour of the city, a train ride back to there accommodation and day trip (on the Saturday).
- All paperwork, placement and liaising with Volunteer Program
- Appointed Supervisor for duration of program
- Accommodation
- Two meals a day - Breakfast and Dinner
- Donation per month to the Volunteer Project, to assist in their funding.
- A South African sim card that works on a pay-as-you-go top up system
- Monthly socials for volunteers to get together and meet other volunteers (cost depends on social)
- Certificate & Report on Volunteer`s Program should this be required for studies or other purposes

Community Impact `Voluntour`

No

*Generally, HIV/AIDS is extremely prevalent in the South Africa so it is your personal responsibility to take care with regards to health and safety, as well as sexual relationships.