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bosch02
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 Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 1:39 am Post subject: Long term volunteering Pakistan/Bangladesh without a degree |
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Hi
Does anyone know whats available in the way of volunteer opportunities in these countries? I have TEFL cert only not finished degree yet and I would like to volunteer and get some experience while finishing my degree off (distance study).
I require room and board and do not wish to pay hefty fees for this. I can volunteer for any amount of time up to 2 years.
I would prefer Pakistan but I guess the security situation may make this difficult unless someone here knows different?
I am a native speaker.
Many Thanks.
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EFL Educator
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:42 am Post subject: |
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| I would choose Bangladesh for volunteering...there is a huge job market for volunteers and it is generally safe there. PAKISTAN nowadays would be quite a dangerous place to volunteer...westerners are frequently targetted for kidnap and ransom. |
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nomad soul
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 7:43 am Post subject: Re: Long term volunteering Pakistan/Bangladesh without a deg |
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| bosch02 wrote: |
| Dose anyone know whats available in the way of volunteer opportunity's in these country's? I have TEFL cert only not finished degree yet and I would like to volunteer and get some experience while finishing my degree off (distance study). |
Simply do an Internet search on volunteer Bangladesh.
By the way, if you plan to complete a degree via distance learning, keep in mind that the Internet in developing countries like Bangladesh may not be fast or stable enough for your needs. Plus, the Bangladeshi government has, at times, censored or shut down Internet usage. |
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spiral78
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| volunteer opportunity's in these country's? |
Native speaker?
...or troll.... 
Either way, unless you understand the plural forms of common nouns, unlikely you'll be highly successful as an EFL teacher. |
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mingdynasty
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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| spiral78 wrote: |
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| volunteer opportunity's in these country's? |
Native speaker?
...or troll....
Either way, unless you understand the plural forms of common nouns, unlikely you'll be highly successful as an EFL teacher. |
At it again are we? Just ignore this poster. He's a kiddie 18yo teacher with no experience teaching EFL |
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spiral78
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Yeah, that's obvious. Except that I've been a genuine poster on Dave's for the past 12 years I suppose I should be flattered that I appear so much younger than I really am  |
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bosch02
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 11:48 pm Post subject: Re: Long term volunteering Pakistan/Bangladesh without a deg |
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| nomad soul wrote: |
| bosch02 wrote: |
| Dose anyone know whats available in the way of volunteer opportunity's in these country's? I have TEFL cert only not finished degree yet and I would like to volunteer and get some experience while finishing my degree off (distance study). |
Simply do an Internet search on volunteer Bangladesh.
By the way, if you plan to complete a degree via distance learning, keep in mind that the Internet in developing countries like Bangladesh may not be fast or stable enough for your needs. Plus, the Bangladeshi government has, at times, censored or shut down Internet usage. |
I tried searching online but most of the results that came back involved paying a large amount of money for only a few months of volunteer work. I wouldn't be able to afford those sums over 2 years. How feasible do you think it would be to just show up in Bangladesh and find a school to hire me in exchange for accommodation and 3 meals a day?
Thanks. |
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nomad soul
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| bosch02 wrote: |
| How feasible do you think it would be to just show up in Bangladesh and find a school to hire me in exchange for accommodation and 3 meals a day? |
Then try Googling charity school Bangladesh and email schools/organizations directly with your proposal and the date you expect to arrive in country. Also look into the type of visa you'd need. |
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kurtz
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| Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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| spiral78 wrote: |
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| volunteer opportunity's in these country's? |
Native speaker?
...or troll....
Either way, unless you understand the plural forms of common nouns, unlikely you'll be highly successful as an EFL teacher. |
I was more concerned with Dose anyone......sounds a bit dangerous to me, I mean, administering medicine to anyone can't be a good thing, can it?
Bangladesh sounds like bad news. A place in which secular bloggers are hacked to death wouldn't be high on my teaching destination list, but each to their own. |
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