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...your language skills while in the country! This is a very well run organization in Mexico City dedicated to winning street-boys away from the street and into a new life in a children’s home or returning them to their families Their success...

...conversational English and cooking for the children and other activities such as building a shelter and looking after street children. You may also be required to teach English and socialise with Burmese women and help with vocational skills...

...everyone speaks English! As beautiful as it is though, Kenya has its problems. Mombasa is home to more than 30,000 street children from all over Kenya, with many more orphaned by HIV/AIDS. By giving your support to these local initiatives,...

...growth in the number of street children and orphans in Ghana\'s capital Accra is a real concern. Centres and schools set up to help teach these children English and vocational skills are in need of your care and assistance. You may help with...

...and running water - though these can be unreliable in Pokhara. Bindu's is within a short distance of the main street on Lakeside which is the place most travellers stay and go out in the evenings. There is a wide range of bars and...

...about HIV/AIDS in schools. Help the Kibosho mission with teaching young children sports, music and arts. Work with street children, teaching them about the effects of drug abuse. Conservation projects: Assist the Tanzania Wildlife...

...placement: - Kindergarten and children up to the age of 16 in a formal teaching environment. - Social care work with street children, in schools and on the streets. Teaching in Mombasa Our other teaching placements are based on the Island of...

...established in the late 1980’s by the sisters of the Good Shepherd Community to support the ever-growing numbers of street children, and due to the hard work of the staff and volunteers, the project has received a constant stream of funding...

...your assistance. Projects vary from children with disabilities, children whose parent cannot afford to care for them, street children and orphans. Lack of education, culture and poverty create a combination of problems that face the youth of...

...how hard life must be for those people in our country who can\'t read English: they\'re frustrated every day by street signs, restaurant menus, and posters, they\'ll miss out on the entire world of computers, and they\'re not as...

...a major source of entertainment. You don't have to look far in India to see children playing practice games in the street with makeshift bats, balls and stumps. The fact that most children will play at any opportunity shows their interest...

...children in institutions in and around these towns. Many children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. Many have become street children living a hand to mouth existence. It is only out of the goodness of people’s hearts that these children can...

...out with conversational English classes. The project may possibly be extended to involve local unemployed people, or street kids, or even elderly people or children's orphanages. These are just a few ideas and it may be that some volunteers...

...relatives that can look after them and, with no means to look after themselves, they are forced to live on the streets. Such a life can lead to drugs, abuse and extreme poverty. Location Our projects are located in Mombasa, the second...

...live and work with the local people you\'ll find yourself becoming completely immersed in it. Phnom Penh\'s bustling streets boast an eclectic mix of French colonial architecture and traditional Khmer structures giving it a unique cross-cultur

...with sponsorship from the local church, NGOs and other well wishers. They have been set up as places where orphans and street children in the local area can be provided with an education. The schools are severely under-resourced and often have...

s, despite the best efforts of local volunteers and community leaders. Parents are desperate to keep their kids off the streets out of school hours, away from drug usage and peer pressure.Giving their children the opportunity to participate in...

...Billy Barnaart. For many years she supported his inspiring work in Cambodia with AIDS affected families, orphans and street children. In 2003 this new centre was opened in the Tuol Kork District of Phnom Penh. It has been partly funded by the...

...Abroad have a range of care and community placements in Phnom Penh. Volunteers work in orphanages, with street children, with landmine victims, or with poor and sick children in care centres.In a typical placement in an orphanage, a...

...only. The centre is based in a section of the town with little evidence of tourism but totally part of the vibrant street life and close-living that is so characteristic of Mexico. Volunteers will be involved in caring for the children in...