Skills and Qualifications:

No qualification is needed to join the volunteer teaching project in China. However, Volunteers must be a native English speaker or be fluent in English with clear accent. Non-native speakers can also join this project if they can speak, read, and write English. No salary or benefits will be offered to volunteer English teachers in the China project.

Volunteers must be between 18 to 60 years old. Volunteer for more than 1 month need TEFL qualification.

Volunteer Responsibilities

In China, there is a growing demand for an English language education. With the economic growth, the importance of English increasing as well. Many of the schools in China have established an 'English corner,' a place specially designed for teaching and learning English. These schools are very eager to welcome teachers who speak English proficiently.

Unfortunately, only private, expensive schools in city areas attract teachers who speak English at a native level. Most poor schools remain in a quest for quality teachers for their English classes and especially for native English speakers.

Therefore, as a volunteer English teacher in China, you will teach English at these underresourced and rural schools. Free accommodation and food may possibly be arranged, as these schools do not offer a salary.

Room/Food/Daily Life

Volunteers will live in a volunteer house. Our volunteer house is located in a beautiful area of Chengdu city. This community is very safe, clean, and accessible to local transportation. Within this community, there are many business, families, high ranked government officials, and people with a high social status. The house is near the supermarket and the shopping mall, and you can easily walk to the local bus station if you choose to go into town.

There is an internet café, a restaurant, a police station, and a supermarket just 1 to 3 km away. Our home accommodation offers volunteers a wonderful place to rest and relax after a day's work or weekend travel. This is the ideal setting for individuals looking for a "home away from home" and the perfect arrangement for sharing your daily experiences with fellow volunteers or the local staff.

Depending on the season and flow of volunteers, you may be placed with a local host family or with the family of our in-country coordinator. Our host family homes provide similar amenities as our volunteer home, but you will also have your own room. Staying with a host family offers a valuable chance to learn more about Chinese people and their culture. When we selected the home base and the host families, we were primarily focused on the safety and comfort of our volunteers.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided throughout the duration of all China volunteer projects. We offer three meals a day of local cuisine (Chinese food). Typically, volunteers eat breakfast and dinner at the home base and have lunch at their project. We offer fresh, nutritious, and safe local foods to our volunteers. We also work extremely hard to maintain our facilities in an overall pleasant condition.