Mongolia: Ulaangom
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Impact of your donation on the project:
With 200 CHF you provide 1 teacher for 4 weeks With 100 CHF you provide 1 teacher for 2 weeks With 50 CHF you provide 1 teacher for 1 week Our Bank Details:
CH41 8000 5000 0460 4205 7 Pieces, 9000 St. Gallen RAIFFEISEN SCHWEIZ GENOSSENSCHAFT |
100% of your donation will go to the project as PIECES covers all its organizational costs with revenue from own events. |
In Mongolia’s vast countryside of seemingly endless green plains there is not much more to find than a few nomad family’s ger. Whenever you knock on a ger’s door, whether you know the family or not, you are welcomed into their home and they share their food and milk with you. Sharing and caring for each other is deeply rooted in Mongolian culture. Even if they do not have a lot they are happy to give whatever they have to help out. This generosity can also be seen by the behaviour of students from rural areas. They help each other out in solving tasks and share their pencils or books with others, who do not have any. Also, teachers have to be very generous as they have to pay for teaching material themselves, e.g. printing or even chalk for the blackboard. As teachers in Mongolia do not have the same level of education as in Switzerland the knowledge they teach is limited. Therefore students are eager to learn English in order to go to university and learn more.
Volunteering:
What will you do?
PIECES volunteers are teaching English in specially organized summer schools at the Polytechnical College in Ulaangom. The English level of the students ranges from beginners to advanced (English teachers) and the age of the students varies between 10-35 years. In addition to the English teaching in the morning, the volunteers are organizing special activities with the students in the afternoon.
Where will you live?
The volunteers live at local host families, which introduce them to the Mongolian culture. The host families usually live close to the school. Although most Mongolians live in a ger, the host families usually live in apartments.
Logistics:
Our Partner
Anita Fahrni, Program Director, Swiss Program for Language Instruction and Teacher Training
What will you do?
PIECES volunteers are teaching English in specially organized summer schools at the Polytechnical College in Ulaangom. The English level of the students ranges from beginners to advanced (English teachers) and the age of the students varies between 10-35 years. In addition to the English teaching in the morning, the volunteers are organizing special activities with the students in the afternoon.
Where will you live?
The volunteers live at local host families, which introduce them to the Mongolian culture. The host families usually live close to the school. Although most Mongolians live in a ger, the host families usually live in apartments.
Logistics:
- Project Times: 4 weeks in August
- Costs: PIECES covers the costs for board and lodging during the stay
- Working hours: Classes from 9-13 p.m., afternoon activities with the students, not on weekends
- Prerequisites: Excellent English, adaptability, flexibility, creativity
Our Partner
Anita Fahrni, Program Director, Swiss Program for Language Instruction and Teacher Training