Sudan Volunteer Programme

Program Description

Highlights

•Build rich friendships
•Comprehensive travel and repatriation insurance in case of emergencies
•Develop real-world experience in a strategic development context
•Work towards an international career
•Helpful literature on adapting and being introduced to the local culture
•Volunteer in a very friendly, safe and vibrant culture at the intersection of Africa and the Middle East
•Quickly learn or improve Arabic language abilities
•Host institutions provide volunteers with accommodation and a stipend equivalent to the local wage for a teaching assistant
•No programme administration fees – no one should have to pay to volunteer!

Qualifications

Applicants must have a college degree and ideally have some prior teaching experience. Non-Native speakers will be considered if they have either lived for an extended period in an English speaking country or have English syllabus and/or have a formal teaching qualifications.

•A strong sense of commitment to the SVP’s cultural exchange objectives and a willingness to work at a placement for minimum of six months.
•Ability to adapt to a different culture, specifically Islamic.
•Volunteers must pay for their own flights, necessary immunisations, a police background check and contribute to the first three months of travel insurance.
•Tolerate discomfits, such as high temperatures, irregular water flow, mosquitos and administrative disorganisations at universities.
•Be proactive, adaptable, open-minded and flexible.
•Non-Native speakers will be considered if they have received schooling in English and/or have recognised teaching certifications.

Volunteer Types

Education

What`s Included

We meet you at the airport and arrange registration, residency, accommodation, orientation, training and then placement, usually with another volunteer.

•Plan and facilitate 1 to 2 hour conversational English classes at public universities and institutes. 20-25 hours a week.
•Possible curriculum development and or related assistance in English Language Departments.
•Actively engage with the culture and people who may never have met or talked to a Western foreigner before.
•Foster personal friendships with Sudanese to promote understanding and tolerances of cultural differences.