📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
GREENLION BURMA
💼 What the programme involves
We have partnered with a local monastery school who would really appreciate teachers of different work backgrounds. Do you have any practical skills you could share with these youth?
Examples of what you could teach are:
- Cooking/Culinary skills
- Basic Programming
- Basic Website design
- Hair dressing
- Carpentry
- Tailoring
Learning more about a particular field through classes and exercises can inspire local students! We hope that some may even choose to further their study and get stable jobs in the future from such workshops. At the very least it will give them some life skills and broaden their ideas.
The classes should be delivered as an active workshop, so you need to have practical or academic experience in your field, and be confident in leading a group.
You'll be out of your comfort zone, teaching in a language the students will not be used toÂ…so the more 'hands on' your lessons are, the more your students benefit.
You may expect to work 4-5 hours a day, about half of that time being for preparation.
The children will be between 13-18 years old
Aims:
To train local students with new skills.
To broaden the village youth's career options
To support the monastery with teaching manpower
🏠 Accommodation on site
During your participation in the program, you will be staying in an authentic monastery. You will share your room with 2 - 4 people. There are western toilets available and cold showers only. There is wifi available in the office areas. There is not much around the monastery as it is located in a residential area in the outskirts of Mandalay, but there is a library where you can relax inside the monastery as well as a local shop where you can buy basic things. The accommodation covers 6 nights and 7 days. Arrival is on Sunday and departure is on Saturday at 12:00. Food will served as Burmese food, which has a lots of rice, vegetables, meat, egg etc. We provide three meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) per day on weekdays and two (breakfast and dinner) on weekends at the monastery.
📍 About the location
During the program, you will be staying at the same monastery where you will be teaching. The monastery is located in Nanshe, a residential suburb in Northeastern Mandalay. Since the monastery not only teaches but also aids students in other way, it is the home to over 1,000 children aged 7-18 whose parents are unable to take care of them. Monks reside here as well. The students are friendly and always curious to meet newcomers. Many are pre-university students, which will allow you to interact and maybe even become friends with them. This is a great chance for an authentic cultural exchange! Since the monastery is not located in the center of Mandalay, there is not much around. However, there is a local shop located inside the monastery. The main city is still quite close and can be reached in 5 - 10 minutes driving. Mandalay is a favorite among those who visit Myanmar as it has a great number of attractions, including the Golden Palace Monastery, the Mahamuni Pagoda, the Kuthodaw Pagoda, Mingun Temple, the Bargaya Monastery, to name a few. Mandalay Hill is another attraction that you can visit during the weekends. In fact, the city of Mandalay got its name from this hill. Mandalay Hill is famous for its abundance of pagodas and monasteries and for being a pilgrimage site for Buddhists. Getting to the top of the hill is a rewarding experience and once there, you will be greeted by a panoramic view of the city and the Sutaungpyei Pagoda ('wish-fulfilling' pagoda). Close to the monastery is a bridge that is a must visit for those who love watching spectacular sunsets or sunrises!
ℹ️ Additional information
Open all year, starting on Mondays, participation fee 175€ per week. Program runs Mon-Fri, (free weekends). Culture week mandatory: 210€ to start the programme.