📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
THE GREEN LION CAPE VERDE
💼 What the programme involves
Join the education project and enlighten the lives of innocent children by bringing out the best in them!
Our education project is located in Tarrafal which is a small town in the northwest of Cape Verde, along with a cobalt sea and lovely beaches. You will be teaching conversational English and other related subjects depending on the necessity for the children in this town, in order to train them well for their education. -- Program Description
With interaction within the participants and the community children, it is a goal that the children can one be prepared for their future careers ahead with an addition of English proficiency & a global perspective added by participants from all over the world. There are 30 children in kindergarten and 260 students in primary school, with 130 of them being young girls. There are only 5 people involved in addressing the needs of such a vast pool of children in Kindergarten & Primary School.
When considering the social background of this town, mostly the Mums have to raise their children alone and have to work hard. So there isn’t much of caretaking and attention for children’s education. The men are either abroad or work as fishermen or are living in other areas working as labourers. A lot of kids live with neighbours’ or grandmothers. A household in Cape Verde has an average of 4 children; rich families have two and poorer families generally have more children. It is not unusual for children to change their place of residence wi
🏠 Accommodation on site
You can expect to share a room (dormitory style) on single gender basis. The bathroom is shared and western toilets are available. Food Arrangements
The meals will contain a mix of local and other types of Western food.
📍 About the location
Tarrafal.
ℹ️ Additional information
Open all year, starting on each Monday, participation fees 280 for one week. Culture week mandatory to start program.