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Teaching sports

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Dominican Republic Education Children Sport Education Children +1 Permanent

About the project

Teaching sports

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Favor the educational experiences of the children and teenagers for them to fully develop their intellectual, emotional and social potential, and thus boost their adaptation and profit through the training they receive.

💼 What the programme involves

The volunteers are working during the school hours. The week-end they are completly free to manage their time as they are pleased. They can go to the beach, walk in the city, do excursion or visit the country. - Develop sports programs in the schools (basketball, baseball, swimming, football, athletics, volleyball, etc. ) - Adapt programs to the age and the level of the students

🏠 Accommodation on site

Free housing is offered to every volunteer who will live in a house inside one of our campus, with basic services. According to the current number of volunteers, they will either be placed in personal rooms or in dormitories.

🍲 Food

One meal a day is offered when the volunteer can eat the same lunch as the students (during school days) The other meals are at the charge of the volunteer

📍 About the location

The school is a bit far from the city centre which allows at all times peace and security inside the educational center. There is an easy access to the city where there is a youth center where all sort of physical activities take place. Cinemas, supermarkets are more easily accessible by means of transportation.

🎒 Leisure activities

A free visit to casa de campo can be arranged. There is a very touristic place : altos de chavon. The village Bayahibe located next to la Romana can easily be accessed by bus and there are amazing beach to discover there. There is also a public bus going from la Romana to Santo Domingo completely free of charge.

ℹ️ Additional information

You have to keep in mind that will have to wait for three months between your application and your departure. Indeed, the acceptance procedure takes a lot of time as we need to schedule a Skype interview with the coordinator, who need acceptation from the director). Approximately 2 months will be required

Inside the schools are living groups of nuns that are teaching the catholic faith to the students. We are not asking volunteers to have any faith but it is asked to respect the functioning of the organization and the religion of its members. Chrismas Holidays betwen mid-december to the beginning of July)

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📅 Available sessions

MIR - Teaching sports

01/08/2016 → 31/05/2020

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 4
♂ 0/2 ♀ 0/2

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

La Romana, Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Dominican Republic Peso (DOP / RD$)

Exchange rate

1 DOP = 0.014772 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Atlantic Standard Time

Local time: 21:22 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Spanish