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The best of both worlds as GVI launch hybrid volunteer and travel experience in Central America
The best of both worlds as GVI launch hybrid volunteer and travel experience in Central America
13 June 2007Global Vision International (GVI) has launched a new ‘Teach & Travel’ programme in Central America which offers individuals the chance to travel and sightsee as well as volunteer on GVI community projects - the ideal option for people who are torn between the excitement of traveling and the rewards of volunteering.
The Teach and Travel project is a fusion of GVI’s most popular community projects in Central America. As part of the three month programme, volunteers will spend three months teaching and sightseeing in Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica.
Whilst in Guatemala and Honduras, volunteers will teach in areas where GVI, in partnership with the local communities, has built schools which are free to attend and counteract the often prohibitive cost of education. GVI volunteers will work in these schools teaching basic literacy and numeracy using the Spanish language skills they learn on the project (Spanish lessons are included in the cost of the trip).
On arrival in Costa Rica volunteers will take an ‘Introduction to TEFL’ course, equipping them to teach English to the local people who work in the tourism industry and who are desperate to learn the language to improve their livelihoods.
In all three countries, volunteers will live with local families, and will be immersed in the culture of the bustling colonial towns. Volunteers will enjoy a number of sightseeing trips, including biking, hiking and kayaking at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala; horse riding, hiking and visits to hot springs in Honduras; and canopy tours, snorkeling and surfing in Costa Rica.
Tabitha Symonds from Global Vision International, comments: “In Guatemala and Honduras, families live off the equivalent of 50 pence / $1 a day and communities simply can’t afford to run schools adequately. GVI volunteers on this project give the children from these communities the chance to get a free education and a better start in life.”
“With its combination of traveling and volunteering the ‘Teach & Travel project is ideal for volunteers who are eager to explore Central America, but who also want to help improve the lives of the people in the communities they visit.”
