Teach A Man To Fish, through its local partners is able to arrange volunteer placements - bringing needed skills to local communities, and offering volunteers a chance to immerse themselves in local culture for a unique life experience.

Our mission is to broaden access for the poor to a high quality education combining vocational training and entrepreneurship by supporting institutions working in this field to increase their financial self-sufficiency.

These schools are committed to transforming kids from some of the poorest backgrounds into young entrepreneurs - which means you can get involved with creating school businesses and pick up new skills in areas like organic farming as well as helping with regular educational activities.
< br /> Teach a Man to Fish is currently seeking volunteers to assist in our latest Self-Sufficient School project in Southern Bolivia. This role will particularly appeal to volunteers who want to gain a fantastic on-the-ground experience of international development while immersed in a Spanish-speaking environment. This is also a great chance to build up your skills and CV while supporting an international development charity to make education available to some of the world's poorest children.

This position is versatile, and involves various roles - helping the school manage and develop its rural businesses, contributing to teaching and sports coaching activities (optional). Ideally, you should have an interest in business, agriculture, teaching or sports as the project mainly revolves around these areas.

An intermediate fluency in Spanish would be required, however - as none of the local residents speak English. If you are not confident of your language skills, there is an option to enroll in Spanish language classes in Santa Cruz before the project begins.
The project start dates are not fixed, so that we can take our volunteers available periods into consideration. Even if you are interested and the 30th of June doesn't suit you, do get in touch and we can consider accommodating your start dates.