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You will join the local staff to help improve the conversational English of the students you are working with. Many speak a local patois but need good English skills to improve their job prospects after school. Your teaching job will not be taking away the job of a local teacher. You will be able to help the school in all sorts of additional ways whether it is helping the cricket team or working with the music department. Our contributions in local schools have led to other schools approaching us asking for volunteers. We make sure that you are working close to other volunteers at the same time taking care not to have too many volunteers impacting on the local community.
We take seriously our responsibilities towards the communities we work with in Jamaica. We have full time local staff on the ground that will meet you from the airport, give you an induction on arrival and support you from our local office throughout your stay. They are local people who we pay a good local wage and can give you all the information and support you will need during your stay. They have been trained by us to work with visiting volunteers.
In Jamaica you will be staying with a local family. We pay the family where you will be staying. This means that the money goes directly into the local economy. The food you eat, the chairs you sit on have all probably been made in Mandeville where you will be staying. Living in Jamaica will give you an opportunity to be a real part of the local community. Most of the money that you spend during your time at the placement will be at grassroots level going into local Jamaican businesses. Our organisation is environmentally responsible. We recycle at our offices and offset our carbon emissions from staff flying to our destinations around the world. We believe that actions like this can be the first step towards preserving the planet for future generations.
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