may i say thank for your advice it is good if your school is for business but before you give any ideas or information go to the background of the project to know how the project is being run because we do not charge anything to this children s this is school of needy children s

Hi Daniel,

It is good that you are providing free education to children who cannot afford to pay for it. On the other hand, the education that you provide to the students must be in accordance with you country's education system, even if you are providing it free to the students. This can be ensured only through full-time, trained and experienced teachers, who will be available only if they are formally employed on a salary basis. Not charging any fees from the students does not justify that they will be taught only through volunteer teachers, since you cannot provide for the teachers' salaries.

Anyway, I can see that you have your own opinions on this, and I hope your efforts meet with success.

Vijai

it is well and good how we run the school ,we need volunteers teachers to teach the childrens only on holidays that's all and we make it clear on our last post

Hi Daniel,

I agree with you that volunteer teachers are a good option to fill in gaps, especially during holidays. Could you maybe write a kind of advertisement what kind of people you are looking for, when and what activities they should carry out?Then I could try to search a bit different internet fora or facebook groups and post it there. I think lots of students (at least I know that in Germany volunteering in African schools is very common among young people) would love to come to Kenya, but often it's hard to get in touch with the right people.

best,
Maria

our school is based on Christianity background ,we need English teachers ,Christianity ,maths and we need counseling classes among the girls student ,

And for how long would you like them to stay? (I would advise for a minimum stay of say 2 months). And when are the holidays? (or would you also like to have a volunteer staying for the nornal school year?

Thanks,
Maria

it OK 2 month,we have our holidays on April and august and mid of November to December also if available on normal school year is OK

HI Daniel,

I tried to register your volunteer opportunity at http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/MyIdealist/Register/1-agreeToTerm... . But it says that your email adress is already in use. Did you already register there? Otherwise, I don´t think that it s very difficult to post the volunteer position there, could you try to do it? Happy to help if you encounter any difficulty, I just wanted to make sure that you did not register yet. Here is an example of what kind of information you should provide (maybe a bit less...): http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/VolunteerOpportunity/175481-33

Good luck,
Maria

thanks a lot for your advice i register the volunteer opportunity and now everything is OK only to wait for volunteers to reply to the opportunity

That's great, well done Daniel!

Hi Daniel-

What is the current status of teachers at the school? How many are there?

I see that you posted an opportunity with Idealist - did that work well for you?

Maria had recommended that you (and/or you and the volunteers) work on writing a job description for the volunteer teaching positions - did that get done?

I would suggest also maybe considering a brochure that talks about what volunteers can expect during their experience in the local community.

It would be great if you can provide us with an update.

Thank you!

Jennifer

-we sajos academy kiserian we are having five teachers at the moment and we pay each teacher kshs 5000 per month
-yes to idealist but i haven't receive any reply from anybody
- no am still looking for somebody to write it for me because i do not have any guidelines to it
-give me details what is needed for the brochure
-for now we are still looking for volunteer teachers
thanks
we are the voice of voiceless

Hi Daniel,

I posted some time ago a good example for a description of a volunteer position. http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/VolunteerOpportunity/175481-33
The problem with somebody writing it for you, is that only you have the information it needs. Could you maybe write together:
- what are the teachers going to teach (subject) - how often, alone or with another teacher, how many pupils are in the class, what age?
- where could they live (housing)
- what about possible free time activities (would the volunteers have a chance to get to know your community etc.?)

I think this would be a good start. Could you also send the link to your school regisration on idealist and global gateway (can't find it), so that we could see how to improve it? I had the experience with other schools, that the wording matters a lot when it comes to finding schools and volunteers.

best,
Maria

the link in the idealist.org read this

teaching

Location: kiserian, rift valley province, 00206, Kenya
Organization: yes we can self help group
Start date: January 5, 2010
Sex: All are welcome
Language(s): English
Last updated: December 31, 2009
End date: November 20, 2010
Skill(s): Other
Area of Focus: Education and Academia

Description:
we yes we can self help group is community group with a project of school of disadvantage children s within community ,vulnerable children,orphan's we help them to get good education ,Christianity among other issues concerning a child ,we are the voice of voiceless
How to Apply:
daniel mwangi nganga ,website kiserian/village/nabuur.com,danielsmwa@yahoo.com.cell;+254712405615,p.o.box 47 kiserian00206 kenya

Permalink: http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/VolunteerOpportunity/186823-80/c

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Hi Daniel-

Thank you for sharing the posting. I think Maria is correct in that it needs to have additional details about what you are expecting and what a volunteer teacher can expect if they come to work with your organization. The example she shared is a good one. Try to think about this from the perspective of going to another country yourself - what would you want to know before you visited? Adding some additional background about your organization would also be good.

Some ideas of other details you could include are:

1. What does a typical school day consist of?
2. What classes are taught during the school day?
3. What learning materials if any are available in the classroom?
4. How many students per class.
5. What age group of students would the volunteer be working with?
6. Does your organization help make accommodation arrangements for the volunteer?
7. Does your organization assist with transportation between the volunteer's residence while there to the school or is this something they will be responsible for on their own? If they are responsible, you may want to share transportation options and the distance from the nearest accommodations to the school.
8. Information pertaining to anything necessary for an overseas volunteer required by your government (such as specific immunizations) would also be helpful.

Those are some thoughts to get you started. If you can provide additional details it will make it easier for the online volunteers to perhaps help you draft a post for Idealist.com with more detail. This may help you gain more inquiries about possibly coming to help.

Kind regards-

Jennifer