Location: Positions available throughout Mongolia. You can choose.

Duration: Minimum 1 month commitment.

Cost: $495 USD for 1 month placement, including airport pickup, in country orientation, accommodation and 2 meals a day.

Travel: You will be met at  Ulaanbaatar International Airport and taken to the Project HQ by a project representative. You will then be accompanied to your chosen project location after your orientation.

Work: Look after and care for Mongolian orphans

Introduction

Each year, hundreds of Mongolian children leave their poverty-stricken families in small villages and travel to the cities in search of work. In the city, most of them work in black markets, food markets or elsewhere. Living on the street, these children have no access to education or health care. Education however, is their one chance out of a life of poverty and exploitation.

Following recent government reforms in Mongolia, new programs have been established which have led to the creation of centres' that care for Ulaanbaatar’s numerous street children. These centers offer the children primary medical care and counseling, they also prepare the kids to go back to school or on to other institutions where they can get vocational training. The children come from rough backgrounds and require a lot of patience, so working with the kids will not always be easy. However, this type of work can also be very rewarding, as you are really making a difference in their lives. Volunteers will mostly be involved in educating the kids, primarily by giving English language classes. Your active participation in extracurricular activities such as health education, playing games, drawing, painting etc. is also encouraged.

Apart from working at the children’s center, you will also provide community support, This could be assisting senior citizens living in the district around the centre. One of your tasks might for example be to provide help with everyday work, such as chopping wood or getting water.

Daily Life

This is You will be working in the State orphanage which used to be an army barracks. There are approximately 20 orphanages in Ulaanbaatar and this is the only state-run one that is not funded by a charity or NGO.

You will give the children a chance to learn English from native speakers, and play and organise activities for the children.

Accommodation


You have the choice of staying either in a hostel, with a host family, or renting an apartment. With the host family, they will provide two meals a day  (breakfast & dinner). You will have to provide for your own lunch,(budget around $3-5 USD a day). Food will not be included if your rent an apartment, or a hostel room.
You will be able to choose your type of accommodation before departure, and will receive detailed accommodation information before you go. Check with us when applying.

Requirements

* Min age 18
* Minimum 1  month commitment - 30+ hours a week.
* Good English skills
* Full travel & medical insurance
* CRB Police Check to work with children
* Necessary Vaccinations
* Necessary flights & visas

NO commission is added to the cost of this project by Global Nomadic. We ask instead for a flat placement fee of £125 per project (paid securely via Paypal). We offer full pre-departure support, ongoing email assistance and a full range of discounts with our selected partners.

Send us an email enquiry to find out more, or click the 'Join this Project' button below if you are ready to get involved.