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Teach at a School in India
Location: India: Bodh Gaya
Program Duration: 3-6 months (includes high school academic semester abroad), 7-12 months (includes high school academic year abroad)
Typical Duration of Program: 3-6 months
LEAPNOW: Transforming Education
11640 Hwy. 128 Calistoga, CA 94515 United States
Call Us
Phone: 707-431-7265
Fax: 707-431-8479
Description
Opportunities to volunteer at a unique school that offers free education to approximately 400 underpriveleged children in northern India. The school is a unique experiment in education inspired by two Tibetan spiritual teachers. It synthesizes Buddhist teachings with transpersonal psychology and modern progressive educational methods.
The school has 300 day students and 100 evening students who are day laborers or street children. The school curriculum includes Hindi, English, Science, Math, etc., and also includes meditation, hatha yoga, music, massage, philosophy, emotional literacy, ecology, mythology, martial arts, astrology and other non-traditional subjects.
As for the locations of the schools, Sarnath is known for the place in which the Buddha gave his first teaching and Bodhgaya is where the Buddha reached enlightenment.
Highlights
This opportunity is part of the LEAPYEAR program - Check out our website for more details!
Languages
- English
- Hindi
Cost in US$:
Credit Available
no
Volunteer Types
- Childcare/children
- Clerical And Office Work
- Community Development
- Counseling
- English Teaching
- Human Rights
- Indigenous Issues
- Office Work
- Orphans
- Peace
- Primary Education
- Public Education
- Secondary Education
- Street Kids
- Teaching
- Volunteering
- Youth
- Arts
- Athletics
- Community Health
- Community Organizing
- Culture
- Education
- Environment
- Health Education
- Homelessness
- Labor Issues
- Literacy
- Minority Groups
- Nutrition
- Popular Education
- Self Help
- Social Services, Social Work
- Sports
- Tutor
- Youth Development
This Program is open to
Worldwide Participant. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals.
Typical Living Arrangements
- Group living
- Home-stays
- Independent living
Participants Travel to India
Independently or in Groups
Application Process Involves
- Written Application
- In-Person Interview Required
Typically The Application Process Time is
1 weekPost Services Include
- Alumni Network
- Exit Debriefing Abroad
- Job and Internship Network
LEAPNOW: Transforming Education's Mission Statement
Leapnow's primary purpose is nothing less than transformation and positive change on the planet. We aspire to keep our work on the cutting edge of human evolution. We feel that we can have the most positive impact on the world by working in the area of education- which ideally is all about transforming and expanding the consciousness of our students. Cultural immersion, study and work abroad are our main vehicles for learning about one's self and the world.
Year Founded
1993
