India - Teach English to Tibetan communities

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Placement overview

Help enhance the education of novice Tibetan monks in a variety of locations including Little Lhasa- the home of H.H. Dalai Lama in Northern India.

Teach English in exiled Tibetan communities in India

Your experience

Our pre-departure TEFL training (included in your application fee) will provide you with all the necessary skills and confidence to teach English successfully during your placement whatever your background or your students’ ability. You may find yourself teaching to small classes of novice monks or to Tibetan refugee communities supported by the Tibetan Government in Exile . You may even meet H.H. Dalai Lama himself!

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21yrs+ on arrival

Town or monastery

Varies, homestay/volunteer accomm

Usually provided

1-3 classes a day, 5 days a week

English and Tibetan

1-2

12 weeks

16 weeks+ (longer stays possible)

All year round

4-6 months before intended arrival

£25pw*

*food and accommodation may be provided for FREE to successful long stay volunteers

At a glance

What’s included in this programme

Orientation

Volunteer accommodation

24/7 hour back-up support on site and from UK sites

This project is ideal if one or more of the following apply to you

Want to teach English

You are looking to immerse yourself in a new way of life for a few months

Want to learn about Tibetan culture

Enjoy mountain scenery

Tibetan Community at a glance

Over 130,000 Tibetans live in exile in India, Nepal, Bhutan and other countries around the world. Led by H.H. Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Government in Exile aims to raise awareness of their situation, exert diplomatic pressure on improving the lives of Tibetans still living in Tibet whilst also creating programs to sustain and develop Tibetan settlements.

The mass exile of the Tibetan people has resulted in the construction of many new monasteries to preserve the monastic tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. These institutions not only teach Buddhist philosophy but a variety of subjects from English to computer studies.

Most Tibetans are deeply religious and Buddhism is a strong part of their culture. It is not uncommon to see ordinary Tibetans chanting their way round temples, swinging hand help prayer wheels or revering representations of the Buddha.