Volunteering abroad but i have no references?

dawyldthing

I know one of the lasses i went to school with is working in Korea. But either way you will probably still need to fund your visa, your flights and spending money as someone said. Places you could teach which want native English speakers are usually China, Thailand, Japan and Korea. You'll be lucky to have change from 1500 to get out there and live for a month or 2 before you get paid

WolfSong2000

Well, if you're feeling adventurous, look at Somaliland (not Somalia!). I know some of the Uni's in and around the capital,. Hargeisa sometimes take on foreigners in teaching positions. A private college, Abaarso Tech was (not sure if they still are) recruiting teachers....pay is peanuts (I think it was £1k every 3 months), but you'd get accommodation, flights paid for, health insurance, etc, and as it's cheap to live out there the stupidly low wage shouldn't be a major issue.

Otherwise, as others have said, unless you have a great deal of experience and valued skills, it's nigh on impossible to get voluntary work that wont cost you a lot of money to undertake.

111222

WolfSong2000 wrote: »

Well, if you're feeling adventurous, look at Somaliland (not Somalia!). I know some of the Uni's in and around the capital,. Hargeisa sometimes take on foreigners in teaching positions. A private college, Abaarso Tech was (not sure if they still are) recruiting teachers....pay is peanuts (I think it was £1k every 3 months), but you'd get accommodation, flights paid for, health insurance, etc, and as it's cheap to live out there the stupidly low wage shouldn't be a major issue.

Otherwise, as others have said, unless you have a great deal of experience and valued skills, it's nigh on impossible to get voluntary work that wont cost you a lot of money to undertake.

Thanks for that but the conversation changed from voluntary to paid TEFL work.

Savvy_Sue

Returning to the question of references, your best bet is probably going to be character references. If you have any friends who are 'professionals', or your parents have any who have known you over the years, that might be a good start.

DKLS

I would suggest TEFL or Kibbutizm, I have a friend out in S Korea at the moment who is loving his time out there refining his karaoke skills with his students, and another friend who is teaching on a Kibbutz, salaries arent great but thats not really the point with either option.

WolfSong2000

111222 wrote: »

Thanks for that but the conversation changed from voluntary to paid TEFL work.

Well, the work I mentioned is paid (just not very well). Reason I mentioned it is that you almost certainly wouldn't require a TEFL qualification - a University degree would suffice, so it'd save you money. Depends if you want to do TEFL for the experience, or as a career. If it's the latter, you'd be best doing the TESOL or CELTA courses which can run into the thousands.

dizzyrascal

It costs approximately £1,000 for a decent intensive 4 week TEFL course and they are mostly taken by recent grads. Most of whom will just be going it for a their gap year. You will get paid more once you have the qualification and it gives you more options.
Most reputable places will ask for the TEFL or sometimes you can train with them but they keep more of your salary.