Despite English being a daily language, a good quality English education is a dream for many students. Many rural Tanzania public schools and several private schools are seeking qualified English teachers, especially native English speakers. Tanzania is a popular tourist destination and a strong knowledge of English can open many doors for youth. In the Tanzania teaching English project, interns teach English to nursery, primary and secondary school students between the ages of 6 and 16-years old.

There is no specific qualification needed to join the teaching English project in Tanzania besides a fluency in English. Native speakers are appreciated, but anyone fluent in English is welcome. Teaching experience will be helpful (but not required).

PROJECT AT A GLANCE

Location: Arusha, Moshi, Zanzibar Start point: Arusha End Point: Arusha Duration: 2-12 weeks Hours: 30-40 hours per week Food: Local food (3 times a day) Room: Homebase, Host family or hostel Date: First and Third Monday of each month

Interns work as an English instructor either in private schools or in public school or schools run by orphanages. Interns teach English 2-3 hours a day (six days a week) in primary, secondary and high school. Other assistance is also needed with organizing games, drawing, singing, dancing and other creative education and extracurricular activities. Some support with administration is also appreciated. Interns work mostly as an assistant to the main English teacher. In Tanzania , most schools have at least one permanent English teacher on staff.

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Most Tanzanian schools are closed in between semesters, during midterms evaluations, during new enrolment and on public and national holidays.

•  June 15th - July 27th (End of first semester and start of second semester)
•  Sep 19th - Oct 10th (Midterm evaluation)
•  Dec 15th - Jan 1st - (New enrolment)
•  President Day

*Dates may change

IFRE manages living accommodations, provides meals and supervision for interns for the entirety of their stay in Tanzania . During the internship period, most interns stay in our safe and secure homebase in Moshi/Arusha. IFRE's home base is located in a beautiful area nearly 30 km from the Kilimanjaro International Airport . We try to create a “home away from home” for interns staying at our home base. It is a perfect situation for interns to live safely and comfortably while making many new friends and sharing experience every day. Most of interns project in Tanzania are located within 1-10 KM of our home base so you may walk or ride a local bus to your project. In the evening when you return to home base, you can relax, eat dinner, explore local areas or simply share experience with intern comrades. Our home base provides a same-gender shared room and shared bathroom with running water and a “western” style toilet.

Occasionally, depending on intern traffic, available projects or distance to a intern's assigned project, we may also place our interns with carefully pre-screened host families. Our host families are socially respected and are experienced with hosting international interns. They have strong interest in our interns' safety and well-being and demonstrate this with caution and care. In most host family situations, interns will share a room with another intern of the same gender. Another viable option is an at-orphanage stay. Many orphanages in Tanzania have set aside special rooms to house international interns.

Throughout the internship project, our local staff stays in contact with interns either with face-to-face visits or via email/telephone. IFRE's main office is in Moshi and our in-country coordinator serves as a point of contact for local interns. With longer placements, we visit our interns every two weeks (when possible) and interns are always welcome at the local office. If project placement is local, we request that interns stop by the office once a week to keep us posted on how they are doing with their home stay and project. If project placement is very far from our main office, then our local staff members maintain communication by either email and/or phone and the local project director serves as a intern's contact.