What will you learn from your time at GU?   

When you volunteer you will join the Green Umbrella’s staff in their daily activities such as teaching, project planning and community development.

You will :

• feel connected to the Green Umbrella community.
• understand that diversity and difference are valuable.
• learn about Cambodian culture, history, country life, food, jobs, transport, housing and what life is like for marginalised people in a developing country.
• understand the value of education and how many children overcome difficult physical, social, emotional and economic barriers as they strive to reach their full potential.
• learn more about Green Umbrella’s NGO work, education programs and social enterprise projects.
• appreciate the ways that people are trying make a difference in Cambodia.
• learn about sustainable development and ecotourism projects through hands on action and collaboration.
• learn the Khmer language, and practice it daily.

How long can you volunteer for?

You can volunteer with Green Umbrella for up to a year.

What expertise do we need?

• English speakers.
• We need teachers, who can work with our teachers and model teaching in groups, differentiation, classroom management, reading circles, library lessons, reading aloud, hands on Maths.
• We need people who are expert in information technologies and are able to share their knowledge with our teachers, students and office staff.
• A  library teacher who can work with our librarian to set up a borrowing system, develop library lessons and promote reading to our students.
• A skilled administrator, accountant, office manager or anyone experienced in human resources, to help us organised and put structures in place in Green Umbrella’s office.
• A green fingered person who can help by further developing our vegetable garden and grounds.
• Moreover, we need anyone who is happy and successful in their life, talented in their business or has other skills so that they can share their knowledge to all our students, our community and Green Umbrella’s staff.

Where do you stay?

There are 3 choices of accommodation:

1. You can stay in a Khmer style house on your own.
2. With a Khmer family (great for practicing Khmer)
3. Or you can stay in our Boarding House (BH) in the pagoda which sleeps 10 people. There are 5 rooms and two beds in each room.

If you are interested in volunteering at Green Umbrella, please read our Volunteer FAQs and email info@greenumbrella-kh.org.