Program Fees and Information

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What you receive

• Orientation upon arrival
• 24 hour support
• Accommodation
• Regular follow-up meetings
• Khmer language lessons
• Khmer cooking class

Apart from our fees, you must pay for:

• Your ticket to Phnom Penh
• Vaccinations
• Travel and health insurance
• Food and other personal expenses

Application Process

Our application process typically takes two or three weeks, but can be speeded up if there is a need for that. When we get the "Initial application" from you, we will send you and Application Form.

(1) Complete the Initial Application Form:
The first stage of the application process is to fill out the brief initial application form. Upon receiving this we will send you the full application form.

(2) Complete the Full Application Form:
Fill out the application form. After receiving this we will assess your suitability and place you in one of our programs.

(3) Placement info:
We will return detailed Placement Information and an Invoice. If you accept the placement you should pay the invoice and send us receipt of payment by email or fax.

(4) Program Fee:
The program fee needs to be paid to us at least 2 months before you are due to start your placement. However beware that we have a limited amount of placements, so placements will only be secured when we receive by email or fax a receipt of payment.

(5) Communication:
Once you have made your traveling arrangements you should mail your time of arrival and the means of transportation and we will confirm pickup.

Project Duration and Arrival Dates

For the majority of our programs, you can join us for any amount of time from a week to six months. However, some projects have a minimum commitment period.

We do recommend a trip of three to six months since it offers the best value. Regardless of the length of your stay, you will be able to learn some Khmer and you will have time to get to know a new culture, come to know its people, and form relationships that will outlast the duration of your stay.

Dates of arrival: All teaching will start on the Monday after the introduction.

Dates for the Year 2008:
Sat 31 May, Sat 14 June, Sat 28 June, Sat 12 July, Sat 26 July, Sat 09 August, Sat 23 August, Sat 06 September, Sat 20 September, Sat 04 October, Sat 18 October, Sat 01 November, Sat 15 November, Sat 29 November, Sat 13 December, Sat 27 December

Dates for the Year 2009:
Sat 10 January, Sat 24 January, Sat 07 February, Sat 21 February, Sat 07 March, Sat 21 March, Sat 04 April, Sat 18 April, Sat 02 May, Sat 16 May, Sat 30 May, Sat 13 June, Sat 27 June, Sat 11 July, Sat 25 July, Sat 08 August, Sat 22 August, Sat 05 September, Sat 19 September, Sat 03 October, Sat 17 October, Sat 31 October, Sat 14 November, Sat 28 November, Sat 12 December, Sat 26 December

Getting Here

Travel to Teach will advise and support you with all your travel arrangements. Our FAQ page has some information and links that can be useful when looking for transportation to and within Cambodia. Purchase your ticket and confirm your date and time of arrival with Travel to Teach. We will then make arrangements for a representative to meet you.

Reception

We will meet volunteers arriving by air at the Phnom Penh airport. Volunteers arriving by land must make your own way to the dorm. Travel to Teach staff will spend the first few days together in Phnom Penh helping you to get acquainted with the projects. We will show you around the town and introduce you to Khmer culture and language. We will prepare your placement for you, going through material with you, discussing lesson plans and suggesting teaching techniques.

Food

Our volunteers pay for their food. Often when we teach in schools we are invited to share the school lunch with our fellow teachers. Apart from that participants are responsible for their meals.

Volunteer Work

You will both assist and lead your own classroom from 8-5 weekdays with a 2 hour lunch break. Weekends are free and free time for short trips can normally be arranged. There are a variety of aspects of Seametrey in which you can take part which include teaching English and a variety of other skills and curriculum subjects, administration, IT/website design, and construction.

Living and Accommodation

T2T volunteers stay in a lovely wooden flat above the school. The flat is equipped with fans, mosquito nets, a western style bathroom, and cable television. There are two shared bedrooms and a common living area.

Vaccinations

Courses or boosters usually advised: hepatitis A, typhoid; diphtheria; tetanus.

Vaccines sometimes advised: Japanese B encephalitis, rabies, tuberculosis, hepatitis B.

Malaria: You cannot be vaccinated against malaria. Malaria precautions are advised in all areas, except Phnom Penh, the Mekong river delta and in the rice growing areas around the large inland lake of Tonle Sap. Avoid mosquito bites by covering up with clothing such as long sleeves and long trousers especially after sunset, using insect repellants on exposed skin, and sleeping under a mosquito net (nets will be provided by Travel to Teach)

Insurance

Please purchase health and travel insurance independently. You need health insurance that will cover medical treatment and repatriation in case of accident or illness.

Visas

Upon entry visitors can purchase a tourist visa ($20) or a business visa ($25) for month. Business visas can be extended in Phnom Penh for 3, 6 or 12 month stays.

Certification

You will get a Travel to Teach certificate stating the time and place you have been teaching.