The English Opens Doors Program was supported by the Chilean Ministry of Education and the United Nations Development Programme – Chile. The Program worked to improve English-language education throughout the Chilean public school system by providing teacher training, instructional materials, language competitions, English immersion camps, and study abroad scholarships for university students.
The National Volunteer Center recruited native English speakers to come to Chile and work as teaching assistants in Chilean classrooms. Volunteers taught and encouraged the study of English while living with Chilean host families and interacting with members of the local community. Since 2004, more than 1,294 volunteers participated in the National Volunteer Center’s full-time volunteer service initiatives.
Volunteers participated in the English Opens Doors Program receive the following: home-stay with a Chilean family, meals, health insurance, TEFL training, access to an online Spanish course and a participation bonus of 60,000CLP for each month of completed service. The Program did not charge volunteers a fee for participation.
We were always looking for qualified individuals interested in coming to Chile to participate in one of our Volunteer Service Initiatives.
English Opens Doors (EOD) is currently not operating.
