These programs include environmental education, rural tourism activities, English classes, community outreach, women’s groups, and scholarship funds for high school students.
About
The SCLC focuses its efforts in four areas — environmental education, community development, conservation, and tourism — in order to help form future environmental leaders, raise the organizational capacity of local communities, promote sustainable land use, and connect tourists to the local community.
Teaching & Volunteering
SCLC invites people from around the world to coordinate and assist with all programs. This creates an exchange of cultures and knowledge between local people and foreigners. Volunteer helps is one of the key engines of the Center. This is partly because the SCLC has a very small local permanent staff due to our limited budget. This is also because the SCLC strives to provide a native English speaking teacher for the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes, one of the core SCLC offerings. Our local EFL students have expressed how valuable that aspect is for their language learning. We are so thankful to all past, current and future volunteers; without them there would be no SCLC!
Are you interested in volunteering? There are two types of volunteers at the SCLC. In our Short-Term program, the term of stay goes from 1 month to 5 months. This program requires payment from the volunteer to off-set the costs of managing the program. Our Long-Term Volunteer program is for individuals that can commit to six months or longer and is generally designated for the EFL program. The volunteer for this program is in charged with covering one semester of EFL classes. Semesters are typically Jan – June and July – Dec. This type of volunteer is compensated for their work as the SCLC pays a local community family for room, most meals, and laundry service.
We hope you will consider joining our team!
