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Teaching and Volunteer Work at a Cerebral Palsy Centre

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This Society needs your help both in the classroom and helping to generate funds

Gap Year Project: Help Children with Cerebral Palsy

Gap year volunteers work with this pioneering organisation, based in Kolkata, which is dedicated to meeting the needs of people with cerebral palsy in Eastern India. The organisation helps children and young adults, but that also means educating the people among whom they live, so it's active in research and training for community and social workers and special needs teachers. It has a special education centre teaching everything from basic living skills to the school curriculum and includes hydro and other therapies. It has grown from a small school with two children to now supporting over 3000 families from all walks of life, regardless of their background.

Gap Year Project: Help Children with Cerebral Palsy

Your Role: As a gap year volunteer you can help in different departments of the organization either working directly with the children in class or in computer training, art or drama. The classes are fairly small, so there will be a lot of one to one tuition. You can help with physiotherapy in the center's special aqua-therapy pool and get involved in other areas of development work, such as activities which are organised to help boost the children's confidence. You can work with the adults on vocational training in things like catering, computer literacy and printing, or their formal education.

You'll learn first hand about the condition, about the human spirit, about communication, therapies and teaching special needs children, which could help with your chosen university course as well as lead to a fulfilling lifetime career.

What you gain: Working on this project is a rewarding and enlightening gap year experience. You can make some great friends with the people you teach and work with, and really make a difference to people's lives. The charity has a very friendly and supportive work environment, which allows you to learn and develop your skills while making a real and valuable contribution.