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English Teaching job opening
English teaching coordinator - Needed ASAP
Pisco Sin Fronteras has experienced great interest from a nearby college in teaching their students English. Around 200 possible students might sign up for this and the course is intended to be a 3 month intensive course, preparing their final year students for working in Pisco and Paracas, where interaction with English speaking Tourists will increase once the airport opens up here in a few months. The idea is to provide 1.5 hour group classes 3 times a week for the students. Since PSF is a small non profit organization we cannot offer any payment for this role. However, apart from a great time and a very worthwhile work experience, what we can offer you can see below.
Benefits:
Requirements:
Responsibilities:
If interested, please Email: piscosinfronteras@gmail.com
English teaching coordinator - Needed ASAP
Pisco Sin Fronteras has experienced great interest from a nearby college in teaching their students English. Around 200 possible students might sign up for this and the course is intended to be a 3 month intensive course, preparing their final year students for working in Pisco and Paracas, where interaction with English speaking Tourists will increase once the airport opens up here in a few months. The idea is to provide 1.5 hour group classes 3 times a week for the students. Since PSF is a small non profit organization we cannot offer any payment for this role. However, apart from a great time and a very worthwhile work experience, what we can offer you can see below.
Benefits:
- Free accommodation
- Free Alimentation
- Opportunity to contribute to the social development in a developing country
- Opportunity to work in a multicultural organization
- Spare time to also do 1 day a week working on other projects such as a childcare centre or house construction for local families
Requirements:
- 3 month commitment
- Intermediate spanish
- Ideally a TEFL qualification or equivalent
- Previous experience teaching a range of levels to different ages
Responsibilities:
- Planning, preparing and delivering lessons to cater for different levels of students (ages 15-18) i.e. beginners, intermediates or advanced speakers
- Structure adequate curriculums for classes with different focuses such as: to improve their conversational English or to use English in their work
- Focus on English for Tourism and English in IT skills (use of Microsoft word) and daily use
- Preparing and setting tests, examination papers, and exercises
- Managing a team of possibly up to 4 people on a daily basis
- Marking and providing appropriate feedback on oral and written work;
- Devising, writing and producing new materials, including audio and visual resources
- Basic administration such as keeping student registers and attendance records for starters and leaver
- Report to the Community Development Manager on a daily basis
If interested, please Email: piscosinfronteras@gmail.com
20th October 2024
Light bulbs made out of recycling bottles
One of our volunteers recently found this amazingly easy way to bring light into the houses of Pisco:
Nour At the Ludoteca
The Solar Bottle Bulb, as it is called, was originally designed by students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Its construction and installation is simple. A clear one-liter pop bottle is filled with water, chlorine is added, then the bottle is squeezed part way through a hole in a piece of corrugated tin. A corresponding hole is cut in the tin roof of a house, the tin-and-bottle is secured over the hole so that the bottom of the bottle hangs down through the ceiling/roof, then caulking is applied to prevent rain from getting in.
When sunlight hits the roof and the top of the bottle, its rays are carried down through the water and dispersed into the interior of the home, giving off about as much light as a 55-watt bulb. Given that many of these homes lack windows, they might otherwise be nearly pitch black inside.
Not only does the system produce light during daylight hours, but it is also providing a living for locals who build and install the Solar Bottle Bulbs, and it diverts bottles that might otherwise end up in a landfill. While the bottles don't provide light once the Sun sets, homeowners do at least have the option of performing indoor activities that require illumination during the day, when the light is available. They could also turn to solar-powered lamps such as the Solar Pebble.
Additionally, some homes do have limited electrical lighting, but the Solar Bottle Bulbs allow their owners to save electricity by not using that lighting before dark.
Illac Diaz has stated that he hopes to outfit one million homes with his system by 2024.
Nour At the Ludoteca
The Solar Bottle Bulb, as it is called, was originally designed by students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Its construction and installation is simple. A clear one-liter pop bottle is filled with water, chlorine is added, then the bottle is squeezed part way through a hole in a piece of corrugated tin. A corresponding hole is cut in the tin roof of a house, the tin-and-bottle is secured over the hole so that the bottom of the bottle hangs down through the ceiling/roof, then caulking is applied to prevent rain from getting in.
When sunlight hits the roof and the top of the bottle, its rays are carried down through the water and dispersed into the interior of the home, giving off about as much light as a 55-watt bulb. Given that many of these homes lack windows, they might otherwise be nearly pitch black inside.
Not only does the system produce light during daylight hours, but it is also providing a living for locals who build and install the Solar Bottle Bulbs, and it diverts bottles that might otherwise end up in a landfill. While the bottles don't provide light once the Sun sets, homeowners do at least have the option of performing indoor activities that require illumination during the day, when the light is available. They could also turn to solar-powered lamps such as the Solar Pebble.
Additionally, some homes do have limited electrical lighting, but the Solar Bottle Bulbs allow their owners to save electricity by not using that lighting before dark.
Illac Diaz has stated that he hopes to outfit one million homes with his system by 2024.
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