TEACH ENGLISH AND FRENCH TO REFUGEES AND THE UNDERPRIVILEGED

Teaching English and French to refugees, or underprivileged adults and children in Paris

Volunteers meet once a week as a group at one of our partner office locations in Paris (or in a park during the summer), where we offer refugees a dinner, and an opportunity to practice their conversational English or French by following a script created by the Serve the City Leadership Team.  We call this our “Language Exchange Program”. During this language exchange, volunteers are given a topic and are matched with a member of our refugee community, or sometimes another STCP volunteer. Every 10 minutes, we rotate, teaching and practicing French or English with a new partner.

A large majority of the refugees speak English and sometimes French as their second language.  Practicing job interviews in English and French between students and volunteers are also encouraged to help the refugees prepare for finding employment or passing their exam to become registered in France.

If you are interested in participating as a volunteer with Serve the City Paris, first please fill out a volunteer registration form found on our website here.    Then you will be prompted to pay the 20 Euro donation to participate in STCP volunteer activities.   Once the 20 Euro donation is paid, a link to sign up to various activities will be provided.

We also ask all our new volunteers to take at least one SAVE volunteer training workshop before volunteering.   A list of workshops are provided along with the volunteer activity signup sheet, once the volunteer registration form is completed.

Alternatively, you can join S.A.V.E.    As a SAVE member, the 20 Euro donation is included in the membership fee and you have access to other weekly workshops, SAVE member only volunteer activities and events, and you collaborate with other SAVE members on social impact projects (SAVE CAPSTONE projects) over a period of 2-3 months.

We hope to utilize the very important language skills which allow us better connect with others, boost career prospects in France, and the quality of life for both our refugee community and our volunteers.  If you have questions, feel free to send a note to info@servethecity.paris.