New Life Fellowship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

 

This is an opportunity to teach English as a Foreign Language, having received proper training first, whilst engaging with a church’s holistic ministry to the poor in an area of huge need.

New Life Fellowship is a vibrant church, based in Phnom Penh with more than 700 members and more than 30 new churches planted from the mother church – some in outlying provinces. NLF has a wide community ministry programme including:

• Leadership training schools and seminars to train church members and Cambodian leaders;
• English teaching and  office skills training - developing job skills;
• Primary healthcare ministry in Phnom Penh with 11 branches in provincial villages;
• Children at risk ministry supporting almost 100 children in a non-orphanage setting;
• Street children's ministry in Phnom Penh;
• Micro-enterprise
• A Christian primary school operating an English speaking teaching programme.

The first 4 weeks of this gap trip will be taken on a full time accredited TEFL course at an independent training centre in Phnom Penh. The course will train you to Teach English as a Foreign Language anywhere in the world. You will have a choice about the course, which we will discuss with you before you go. (?)

 

Upon qualification you will then work with New Life Fellowship, primarily putting your training into practice, teaching English to Khmer students. You will be working in the English teaching department of NLF College. More than 1,000 young people are studying 5 days per week on this programme.

 

Although based in Phnom Penh there will be an opportunity to travel into the provinces with NLF.  The national language is Cambodian or Khmer. However there are a number of American, Australian and English expats in the Church and all the nationals working with New Life Fellowship speak some English. Learning Khmer is not necessary to undertake this placement.

 

New Life Fellowship requires that any ex-pats working with them show respect for the local Christian lifestyle, abstaining from alcohol, smoking and visiting nightclubs.