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thinking of volunteering overseas with my dd... anyone else done it/got any suggestions?

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farrowandball · 10/04/2008 15:11

I know this is very non-specific, but it is something i had always planned to do before my surprise (!) pregnancy... said preg is now a 4.5 year old dd. its just the two of us, and i'm in quite an odd career phase (ie - freelance) and i was thinking that while it is like this, we should have some adventures and learn something about the world and generally take advantage of our situation before (assuming this does actually happen oneday) i meet someone and have more children and our world resembles other peoples'.

anyway - i was thinking if we went to teach in a school in an underprivileged country she would get loads out of it too. somewhere very stable obviously.

she is at school, but i think it would be amazing for her (a) and (b) she is way ahead (if you want to think of 4 years olds and attainment like that, not sure i do) and i've taught it all to her anyway, and think i could keep that going.

does anyone think this is morally wrong? has anyone else done it? does anyone have any good ideas of where to start? (i could support us while we were away, but i note the schemes where one has to pay to volunteer are brutally expensive and for quite a short time - i was thinking 3-6 months...)

tia

f&b

ps - VSO dont take single mothers, incse anyone was going to suggest that...
pps - ive loads of experience nannying etc, and i taught undergrads at uni, but never little kids...

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Callisto · 11/04/2008 12:48

I have no experience of such things, but I think it sounds like a fab idea.

bigspender30 · 11/04/2008 13:21

Where do you live? If you contact your local Volunteer Centre, they should be able to provide you with a list of suitable organisations.

smallmediumandohmygod · 11/04/2008 19:57

would you be interested in working with orphans or children with sn?

I live in Asia and there are plenty of opportunities here. I think it would be a great experience for your dd. Life is so different here and she'd have a chance to learn a new culture, language, etc.

I would suggest Thailand or Laos. There are loads of opportunities in Vietnam, but I find the people more difficult to work with.

farrowandball · 13/04/2008 21:54

hi - back from a weekend away and
a) bumping this
and
b) wondering if smallmedium... has any specific ideas of projects i should contact...?

thanks for the messages so far

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