Apply – ASPIRE

DEADLINE: 15 September 2023

*Applications will be reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis, and dates are tentative, flexible depending on each individual’s needs*

PROGRAM DATES
Fall Term: October 2 – December 18, 2023

Spring Term: January – May 2024 (Dates TBC)

Thank you for your interest in Project ASPIRE. Kindly note, the above dates are tentative. Applications will be reviewed by the admissions committee on a rolling basis, so applicants are encouraged to apply before the deadline. If you have any questions or require special arrangements, please feel free to contact us info@leap-program.org.

Please note that English Teacher volunteers will be provided with housing, local transportation, monthly mobile support, weekly groceries, and daily lunch on work days. 

Volunteer Expectations

LEAP seeks dynamic, compassionate, and motivated volunteers who enjoy working with young adults; value the right to quality education for all people; are passionate about refugee-rights; involved in or have experience with social justice movements; maintain respect and diplomacy in their interactions with people of diverse backgrounds; and are able to work under challenging circumstances.

Volunteers must be prepared to work in small classrooms with sporadic or scarce electricity, extreme heat, and limited resources. LEAP volunteers must be culturally sensitive and considerate of local norms, as well as carry themselves in a professional and respectful manner at all times during the program since they are both representatives of LEAP and by extension, our partners.

ASPIRE volunteers will be asked to develop lesson plans based on the UNRWA curriculum for grades 1-3 and/or grades 7-9. Moreover, at times volunteers’ responsibilities will also include providing English language courses to parents or other professionals in the community, as well as out-of-school adolescents.

ASPIRE volunteers live in a shared apartment and must be willing to live in a traditional and conservative Islamic community. Moreover, volunteers may live alone or with up to 1-3 other volunteers. The number varies from term to term. Thus, it is essential that volunteers be emotionally, mentally, and spiritually mature; self-sufficient and independent; as well as be comfortable having extensive alone time in a new and unfamiliar environment.

If you would like to take a break and return to the form, please scroll to the bottom of the page and click on “Save and Continue Later” in order to receive a unique link that allows you to return to the form to complete your application. This link should not be shared with others, and it remains valid for 30 days.

Technical note: Please refrain from using multiple sets of “quotation marks” or ‘single quotes’ in your answers if, for example, you are naming a piece of music or another work. It is fine to only name the title for the sake of this application. Kindly also avoid using emojis.

It is recommended to write your answers in a Word document, Google document or other word processor, and then copy and paste them into the form when it is complete. 

LEAP Program

LEAP is a grassroots volunteer program established to provide educational empowerment projects to support the intellectual growth and creative curiosity of refugee-youth in Lebanon so they may become agents of change. As an apolitical humanitarian US-based organization, LEAP aims to raise awareness about the plight of Palestinian refugees in general, but particularly in Lebanon, to American volunteers.

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