17 of the Best Places to Teach Abroad
Teaching abroad is one of the most incredible life experiences you can have, and we encourage anyone to give it a go. Our teaching programmes not only support local communities and deliver …
Category: South Africa Teaching and Childcare
Take a Garden Route Trip after volunteering with children in Port Elizabeth
Round off your time teaching and sports coaching with an amazing Garden Route Trip Keen to do some further travel? We are delighted to be offering our sports coaching and teaching volunteers …
Guide to volunteering with children
Have you considered volunteering on a teaching, childcare or sport coaching programme? This guide will help you to choose the right programme for you!
Oyster’s top 17 facts you didn’t know about South Africa
South Africa is known to be an incredibly diverse country, with amazing wildlife, friendly people and buzzing cities. But there is much more to South Africa than meets the eye, and we …
Oyster programmes now available for under 18s
Oyster Worldwide are happy to announce the launch of our under 18s programme page. Are you 17 and looking to head abroad this summer
7 reasons that your next holiday should be a volunteering holiday
A volunteering holidays is a fantastic way to give back, meet new people and explore a country and culture in way that your average holiday cannot provide.
Oyster reviews: teaching and childcare volunteers in South Africa
Find out what Oyster teaching and childcare volunteers in South Africa have said about their time on the project: “It’s going really well here! Definitely took me a few days to adjust to …
A life changing experience volunteering- by Darren Shields
The world’s highest commercial bungee jump, diving with great white sharks, being inside a world cup stadium and most importantly enhancing the lives of disadvantaged township kids. My bucket list? Nope. These …
My experience teaching in South Africa- by Flossie Lavy
I joined this project teaching in South Africa for 12 weeks in January 2014. I chose to work directly with one school helping in maths and English lessons of the older year …
Develop your professional skills: Teaching
Develop your professional skills with a gap year: teaching So you want to be a teacher – or maybe you’ve been at it for years. Either way, a gap year project involving …
