STUDENTS: Join Chinchiná Bilingüe! Participate in English activities throughout the year! FREE!
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Minga House Foundation has been supporting bilingual programs since 2017 nationwide and grown to recruit native English teachers for 207 private bilingual schools throughout Colombia, as well as providing our local rural community a volunteer-based bilingual program. Now that Kovid protocols finally permit sufficient native English teachers to travel abroad again and that schools can hold class in person without wearing a mark and in a safe manner, we aim to guarantee a better quality education and to help Chinchina develop a bilingual workforce in order to create more opportunity for Chinchina's youth as Chinchina continues to connect with the rest of the world. Chinchina is the hub of the coffee region host to Latin America's largest instant coffee factory and Colombia's national laboratories for the Colombia Coffee Federation.
Our program identifies a lead teacher in every public & private educational institution as the mentor for the visiting native-English volunteers for each of the eleven participating schools (7 public, 3 private, 1 university). The participating volunteer native English speakers will assist the selected Colombian mentors by providing support in their English classes, lead cultural exchange activities, and help the teachers themselves to further develop their own English skills. Especial emphasis will be placed in helping youth and working professionals develop practical and relevant English language acquisition to be utilized in their day-to-day lives and that might lead to an improved quality of life for the individual as well as help develop a bilingual culture within the community. We believe learning a second language must be RELEVENT to a person's life having immediate & short-term positive impact to their qualify of life.
Initially, our community program relied on short-term (30-90 days) volunteer participation. However, our program has grown to faciliate the participation of long-term volunteers with access to 1-yr volunteer visas; some even with support stipends. We have partnerships with foreign organizations such as the government of United Kingdom allowing us to fun 90-day stays for UK citizens. In the near future, we hope to be able to identify more funding sources to provide even greater funding in order for more participants to be able to stay for even longer periods of time.
For additional information about Chinchina Bilingue, reach out to Glen Galindo, President of Minga House Foundation [email protected] or WhatsApp +57 323-505-5710
Our program identifies a lead teacher in every public & private educational institution as the mentor for the visiting native-English volunteers for each of the eleven participating schools (7 public, 3 private, 1 university). The participating volunteer native English speakers will assist the selected Colombian mentors by providing support in their English classes, lead cultural exchange activities, and help the teachers themselves to further develop their own English skills. Especial emphasis will be placed in helping youth and working professionals develop practical and relevant English language acquisition to be utilized in their day-to-day lives and that might lead to an improved quality of life for the individual as well as help develop a bilingual culture within the community. We believe learning a second language must be RELEVENT to a person's life having immediate & short-term positive impact to their qualify of life.
Initially, our community program relied on short-term (30-90 days) volunteer participation. However, our program has grown to faciliate the participation of long-term volunteers with access to 1-yr volunteer visas; some even with support stipends. We have partnerships with foreign organizations such as the government of United Kingdom allowing us to fun 90-day stays for UK citizens. In the near future, we hope to be able to identify more funding sources to provide even greater funding in order for more participants to be able to stay for even longer periods of time.
For additional information about Chinchina Bilingue, reach out to Glen Galindo, President of Minga House Foundation [email protected] or WhatsApp +57 323-505-5710
Convocatoria a incorporarse a CHINCHINA BILINGÜE como institución
Minga House Foundation quisiera invitar a su organización a ser parte de la comunidad Chinchiná en la promoción del bilingüismo para todos los niños de nuestra comunidad. Desde 2014, Minga House Foundation ha traído recursos y voluntarios a Chinchiná para impulsar la internacionalización de nuestra comunidad. Durante los últimos años, Minga House Foundation ha invertido mucho en nuestra comunidad para construir una base de bilingüismo a través de la enseñanza del inglés como segundo idioma. Ahora tenemos la oportunidad de llevar estos esfuerzos al siguiente nivel. Invitamos a su institución a sumarse a estos esfuerzos para obtener máximos resultados para toda nuestra comunidad Chinchiná.
Durante el año, Minga House Foundation patrocinará varios eventos y acciones a nivel comunitario para acelerar el aprendizaje del inglés como segundo idioma. Estos eventos incluyen:
- English Songs Festival @ Colegio Santa Teresita
- English Spelling Bee @ Colegio San Francisco
- English Debate Competition
- Bilingual Tour Guide Challenge
- English Conversation Table - Weekly every Saturday @ 6 pm La Tarima
- English Theater Camp
- Community English School @ Escuela del Café - Activo!
- Serie de talleres de desarrollo profesional docentes bilingues
- Programa de intercambio internacional de estudiantes
Su organización está invitada a participar! Agradecemos sus ideas, su compromiso y apoyo. Solo tenemos un objetivo claro: aumentar las oportunidades profesionales y educativas a nivel mundial para nuestra comunidad local.
Para más información:
Glen Galindo 323-505-5710
[email protected]
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Chinchina Bilingue is a community-based initiative supported by a growing collective of independent organizations. This program is the result of a long history of initiatives by community leaders who have wanted Chinchina to grow a bilingual program. Thanks to their ongoing efforts and teamwork, Chinchina Bilingue is now finally born!
- Minga House Foundation
- Colegio Menfis
- Alcaldia of Chinchina
- SENA - Escuela del Cafe
- Casa de la Cultura
- Colegio San Francisco de Paula
- Colegio Mitre
- Colegio Santa Teresita
- Colegio Santo Domingo Savio
- Colegio Eduardo Gómez Arrubla
- Universidad de Uniminuto
- Colegio El Naranjal
- Chinchina Bilingue proposed Project Details by Professor Jorge Londono of Colegio Santa Teresita in Chinchina - Download
- USA Trip Report - Professor Jorge Londono took his students from Colegio Santa Teresita to the USA for an exchange experience - view Presentation
Shared Tools & Documents
- English Immersion Week - Workshops (English Spelling Bee, English Songs Festival, English Debate Competition, English Conversation Table, Tour Guide Challenge, Science & Fun, Global Sports, English Theater Camp, and others. Got suggestions?
