In these monthly posts about organizations I support, some have re-appeared from time-to-time. I'm a supporter of TeachOverseas.Org.
This wonderful organization is marking its 20th Anniversary:
The autumn of 1989 was an exciting time in world history. The Berlin wall came down with a bang that sounded an era of hope to people living in the Eastern and Soviet Blocs. At the same time, in Alhambra, California a small non-profit with a bold vision to change the world was born.
How could ordinary Christians from North America make a strategic impact in these newly declared republics? TeachOverseas co-founder and President Ron Nicholas had an idea: train and send Christian English teachers to serve local people in the spirit of Christ’s love.
The first teachers went to Hungary and were hugely successful in building bridges of friendship and trust. New doors opened in Ukraine and Russia. TeachOverseas’ reputation for quality English teachers with high moral standards grew. Soon, school administrators in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan welcomed TeachOverseas teachers with open arms.
This year celebrates 20 years of TeachOverseas’ global service and outreach. Through TeachOverseas, over 200,000 students in a dozen different countries have been influenced by a Christian teacher.
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Hi Rene,
I help support TeachOverseas.Org as well by managing a Facebook Fan Page where you can get updates about happenings from teachers around the world every week. Most of them write blog updates for our Fan Page just like yours and it has been a great help keeping up awareness in many countries all over the world. Anyway, I thought you might find these updates interesting for your own resources...
On another interesting note, I recently added a "Country Quiz" in our new quizzes section to let visitors determine the country/region that might fit their interests best.
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