Volunteers can also provide an important service to English language students who need a great deal of practice reading, writing and speaking the language. Your role will be to get the students to actually apply their knowledge of English to everyday subjects.

You can help them build on their skills -- and on the work of the Global Volunteers who may have preceded you -- so that our young people have a chance to improve their futures as our country enters the European Union.

Meeting and talking to native speakers is critical for us, as it is difficult to find a good job without a strong command of English. This is an enormous change for our country, where only a short time ago, we could be prosecuted for even talking to a foreigner! Our local teachers alone cannot handle the demand by students to learn English.

Teaching and caring for children - and living among our people - will present you a rare insight into rural and urban Romania!

Fees are paid directly to Global Volunteers by each volunteer, and helps underwrite their local projects, and covers the meals, lodging, local transportation and team leader costs for each volunteer. These fees, which also cover the administrative costs of recruiting volunteers and maintaining the Tutova Hospital/Global Volunteers partnership, are tax-deductible for U.S. taxpayers.