Volunteer Teaching: Bali is a volunteer placement in Lovina, from $520 a week per person with a $350 deposit. You plan your own lessons and teach English to children aged 5 to 12 at a local school in Lovina, usually alongside another volunteer. Stays run 1-12 weeks and suit travellers aged 18-38, flying into Denpasar. Start dates run from 1 November 2026.
Teach English to children aged 5 to 12 at a local school in Lovina, on Bali's north coast.
Lovina
Bali
1 stop
You will be met at Denpasar airport during the scheduled pick-up times and driven across the island to Lovina on the north coast. Check in, settle into your room and meet the other volunteers.
After breakfast you prepare the lessons for your first day of teaching. After lunch you set out for the local school, where you meet children from all kinds of backgrounds who will make every bit of effort worthwhile. Back at the house, a meeting gives you the chance to share how your first day went.
Each morning after breakfast you prepare the day's lessons, then after lunch you head to the school to teach. Now that you know the school, you can work closely with the children and help them improve. Thursday evening is special: a welcome and goodbye dinner at the accommodation.
The weekend is yours. If you are staying on, Lovina's black-sand beaches, temples and markets are on the doorstep, and the local team will help you plan trips to the rice fields, cliffs and waterfalls in the hills behind. If this was your last week, it is time to pack and say your goodbyes.
Lovina is a quiet stretch of black-sand beaches and fishing villages on Bali's north coast. On this program you teach at a local school there: a range of English-based subjects, taught through play to children aged 5 to 12 from the surrounding area. Each class has around 25 bright, cheerful pupils who would usually rather play than learn, so patience, energy and a real liking for children matter as much as your English.
You can stand in front of a class on your own or with other volunteers; usually you teach with one other. Experienced teachers have the freedom to be creative and design their own lessons, and some of our more seasoned volunteers say it takes them back to the good old days. If you have little or no experience, the teaching centre supports and guides you, in a relaxed, Balinese way but with up-to-date teaching methods.
Mornings are for planning your lessons, and after lunch you head to the school to teach, for around four hours a day. The teaching plan is confirmed every Friday, and it can change with the school's own plans and activities, the weather and local conditions.
After a day in the classroom there is time to relax with the other volunteers, and the weekends are free. Lovina's beaches, temples and markets are on the doorstep, and the local team will help you plan trips further afield.
Come with an open mind and realistic expectations. Life on a volunteer project is simpler and slower than at home: shared rooms, basic facilities, heat and humidity, and a culture with its own customs. Everyone feels a little out of place at first, and that is normal.
Before you travel, read the programme information we send you. When you arrive, the local team introduces you to the project, the house rules and local customs, and they are there to talk to if you feel homesick or unsure. Most volunteers find the first few days are the hardest, and the rest flies by.
We should always be healthy and maintain our fitness. However, it depends on the project you choose and you should always be ready to work.
Nothing formal. Pack modest, practical clothes that you do not mind getting dirty. On teaching and kindergarten projects, wear neat, casual clothes that cover your shoulders and knees. On construction and conservation projects, wear hard-wearing clothes and closed shoes you do not mind ruining, plus a hat and light long sleeves for the sun. Vest tops and short shorts are not allowed while you are working.
Away from the project, dress with respect for local customs, especially in villages and at religious sites. Your coordinator will tell you about any local rules when you arrive.
Your arrival transfer is included. You will be met at the airport and taken to your accommodation, so there is nothing to arrange for the journey in.
The departure transfer at the end, from your accommodation back to the airport, is not included. You can add it as an optional extra in your account, or make your own way.
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You need to be 18 or over, and there is no upper age limit. If you are over 65, we will ask for a medical clearance confirming you are fit for the activities.
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