Who am I?
Hello! I am Marco, I come from Italy and I am lecturer at Utrecht University (the Netherlands). Many of you might already know me personally, thank you for visiting this page. I am very excited to tell you that I am going to volunteer with VIN in the surroundings of Kathmandu, teaching English to young Buddhist monks. My project will last five weeks starting September 2024.
My volunteering project
In the past year I have been learning Dutch very effectively thanks to a method called the “Delftse Methode”, which in short focuses on listening and speaking skills. Within a couple of weeks I started speaking Dutch confidently, without having ever tried before.
I was so suprised! So I thought: why not providing the same method to study English to young students in Nepal? That’s why I decided to develop my own teaching materials, based on the same methodology, tailoring them to young Nepali students. It’s a lot of work, but I am sure that with your help we can be very successful!
How can you help young students in Kathmandu?
Aside from the project expenses (flight, accomodation, project contribution, etc) that I will pay myself, I will finish preparing the educational materials in my free time. However, I cannot sustain all the costs of “production” on my own. And that’s why I need your support!
By donating, you can help the education of young Nepali students in the following ways:
- Print one book: with 10€ you can cover the expenses of printing and delivering an educational book to Kathmandu;
- Record one audiolesson: with 15€ you can cover the cost of having a professional voice actor recording an audiolesson, which is the primary support of the book;
- Free donation to VIN: if you are not sure which of the above is more urgent, or if you simply want to donate a different amount, you are very welcome to do so. All the money so collected will support VIN as a whole (including therefore other projects as well).
Below you will find a secure PayPal link. All the donations are safely handled by VIN. While donating, insert in the notes your NAME and the TYPE of help you want to give, for example “Jane Doe – 3 books” or “John Smith – one recording”. Otherwise, the donation will be anonymous and your name will not appear at the end of this page.
If you donate 20€ or more, your name will also be printed in the educational books, staying in the history of VIN forever!
Help me reach my goals!
Thanks to those who already support me!
Educational books printed
Audio lessons recorded
Donors Detail
Vidya
Happy birthday Marcolino!
Martin Harterink
This is a fantastic initiative!
Lotte van Dam
Happy bday! 😘
Chiara Marchese
Non potrei essere più orgogliosa di te. Grazie per la bellissima persona che sei, sarebbe proprio uno spreco tenerti qui tutto solo per noi. Non vedo l'ora di sentire i tuoi racconti e … Read more
Non potrei essere più orgogliosa di te. Grazie per la bellissima persona che sei, sarebbe proprio uno spreco tenerti qui tutto solo per noi. Non vedo l'ora di sentire i tuoi racconti e perderci in chiacchierare di ore e ore. Ti voglio un bene infinito (o meglio finito che tende all'infinito eheh). Chiara (+ mamma Anna e papà Francesco, Matte)
Can & Robin
Güle güle amico, teach us some Buddhism when back!
Emma Boi
Amazing project!
Bruk
Dajeeee Marco e ai tuoi nuovi studenti!!! Da Amalia e Bruk
Fabian Van Der Steen
Good luck Marco. And happy birthday
Valentina Garofalo
Valentina Garofalo - 2 audiolessons
Marco Post
Here's 2 books ^^. Happy birthday and best of luck!
Hamdi
Good luck and have a great time in Nepal, happy birthday 😘
Rui and Cat
Good luck!