Language and Culture Centre Teacher in Kazakhstan
Come and help an NGO run a culture centre, organising exchange programmes for students at a local city university.
Teach your own language (any language) and provide cultural orientation to students looking for extra language practice to prepare for travelling and studying abroad.
Build relationships and invite students to cultural evenings and social activities as an outreach. Help link them up with Christians in the country they visit.
Qualities & Gifts Sought
For a visa, either apply to study a language at the university, or fulfill work permit conditions, or visit for short periods, or apply for permanent residence.
You also have a passion to share your faith with Muslim students.
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About Teaching English
Fluency in English provides students with a vital skill. By teaching English as a foreign language you can take opportunities to build relationships with students, which may open doors to share the gospel.
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About Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest in the world, with an area of 2,724,900 square kilometres (1,052,100 sq mi). Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry. It also has vast mineral resources.
Kazakhstan is officially a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage. Kazakhstan shares borders with Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, and also adjoins a large part of the Caspian Sea. The terrain of Kazakhstan includes flatlands, steppe, taiga, rock canyons, hills, deltas, snow-capped mountains, and deserts. Kazakhstan has almost 18 million people.
Given its large land area, its population density is among the lowest, at less than six people per square kilometre (15 people per sq. mi.). The capital is Astana.
The territory of Kazakhstan has historically been inhabited by Turkic nomads. In the 13th century, the territory joined the Mongolian Empire under Genghis Khan. By the 16th century, the Kazakh emerged as a distinct group.
The Russians began advancing here in the 18th century, and by the mid-19th century, they nominally ruled all of Kazakhstan as part of the Russian Empire.
Kazakhstan was the last of the Soviet republics to declare independence during the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Kazakhstan's 131 ethnicities include Kazakhs (63% of the population), Russians, Uzbeks, Ukrainians, Germans, Tatars, and Uyghurs.
The Kazakh language is the state language. Russian is also an official language.
[Read more about this land on Wikipedia]
Kazakhstan has 66 people groups and nearly 50% are unreached with the good news of Christ
Islam is the largest religion at 51%. Christians number 21% and of those, 0.6% are Evangelical.
[source: Joshua Project]
Pray with us for:
The Kazakh peoples
Russians and Ukrainians living here
Freedom of religion
Believers in this land
Unreachied minorities
[Operation World print edition, 2010]
You can also pray online for Kazakhstan with Operation World
WEC projects:
WEC is looking for anyone with a heart to serve the peoples of this land. Use your gifts and share your life with others by teaching English or working in a profession. For example, construction workers, farmers, mechanics, engineers, community health professionals, school teachers, dressmakers, and hairdressers.
We need you!