Students may also like to consider combining a language course with a period of Work Placement. This provides participants with extra language practice, as well as enabling them to come to a deeper understanding of the culture, customs and way of life of ...
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Centro Venezolano Americano del Zulia (CEVAZ) was created out of the need to create a cultural and mutual understanding exchange program. CEVAZ is one of many Bi-national centers in Latin America which tightens the bonds of friendship between two great na ...
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The Wall Street Institute is an international organization of English language centres that cater to various levels of English speakers. The organization is always looking for dynamic, energetic teachers to fill positions at school locations worldwide. Fu ...
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Teach English in China, Korea, Hong Kong, Europe, Saudi Arabia and more. Train to teach English online with our accredited courses and then access our jobs pages for international jobs teaching English. * Externally accredited online courses - fit your st ...
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The Samuel Huntington Public Service Award provides a stipend for a graduating college senior to pursue one year of public service anywhere in the world. The award allows recipients to engage in a meaningful public service activity for one year before pro ...
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Global Routes' High School Programs allow students to become fully immersed in a foreign culture while gaining valuable volunteer and service experience. Whether volunteers are teaching English in Asia, building a community center in South America or a sc ...
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Extreme and Bespoke Expeditions with Trekforce Worldwide are two week adventure travel expeditions. Expeditions are available in 6 locations around the world and are highly challenging, involving trekking, mountaineering and rafting through extreme condit ...
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Adventure travel holidays which include a few days in a local community contributing to a project.
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This scholarship is intended for students who are among the first from their home university to travel on a CISabroad program.
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The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) offers internships through the Young Canadian Leaders for a Sustainable Future (YCLSF) programme. The YCLSF programme aims to provide young Canadian professionals with the knowledge, skills, r ...
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Taking Off is a placement agency that works with the student and their families to facilitate a gap year experience for each participant. Taking Off works to clarify, define and prioritize the parameters that will come to shape each participants' experien ...
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This project is working with a charity that builds and runs girls’ boarding houses near secondary colleges and lycées in the High Atlas Mountains, providing the opportunity for selected girls from villages across the region to continue their education. Th ...
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Working for G.A.P Adventures is a lifestyle choice that provides the chance to work for an organization that is young, aggressive and proud of being market leaders. G.A.P prides itself on being a "work hard/play hard" company that is dedicated to entrepre ...
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This project meets the needs of families who are on or just above the poverty line in 3 farming and fishing villages between Siem Reap and Tonle Sap Lake. Life in these villages still revolves around subsistence farming and fishing. A programme of healthc ...
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S- Au Pair Intermediate is a placement agency that connects au pairs with families across Europe, Asia, Africa and North and South America. Contracts range from short term summer positions to year long contracts. For more information, contact S- Au Pair I ...
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The awards are 100% merit-based as per the request of the funding source.
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Short and long term projects are available for volunteers who wish to make a difference by volunteering their time internationally. Projects take place in Africa, Latin America and Asia and range from working with street children in Ecuador, teaching Engl ...
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The Teaching Internship programme allows participants to live in a rural village with one other intern and teach in the community
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Film Director Darren Aronofsky, dual alum of The School for Field Studies, started The Fountain Scholarship with the monetary award he won for the film, The Fountain. In appreciation for his time with SFS in places of wonderment, Darren established this e ...
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HACU, the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities, has partnered with Global Semesters in an effort to increase the number of Hispanic students engaged in study abroad. Over the next ten years, the goal of our far-reaching partnership, the Hispani ...
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