Cultural Embrace - International Volunteer Projects 2010

Location
Argentina: Cordoba; Australia: Rural Areas; Brazil: Rio Grande; Costa Rica: Manuel Antonio, San Jose; England: Winchester; India: Bankura, Calcutta, Delhi; South Africa: Botswana, Cape Town (Kaapstad), Johannesburg and 2 other cities, Namibia, Rural Areas; Thailand: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Koh Samui; Vietnam: Hanoi

Program Duration
1-2 weeks

Typical Duration of Program
1-2 weeks

Dates
varies

Description

1 week-1 year projects throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, & Latin America. Includes: project set-up, donations, room, board, insurance, language lessons (in most locations), cultural activities, excursions, airport pick-up/transfer, pre-departure and local support.

Leave the planning to us, so you can be safe and comfortable while you maximize your time lending a hand to help the local community and gain a new perspective of your own life! We offer a wide variety of volunteer projects, including: environment/ecology, social services, orphanage & shelter assistance, construction/ maintenance, health/medical/dental, administrative, public policy, economy/business, education/tutoring, and more.
Highlights

* Practical experience in the area in which you are interested
* Hands-on practice to improve and practice your inter cultural and communication skills (foreign language if applicable)
* A reference from your volunteer organization at the end of your term
* A broader perspective on world views
* Chance to learn other foreign cultural activities (ie: art, cooking, crafts, dancing, etc)
* Memorable experiences while traveling and seeing exotic sites
* Lifelong friends from all around the globe
* Advantages to your career path exemplifying your experiences, diligence, independence, and inter cultural communications
* Support and development of self-confidence and personal skills
Qualifications

- You must be at least 18 years of age, or with parental consent.
- Enjoy providing a service and working with others.
- Capable to live and work in basic and sparse conditions.
- Foreign language helpful but not required.
Languages
- English
Cost in US$:

Varies
Experience Required

no
Volunteer Types
- Academic Reinforcement
- Adult Education
- Agriculture
- Animal Welfare
- Arts
- Athletics
- Banking
- Building Maintenance
- Business
- Childcare/children
- Community Centers
- Community Development
- Community Organizing
- Computer Training
- Conservation
- Culture
- Disability Issues
- Eco-tourism
- Economic Development
- Education
- Elderly
- English Teaching
- Environment
- Global Warming
- Handicapped
- Health
- Health Care
- Health Education
- Historic Preservation
- Homelessness
- Hospital
- Housing
- Income-generation
- Indigenous Issues
- Infrastructure Planning
- Labor Issues
- Literacy
- Media Work
- Medicine
- Minority Groups
- Music
- Nursing
- Nutrition
- Office Work
- Organic Farming
- Organizational Development
- Orphans
- Painting
- Parks
- Peace
- Primary Education
- Public Policy
- Recreation
- Reforestation
- Relief
- Renovation
- Repairs
- Research
- Restoration
- Sanitation
- Sea Turtle Protection
- Secondary Education
- Seniors
- Sports
- Street Kids
- Teaching
- Technical Assistance
- Tourism
- Translation
- Transportation
- Tree Planting
- Tutor
- Veterinary
- Volunteering
- Water
- Wildlife Surveying
Age Range

You must be at least 18 years of age, or with parental consent.
Typical Living Arrangements
- Group living
- Home-stays
- Other
- Apartment/Flat
Participants Travel

Independently or in Groups
Application Process Involves
- Letters of Reference
- Other
- Phone Interview
- Physical Exam/Health Records
- Resume
- Transcript
- Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time is

2 weeks-1 year
Cultural Embrace's Mission Statement

Our mission is to encourage people to recognize and appreciate cultural diversity. We believe that visiting a place firsthand allows one to truly experience the authenticity of a culture and develop his/her own impressions. Our goals are to provide quality service and opportunities for people to explore their world and enlighten their eyes, mind and heart. Traveling is a reciprocated flow of communication and interaction between people...the more you seek, the more you learn. "Discover the Similarities - Share the Differences"