SUMMER STUDY ABROAD
PETERSON’S lists a wealth of
summer study abroad programs at both the undergraduate and
graduate college levels.
http://www.petersons.com/
WORKING ABROAD
The WORKING ABROAD website lists some
great possibilities. Please note, however, that these
volunteer opportunities are almost all unpaid. (Let me
also add that doing volunteer work in a foreign country also puts
you in an excellent position to find paid work in that part of
the world.)
http://workingabroad.com/page/3/volunteer-organisations.htm
You can get a paying job teaching
English as a foreign language if you take the appropriate
short course. This would work, not only for young people, but
for retirees seeking adventure and anyone looking for a change
of pace. (Let me suggest, however, that you do a Google
search to see what people are saying about a program before you
commit yourself to it.)
http://workingabroad.com/page/4/tefl-and-teaching-abroad.htm
And, if you are a full-time U.S.
teacher or administrator, you may want to check out the
FULBRIGHT TEACHER EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
http://www.fulbrightexchanges.org/
Or an AFS INTERCULTURAL PROGRAM. AFS
“provides intercultural learning and volunteer
opportunities for students, young adults, teachers and families
through international exchange.” They have a program
for high school students and ones for people “over
eighteen.” Find out more here:
http://www.afs.org/afs_or/home
The GLOBAL VOLUNTEER NETWORK, based
in New Zealand, connects volunteers to communities in need
worldwide.
http://www.volunteer.org.nz/
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY also has
volunteer projects around the world. Below is the address for the
youth program, which invites young people to spend school
breaks helping others get a home of their own:
http://www.habitat.org/youthprograms/int/
Then there's "Adventure
Travel, Habitat Style." They ask, "Want to change
the world - and be changed in the process? Take a short-term,
house-building trip to one of Habitat's many destinations
around the world and work alongside homeowners and local
volunteers of all backgrounds, races and religions."
http://www.habitat.org/hw/dec_2006/feature7.html
