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Cross-Cultural Solutions: Volunteer Abroad for the Experience of a Lifetime!
Experience another culture like never before while making a real difference in people’s lives. You’ll gain perspectives and insights into the local culture and yourself. It’s an exciting and personally inspiring experience, and you’ll develop memories that will be with you forever. Programs operate in Xi’an, China.
Dates Offered: Choose from start dates year-round and lengths-of-stay from 2-12 weeks.
Costs: The U.S. tax-deductible program fee for a two-week program is $2,588 (£1,408) with each additional week of stay only $297 (£162). The program fee for the one-week Insight Abroad program offered in Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Peru, and Russia is $1,695 (£922). Program fee includes: personalized Volunteer Placement, language instruction, cultural education, food, lodging, transportation to and from all Cross-Cultural Solutions’ placements and programs, pre-departure guidance from headquarters staff, 24-hour access to in-country staff, travel medical and emergency evacuation insurance, and more.
Contact: Cross-Cultural Solutions, 2 Clinton Place, New Rochelle, NY 10801;Tel: 800.380.4777 or 914.632.0022; in the UK call 0845 458 2781/2782; other countries call +44 (0) 1273 666392; Fax: 914.632.8494.
Email: info@crossculturalsolutions.org
Website: www.crossculturalsolutions.org
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WorldTeach
Volunteer in China
WorldTeach offers opportunities for volunteers to make a meaningful contribution to international education by living and teaching in developing countries. All programs include: full-time in-country coordinator; intensive in-country orientation including language and TESOL training; room and board with host families/apartments. Requires: native level of English fluency; BA or equivalent for year-long programs. Fee covers program costs, including health insurance, airfare, housing, teaching placement, and in-country support.
Dates: Year-long program departures depend on local school calendars; summer programs: June-Aug (9-10 weeks).
Cost: Year-long: China $1,000. Summer: China $3,990.
Contact: info@worldteach.org, www.worldteach.org
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Camp China
This program represents a unique opportunity to travel and explore China beyond the expectations of an ordinary tourist. Participants will be placed in Chinese schools that run different types of summer camps and will work as Camp Counselors. The program is split into two sections with a full one-week training segment followed by four weeks of Camp Counselor work. In the training segment, participants can expect basic TEFL training, leadership training and basic Mandarin lessons. In the actual camp placement, participants will work with the children in activities such as games, arts and crafts and teaching conversational English to small groups. An allowance of 2,000 RMB will be paid to all participants.
Dates: Winter Camp also available. Please contact GeoVisions for more information on available dates.
Cost: $1,965. Prices may change so please see our website for more information.
Contact: GeoVisions, 101 Sage Hollow Road, Guilford, CT 06437.
Tel: 203-457-4257. Toll Free. 877-949-9998. Fax: 203-738-1024.
Email: info@geovisions.org
Website: www.geovisions.org
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Projects Abroad in China
Live and work in exciting China. Projects start year-round and last from two weeks to a year. Opportunities exist in teaching, medicine, journalism, business and law. Programs are for ages 16+.
Dates: Start any day you choose.
Cost: From $3,145.
Contact: Projects Abroad, 347 West 36th Street, Suite 903, New York NY 10018.
Tel: US Toll-free 1 888 839 3535.
Email: info@projects-abroad.org
Website: www.projects-abroad.org
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AIESEC U.S.
Intern in China!
* Design and deliver classes to teach English; students may be young children or adult professionals, depending on your preference.
* Communicate to Chinese students the differences between the American and Chinese culture
Exciting extras: In addition to your job, AIESEC will help you to:
- Volunteer in the community or an NGO
- Research into social issues in China
- Learn Chinese
- Homestay (upon request)
- Fully integrate into the youth network through different learning and culture activities
- Communicate with a local student buddy before your departure
- Share experiences with other interns from around the world
Contact: internshipsabroad@aiesecus.org, www.aiesecus.org
AITECE
Teaching Program in China
AITECE (Association for International Teaching, Education, and Curriculum Exchange) is a nonprofit, Christian-motivated organization that recruits, screens, and facilitates qualified persons to serve in China's tertiary educational institutions as foreign experts or tutors in TOEFL (English as a Second Language) and/or as teachers in business, social work, sciences, technology, etc.
Contact: U.S. Catholic China Bureau, Seton Hall Univ., South Orange, NJ 07079; chinabur@shu.edu, www.usccb.net.
Beyond Borders
Volunteer in China
We are able to place interested US college and University students into a wide variety of volunteer roles in China. We have many different types of opportunities: teach English to low income children, build afforable housing, enviornmental projects, etc. Please contact us at 1-877-U-ABROAD for more details on which position is best for you.
Contact: info@bbabroad.com, www.BeyondBordersAbroad.com
Experiential Learning International
Volunteer in China
Volunteer teaching in China, with potential for paid positions. ELI offers unique volunteer teaching positions in China. After a one month volunteer placement in Beijing or nearby Yanqing, we will guide you through the job search process. Our partners, the International College at Beijing, are well known throughout China for their English programs. They have the expertise and the connections to help place you with a reliable institution in China.
Contact: info@eliabroad.org, www.eliabroad.org
Global Volunteer Network in Asia
Volunteer in China
Teach English in the Shandong Province of China. Volunteers may teach at primary, secondary or university level in either a rural or urban school.
Contact: info@volunteer.org.nz, www.volunteer.org.nz/china
IELTA
International Language Assistant Intern
We have an on-going need for interns from age 18 to come to Macao and assist us with English teaching programs while having fun exploring a new culture. We give you part time work and assist with housing; you learn about a new place and culture and bring enthusiasm to our local students. We seek a three-month commitment, and can work with your educational institution to document your service learning project.
Contact: gjk@ielta.org, www.ielta.org
Leaders Today
Volunteer in China
Volunteer and Leadership in China. Leaders Today is proud to introduce Volunteer and Leadership China, a new program based in the Gansu province, one of the most remote and poorest areas of a fascinating country. Currently, there is only one school in the entire province, and educational opportunities, especially for female children, are virtually nonexistent. Participants will help build a school in the area, and make connections within the local community that will lay the groundwork for a future leadership center in China. See website for dates.
Contact: gillian@leaderstoday.com, www.leaderstoday.com
New Times International
Volunteer to teach English in China.
Contact: jobs@teachinchina.cn, www.teachinchina.cn
Panda Volunteering Trip
Travel to Wolong, China for Panda Volunteering Experience
Offers Sichuan and Chengdu Wolong giant panda trip and adventure tour in the wild to track the wild panda and photograph the primitive forests, while volunteering in Wolong.
Contact: service@chinagiantpanda.com, www.chinagiantpanda.com
Princeton in Asia
PiA supports young teachers and professionals working in China, Japan, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.
Contact: www.princeton.edu/%7Epia
Teach in China: Contribute to English Education
Schools are in dire need of native English speakers! Get to know China's fascinating development from the inside while contributing to the internationalisation of youth.
Contact: torfsm@skynet.be; www.teach-in-china.cn
VIA (Volunteer in Asia)
VIA offers a variety of programs and services which facilitate dialogue and understanding between people–a powerful tool for building peace. A Stanford program, VIA promotes full-circle exchange by providing volunteer and service-learning opportunities in Asia, and educational programs for Asian students in the United States. Every year, VIA sends volunteers on life-changing adventures to Indonesia, Vietnam and China.
Contact: info@viaprograms.org; www.viaprograms.org
Volunteer in China
Volunteer projects in rural and urban China with Global Volunteers.
Contact: chinavolunteer@globalvolunteers.org, www.volunteerinchina.org
Volunteer Teaching English in China
More and more volunteers are joining us everyday who are seeking a break where they can do something different, rewarding and new. Stop daydreaming about doing something different and take your smartest career step ever.
Contact: tosic@careerinchina.ca, www.careerinchina.ca/teach.html
Volunteers for Peace
Offers a variety of inexpensive volunteer workcamps in China.
Contact: www.vfp.org
WLS International Ltd
Volunteer Programs in China
Our Volunteer Program in Beijing, China offers you the opportunity to get to know this wonderful country while gaining an experience that will last a lifetime. We have some wonderful projects in Beijing involving working with children.
Contact: info@worldwidelanguagestudy.com, www.WorldwideLanguageStudy.com
World Youth International
Teaching Placements in China
Australian teachers are in demand at Chinese Primary Schools. You can travel to China for either 5 or 12 months as an English teacher. You must have a tertiary qualification and a TESOL training program is provided. You must be 20+ and a monthly allowance will be provided to you.
Contact: terry.hoey@worldyouth.com.au, www.worldyouth.com.au
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