Description:
A terrific organization that offers various volunteer options: advocacy training, HIV/AIDS, English/ IT Teaching, Health, Rural Development, Human Rights Protection, Legal Rights Work and Environmental Issues. The majority of the staff speak English, and all staff members are eager to accommodate the needs and desires of volunteers. They provide transportation to and from the airport, help volunteers to find accommodation; and arrange introductory meetings at various placements. Volunteers can choose between homestay, guesthouse and renting an apartment or room.
Highlights:
This opportunity is part of LEAPNOW's Supported Internship program.
Intern Types:
Admin (Health Services),
Anthropology,
Business Admin, Management,
Counseling,
Development,
Ecology,
Education,
English as a Second Language,
Environmental Management,
Environmental Studies,
Family and Home Studies,
Field-Study,
Finance,
Food Science and Nutrition,
Fourth World Studies,
Human Rights,
Humanities,
Interdisciplinary,
Linguistics,
Music,
Social Sciences,
Social Work,
Sociology,
Sustainable Development
and Women's Studies
Language:
English
Cost in US$: 1,400
Cost Includes:
In-country orientation/Training,
In-country staff support,
Pre-departure orientation/Training,
Registration fees
and Written materials pre-departure
Credit Available: yes
Experience Required: no
Typical Volunteer Projects:
academic reinforcement,
agriculture,
AIDS,
anthropology,
biological research,
building schools,
business,
childcare/children,
clerical and office work,
community centers,
community development,
community health,
community organizing,
computer training,
conservation,
counseling,
culture,
curriculum planning,
disability issues,
economic development,
education,
English teaching,
environment,
food,
gender issues,
grassroots organization,
handicapped,
health,
health care,
health education,
home visit,
homelessness,
hospital,
housing,
human rights,
indigenous issues,
labor issues,
micro-enterprise,
microcredit,
minority groups,
Music,
natural resources,
nutrition,
office work,
organizational development,
orphans,
planting,
playgrounds,
popular education,
primary education,
public education,
social services, social work,
street kids,
teaching,
translation,
tree planting,
tutor,
volunteering,
women,
writing,
youth
and youth development
Typical Volunteer: Typically our volunteers are gap year students aged 17-35. Volunteers placed by our organization are eager, outgoing, take initiative and are dedicated to international and local service work.
Age Range: 17-35
This Program is open to
American,
Asian,
Australian,
Canadian,
European,
Kiwi,
South African
and Worldwide
Participants.
This Program is also open to
Families, Couples and Individuals.
Typical Living Arrangements:
Apartment/Flat,
Dormitory,
Group living,
Home-stays
and Independent living
Participants Travel to Cambodia
Independently
Typically Participants Work
Independently
Application Process Involves:
- Phone Interview
- Resume
- Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time Is 1 week
Post Services Include:
- Exit Debriefing Abroad
- Job and Internship Network
- Re-Entry Debriefing at Home
LEAPNOW: Transforming Education's Mission Statement: Leapnow's primary purpose is nothing less than transformation and positive change on the planet. We aspire to keep our work on the cutting edge of human evolution. We feel that we can have the most positive impact on the world by working in the area of education- which ideally is all about transforming and expanding the consciousness of our students. Cultural immersion, study and work abroad are our main vehicles for learning about one's self and the world.
Year Founded: 1993