Through its affiliation with large voluntary service networks, Volunteers For Peace exchanges more than a thousand volunteers each year to help communities meet local needs and work toward the goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration. All projec ...
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The Margarian Scholarship is aimed at rewarding a select number of deserving students for their academic and personal achievements.
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CIEE offers 14 types of scholarships to recognize academic achievement and enable international education. Awards are made based on personal statements from student applicants.
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Trek Escapes is a retail Adventure Travel company specializing in small group adventures around the globe. They feature more then 2,500 departures year round. They offer last minute specials as well.
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ACDI/VOCA has over 40 years of experience sending professionals overseas as volunteer consultants providing technical assistance with field projects in agribusiness, enterprise development, community development, food security and financial services.
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The Rose Nolan Memorial Scholarship was established to recognize Aboriginal First Nation women who are achieving their educational and training goals while maintaining strong community involvement.
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CESA Languages Abroad provides language courses for international participants. Languages offered include Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, German, Greek, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Programme costs, lengths and dates vary by location. Acco ...
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The International P.L.U.S scholarship is open for international PhD students for a traineeship lasting four weeks to a semester. The language of study is English or Russian. This is a full-funding grant that covers tuition fees, return ticket and living e ...
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Internships with the ILO provide an opportunity for selected undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students who are pursuing a course of study or work in fields related to the ILO's mandate and activities to: (a) increase their understanding of relevan ...
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API is pleased to support students who are the first in their families to attend a college or university.
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Nexen, a CNOOC Limited company, has developed the Nexen Oil Sands Scholarship Program to encourage and assist students who undertake to further their postsecondary education and skills training. Nexen has committed $1 million to this postsecondary scholar ...
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This fellowship, established in 1952, honours Margaret McWilliams, first CFUW President (1919-1923), who dedicated her life to furthering the status of women through improved access to higher education and the active involvement of women in public life.
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- Non-profit program fees for fun, rewarding, safe and affordable volunteering opportunities in developing countries. - Volunteer in Africa, Asia, Europe and Central & South America - Teach English, healthcare and medical, community development, anima ...
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Semester at Sea is a global study abroad programme taking students around the globe aboard the MV Explorer each fall and spring semester, and on shorter, regional voyages each summer. The MV Explorer has been equipped as a floating university. The Univers ...
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The Placement Office maintains a registry of teachers interested in international opportunities, the International Teacher Placement Service. Throughout the year, overseas schools contact the Placement Office looking for appropriately qualified teachers; ...
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ELTAP offers individuals, who are fluent in spoken English and willing to help people in another country learn English, and in return ELTAP participants experience life in another culture as no tourist can, receive assistance in finding accommodation for ...
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We are an industry-leading language course provider, offering 19 languages and operating in over 90 countries around the world.
We focus on and promote cultural diversity and integration through our immersive language courses and programs. With culturall ...
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SRAS offers ART GRANT for its Arts and Museums in Russia Program.
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Boren Scholarships and Fellowships provide opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate students to become more proficient in the cultures and languages of world regions critical to U.S. interests.
Award amounts are up to $20,000 for the Boren Schol ...
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Internships offer a small group of outstanding graduate-level students the opportunity to acquire direct exposure to UNDP's work. They are designed to complement development-oriented studies with practical experience in various aspects of multilateral tec ...
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When I think back on it, my first experience volunteering overseas kind of sucked. It's a long story, but the short version is that I showed up in Nepal thinking that I was going to save the world and found out that really I was on an adventure tour posing as a volunteer programme.
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