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Apply Now for a Work, Intern, or Volunteer Program
- China, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Tanzania, Vietnam
- 1–3 weeks; extended stays can be arranged for some programs
- Freshmen & above
- No language prerequisite
- Placements in social services, health care, education, and building restoration
Description
Global Volunteers is a non-profit organization that provides short-term volunteer options in micro-economic and human development projects. The organization strives to maintain sustained service partnerships with host communities.
Volunteer Placements
Placements options include:
- Teaching English
- Painting, building, and repairing buildings
- Providing health care
- Working with children, elderly, or those with disabilities
Past Participants
Learn more about CBS student Mike Morchia and his experience volunteering at an orphanage in Peru with Global Volunteers and his fundraising efforts in Minnesota after he returned.
More information
To apply click here or for more information visit the Global Volunteers web site.
Global Volunteers International Volunteer Fellowship
University of Minnesota students are eligible to receive up to $300 applicable to your program fees. To apply, contact Scott Daby before applying to Global Volunteers.
Global Volunteers Bonafield Pierce Scholarship
This award is for pre-health science students (undergraduate students majoring in nursing, public health, or disciplines that qualify for premed, pre-dental, etc and graduate students seeking degrees in medicine, dentistry, social work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nutrition ) participating in a Global Volunteers program of at least two weeks in Ecuador, Peru, India, Tanzania, Ghana, Romania, Cook Islands or Xian (China) related to health care.
The award is for the lesser amount of either 50% of the standard service program fee or $1,200.
Application must be submitted to Global Volunteers by October 15.
Contact Lynsi Spaulding at Global Volunteers or call 651.407.6118 for additional eligibility information and an application.
Last modified on August 5, 2009 |