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[MinaiMinai]

Hello! This is my first post on this forum though I have lurked on here for a while. I'm graduating from college soon and am going through the requisite "what to do with the rest of my life" crisis... it seems like many of the people on here feel drawn to EFL teaching for the same reasons I am: keen interest in other cultures and ways of living, wanting to challenge stereotypes and prejudices, desire to travel. However, as I have extensively researched teaching english overseas, I'm not entirely convinced it's exactly what I'm looking for. So I have started a quest to find other opportunities out there that fit the bill for satisfying my passion for increasing cultural relativism and understanding others! I tried branching out into volunteer rather than paid English teaching, internships, and work experience abroad. I thought I'd share links to some I�ve found; perhaps it may help someone, or perhaps many of you already know about these opportunities... in any case, they provide some good opportunities for networking and learning what�s out there. A lot of them are geared towards 20-something American citizens, but some are for those older and with relevant and extensive work experience.

Service/Volunteer Opportunities

YMCA Go Global Service Corps:
http://www.internationalymca.org/GoGlobal/Go_Global_Service_Corps.shtml
http://www.internationalymca.org/GoGlobal/Teach_Abroad_China.shtml

VSO Canada Youth Volunteer Program
http://www.vsocanada.ca/display.aspx?pid=535&cid=535

International Volunteer Programs in India
http://www.jacusa.org/

United Nations Volunteers
http://www.unv.org/

Volunteers for Peace International Workcamps
www.vfp.org

International Health Internship in Tanzania:
http://www.globalservicecorps.org/d/TZihi.html

Institute for International Cooperation and Development Volunteering
http://www.iicd-volunteer.org/getinvolved/overview/index.html

Amizade Global Service Learning and Volunteer Programs
http://www.amizade.org/Courses/VolunteerPlacements.html

Global Citizens Network: Providing cross-cultural volunteer expeditions
http://www.globalcitizens.org/

SCI International Voluntary Service (workcamps)
http://www.sci-ivs.org/workcamps.htm

AFS Volunteers
http://www.fsdinternational.org/?q=intlopps/programs/gradcorps

Habitat for Humanity International Volunteer Program
http://www.habitat.org/ivp/

Americorps
http://www.americorps.org/for_individuals/ready/programs_nccc.asp

National Association of Service and Conservation Corps
http://www.nascc.org/

Volunteer in Aisa
http://www.viaprograms.org/

Year Out India:
http://www.yearoutindia.com/

I-care Volunteers:
http://www.i-carevolunteers.org/

International Rescue Committee:
http://www.theirc.org/

Teach English:

Americans in Scandinavia: Teach English or Intern
http://www.amscan.org/training.html

Princeton in Asia Summer Internships:
http://weblamp.princeton.edu/~pia/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=51&Itemid=87

WorldTeach
http://www.worldteach.org/

Teach English in Spain
http://www.workingabroad.org/teachenglish/teachenglish_spain_2.html

HESS English Teaching in Taiwan
http://www.hess.com.tw/careers/english/salaries/

Internships and Other Stuff:

Internships International
http://www.rtpnet.org/~intintl/

International Cooperative Education
http://www.icemenlo.com/index.shtml

CDS International
http://www.cdsintl.org/

Intern Abroad
http://www.internabroad.com/search.cfm

Camp Counselors USA (and other opportunities)
http://www.internabroad.com/search.cfm

Council for International Exchange
http://us.councilexchanges.org/opportunities/18plus.html

United Way Community Fellows Program
http://national.unitedway.org/jobs/fellows.cfm

Foundation for Sustainable Development Grad Corps
http://www.fsdinternational.org/?q=intlopps/programs/gradcorps

AIESEC United States, Inc. Developing individuals, businesses, communities and co-operation through global exchange
http://www.aiesecus.org/

Find a Gap Year
http://www.findagap.com/

Go Abroad
http://www.goabroad.com/

BUNAC: Work Adventures Worldwide
http://www.bunac.org/

U.S. Department of State Careers
http://careers.state.gov/

International Fellows Program
http://www.ifesh.org/fellows.html

Great page of links from UC Berkeley
http://students.berkeley.edu/osl/calcorps.asp?id=1110

Transitions Abroad
http://www.transitionsabroad.com/


I found a lot of these opportunities from the book �Delaying the Real World: A Twentysomething�s Guide to Seeking Adventure� (http://www.delayingtherealworld.com/).
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[saint57]

Are you too good to be an ESL teacher?

Volunteer = Scam
Work Abroad = Washing dishes in Dublin

Those are your options fresh grad.

[Guy Courchesne]

Saint, are you serving up lunch with that cold bucket of water?

Thanks for the list OP. You can delay the onset of the real world as long as you wish.

[saint57]

I just had a long day in the not so real world. I'm currently interning at a museum in Toronto and it's not the cushy gig I hoped it would be. I long for the day when I will be in Margaritaville (less than two months).

[Guy Courchesne]