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Country: BRAZIL, CHINA, COSTA RICA, GHANA, GUATEMALA, INDIA, PERU, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, TANZANIA, THAILAND
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| Cross-Cultural Solutions |
Tower Point 44
North Road
East Sussex
UNITED KINGDOM
BN1 1YR
Phone: 0845 458 2781 / 2782
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Program description: |
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Volunteer Abroad with Cross-Cultural Solutions. Work side-by-side with local people and experience another culture like never before. It's the experience of a lifetime. As an international volunteer with Cross-Cultural Solutions, you're making a meaningful contribution, working side-by-side with local people and sharing in the goals of a community that warmly welcomes you. You're experiencing another culture like never before and really getting to know its people. You'll gain new perspectives and insight into the culture and yourself. It's an exciting and personally inspiring experience, and you'll develop memories that will be with you forever. Enjoy the flexibility of choosing from 12 countries, start dates year-round and programmes from 1-12 weeks long. CCS offers international volunteer programmes in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Morocco, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, and Thailand. Wherever you choose, our in-country staff welcomes you to the CCS Home-Base, your home away from home. Cross-Cultural Solutions is a recognised leader in the field of international volunteering.
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General program information: |
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Program open to: Everyone
Age range: Min. age of 18 for independent travellers.
Travel to site: Independent Travel
Is opportunity more independant or group orientated: Varies
Living arrangements on the program: Group living
How long does the program last?: 1-3 Months
What are the dates of this program: Programmes run from 2 to 12 weeks long. There are start dates year-round. Please check out our website or contact us for more details.
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Benefits and advantages of the program: |
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Unmatched Flexibility
CCS programmes are designed so that as a volunteer you can decide when, where and for how long you want to take part in a programme. CCS also wants to know about your skills and interests, which will help us to find the volunteer placement that fits you best.
Our programmes are open to citizens of all countries, and to individuals, couples, groups and families.
Our Approach to Volunteering
Cross-Cultural Solutions believes that the most successful approach to international volunteering is one that defers to the needs and goals of the local community. We recognise that people living and working in these areas know what is valuable and appropriate for their community, and we’re committed to helping carry out their local objectives.
Individual Attention
For Cross-Cultural Solutions, individual attention means helping each volunteer integrate into his or her local setting and work placement while providing the flexibility necessary to meet individual needs.
Prior to departure, Cross-Cultural Solutions conducts a survey of each volunteer’s skills and interests, along with numerous phone conversations with each prospective volunteer to discuss your best Volunteer Placement. Our Programme Managers are all Cross-Cultural Solutions alumni and will be able to respond to specific questions and help you focus your goals.
Our Home-Base Structure
After a day of volunteering or a weekend of travel, it is important to know that you have a comfortable place to return to. The Home-Base is designed to help you enjoy all the country has to offer without the frustrations or time spent in day-to-day logistics. This unique structure also means that we are not burdening the local community with the need to support or care for volunteers.
Staff: Volunteers have constant access to our local staff. Our staff is from the community and can therefore answer questions, share perspectives, provide security and offer advice.
Lodging: Cross-Cultural Solutions’ typical housing consists of a comfortable house in a local, middle class neighbourhood. Clean, modest accommodations with shared occupancy rooms are the standard. Lodging arrangements always have basic amenities such as linens and running water.
Meals: As part of the Cross-Cultural Solutions programme, local cooks prepare and serve daily meals and snacks based on the regional cuisine.
Transportation: From the moment you arrive in the country until the time of your return flight, Cross-Cultural Solutions’ licenced drivers will be there to provide you with safe transportation.
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Cost or price of this program: |
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Programme fees vary depending on the length of your stay. The programme fee for a 2-week programme is £1,422. Each additional week is £155. This programme fee covers the costs of lodging, meals and ground transportation, plus individual attention and guidance from an experienced and knowledgeable Programme Manager, coordination of your Volunteer Placement, Perspectives Programming activities, a 24-hour emergency hotline in the US, travel and medical insurance, and much more.
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Typical person for this program: |
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CCS is delighted to welcome volunteers of many different ages and walks of life to its programmes each year. We have families and groups from Australia volunteering alongside teens from Canada and working and retired adults from the UK. We have graduate students from Japan and college students from the US. We have 'gappers,' people who are taking a break before university, or within their professional lives. They come to Cross-Cultural Solutions from very different parts of the world, and from very different places in their life.
We also welcome volunteers with special needs or disabilities.
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Application process Involves: |
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There is no formal application process. If you are interested in participating in a programme, please contact a Programme Enrolment Manager, who will be happy to talk with you about how a programme could work for you. To reserve your place on a programme, you will be asked to put down a non-refundable deposit of £150.
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Immerse yourself in the culture of China
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arusha, bagamoyo, or kilimanjaro, tanzania |
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bangkok or trang, thailand |
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salvador, brazil |
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Make a real difference in Brazil
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rabat, morocco |
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cape town, south africa |
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