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City/State: Xi'an |
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Country: CHINA
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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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"I saw myself change into someone a little different than before. I saw my heart open up, and up, and up. Throughout my stay in China, I helped school kids with their English, and I discovered a wonderful kind of people in a very distant place. It is something you just have to experience and then you will know the feeling."
This is what one volunteer had to say about his experience in Xi'an, China.
Description: 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 programs from 1-12 weeks long. CCS offers international volunteer programmes in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Morocco, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, 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: Minimum 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 frequent start dates throughout the year. 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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Highlights: The Community. Xi'an is the crossroads of Western and Eastern China and is the starting point of the Silk Road. Culturally, Xi'an is a mixture of the ancient and modern worlds. Home to the famous Terra Cotta Army, it was once the imperial capital of China. The city's ancient history is embodied by the huge stone walls that surround the city center, originally intended to protect the city from invasion. In the modern world, Xi'an is the largest capital city in Central and Western China. The metropolitan area is home to approximately 7 million people, and remains a major centre of traditional Chinese culture. Just to the North of Xi'an is the Qinling Mountain range, which includes the sacred Huashan Mountain, birthplace of Taoism. Xi'an is most unique because of its people. The diversity of China's people is represented in Xi'an's Tibetan, Muslim, Han and other Chinese ethnicities. Your time in Xi'an will provide you with opportunities to connect with individuals from a variety of backgrounds, exposing you to the wide scope of Chinese culture. In Xi'an, Cross-Cultural Solutions works on several projects within NGOs in the areas of health and education alongside Chinese volunteers from the community. Many people in Xi'an familiar with Cross-Cultural Solutions volunteers request time to discuss volunteerism and current events with our participants.
Volunteers in China are involved with teaching children, teaching English, assisting teachers, sharing their professional skills/experience, caring for the elderly, observing and assisting local medical professionals, caring for people with disabilities, and assisting teachers of special education.
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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.
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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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