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City/State: Throughout Vietnam |
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Country: VIETNAM
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| Project Trust |
The Hebridean Centre
Argyll
UNITED KINGDOM
PA78 6TE
Phone: 01879 230 444
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Program description: |
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The demand for English teachers in Vietnam has grown considerably since the communist government started opening up the West. volutneers are required to teach English converstation at universities and colleges.
A phemoninally beautiful country Vietnam offers a completely different cultural experience. The Vietnamese are friendly and hospitable people and living in a close vietnamese community is one of the great benefits of the year, although volutneers must be prepared for the lack of privacy this entails! Volunteers learn vietnamese and discover much about Vietnams varied history and culture. It is a fabulous country and one that is amazing to get to know. A year living there really gives the volutneers the opportunity to get under the skin of the country and see it from a unique perspective.
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General program information: |
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Program open to: European
Age range: 17 - 19 years old
Travel to site: Group Travel
Is opportunity more independant or group orientated: Group
No. in group: two
Living arrangements on the program: Apartment
How long does the program last?: 6 Months to 1 Year
What are the dates of this program: Volunteers leave for Vietnam in late August or early September after attending a training course in July, and return 12 months later.
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Benefits and advantages of the program: |
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All our volunteers attend a selection course, a training course and on return after 12 months overseas, a debriefing course. We are a small charity and send roughly 200 volunteers to around 25 different countries every year, this means we get to know each of our volunteers individually. Over the last 36 years we have sent around 4, 000 volunteers overseas, with this experience we have built up a strong backup support network in both the UK and through out the world.
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Cost or price of this program: |
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The programme costs £3,950 and we expect our volunteers to fundraise this money during the year before they go overseas.
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Typical person for this program: |
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Volunteers are people who want to have an exciting and challenging year out before entering university. They have a a desire to help others and a wish to see a country through the eyes of its people.
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Application process Involves: |
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Applications for August 2005 need to be received by early February 2005 at the very latest. All applicants must attend a 5 day selection course of the Hebridean Isle of Coll. This enables Project Trust to place volunteers in projects suitable for them and also enables potential volunteers to chose the placement that most fulfills their aims for their gap year.
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