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New!
GSC Volunteer Vacations and Website
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Global
Service Corps Launches Volunteer Vacations and
New Website
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Low-Cost
Volunteer Vacations NOW AVAILABLE in Thailand
(and soon in Tanzania)
Global
Service Corps (GSC) is pleased to announce the
launch of our new highly affordable volunteer
vacation programs to augment our popular
service-learning volunteer programs in Thailand.
GSC Volunteer Vacations are designed for
travelers who wish to participate in a
cross-cultural learning vacation experience
while also doing some volunteering in a Thai
elementary school or orphanage. TWO-WEEK
PROGRAMS START AT $975!
With over fifteen
years of experience operating overseas volunteer
programs for students, active retirees,
mid-career professionals and families, GSC has
successfully leveraged best practices in
international volunteerism to launch our newest
volunteer offering, GSC Volunteer Vacations.
Beginning now in Thailand, with subsequent
expansion to Tanzania in August, GSC Volunteer
Vacations are designed to be affordably priced
and flexible volunteer abroad experiences in
comparison to GSC’s more intensive two-week to
six-month long service-learning programs.
GSC Volunteer Vacations in Thailand are
offered year round with weekly start dates and
program lengths of two or more weeks.
Participants begin their Thailand Volunteer
Vacation experience with a two night stay in
Bangkok to get acclimated to the time change and
climate, tour city sites, and get their first
taste of authentic Thai cuisine. This is
followed by a one-week cross-cultural
orientation and learning experience which
explores Thai history, culture religion,
language and cuisine. Volunteer vacationers then
have the option of teaching English in a local
school and/or working at an orphanage for one or
more weeks. Both Thai schools and orphanages
offer volunteers the opportunity to provide much
appreciated services to poor and rural children
with no special advance training required. For
vacationers signed up for three weeks or longer,
there is also the option of a week for more-in
depth study of Thai Buddhism and culture during
the third week of the program including an
overnight stay and additional day visits to
local wats (monastery temples).
Stay
tuned for more details about The Tanzania
Volunteer Vacation Programs being launched in
August.
For more information about Global
Service Corps Volunteer Vacations, please visit
www.globalservicecorps.org.
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Global
Service Corps ReLaunches Website
In
support of its expanded options for overseas
volunteering, GSC has relaunched the
www.globalservicecorps.org website as a new
portal with expanded content, features and
functionality. With the help of LeapUp Marketing
Solutions and Zee Creative, the new GSC website
has a new look and feel bringing to life the
programs and people, which have made GSC a
leader in international volunteerism since 1993.
The new GSC page layout makes navigation
simpler and more user-friendly with “one click”
access to volunteer information for students,
mid-career professionals, active retirees and
families. Visitors can browse through GSC
service-learning programs, internships,
fellowships and new volunteer vacation options
based on the duration of time they have
available, by destination, or by specific
program type. The new GSC site allows quicker
more automated enrollment. Once enrolled,
participants can access their own personalized
“MyGSC” page where they can upload enrollment
materials, access pre-departure preparatory
information and download useful information
about their specific GSC program, fellow
volunteers and their local community. A new set
of “Live in the Field” blogs will unite
volunteers and local program communities in both
Thailand and Tanzania by program and allow them
to share information, news and learning before,
during and after their service-learning program
experience. These blogs also give prospective
GSC volunteers a first hand feel for what it is
like to be a GSC volunteer ‘on the ground’ in
both Africa and Asia.
To visit the new
GSC volunteer abroad portal to learn more about
GSC’s international volunteer programs, visit
www.globalservicecorps.org.
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