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New
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November
2008
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GSC
Launches New Programs in Cambodia!
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New
Volunteer Vacation Programs in
Tanzania
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Your
Volunteer Experience is Within Reach: Holiday
Fundraising Ideas
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GSC
has been offering Conversational English and
Orphanage Care programs in Thailand
since 1995. In 2007, GSC launched its “English
for Life” program in Thailand,
which has brought English language and HIV/AIDS
prevention training to secondary school students
and their teachers. We are now working with
selected local non-profit organizations to bring
these unique and successful programs to
Cambodia.
Placements in these programs are now available
in and around the Cambodia capital
city of Phnom Penh.
The English for Life Program provides
direct education, and builds the skills of local
teachers in HIV/AIDS Prevention and English as a
Foreign Language (EFL). English is not part of
the Cambodian public school curriculum. However,
many residential children’s centers for orphans,
private nonprofit schools, and community-based
organizations offer English language
instruction, recognizing its importance to the
future livelihoods of the children and youth in
their care. GSC volunteers have the opportunity
to help close this English language instruction
knowledge gap, increase teachers’ comfort levels
in teaching HIV/AIDS prevention, and keep future
generations safe from this
disease.
Global Service Corps provides
HIV/AIDS and EFL training along with a variety
of project placements in orphanages, private
nonprofit schools, and community-based
organizations. The Cambodia
in-country program manager is Susan Hagadorn,
EdD, MPA. Susan has over 25 years public health
and education experience and has resided in
Cambodia
the past four years.
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After
the successful launch of the volunteer vacation
program in Thailand this past summer Global
Service Corps (GSC) is pleased to announce the
launch of our new very affordable volunteer
vacation programs to augment our popular
service-learning volunteer programs in Tanzania.
GSC Volunteer Vacations are designed for
travelers who wish to participate in a
cross-cultural learning vacation experience
while also doing some volunteering in Tanzanian
or Thai elementary schools or orphanages.
TWO-WEEK PROGRAMS START AT Just
$1170!
The newly launched Tanzania
program begins with your arrival in Arusha,
where you will be met by a GSC representative
who will escort you to a comfortable guesthouse.
Here you will stay for the first three days of
orientation before moving to your homestay or
alternative housing (available for an additional
fee.) Following orientation activities, you will
begin your volunteer service in schools and
orphanages. Volunteer placements include
teaching English and providing much needed
services to underprivileged
children.
With over fifteen years of
experience operating volunteer programs abroad
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. 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
Tanzania and Thailand are offered year round
with bi-weekly start dates and program lengths
of two or more weeks.
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You
have dreamed about volunteering abroad for a
while. GSC can help you take the first step in a
journey you will remember for the rest of your
life. We realize that one of the biggest
challenges in participating on a GSC volunteer
program is finding the funds to do so. Towards
that end, we have put together a fundraising
tool kit to get you started in raising the funds
needed for your program.
Many GSC
volunteers have had great success in fund
raising part, if not all, of their program fees
and associated costs. In fact, one participant
was able to fundraise, with the help of her
friends and community, approximately $10,000 to
fund her both 6-month stay in Tanzania.
The holiday season is a perfect time for
you to get started with your fundraising efforts
and put your GSC volunteer experience on your
holiday gift wish list. Because of the volunteer
nature of your GSC trip, donations toward
program expenses and in many cases your airfare
are tax-deductible. And your donors will have
the satisfaction in knowing that through your
volunteer service abroad, they too have made a
meaningful contribution to those truly in
need.
Are you ready?
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GSC
has Programs throughout the year in Cambodia,
Thailand and Tanzania. Find a start-date that
fits into your schedule!
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Global
Service Corps
300 Broadway, Suite 28
San
Francisco, CA 94133
phone 415.788.3666 ext.
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