Here’s an example of someone I know who loved teaching in another country: a good friend of mine spent a summer abroad teaching English in Thailand.  Although it only lasted three months, she absolutely loved it so much that a year later she decided to take a job in South Korea teaching English.  Her experience giving English lessons gave her the satisfaction of seeing her students progress each day, and their eagerness to learn every time they walked in the classroom.

Native English speakers are needed more and more as English is used increasingly worldwide, leading to a bigger need for teachers abroad.  Becoming an ESL teacher in Italy will also provide you with the ability to hone your communication skills, making you a better communicator in general; another skill that looks great to employers when you’re on the hunt for a job.

So imagine yourself making a difference by helping others learn a language that you already know, while enjoying all the wonderful things Italy has to offer.  Imagine walking through the streets of Rome or Milan, watching scooters zip past you and people sipping tiny cups of espresso street cafés.  Imagine being able to roam the same streets as Julius Caesar, Leonardo da Vinci, and Christopher Columbus.

The beauty of Italy is only a plane ride away, and so is the opportunity to make an important difference in the lives of others by teaching abroad.  Take a look at www.linktodiversity.com to help you get started teaching in Italy.

University: Mahidol University

Organization: World Endeavors

Description: Don’t put off your studies while abroad. Take classes in English at Mahidol University for academic credit while enjoying all that Thailand has to offer. Take liberal arts, science, mathematics, language, and Southeast Asian studies courses along with many other areas of study. World Endeavors Semester in Thailand program is one of the most comprehensive and affordable study abroad programs available.

University: Mahidol University

Organization: World Endeavors

Description: Don’t put off your studies while abroad. Take classes in English at Mahidol University for academic credit while enjoying all that Thailand has to offer. Take liberal arts, science, mathematics, language, and Southeast Asian studies courses along with many other areas of study. World Endeavors Semester in Thailand program is one of the most comprehensive and affordable study abroad programs available.

Highlights: For any student interested in social, cultural, scientific and artistic studies, Thailand has much to offer. Culturally diverse and socially harmonious, with verdant reserves of tropical forests and rich, vibrant traditions in the arts, Thailand is also a center for international business. Situated at a centuries old crossroad between India, China and Java, Thailand is a natural gateway not only to Southeast Asia, but also to the entire Pacific Rim. Fascinating, energetic, and friendly, Thailand is most importantly a gracious host to visiting international students. This is the setting for Mahidol University, one of Thailand’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning.

Mahidol University is the oldest institution of higher learning in Thailand. The relatively new International College is modern and forward-thinking offering a dynamic, challenging and exciting experience for international students. The 520 acre campus is filled with natural beauty, landscaped gardens and lush tropical scenery. The relaxing semi-rural setting, within easy reach of central Bangkok, makes it an ideal setting for studying or working in tranquility, without losing out on the myriad of cultural, sightseeing and entertainment opportunities available in the city, famously popular with international travelers.

Students are never lacking in diversions to enliven their social schedule, pique their intellectual interest and/or complement their studies. The campus houses various cultural and entertainment centers, and numerous social and cultural activities are held throughout the year, including dances, concerts, plays and movies. The student body has also formed many clubs centered around a variety of interests, whether artistic, cultural, political, religious, athletic or otherwise.

Program degree level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Experience: None

Fields of Study:

• Admin (Health Services)
• Asian Studies
• Biology (General)
• Business Administration and Management
• Chemistry
• Computer Science / IT
• Culture
• Development Studies
• Environmental Management
• Environmental Studies
• Food Science and Nutrition
• Interdisciplinary
• International Relations
• Languages / Linguistics
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Religious Studies
• Social Sciences
• Student Trips (non-credit)

Restrictions: None

Cost Includes:

• Tuition (4 courses per semester)
• University fees
• Transcript from Mahidol University
• On-campus orientation for all new international students
• A variety of support services from the Mahidol International office
• Housing
• Airport pick-up and drop-off
• Scheduled excursions and activities.

Living Specifications: Contact us for more information

Who wouldn’t want to visit Australia?  It’s the great big island in the middle of the Pacific filled with kangaroos, koalas, and mythical Crocodile Hunters.   But visiting the land down under is one thing; gaining work and life experience by interning in Australia is quite another.

A friend of mine had the opportunity to do a marketing internship in Australia for six months.  He had never really thought about an internship abroad, but once he found it, he leaped at the chance.  He got to live and work in beautiful Sydney while gaining skills that would make him incredibly marketable once he got back to the States.  As he was interning for a small company, my friend got plenty of hands-on experience, rather than just fetching coffee and running copies.  And thanks to his internship, he gained many contacts that helped him get a job shortly after he returned home.

By interning in Australia, you’ll not only strengthen your resume, gain references and academic credit, you’ll get the chance to grow as a person.  You will develop your interpersonal and communication skills, learn about another culture firsthand, make life-long friends from all over the world, and get a chance to see a new and exciting place.

Australia is known as a culturally diverse land, filled with exotic wildlife, rugged terrain, and surrounded by gorgeous beaches.  It’s home to the iconic Sydney Opera House, the Great Barrier Reef, and a laid-back, welcoming people.  By interning in Australia, you can gain a great learning experience at the same time you get to explore a diverse and enchanting land.  To help you find an internship down under, get started at www.linktodiversity.com.

First of all, an internship is a huge help for your future job search.  When applying, companies will look for what makes you stand out, and specifically what work-related experience would put you ahead of the dozens of other applicants.  But what makes an international internship abroad more appealing to a prospective employer is not only the work experience, but the cultural experience as well.  This shows that you can work with different types of people – at times very culturally different from how you grew up.

Although you may not know a second language, interning abroad could help you begin to learn one, keep learning about one you’ve started, or even get better at your first.  The best way to learn a language is to be immersed in it, so if you’re looking to intern in a country that speaks another language, it’s a great and powerful way to start that journey.

Not only will you learn so much in your desired field and about another culture when you intern abroad, but you’ll pick up some contacts who can help you in your future job search.  Being able to get a job really comes down to having great contacts who are willing to put in a good word for you.  And if you ever choose to return to the country you’ve interned in, you have those contacts who can help you not only secure a job, but find a place to live and help you get settled in.

Any experience that takes you out of your element and puts you in, literally, a whole new world will help you to grow as a person and give you tons of great stories to tell for the rest of your life.  Check out some great intern abroad programs at www.linktodiversity.com that won’t break the bank and will help you succeed in your future job hunt.

University: Mahidol University

Organization: World Endeavors

Description: Don’t put off your studies while abroad. Take classes in English at Mahidol University for academic credit while enjoying all that Thailand has to offer. Take liberal arts, science, mathematics, language, and Southeast Asian studies courses along with many other areas of study. World Endeavors Semester in Thailand program is one of the most comprehensive and affordable study abroad programs available.

Highlights: For any student interested in social, cultural, scientific and artistic studies, Thailand has much to offer. Culturally diverse and socially harmonious, with verdant reserves of tropical forests and rich, vibrant traditions in the arts, Thailand is also a center for international business. Situated at a centuries old crossroad between India, China and Java, Thailand is a natural gateway not only to Southeast Asia, but also to the entire Pacific Rim. Fascinating, energetic, and friendly, Thailand is most importantly a gracious host to visiting international students. This is the setting for Mahidol University, one of Thailand’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning.

Mahidol University is the oldest institution of higher learning in Thailand. The relatively new International College is modern and forward-thinking offering a dynamic, challenging and exciting experience for international students. The 520 acre campus is filled with natural beauty, landscaped gardens and lush tropical scenery. The relaxing semi-rural setting, within easy reach of central Bangkok, makes it an ideal setting for studying or working in tranquility, without losing out on the myriad of cultural, sightseeing and entertainment opportunities available in the city, famously popular with international travelers.

Students are never lacking in diversions to enliven their social schedule, pique their intellectual interest and/or complement their studies. The campus houses various cultural and entertainment centers, and numerous social and cultural activities are held throughout the year, including dances, concerts, plays and movies. The student body has also formed many clubs centered around a variety of interests, whether artistic, cultural, political, religious, athletic or otherwise.

Program degree level: Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Experience: None

Fields of Study:

• Admin (Health Services)
• Asian Studies
• Biology (General)
• Business Administration and Management
• Chemistry
• Computer Science / IT
• Culture
• Development Studies
• Environmental Management
• Environmental Studies
• Food Science and Nutrition
• Interdisciplinary
• International Relations
• Languages / Linguistics
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Religious Studies
• Social Sciences
• Student Trips (non-credit)

Restrictions: None

Cost Includes:

• Tuition (4 courses per semester)
• University fees
• Transcript from Mahidol University
• On-campus orientation for all new international students
• A variety of support services from the Mahidol International office
• Housing
• Airport pick-up and drop-off
• Scheduled excursions and activities.

Living Specifications: Contact us for more information

To receive more information about this program please fill out “Request More Info” form (featured on Link to Diversity site)

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Highlights:  Uganda Children’s Hope foundation (UCHF) is a non-profit organization with a core focus on AIDS/HIV, dedicated to providing orphaned and needy children with food, shelter, medical treatment and education in a safe and loving environment.
Requirements and Qualifications: Volunteers typically share common characteristics such as flexibility, compassion, a sense of adventure, and most important, the desire to work with and learn from local people in the host community. Volunteers are drawn from all occupations and backgrounds, and from throughout the world. Each volunteer selects a service program that best employs their experience and interests, and a program where the volunteer feels engaged in a community project of lasting benefit. Volunteers must be in good health and have the mental and physical capability to function as a team member.

Experience: None

Languages: English

Age: At least 18

Restrictions: No Drugs or Alcohol

Pay/Compensation: None

Cost: $15 per day per person

Cost Included:

• Meals
• Housing
• Transportation

Cost not included:

• Insurance
• Personal Expenses

Living Specifications: Hostel or Host Family

Service provider: We realized the children’s plight and other disadvantaged people in the community who needed an urgent attention and we could not just stand aloof and pity or sympathize with them, but must be helped in attaining their full human dignity.

Additional Comments: UCHF strive to provide a better future for some of the people living with HIV and the most vulnerable children and their Households in Uganda. The need is expensive, and long-term, so your opportunity to make a significant difference through service is likewise immeasurable

To receive more information about this program please fill out “Request More Info” form. (featured on Link to Diversity site)

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Program Type: Volunteer

Program Type: Volunteer Program in Uruguay.   Helping youth.

Organization: AUDELE

Description: AUDELE is an Non for profit organization working in Uruguay, approved and Register by the Uruguayan Education  Ministry. AUDELE do work with different programs related to intercultural learning and exchanges and volunteering
AUDELE works in partnership with diferent educational and social  organizations.  NGO´s, that accept to received volunteers or non paid internship. Most of this organization works with children, youth and disable people.
Also we have create in partnership with CUIC(centro uruguayo de intercambio cultural).
CUIC  provide mentoring for middle and high school youth in Montevideo area. The program will create partnerships with the local school districts youth organizations and different entrepreneurs. CUIC will  matches international  volunteer with a referred youth.

Requirements and Qualifications: Volunteers do not need any special skill.
However a proactive and possitive attitude to help and work with youth is appreciate,  as well as the interest in teach and learn new skills and have an intercultural experience.

Experience: Volunteers do not need any experience.It will help if they like to do workshops to the youth.

Languages: No language requirments. It is good if they know english and/or spanish. If they want they can participate in our spanish lessons.

Volunteer Type: Teaching English, Community Projects, Computers, Teaching  other subjects, Informal sport coaching, arts and crafts, workshops.

Age: 18+

Restrictions: None

Pay/Compensation: None

Type of work/duties: We take into consideration the interest of each volunteer. Depending on his/her motivations they can:  Teach English, teach other language, theach art, sports, cooking, computer, music. We try to find motivated volunteers that come with new ideas that are always take into consideration if we have the budget to do it. Volunteers will always teach something so they need to be ready to be with a group of youth and teach them some skill.

Cost: USD 800.00

Cost Included: Airport pick up, Accomodation in shared rooms in shared apartments. or homestay is possible upon avaiability, On arrival training, Non formal Spanish Lessons, english lessons if needed. Mentoring. Project coordination. Certification

Cost not included: air ticket, health insurance, meals. (Lunch is included in the child care centre)

Living Specifications: Shared room in shared apartment, ussualy the appartments have 3 rooms, a ktichen, a bathroom ,a seating room.   volunteers will have a shared kitchen. shops are close by a walk distance. Homestay upon avaibility.

To receive more information about this program please fill out “Request More Info” form. (featured on Link to Diversity site)

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Pharmaceutical companies, entertainment juggernauts, natural resource suppliers, and research and development companies, and retailers all control the majority, if not all, of the world’s monetary wealth. These companies have an inherent social responsibility towards their employees, trade partners, and investors. Over the past decade, many of these companies have disintegrated from corruption, improper research, or false financial statements.

The growth of sales from the top 200 global corporations is superseding the growth of the international Gross Domestic Product. With this rapid infiltration, corporations must operate within responsible guidelines such as: responsibility of full disclosure towards consumers through media and politics, ethical practices towards people and the environment, practical and fair allocation of finances, and the preservation of public sectors. Internships abroad provide one with a grasp of the magnitude of impact that corporations have throughout the world.

Anup Shah, Corporations, Global Issues, Updated: November 04, 2009

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