Mary Mossongo Memorial College of Education International Programs

  Cameroon

Kumba

Term: Academic Year, Summer, Throughout the year 
Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 1-2 years and over 2 years
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: Summer programs begin in July, others anytime during the year

Description: The internship and study abroad programs are designed for university/college seniors who want or do not want transfer credits.

Highlights: The internship/study abroad program combines course work in the field of study (if offered in the college study abroad program) and community service with Non-Profit Organizations. Interns who do not want transfer credits go directly on the cultural immersion and community service.

Qualifications: Participants must be College/University seniors for internship program. No particular academic qualification is required to become a volunteer. However, volunteers who want to teach in the college must have at least a Bachelors degree.

Minimum Education: Bachelor of Arts

Cost in US$: $1.000.00/6 weeks (cultural immersion); $1.000.00 Annual Teacher Certification program.

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

Typical Volunteer: The volunteer works in the office, helps the administration, designs and implements community service programs in HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse and Human Rights, works with youths as well as with Teacher trainees.

Age Range: At least 21 years old

This Program is open to Families, Couples and Individuals

Participants Travel to Cameroon Independently Or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups of 7

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Phone Interview
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Mary Mossongo Memorial College of Education's Mission Statement: The Mary Mossongo Memorial College of Education (M3COE) is located in Kumba, Cameroon, West/Central Africa. It is a professional Teacher Training College for the Public and Private Sector. It obtained government authorisation in 2001. The College has a regular and distance education program for the training of teachers. Candidates write the national examination for teacher certification at the end of their training period. The College has scored one hundred percent each year since its inception. Successful candidates work in nursery, primary and secondary education as Grade One teachers. Our millennium goal is to have exchange programs with teacher education programs in the USA, Europe, as well as in other African nations. We encourage students and teachers of teacher education programs to contact us for international development on internships, research projects, and exchange arrangements. Our immersion program allows international travelers and students to live in Cameroon while studying the culture of Cameroonians through tours, languages, volunteer services, and informal education. Participants interact with families, learn the history and culture of the country, visit touristic centres and important traditional settings and, above all, walk and play on the beach front property owned by a patron and located in Limbe. We look forward to fruitful relationships.

Year Founded: 1990