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Cultural Embrace

7201 Bill Hughes Road
Austin, TX 78745
United States
Phone: 512-469-9089/888-214-8570
Fax: 512-469-9089

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Cultural Embrace programs in other countries:

Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, China, Costa Rica, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru, Russia, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Vietnam, Wales
   


Discover the Similarities - Share the Differences: Pre-arranged Volunteer Projects Throughout the World

- Multi-Country
    ,  Locations Throughout the World,  Various cities in each country

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 5-8 weeks, 9-12 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: Varies per project, ~1 week - 1 year, Throughout the year

Description: 1 week-1 year projects throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, & Latin America. Includes: project set-up, donations, room, board, insurance, language lessons (in most locations), cultural activities, excursions, airport pick-up/transfer, pre-departure and local support.

Leave the planning to us, so you can be safe and comfortable while you maximize your time lending a hand to help the local community and gain a new perspective of your own life! We offer a wide variety of volunteer projects, including: environment/ecology, social services, orphanage & shelter assistance, construction/ maintenance, health/medical/dental, administrative, public policy, economy/business, education/tutoring, and more.

Discover the Similarities - Share the Differences: Pre-arranged Volunteer Projects Throughout the World

Highlights:
* Practical experience in the area in which you are interested
* Hands-on practice to improve and practice your intercultural and communication skills (foreign language if applicable)
* Experience in a foreign professional atmosphere
* A reference from your internship company at the end of your term
* A broader perspective on world views
* Chance to learn other foreign cultural activities (ie: art, cooking, crafts, dancing, etc)
* Memorable experiences while traveling and seeing exotic sites
* Lifelong friends from all around the globe
* Advantages to your career path exemplifying your experiences, diligence, independence, and intercultural communications
* Support and development of self-confidence and personal skills

Qualifications: Each destination has different requirements, but most internships require the following:
* Be 18+ years of age (or adult/guardian consent for minors)
* Be open to foreign cultures and living abroad
* Have a high level of responsibility
* Be dedicated to the full term of commitment
* Basic foreign language knowledge helpful in most destinations. Intensive language lessons included for most programs, or can be added as an option before or during project

Languages :
  • English
  • Cost in US$: varies per location

    Cost Includes :
  • Emergency evacuation services
  • Excursions
  • Food
  • Housing
  • In-country orientation/Training
  • In-country staff support
  • International travel
  • Language instruction
  • Living stipend
  • Medical insurance
  • Medical services
  • Pre-departure orientation/Training
  • Registration fees
  • Travel while in host country
  • Written materials abroad
  • Written materials pre-departure
  • Experience Required: no

    Volunteer Types :
  • academic reinforcement
  • adult education
  • agriculture
  • AIDS
  • animal welfare
  • anthropology
  • appropriate technology
  • archaeology
  • arts
  • athletics
  • biological research
  • building maintenance
  • building schools
  • business
  • childcare/children
  • clerical and office work
  • community centers
  • community development
  • community health
  • community organizing
  • computer training
  • consciousness-raising
  • conservation
  • cooking
  • counseling
  • culture
  • curriculum planning
  • cutting wood
  • democracy training
  • digging
  • disability issues
  • drama
  • driving
  • drug or alcohol recovery
  • eco-tourism
  • economic development
  • education
  • elderly
  • elections
  • energy
  • English teaching
  • environment
  • escorts
  • family planning
  • feasibility studies
  • festivals
  • fixing fences
  • food
  • gardening
  • gender issues
  • geology
  • global warming
  • grassroots organization
  • ground patrol
  • handicapped
  • health
  • health care
  • health education
  • historic preservation
  • home visit
  • homelessness
  • hospital
  • housing
  • human rights
  • income-generation
  • indigenous issues
  • infrastructure planning
  • intervention
  • journalism
  • labor issues
  • law
  • legal aide
  • literacy
  • managerial consulting
  • marketing
  • media work
  • medicine
  • micro-enterprise
  • microcredit
  • minority groups
  • natural resources
  • nursing
  • nutrition
  • office work
  • organic farming
  • organizational development
  • orphans
  • painting
  • parks
  • peace
  • planting
  • population issues
  • primary education
  • professional services
  • public education
  • public policy
  • public speaking coordination
  • reception
  • recreation
  • reforestation
  • relief
  • renovation
  • repairs
  • reporting
  • research
  • restoration
  • sanitation
  • sea turtle protection
  • secondary education
  • secretarial
  • self help
  • seniors
  • small business development
  • social services, social work
  • solar & hydro projects
  • sports
  • strategic planning
  • street kids
  • teaching
  • teaching accounting
  • technical assistance
  • tourism
  • trail building
  • translation
  • transportation
  • tree planting
  • tutor
  • veterinary
  • volunteer management
  • volunteering
  • water
  • wildlife surveying
  • women
  • writing
  • youth
  • youth development
  • Typical Volunteer: CE's volunteers want to provide a service to the local community that they are visiting, and gain a geniuine appreciation of the culture they are immersed in. They are flexible and adaptable and have a sense of fun, adventure, and humor.

    Age Range: 16-75

    This Program is open to World Wide Participants. This Program is also open to Families, Couples and Individuals

    Typical Living Arrangements :
  • Apartment/Flat
  • Group living
  • Home-stays
  • Independent living
  • Other
  • Participants Travel to - Multi-Country Independently Or in Groups

    Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups

    Application Process Involves:

    • In-Person Interview when Feasible
    • Letters of Reference
    • Other
    • Phone Interview
    • Physical Exam/Health Records
    • Resume
    • Transcript
    • Written Application

    Post Services Include:

    • Alumni Network
    • Exit DebriefingAbroad

    Cultural Embrace's Mission Statement: Our mission is to encourage people to recognize and appreciate cultural diversity. We believe that visiting a place firsthand allows one to truly experience the authenticity of a culture and develop his/her own impressions. Our goals are to provide quality service and opportunities for people to explore their world and enlighten their eyes, mind and heart. Traveling is a reciprocated flow of communication and interaction between people...the more you seek, the more you learn. "Discover the Similarities - Share the Differences"

     



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