Syracuse Service Learning, Volontario per Amico

  Italy

• Sicily: 
Syracuse

Durations of Program: 5-8 weeks and 3-6 months
Typical Duration of Program: 5-8 weeks
Dates: Throughout the year

Description: The Syracuse Service Learning Program will offer students volunteer positions that explore the local culture, while working towards positive change in the community. Participants will choose from a wide variety of different volunteer initiatives, in collaboration with the local non-profit organization "Vita e Cultura."

Volunteer opportunities are available on a range of projects, including the following:

* Arts education and language initiatives in local schools
* Environmental restoration projects
* Social justice for immigrants, the elderly and the disabled

In addition, custom project assignments can be made based on student request and local need.

This one-credit Service Learning course is available for students wishing to supplement a full schedule of classes and will consist of 35 hours of service per 16 week semester, or 15 hours of service per five week summer session.

Upon completion of this supervised program, students will be evaluated on submission of a completed Time Sheet and Program Evaluation, a project journal and a fifteen minute presentation on the student's volunteer experience.

Highlights: An important component of the Study Abroad Italy Program in Syracuse involves integrating students into the local culture and community. For many, being a volunteer abroad represents an opportunity, one that they simply haven't had time to realize back home where they juggle work, school, and a busy social life. As a volunteer, students will have the opportunity to explore their own culture, ideas and expectations with respect to the local realities they will encounter while giving back to their host community. The relationships made as a result of these experiences can be life long and life changing for both students and locals alike.

Study Abroad Italy, with its local non-profit partner organization for this initiative, Vita e Cultura, Amici di Max, aims to offer assistance to the local community by placing volunteers in important local projects that range from arts education and language initiatives in local schools, to working with immigrants, the elderly, and the disabled. These projects vary from term to term based on the needs of the community and the host organizations.

Cost in US$: Please contact us for information

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently

Typically Participants Work in Groups