AIESEC Kolkata
Global Volunteering Opportunities
Greetings
Dear Parent,
As you may already know your ward is now a member of the world's largest youth run organization in the world - AIESEC. We provide leadership opportunities to young people by sending them to a new country where they will be able to develop new skills and a different mindset towards the world that is surrounding us. Our mission is to nurture tolerance and cultural awareness by enabling the leadership potential in as many young people as we can.
Global Volunteer
It is a volunteering internship program lasting 6 weeks abroad with the purpose of developing the leadership skills in young people by letting them out of their comfort zone. Overall, through this program, AIESEC is providing young students an opportunity to develop entrepreneurial and leadership skills through international internships mainly on social issues which will help them enrich their education, challenge their worldview and help them gain a unique combination of multi cultural, social and entrepreneurial experience during the formative years of their lives.
Benefits of the program -
- Gaining sense of self-management and independence.
- Highlight for the CV
- AIESEC support throughout the process
- Discovering a multicultural environment
- Developing personal skills
- Creating an international network of contacts and friends
SOME SAMPLE PROJECTS
Thailand - Sawasdee National Project
This project is designed to provide English education and Cultural exchange experience to students and people in rural areas around Thailand. On the last edition, an impact was created educating over 20000 students from over 65 schools. This project is aimed to be the platform for the students to be encouraged to speak English through the creative and fun activities.
Senegal - Green Young Entrepreneurs
The aim of this project is to train youth about the causes of environmental degradation. There will be seminars and conferences of information and training to youth to make them conscious about the issue and how they can contribute to fight against this situation in Senegal while developing the concept of green economy.
Romania - Discover Romania
The purpose of the project is to promote the real and complete image of Romania at national and international level with the help of international students who will travel in the country, understand the culture, experience the tradition, photograph the landscapes in order to write a blog about Romania and promote the country through the eyes of a foreigner
Lastly
We understand your concern regarding your child's safety. It is not easy letting our dear ones go far away from us, especially when the world is so big and uncertain. On behalf of AIESEC Kolkata, we have prepared this newsletter that will hopefully answer your doubts and questions about the program.
AIESEC in Kolkata
Email: rashi.rekhan@aiesec.net
Website: aiesec.in
Location: AIESEC Kolkata Office, Shapur Sarani, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Phone: 9681030164
Facebook: facebook.com/AIESECinKolkata