{"id":3083,"date":"2013-06-13T17:48:30","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T00:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/?p=3083"},"modified":"2013-06-13T17:48:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T00:48:30","slug":"volunteer-in-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/blog\/2013\/06\/volunteer-in-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer in Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Global Student is pleased to announce its latest partnership with a reputable international NGO in\u00a0Siem Reap Cambodia. Cambodia is one of the poorer countries in SE Asia and in Siem\u00a0Reap child exploitation is rapidly rising. NGO\u2019s fight a constant battle to keep kids in school\u00a0when they can often make more money begging at the many tourist attractions or in the\u00a0night-life areas of town. Volunteers are placed in local NGO\u2019s, orphanages and schools in teaching, admin or\u00a0development roles. Placements must be for a minimum of 8 weeks and then in further 4\u00a0weeks blocks, with arrivals beginning on the third Wednesday of every month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> Packages start at $1500 for 8 weeks \u2013 includes accommodation, airport transfers,\u00a0assistance with visa renewal, 4 day orientation program and access to 24 hour emergency\u00a0assistance while in Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Placement options<\/strong> All placements\/host organizations are currently located in and around Siem Reap as this is where Interweave is based. Your placement will be influenced by your age, skills, education, experiences and age-group preferences as well as accounting to the needs of the projects at the time. The majority of placements are within the Education sector. Your main role as a volunteer will be to help teach English at your project, which could be a day care, school, college or community center in or around Siem Reap. Along with teaching English, volunteers could use their skills to help in the following areas at the projects:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Arts, crafts, and musical development<br \/>\n\u2022 Sports coaching<br \/>\n\u2022 IT education<br \/>\n\u2022 Health and hygiene programs<br \/>\n\u2022 PR, marketing and fundraising<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/theglobalstudent.net\/programs-for-individuals\/#Interweave8wk\">http:\/\/theglobalstudent.net\/programs-for-individuals\/#Interweave8wk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UNSW students who would like to apply should apply directly to The Global Student. UNSW students who secure a place in this program should also submit the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/files\/2013\/05\/GEP_Outgoing_UNSW_Reg-Form_Sep-191.pdf\">UNSW GEO Registration Form<\/a> to <a href=\"mailto:advisor4globaled@unsw.edu.au\">advisor4globaled@unsw.edu.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Global Student is pleased to announce its latest partnership with a reputable international NGO in\u00a0Siem Reap Cambodia. Cambodia is one of the poorer countries in SE Asia and in Siem\u00a0Reap child exploitation is rapidly rising. NGO\u2019s fight a constant battle to keep kids in school\u00a0when they can often make more money begging at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8649,8637,8633,237,613,596],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8649","category-fine-arts","category-arts-and-social-science","category-science","category-self-funded","category-volunteer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3083"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3123,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3083\/revisions\/3123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/globaled\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}