Program Fees
As a long-term volunteer (one or
two years),
you will receive:
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As a summer volunteer,
you will receive:
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- Over five weeks of cross-cultural, language, and TESOL training
- Airfare from Chiang Mai, Thailand to your host country (You
must pay for your airfare from the US to Chiang Mai, Thailand)
- Airfare from your host country to San
Francisco, CA
- Visa expenses
- Emergency medical and emergency evacuation insurance
- Ground transportation in your host country
- A monthly living stipend
- Housing
- Conference lodging and transportation (Held annually)
- In-country and home office support
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- Cross-cultural training
- Emergency medical and emergency evacuation insurance
- Housing
- Visa expenses
- In-country and home office support
- Ground transportation
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Program: |
Fees: |
| Long-term
Program - All countries |
$2000* |
| Bali Service-Learning Summer Program |
$2000 Undergrads
$2500 Others |
| Teach-in-Hue Summer Program |
$1500 All
$2000 Grads
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| Traditional Chinese Medicine Summer Program |
$3000** All
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| Viet-Am Service-Learning
Summer Program |
$500 All |
*Long-term volunteers who remain in-country with
VIA for two years will receive a $500 readjustment allowance upon
completion of contract.
**Due to the summer Olympics to be held
in Beijing in 2008 and the anticipated difficulties that will arise
in obtaining flights to China this summer, VIA has reserved a group
booking for TCM participant flights to China. All participants
accepted into the program for 2008 must purchase their tickets
through this booking. The round trip ticket cost is approximately
$1,500 (including all taxes and other related fees).
Don't Let Cost Be The Determining
Factor!
"Why pay money to volunteer?" There was a
time when I fully shared the thinly veiled suspicion behind this frequently
asked question. At a time when many people have some of the most sought-after
skills in a booming job market, it is easy to understand a person's reluctance
to pay to volunteer.
Excerpt from Transitions Abroad Magazine,
July/August 2000, by Le Ann Joy Adam, Overseas Resource Coordinator
for Stanford University |
"But having learned the hard way, I
now encourage everyone I talk to about volunteering to go through a
well-established organization. The benefits include:
- Orientation - This usually includes important pre-departure reading
materials as well as on-site orientation on local culture, history and
customs
- Language and technical training
- Arranged accommodations - A supportive and caring homestay environment
provides an important connection to the culture and a first-hand view
of social and political events in the country
- A safety net - Staff are there to provide logistical and emotional
support.
- Affordability - When you calculate the difference between traveling
to a country on your own and the cost of participating in a program,
you might be surprised by how little the difference is.
"My advice to the would-be volunteer with good intentions, great
organizational skills, and a real interest in international development
and cross-cultural education is to allow an experienced
organization to channel that energy, intelligence, good intentions into
an established volunteer program."
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