Volunteer in Cambodia
Location: Cambodia: Phnom Penh
Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring
Program Duration: 3-6 months (includes high school academic semester abroad), 7-12 months (includes high school academic year abroad)
Typical Duration of Program: 3-6 months
Dates: Please visit our website for details
LEAPNOW: Transforming Education
11640 Hwy. 128 Calistoga, CA 94515 United States
Call Us
Phone: 707-431-7265
Fax: 707-431-8479
Description
A terrific organization that offers various volunteer options: advocacy training, HIV/AIDS, English/ IT Teaching, Health, Rural Development, Human Rights Protection, Legal Rights Work and Environmental Issues. The majority of the staff speak English, and all staff members are eager to accommodate the needs and desires of volunteers. They provide transportation to and from the airport, help volunteers to find accommodation; and arrange introductory meetings at various placements. Volunteers can choose between homestay, guesthouse and renting an apartment or room.
Highlights
This opportunity is part of the LEAPYEAR program - check out our website for more details!
Intern Types
- Admin (Health Services)
- Anthropology
- Business Admin, Management
- Counseling
- Development
- Ecology
- Education
- English as a Second Language
- Environmental Management
- Environmental Studies
- Family and Home Studies
- Field-Study
- Finance
- Food Science and Nutrition
- Fourth World Studies
- Human Rights
- Humanities
- Interdisciplinary
- Linguistics
- Music
- Social Sciences
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Sustainable Development
- Women's Studies
Languages
- English
Cost in US$:
Credit Available
yes
Volunteer Types
- Academic Reinforcement
- Agriculture
- AIDS
- Anthropology
- Biological Research
- Building/construction Projects
- Business
- Childcare/children
- Clerical And Office Work
- Community Centers
- Community Development
- Community Health
- Community Organizing
- Computer Training
- Conservation
- Counseling
- Culture
- Curriculum Planning
- Disability Issues
- Economic Development
- Education
- English Teaching
- Environment
- Food
- Gender Issues
- Grassroots Organization
- Handicapped
- Health
- Health Care
- Health Education
- Home Visit
- Homelessness
- Hospital
- Housing
- Human Rights
- Indigenous Issues
- Labor Issues
- Micro-enterprise
- Microcredit
- Minority Groups
- Music
- Natural Resources
- Nutrition
- Office Work
- Organizational Development
- Orphans
- Planting
- Playgrounds
- Popular Education
- Primary Education
- Public Education
- Social Services, Social Work
- Street Kids
- Teaching
- Translation
- Tree Planting
- Tutor
- Volunteering
- Women
- Writing
- Youth
- Youth Development
This Program is open to
Worldwide Participant. This Program is also open to Couples and Individuals.
Typical Living Arrangements
- Apartment/Flat
- Dormitory
- Group living
- Home-stays
- Independent living
Participants Travel to Cambodia
Independently or in Groups
Application Process Involves
- In-Person Interview Required
- Written Application
Typically The Application Process Time is
1 weekPost Services Include
- Exit Debriefing Abroad
- Job and Internship Network
- Re-Entry Debriefing at Home
LEAPNOW: Transforming Education's Mission Statement
Leapnow's primary purpose is nothing less than transformation and positive change on the planet. We aspire to keep our work on the cutting edge of human evolution. We feel that we can have the most positive impact on the world by working in the area of education- which ideally is all about transforming and expanding the consciousness of our students. Cultural immersion, study and work abroad are our main vehicles for learning about one's self and the world.
Year Founded
1993
