YAMAGUCHI AJET/PA SERVICE LEAVERS' GUIDE 2004

 

 

 

CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR SUCCESSOR

Surely you remember the last few weeks before you left your own home country to start your own Japanese adventure a year ago, two years ago, three years ago. You no doubt had a million questions and worries, wonders and ponderings. There were probably so many things that you wished you could have asked about: where you would be living, what your daily life would be like and what you might need to pack to get you there and started up.

Make contact with your successor as soon as you get their contact details. When giving information, try to be perceptive enough to answer the questions that they cannot possibly imagine yet, from the perspective of someone who may never have even been abroad before. On the other hand, be cautious of flooding them with less relevant information, which will only increase their stress levels in the frantic build up to departure.

Be sure to provide information about the following:

Try to avoid

You are unlikely to receive your successor's contact details and information until the end of May, but in the meantime you can start preparing!

 

 

TICKET OR CASH?

Contracting Organisations (your Board of Education, or Kencho) differ in their policies towards providing the return airfare for their returning JET participants. In order to be eligible to have your ticket (or no-questions-asked cash) provided, you must fulfill three conditions:

IF YOU WISH TO TRAVEL IN JAPAN AFTER LEAVING JET, BEAR IN MIND THAT YOU MUST LEAVE THE COUNTRY WITHIN A MONTH (OR AT LEAST GIVE THIS IMPRESSION), OTHERWISE YOU WILL FOREFEIT YOUR RETURN AIRFARE PROVISION. (See also: VISAS)

Remember to ask your supervisor well in advance about how your Contracting Organsiation will provide for your return airfare. If they decide to offer you cash, you will likely be responsible for purchasing your own ticket, and making your own travel arrangements. You may have to pay the initial deposit (and possibly the balance) from your own funds, to be reimbursed at a later date. The sooner you find out, the better chance your have of securing the flight you want at a good price. (See also: FLIGHTS)

Around June, your supervisor will provide you with a "JET Return Travel Itinerary" form, which you must complete and submit to your Contracting Organisation. For further information, please refer to the General Handbook.

air ticket 航空券 koukuuken
cash 現金 genkin
reservations 予約 yoyaku

Return Travel
Itinerary Form

JET 参加者帰国予定書 JET sankasha kikokuyoteisho

 

CHANGING YOUR VISA TYPE

If you plan to stay in Japan after your current work visa expires (check your passport), whether for just one day or for a few weeks, you must change your status of residency to "TEMPORARY VISITOR", the same visa given to tourists visitingJapan.

You must change your visa type before your current visa expires (usually on the last day of your contract). If your JET visa expires on the same day as your contract, you will need to visit the Immigration Office before your visa expires, and request a "TEMPORARY VISITOR" visa to begin from the day after your contract ends.

The Immigration Office ask that you schedule time to make two visits to the office, as the visa cannot always be issued on the same day. Your first visit will be to apply for the visa, the second to get the approval stamped in your passport. You are recommended to make the first visit anytime from a month to a few days before your current visa expires.

There are four Immigration Offices in Yamaguchi Prefecture (Open 09:00 - 12:00, 13:00 - 16:00):

For help in English or Spanish, there is also the Hiroshima Immigration Information Centre, 2-11 Hiroshima Godo-chosha, 6-30 Kami Hachobori, Naka-ku, 730-0012. Tel. 082-502-6060.

When you go to the Immigration Office, you will need to bring yourpassport, Alien Registration card, inkan and 4000yen in cash.

After you have obtained the new visa, you should get your status of residence changed on your Alien Registration, by taking your card, passport (with new visa) and inkan seal to your local city hall or yakuba.

You should not have to take nenkyu for your trips to the Immigration Office, and may use "special leave". If you wish to do this, then please make arrangements with your supervisor / teachers ahead of time to avoid difficulty.

visa ビザ biza
expire 切れる kireru
Temporary Visitor visa 短期滞在 ビザ tanki taizai biza
Immigration Office 入国管理局 nyuukoku kanri kyoku
special leave 特別休暇 tokubetsu kyuuka

 

OBTAINING YOUR PENSION REFUND

For one, two, three or even more years now you will have been begrudgingly contributing to the Japanese Pension System. Every month a deduction is made from your salary for the National Pension Insurance, a kind of social security system. As a person not possessingJapanese citizenship, you are eligible for a one-off lump sum withdrawalof a percentage of the total amount you have contributed throughout your time with JET.

You must leave Japan after completing your contract to be eligiblefor the refund. Don't forget to hand in your Alien Registration card at the Airport - you cannot keep this as a souvenir.

The following figures only apply to JETs whose contracts expire in July/August 2004:

Arrived: Months on JET: Refund Vale: After Tax(@20%):
July 2001 36 846,000yen 676,800yen
July 2002 24 534,000yen 427,200yen
July 2003 12 240,000yen 192,000yen

In April 2003, the Health Insurance and Pension Refund scheme was amended. Since then JETs have been paying slightly lower contributions. The result of this is that the total amount that can be obtained via the refund has been reduced. Put simply, all contributions you made up to April 2003 will be calculated at the old (higher) rate, and those made since April 2003 at the lower rate. Thoseof us whose time on JET spanned this amendment will notice that our refunds are significantlylower (or higher, depending on which set of rates you look at) than expected.

The following figures apply to ALL JETs who arrived in Japan after April 2003:

Months on JET:

Refund Rate: (% of monthly remuneration)

 Refund Vale: After Tax(@20%):
6 - 11 months 40% 120,000yen 96,000yen
12 - 17 months 80% 240,000yen 192,000yen
18 - 23 months 120% 360,000yen 288,000yen
24 -29 months 160% 480,000yen 384,000yen
30 - 35 months 200% 600,000yen 480,000yen
36 months+ 240% 720,000yen 576,000yen

 

PENSION REFUND APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

1. Before leaving Japan, pick up an application form called a "Request of Arbitration for Lump-sum WithdrawalBenefit", from any Social Insurance Office. Alternatively, your local city/ town/ village hall may also have the form available in their Pensions Section.

2. The form is very simple, and instructions are available in English, Spanish as well as other languages. You will need to give simple personal information (date of birth, etc), in addition to designating a bank account for the refund to be paid into. The account must be in your name (be your account) and be held in your home country. The bank should then stamp your form to prove that the account number and other details are correct. If this is not possible then a simple bank statement should suffice for this purpose. You will also need to write your pension system number at the bottom of the form. If you have a blue pension book, use the "Basic Pension Number" box. If you have an orange book, fill in the "Employee's Pension Insurance Registration Number" box. Don't worry too much, just make sure that the number itself is correct.

3. Before leaving Japan, designate somebody to be your tax representative. Do this by obtaining and filling out a "Declaration Naming a Person to Administer the Taxpayer's Tax Affairs" form, also available from the Social Insurance Office. You can ask your supervisor or contracting organisation to be your representative.

4. Get hold of your Pension Book, if you don't already have it. (Your office may have been looking after it for you.)

5. As soon as you arrive in your home country, send the completed "Request of Arbitration for Lump-Sum WithdrawalBenefit" back to the following address:

Social Insurance Agency
Takaido Nishi 3-5-25, Suginami-ku
Tokyo 168-8505
JAPAN

Be sure to include with your application form:

Don't forget to make a copy of your application before you send it.

6. Two to six months later, your refund we be credited to your account. Around the same time, you will receive a 'receipt of payment' in the post. Send this to your designated tax representative in Japan, who will file it at the tax office on your behalf. They will receive the tax rebate, and then send it on to you (provided you give them your account details).

NOTES

pension refund   biza
Social Insurance Office 切れる kireru
"Request of Arbitration for Lm-SumWithdrawalBenefit" form 短期滞在 ビザ tanki taizai biza
Lump-Sum Withdrawalpayment 入国管理局 nyuukoku kanri kyoku
"Declaration Naming a Person to Administer the Taxpayer's Tax Affairs" form 特別休暇 tokubetsu kyuuka
Tax Representative 納税管理人 nouzei kanrinin

 

HEALTH INSURANCE

Your public health insurance policy, which pays 70% of your medical fees, expires on the last day of your contract. Coverage under the JET Programme Accident Insurance Policy ends on the day you return to your home country, or August 31st, whichever is sooner.

If you stay in Japan after finishing your contract, you will have to rely on the Accident Insurance Policy for medical emergencies. To make a claim, contact the "Sompo Japan English Hotline" on 0120-08-1572 in Japan, or you can call collect on 0081-3-3593-1572 if abroad. For further policy information, call CLAIR.

From the day you arrive in your home country you will have to make your own arrangementsfor health insurance as you will no longer be covered by either Japanese policy. If you plan to travel after your contract ends (in Japan or elsewhere) you are strongly advised to purchase separate healthcare/ theft and loss insurance.

Note:

If you give birth to a child (anywhere in the world) within 6 months of leaving JET, and you were enrolled in the health insurance system for at least a year, you maybe entitled to claim a 300,000yen one-off payment. You do not need to be in Japan to claim this.

 

DISPOSING OF YOUR CAR

If you are unable to find somebody to privately sell or pass your car onto, or it is deemed to have no value by a car dealership, you will have to dispose of it yourself. You will be liable for vehicle tax until your car is properly disposed of (the necessary paperwork is completed and the car is physically disposed of).

Warning: Don't try to 'dispose' of your car by ditching it at the airport, leaving it at the side of the road, rolling it off a cliff, etc. Even without licence plates it can still be identifiedas yours. Your home details are still registered in Japan and you will receive a bill for the disposal eventually.

If you bought your car from a dealer, this is the best place to take it to for disposal. If you didn't , there are many disposal companies and dealerships which will dispose of it for you (for a fee). Necessary documents include:

SELLING YOUR CAR PRIVATELY

The mere act of selling your car to another person (another JET for example) is not enough to absolve you of responsibilityfor it. It will not be off your hands until the new owner registers the transfer of ownership. There are several documents necessary for the transfer registration:

Document Japanese Romaji:
ApplicationForm (OCR#2 sheet) OCR シート OCR Shiito
Receipt for Payment of Registration Fee 手数料納付書 Tesuuryou noufusho
Proof of Transfer of Car Ownership 譲渡証明書 joutoshoumeisho
Certificate of Proof of Inkan Registration 印鑑証明書 inkanshoumeisho
Certificate of Proof of Address 使用者の住所を証する書面 shoyoushanojusho wo shousuru shomen
Certificate of Proof of Parking Space 自動車保管場所証明書 jidousha hokan basho shoumeisho
Receipt of Automobile Tax Paid 自動車税納付証明書 jidoushazei noufu shoumeisho shaken sho
Certificate of Vehicle Inspection 車検書 shakensho

The buyer may also need certain documents from you too. You will almost certainly have to Inkan some documents, so leave plenty of time to do this before you return home.

 

OBTAINING A VEHICLE TAX REFUND

If you dispose of your car before leaving Japan, you will be entitled to claim back most of the tax you paid in April/May. Once the disposal is complete, take the Certificate of Disposal to the place where you paid the original tax to claim a refund. Again, do not wait until the last minute to complete this as the process may take time.

 

USING UP NENKYU (ANNUAL PAID LEAVE)

You may find yourself with a lot of paid leave (nenkyu) remaining at the end of your contract. Provided your contracting organisation agrees, you may be able to return home early by using up your remaining nenkyu. Returning home early using this method is not non-fulfillment of contract, and would not affect the contracting organisation's obligation to provide the JET's return airfare. Prefectural ALTs may not leave Japan until after the leavers' ceremony, usually around the first week in July. If your Contracting Organisation agrees to let you leave early, you will have to make arrangements with them to have your last pay packet sent home. As with all applications for paid leave, your Contracting Organisation is well within its rights to refuse if the timing is inconvenient. Ask well ahead of time, and be prepared to negotiate.

 

OBTAINING REFERENCES

Within a few months you will find yourself at home and, more than likely, looking for a new job. You will need at least one reference letter explaining what you did and how you did it here in Japan. It would be wisest to ask your supervisor or one of your English teachers (that you work with regularly) to write a letter for you. Hiring procedures and customs are different in Japan from many of our home countries. You will have to explain the purpose of a reference letter, and how they are normally written. Althoughit may seem rather unusual and a little awkward, you may want to assist them in drafting your letter. It is not very Japanese to blow your own trumpet or brag on about your own merits and accomplishments, so your supervisor may find it difficult to write the kind of letter you may be expecting. The following are things you may wish to consider when drafting your letter:

  • Brief description of your town/community and schools
  • School-related duties
  • Office duties
  • Exam writing
  • Extra-curricular activities
  • Demonstration classes
  • Elementary school visits
  • Speech contests
  • Participation in school/town festivals
  • Adult conversation classes
  • Study groups
  • Articles for school/local newspapers
  • Other projects
  • Participation in seminars, conferences
  • Proofreading/ translation experience
  • Progress in learning Japanese
  • AJET/PA Roles

In addition to reference letters, you will need to update your CV (resume). How can you even attempt to sum up your whole JET experience in just a few lines? Besides all the wonderful things that you would like to be included in your reference letter, don't forget that you have probably developed some important and impressive skills while you've been here: Adaptability, Flexibility, Working as a Team, Durability, Patience, Cultural Awareness, Diplomacy and tact, Persistence, Independence, language (Japanese) proficiency. The fact that you have thrived, or simply survived, overseas says a lot about you, so be sure to mention it in your CV (resume.)

 

PRE-DEPARTURE CHECKLIST

THINGS TO LEAVE FOR YOUR SUCESSOR

FORWARDING MAIL

There are two ways to deal with all the mail that will inevitably surface once you're gone. You can pick up a "Change of Address Notice" postcard at the post office, which is usually found on the desk with the banking forms. Fill out the form and return it to the post office. You will need you're Inkan.

Option 1: Persuade a friend who is staying in Japan (or a Japanese person(!)) to receive your mail for you. All of your domestic and international mail can be forwardedto his or her address for one year. Your friend can send the important mail to you. A new form will have to be filled out each year to continue having the mail forwarded.

Option 2: You can have your mail forwarded overseas to your post-JET residence. However, only international mail will be forwarded. Domestic mail (mail originating in Japan) will be returned to the sender. Packages forwarded to your overseas address will have pay-on-delivery charges applied.

Remember to leave your post-JET address with your office.

local Japanese tax 地方税 chihouzei
Bank Account 銀行口座 ginko kouza
"Please close my bank account" 私の銀行口座を閉じてください。 watashi no ginko kouzai wo tojite kudasai.
Change of Address Notice 転居届け書 tenkyo todokesho
Forwarding 転送 tensou
Post Office 郵便局 yuubinkyoku

RE-ENTRY AND REVERSE CULTURE SHOCK

"But I'm only going home. What's all the fuss about?"

These are the terms used to describe the difficulties encountered after returning home from　an extended soujourn abroad. Re-adjustment to the environment of your home country carries with it different problems to those you faced in adjusting when you came to Japan. If you are unprepared, re-entry may be even more of a shock to your system than the initial culture shock you experienced upon arrival here. As a traveller, you need to frame "coming home" as part of a complete cycle that includes leaving in the first place, settling overseas, and finally returning.

You may think there is little to prepare for your move back home other than the logistics of packing, buying your ticket and getting on the right plane. You know the language, how to get things done, you're going back to your family, friends and familiar surroundings - what could be easier? But don't forget that after living abroad for an extended period (especially in Japan) you will return a changed person, as ominous as it sounds. In your absence, your home and the people in it will have been gradually changing as well. You'd think it would be easy to pick up where you left off, but you'd be suprised.

Think back to your initial arrival in Japan and the roller-coaster ride of emotions that culture shock took you on - from initial euphoria (Tokyo baby, yeah!) to irritability and hostility (Eeeuh. Raw fish. Gross!) to gradual adjustment (I suppose Japanese food is quite healthy), and finally to adaptation (or even assimilation) - "I'm preparing a sushi dinner for 25 of my closest friends, wanna come?"

You may be suprised to find yourself experiencing these same kind of feelings when you go home. While Taco Bell or baked beans may infact be delicious for breakfast, lunch and dinner, after a few weeks you 'll have beens coming out of your, err.. ears.

Initially your friends will find it interesting to listen to your stories of an exotic life in Yamaguchi, but soon their faces will take on that all-too-familiar glazed look and betray their lack of interest. They simply cannot relate. You will be asked the same repetoire of standard questions (a bit like being an ALT) - What was it like there? What's Japan like then? Did you eat sushi? The constant burden of having to think-up crowd pleasing sound-bites will grow heavy. You will begin to slip back and forth from being dazzled by all the exciting gaijin to wondering just what the hell you are doing amongst them, and then feeling terribly out of place. (Sound familiar?)

While many people are able to quickly move on to the adjustment phase, others continue to feel alienated long after they get back. If you notice that you are feeling the symptoms of culture shock, loneliness, disorientation, depression - be aware that you are in fact suffering from reverse culture shock. More often that not being able to recognize a problem makes it easier to deal with. Take time to readjust your expectations and give yourself time to learn about the culture you have come back into. With patience and effort, you will be able to find ways to make use of the skills and experience you have acquired in Japan. Life in your home country may not provide you with the challenges that you were used to facing on a daily basis. Realize that your home country has become foreign to you, and approach it as a new challenge. You will also developed new attitudes, values and perceptions while living abroad that are out of sync with what you find when you return. You will be seeing a new world, through a new set of lenses.

How should you counteract culture shock? Some people don't do anything at all, they may even enjoy the experience. Others successfully employ the tactics that they used to adjust to life in Japan to help them prepare for their new lives back home.

Above all, have some kind of a plan. There is still plenty of time. A plan that fails is better than not having had a plan in the first place. Apply for jobs, plan trips, go back to school, become a volunteer, just decide on something before you leave Japan. Former JETs have told of the agony of moping round the house for weeks on end with nothing to do.

COPING STRATEGIES

Before you leave Japan:

En Route:

When you get home:

You may be amused to find that many of the customs that you once thought were perfectly normal now seem strange. Re-entry is a time for you to go through a great deal of adjustment and to try to integrate your experience in Japan into the larger scope of your life. It may take you months of even years to process the ways in which living in Japan has affected you. Don't panic, relax, remember if you can survive here you can survive anywhere! You'll begin to feel at home soon enough.

 

 

SAYING GOODBYE

4 or 5 months before leaving start planning your goodbyes. Make a list of the people who mean the most you to you here, and reflect on what kind of ongoing relationship you realistically plan/want to have which each. Make sure you are able to say goodbye in a way that does your relationship justice. (Some people avoid this difficult goodbye scenario completely- either by forming unrealistically close bonds, or by alienating themsevles. Don't make the same mistake!) The actual act of saying goodbye needn't be along, drawn out affair. A simple Japanese phrase expressed from the heart will go a long way. If you plan to have a farewell dinner/party, then this might be the opportunity to make a slightly longer speech.

Remember, your students may want some kind of closure too. Preparing a farewell speech for them is a great chance to leave them with a positive, motivational message. Encourage them to continue studying English, to chase their dreams and look forward to welcoming the next ALT.

Goodbye Etiquette: While you may have built up a close enough relationship with some of your colleagues and friends to give them them a bear-hug goodbye, think twice before passionately embracing your boss/ kocho-sensei. Public hugging/kissing is still deemed impolite amongst Japanese who are not accustomed to the ways of foreigners (or simply old-fashioned). In these situations, a warm handshake is the safest option.

Goodbye さようなら sayounara
Thank you very much Mr. X, thank you for looking after me. どうもありがとうございます。

Xさん、大変お世話になりました。

 doumo arigatou gozaimasu X san, taihen osewa ni narimashita.

 

THE JET ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (JETAA)

The JET Alumni Association is, er, just that. An association (organised into regional chapters) which creates opportunities for past JETs to meet, contact each other, hold reunions, etc. Click on the link below and find a chapter near you:

 

http://www.jet.org

 

Also, see the General Handbook, page 322 for further information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POST-JET CAREERS AND OPPORTUNITIES

If you aren't lucky enough to be buying a round the world ticket or if you aren't going home to hit the books, the chances are you'll be finding yourself on a job search. Here are some links, organised by country, to get you rolling:

COUNTRY
 DESCRIPTION GO!

JETAA Job E-mail list. Regular openings within Japan and home countries, e-mailed to you directly.

http://www.cheno.com/job

 GO!

E-mail information about job vacancies requiring Japanese language skills, according to your profile.

http://www.bilingual-jobs.com

 GO!

http://www.japanesejobs.com will e-mail you with US or Japan based information.

http://www.japanesejobs.com

GO!

Aeonet for TEFL positions throughout the world.

http://www.aeonet.com

GO!

tokyoclassified.com offers help with housing, jobs, etc in the Tokyo and Kanto areas.

http://www.tokyoclassified.com

GO!

ELT News is a site for teachers in Japan, updated daily with a list of EFL jobs.

http://www.eltnews.com

 GO!

ohayosensei.com lists teaching jobs in Japan.

http://www.ohayosensei.com

 GO!

gaijinpot.com offers daily job listings, interesting articles and tips on living in Japan.

http://www.gaijinpot.com

GO!

workopolis.com lists jobs available througout Canada. THe site also includes career advice, career profiles and links to MBA courses.

http://www.workopolis.com

 GO!

jobsineducation.com lists advertisments related to education jobs across Canada.

http://www.jobsineducation.com

 GO!

educationcanada.com lists teaching opportunities throughout Canada with links to provincial sites.

http://www.educationcanada.com

 GO!

tesl.ca lists job posting for English as a Second Language positions.

http://www.tesl.ca

 GO!

jobs.gc.ca advertises current jobs and programme opportunites with the Canadian Federal Government.

http://www.jobs.gc.ca

 GO!

Canadajobs.com has links to databases, job banks, employment agencies and newsgroups.

http://www.canadajobs.com

 GO!

jobhuntersbible.com is a search site maintained by Richard Bolles of "What Color is Your Parachute?" fame. Includes career profiles, personality tests and great links.

http://www.jobhuntersbible.com

GO!

Carney, Sandoe and Associates, Mass. posts positons for independent and private school in the US and internationally.

http://www.csa-teach.com

 GO!

Academic Employment Network, Maine, posts job opporutunities for teachers in the US and internationally.

http://www.academploy.com

GO!

Council of Great City Schools, Washinton D.C, offers connections to schools in major cities across the US.

http://www.cgcs.org

GO!

The Education Placement Service claims to be the largest teacher placement service in the US.

http://www.teacherjobs.com

GO!

The American Schools Directory provides links to k-12 schools in the United States.

http://www.asd.com

GO!

careercity.com lists jobs, employers, Resume writing advice and other information.

http://www.careercity.com

 GO!

careers.wsj.com offers some good links, and lists America Online vacancies.

http://www.careers.wsj.com

 GO!

newsclassifieds.com.au lets you search opportunites by keyword across Australia.

http://www.newsclassifieds.com.au

GO!

careersonline.com.au offers careers advice and has job listings in Australia.

http://www.careersonline.com.au

 GO!

Also, try:

http://www.careerone.com.au

GO!

jobsearch.co.uk lists jobs of all kinds througout the UK

http://www.jobsearch.co.uk

GO!

The British Council offers TEFL postings across the world. You'll need a diploma for most positions.

http://www.britcoun.org

 GO!

Leading newspaper The Guardian lists quality public sector, overseas development and media jobs on its website.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/jobs

GO!

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office offers a fast track scheme for those wishing to join the Diplomatic Service.

http://www.fco.gov.uk

GO!

Irish Jobs Page is Ireland's leading recruitment site:

http://www.exp.ie

GO!

Or try:

http://www.jobfinder.ie

 GO!

The New Zealand Ministry of Education recruits teachers (from all over the world) at:

http://www.teachnz.govt.nz

 GO!

The Council on International and Educational Exchange lists a variety of work, intern, volunteer and study abroad opportunities.

http://www.ciee.org

GO!

The Riley Guide at:

http://www.rileyguide.com

GO!
http://www.overseasjobs.com GO!

The Network of International Christian Schools lists opportunites for Christian teachers overseas:

http://www.nics.org

GO!

Time Plan Education Group (UK) places teachers in UK schools, often for supply teaching:

http://www.timeplan.com

GO!

International School Services at:

http://www.iss.edu

GO!
http://www.tesol.edu GO!

For international jobs, recruitment fairs and other services, try:

http://www.edulink.com

GO!

The European Council of International Students at:

http://www.ecis.org

GO!

For qualified teachers:

http://www.iteachnet.com

 GO!

linguistic-funland.com has links to English as a Second Language teaching jobs.

http://www.tesol.net/jobs

 GO!

International Study and Travel Centre

http://www.istc.umn.edu

GO!

monster.com - an international recruitment site, divided by region.

http://www.monster.com

 GO!

Teaching jobs all over the globe at:

http://www.worldteach.com

GO!

World Teach is a non-profit programme of Harvard University which places volunteers teaching English in developing countries where assistance is requested.

http://www.worldteach.org

 GO!

Service Civil International Workcamps offers 2-4 week terms in Europe, Africa and Asia. Volunteers pay their own expenses.

http://www.scs-ivs.org

 GO!

Global Citizens Network offers short-term trips to work on small development projects. Group leaders often needed.

1931 Inglehart Ave,. St Paul, MN 55104 (US). Telephone: 1-612-644-0960

Global Routes needs year-round group leaders for high school and college work camps in South and Central America, Africa and Asia.

http://www.globalroutes.org

 GO!

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) (UK) places 2,000 volunteers in 59 countries across the globe. Volunteers are paid a stipend, receive airfare, accomodation and a stipend paid upon completion of a 2-year contract. Volunteers must be Canadian or UK residents (not necessarily British or Canadian).

http://www.vso.org.uk

 GO!

 

 

 

COMPILED AND PRODUCED BY STEPHEN JONES, ORIGINAL REASEARCH BY LUCY PORTEOUS. MARCH 2004.