Spark: South Africa July 31 - August 13, 2016

Program Description

Double your impact & experience volunteering abroad with a new twist that creates solutions to problems you encounter such as poverty and inadequate education!

How?
Glad you asked!

You will begin by immersing yourself in a project to tutor township youth at Inkululeko, a local non-profit focused on supplemental education. You will also engage in discussions surrounding social responsibility and development challenges, where you will debate and discover the role that South Africans and Americans have in development projects. Using the experience and the discussions, your creativity will be probed and you will work to build an active solution that you can implement at home. Perhaps, you may even collaborate with a team member from another country to implement your solution!

This new way of thinking about volunteering abroad will eventually become the norm. You can say you were part of the beginning!

You may be asking, what types of projects will I bring home?
This is of course individualized, but the projects may range from a simple change in consumer behavior to a social enterprise program model that can be honed and launched.

Join us in South Africa and Spark your Borderless social impact plan!
Logistics:
Grahamstown, South Africa/July 31 - August 13, 2016/Community Partner: Inkululeko

The best time to apply is NOW! Space is limited and we review applications as we receive them.

Highlights

GPP is unlike any other travel abroad or international development program.

*We provide:
1. Borderless Innovation: every program's core is the drive for innovation in both developed and developing countries.
2. Diversity: become part of a global cohort of participants from a wide array of backgrounds, and prepare them to be change agents.
3. Passionate Leadership

So that you can:
1. Develop your global leadership skills
2. Stretch your creativity
3. Discover & hone your personal vision
4. Become part of a network of fellows making a difference by creating solutions.

In your free time:
Enjoy an African Safari
Explore South Africa's Garden Route or the Indian/Atlantic ocean

Qualifications

Ability to travel to South Africa
18 years of age by the program start date
Open minded and able to “go with the flow”
Ready to roll up your sleeves and work towards brainstorming creative solutions!

Volunteer Types

What`s Included

Base Price: $2976 USD
includes lodging, 2 meals per day, ground transportation, international travelers and health insurance, South African translator and guides, team leaders, and project supplies.
3 MEAL OPTION: $3165 USD.
Flight Estimate: $1800 USD (from JFK to Port Elizabeth, South Africa).
Not included: Flights, personal passport, visas required, souvenirs, cell phone service (if desired), personal health immunizations, & free-time excursions.
Application Deadline: April 29th, 2016 @ 5 pm - total of $2300 is due April 29, 2016.
Registration Fee: $500 due when an application is submitted.
The balance: $676 (or $865 for 3 meal option) is due May 27, 2016.
SPACE IS LIMITED!