News from EIL Intercultural Learning

Sharing what I've learned...

This week marked six months since I departed from Senya Beraku, Ghana and touched down in Cork on a cold, blustery November morning. What a six months!! Having been struck down with cases of reverse culture shock and many tummy upsets in the Christmas season, I can honestly say that I don't think I felt like the real "Aileen" till at least after the festive season had passed and 2013 had kicked in. This being said life in Ghana and the children of Mum's Care were, and still are, constantly on my mind.

Volunteering in a Soup Kitchen in Argentina: Comedor San Miguel

EIL Argentina created this lovely Slideshow video of Comedor San Miguel

Would like to learn more about Volunteering in Argentina?

TA Vermont winner makes the papers

Declan Burgess is a fifth year student at Cashel Community School, Co. Tipperary and he is on his way to Vermont, USA as a part of the EIL Travel Awards. In his busy schedule he still managed to meet with the journalist from the local paper Tipperary Star to give this great interview.

TA winner Declan Burgess

We're hiring!

We're hiring a Team Leader!

If you're well organized, have leadership or management skills and are interested in working with young people from other cultures this could be the position for you.

For job description and application form, please email cliona@eilireland.org

Time flies...

Nearly a year on since my journey with EIL Ireland began and I find myself in a position of great gratitude, not only for the opportunity to travel to South Africa, the opportunity to taste a culture, meet a people and witness a landscape so beautiful and varied but now in particular, I am truly grateful for being introduced to the issues of HIV in Ireland, to be given the opportunity to become more aware, less ignorant to the issues of our own citizens as well as those from other countries.

#eilGA2013 The Birthplace of The Experiment

The Experiment in International Living continues its 80th anniversary. Kevin Hickey & Judy Roche have traveled to Vermont, The Birthplace of The Experiment, to represent Ireland at the Annual Assembly of Federation EIL.

The history of the Experment through out its 80 years of promoting peace & Intercultural learning can be seen here at The Experiments fantastic interactive timeline

2013 Volunteer Abroad programme participants.

EIL is delighted to welcome a fantastic new group of participants to its 2013 Volunteer Abroad programme. Our new batch of volunteers get the ball rolling this month, with pre-departure orientation in Dublin over the weekend of April 20th & 21st.

Volunteer Abroad have a pre-departure workshop coming up next weekend: Volunteer Abroad pre-departure workshop in Dublin

#BestBefore2015

EIL's March Network Weekend focused on the topic of Millennium Development Goal 1 - Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger.

EIL Volunteers in Action!

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Jorge Ruiz Villasante is a Cork-based photographer and community educator who travelled to India as an EIL volunteer during the summer of 2012. An exhibition of images based on Jorge's Indian experience will be on display in various locations around Cork and Dublin over the coming months...

EIL Volunteers in Action!

EIL volunteers Emily Price and Amy Bunce will launch an exhibition of paintings exploring global women's empowerment: EIL volunteers Emily Price and Amy Bunce will launch an exhibition of paintings exploring global women's empowerment at the&nbsp;Irish Aid Volunteering &amp; Information Centre&nbsp;on O'Connell Street on April 4th 2013 between 6-8pm.&nbsp;

EIL volunteers Emily Price and Amy Bunce launched an exhibition of paintings exploring global women's empowerment at the Irish Aid Volunteering & Information Centre on O'Connell Street on April 4th. The exhibition ran at the Irish Aid Centre until April 18th. It's currently on the move around Ireland, we'll keep you posted on a location near you!

Emily and Amy volunteered in Guatemala during 2012, working in the area of women's empowerment. The launch was supported by EIL through its Seed Fund scheme for returned volunteers.