EIL Intercultural Learning

Árann McMahon, a Leaving Certificate student in St. Joseph's College Galway has something to look forward to when he is finished his exams. This summer he is heading off to Suwa in Japan for 6 weeks on an exchange programme fully funded by the EIL Intercultural Learning Travel Awards. Read on to discover his initial reaction upon learning he had been selected as this year winner.

The deadline for applications to the main group of EIL Travel Awards is this Friday (5pm 26th March). There's still time to get your application to us and there's a further group of Awards with deadlines in late April which you can apply to too. This later group includes two late additions to this years Awards: the opportunity to go to school and live with a family in Germany and the chance to be nominated for a scholarship to spend three months volunteering in Argentina.

EIL Intercultural Learning are pleased to announce the launch of the 2010 Travel Awards.

Are you someone, or do you do you know somebody who would benefit from a challenging adventure in another culture? If the the answer is yes then you are invited to apply or to encourage somebody to apply for one of the 31 full or partially funded awards available this year including exciting locations such as Japan, Ecuador, Mexico, Argentina, Hong Kong or Nigeria amongst others.