EIL Intercultural Learning

Travel Award: DEIS / Youthreach

Four fully funded bursaries are available to young people attending a DEIS School or a Youthreach Project to participate in The Hong Kong/Ireland Youth Exchange in 2010. The Hong Kong Ireland Youth Exchange will take place in August 2010 and candidates should be available to spend 9 days in Hong Kong and 4 days with the group from Hong Kong during their visit to Ireland.

Travel Award: Mexico Volunteer

The co-operative project in the beach village of La Ventanilla in Oaxaca State which was set up to stop the killing and selling of turtles and their eggs and has grown in to a sustainable development project which generates alternative sources of income for the 25 families who live in the community. Oppotunities for a volunteer to help include cleaning and preparation of the eco-friendly tourist cabins, assisting in the community owned restaurant "El maíz azul" ("The blue corn"), or helping in the rehabilitation of confiscated animals and the release of newly-hatched turtles into the ocean.

Travel Awards: Eurocamp

EIL is seeking two Irish delegates who can speak basic German and have an interest in volunteering to join 80 other young people from across Europe and spend 3 weeks at Havelberg in Germany. Packed full with cultural, music and volunteer activities, the programme runs from late late July to mid August. Costs of accommodation, food and all activities are covered by this award which also offers €120 to cover travel costs.

Travel Award: ACCESS

Three fully funded Awards are available to young people enrolled in a University or IT Access Programme and who wish to participate in a 2 – 3 month summer volunteer programme. Placements are available in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey or Vietnam across a wide range of volunteering project types.

Travel Award: Jack Wallace Scholarship - volunteering in Argentina

The Jack Wallace Scholarship is in memorial of the former Secretary General of the international federation of which we're a member. Organised by EIL Argentina, each EIL office is able to put forward one nominee to the short list. The winner of the scholarship then goes on to spend three months volunteering in public schools and community projects in Chicoana, Salta in the North West of Argentina.

Travel Award: Ireland-Hong Kong youth exchange

EIL-Intercultural Learning in association with The Hong Kong Commission on Youth offer a Hong Kong Ireland Exchange Programme in August-September 2010. The exchange provides an opportunity for young people in Hong Kong and Ireland to exchange ideas and experiences. During the programme in Hong Kong there will be visits to universities and schools, meetings and activities with local young people, official visits to Government Departments and Agencies, community service activities and sightseeing.

Travel Award: Vermont, USA

Tuesday 29th June to Saturday 10th July

This Travel Award allows five recipients to debate with and get to know the young people from this maligned New England State with a population of just 600,000 people. The Vermont Governor's Institute on Current Issues and Youth Activism examines current issues, policies and political questions, which impact on young people.

Travel Award: Japan

Visit the land of the Rising Sun... This exciting six week programme, jointly funded by the Japan - Ireland Friendship Link is based in the beautiful region of Suwa which is located in the Japanese Alps about two hours to the south of Tokyo.

Travel Award: Argentina

Chilecito is a place of social contrasts and contradictions. Up to 20% of the population live in poverty and the poorer children often survive on one meal per day. This travel award offers one person the opportunity to help a project which caters for 40 children aged between 3 and 9 years of age. The children spend about 3 hours each afternoon, from Monday to Friday, at the project where they are served lunch and receive help with their homework. They also learn team sports and a variety of other hobbies and educational activities. As this is a new project a dynamic volunteer with lots of initiative and new ideas is required.

Travel Award: Secondary School in Germany

In partnership with EIL Germany, EIL Intercultural Learning is offering one student between the ages of 15 and 18 the opportunity to go on a scholarship to Germany during the Academic Year 2010-2011. This will entail living with a carefully selected German host family and attending a local German high school for 5 or 10 months. Placement could be in any region of Germany, but an authentic German experience is guaranteed. Winner will have to act as an ambassador for Ireland and share their Irish culture with classmates and their new friends and family. This needs-based scholarship is open to students who would not normally have the financial means to participate on our Secondary School Abroad programme in Germany.

Teachers are asked to nominate students who they feel would be suitable for the scholarship and the nominated students must complete an application and submit an essay to be considered. Applicants will be shortlisted to 3 students and interviewed in Cork. Final selection will be made by our sister German office as a result of these interview notes.

Travel Award: Ecuador

Four weeks volunteering for one person in Ecuador - the smallest country in the Andean highlands famous for its array of vibrant indigenous cultures, colonial architecture, volcanic landscapes, dense rainforest and friendly people.