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A trusted favourite of world travellers for over 25 years, Rough Guides have always been counted on to tell it like it is. Covering cities, regions, countries and continents for travellers on all budgets, each Rough Guide offers detailed practical informa ...
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Not Just Tourists is a grassroots organization that helps ordinary travelers gift remote clinics around the world with much needed medical supplies. Any traveler destined for a developing country can carry our suitcases of donated medical supplies provide ...
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Microsoft enables students to participate in technical conferences like Grace Hopper, SHPE, NSBE and others. A conference scholarship grant covers the cost of conference registration and a lump sum amount towards travel, hotel and other related expenses.
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Trek Escapes is a retail Adventure Travel company specializing in small group adventures around the globe. They feature more then 2,500 departures year round. They offer last minute specials as well.
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Internships offer a small group of outstanding graduate-level students the opportunity to acquire direct exposure to UNDP's work. They are designed to complement development-oriented studies with practical experience in various aspects of multilateral tec ...
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STAESA programs provide volunteers and interns with unique and exciting work placements in community projects, small scale industries, private institutions, public institutions and non-profit organizations. This program is a great opportunity for students ...
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Established in honor of AIA Honorary President Jane Waldbaum, this scholarship is intended to help students who are planning to participate in archaeological field work for the first time.
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Jacana supports small African entrepreneurs in realizing their plans to grow by linking them to experienced entrepreneurs in the same sector.
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Teach Away is committed to ensuring students are learning from the best educators worldwide and aims to achieve this through a commitment to quality hiring and world-class teacher development. Teach Away offers teaching opportunities for ESL Instructors a ...
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Made possible by the generous support and fundraising efforts of international educators working in Minnesota.
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Honours those for whom the CFUW Charitable Trust receives memorial donations.
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Junior Professional Officers are young professionals (under the age of 35) who are selected by their governments through a rigorous recruitment process to work for WFP. The government pays the JPO
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IDRC Doctoral Research Awards are intended to promote the growth of Canadian and developing-country capacity in research to improve the lives of people in the developing world. These awards are intended for field research in one or more developing countri ...
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For 3rd or 4th year undergraduate student registered in a University of Alberta degree program who wish to participate in a study exchange for one term (fall or winter) or academic year (fall and winter) at a UAlberta exchange partner institution.
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For over 50 years ISS has brought the very best educators together with the very best schools, pairing over 20,000 candidates and 300 schools in more than 150 countries worldwide. Now more than ever, ISS makes securing a highly sought international teachi ...
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Scholarships are available to residents of Alberta and are intended to assist any person who has been away from formal education and wishes to further their education and/or any student who is continuing their education.
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The Nexen Oil Sands Scholarship ensures students in Anzac and surrounding areas can share in the success of our Long Lake operations. The scholarship provides financial support to high school graduates pursuing post-secondary education and skills training ...
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Fund for Education Abroad awards are intended to support students planning to participate in high-quality, rigorous education abroad programs in the academic year or summer.
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Working with Emergency means bringing specialized, free-of-charge medical assistance to victims of war and poverty. Beyond offering their professional expertise in daily work, on-the-field collaborators are asked to provide training and supervision to the ...
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When I think back on it, my first experience volunteering overseas kind of sucked. It's a long story, but the short version is that I showed up in Nepal thinking that I was going to save the world and found out that really I was on an adventure tour posing as a volunteer programme.
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