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3 months in Argentina – applications open for Scholarship Funded Placement

News posted by: Anonymous on: Tue, 23/02/2010 - 09:18
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newsEIL UK is offering the unique opportunity for an individual to apply for the ‘Jack Wallace Scholarship’, to enable them to participate in a three month volunteer placement working with the schools in Chicoana in Salta, Argentina.

Applicants will need to be at least 20 years old, and will need to speak a least basic Spanish.

If you are interested in the opportunity please contact Rosie at EIL for further information about the opportunity and to obtain a Scholarship application form.

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June's account of her time volunteering with ADISA

Partner testimonial posted by: Piers Meynell on: Fri, 16/10/2009 - 15:21
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June Keohane from Co Cork has spent 4 months in Guatemala volunteering for ADISA, a centre caring for people with special needs.

Niamh Manning from Dublin volunteered with for 3 months in a care centre for disadvantaged children in Quito.

Partner testimonial posted by: Piers Meynell on: Fri, 16/10/2009 - 15:03
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Niamh meets Cacao: Volunteer Niamh from Ireland being shown a Cacao fruit (its seeds are used to make cocoa and chocolate) while visiting the 24 de Mayo community in a tropical forest.I spent three months in Quito, Ecuador at the start of this year, as a volunteer of EIL. I found the first while to be very tough, being on my own without my friends and family around, in an unfamiliar place and submerged in an unfamiliar language. I had absolutely no Spanish before arriving in Ecuador but by the end, I was quite confident with the spoken language.

Gary's blog: Imitation of Life

Partner testimonial posted by: Piers Meynell on: Fri, 16/10/2009 - 14:58
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Gary Finnerty from won a travel award with EIL Ireland that enabled him to spend a month or so volunteering in Ecuador. He wrote extensively about his experiences, here's a blog entry from mid way through his time in Ecuador:

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