Education United Kingdom Project #8409

International Scholarships for Change

by Action Change (Formerly GVI Trust)

Project Report | Aug 8, 2014
UK Organizations and Local Councils

By Sophie Birkett | Head of Operations, Charitable Trust

Volunteers learning about new cultures

Dear Supporter,

We are seeing good progress with incoming donations for this project and are now looking for organizations in the UK to mimic the success of this project in Australia!

From our previous reports, we have told you all about our great partnership with the Federation of Young Australians organisation on Young People Without Borders (YPWB). YPWB creates pathways and opportunities for young Australians to experience and become immersed in the Asian region. YPWB wants all young Australians to be confident global citizens, and as we move into the “Asian Century”, the role of Asian economies, culture and people are increasingly important. FYA believes there will be lots of amazing opportunities to be part of this really exciting time in history, but in order to capture those opportunities, young Australians need to know about Asia (the many languages, cultures and histories) and share Australian culture with young people in the region.

Working with local councils, GVI Charitable Trust & YPWB are offering young people (18-20 years old) the opportunity to live and work in Asia as part of a immersive gap year after high school.

An example of this: East Gippsland Shire Council, in partnership with Young People Without Borders and Global Vision International, have exclusive scholarships of $3,000 for two young people of East Gippsland to undertake a volunteer placement with GVI in Asia in 2015!

This is a very exciting time for this program and we think an equally successful program could be done in the UK and so the search begins. If you know of anyone that could assist in this, please do get in touch at info@gvi.org.

Thank you!

All the best

GVI Charitable Trust

Links:

http://www.gvi.org

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