Central Asia
For one month this summer, apply and develop your professional skills by participating in one of six internship tracks with our team in Central Asia. You will be learning alongside the university students and potentially providing some tutoring in your specific track. It’s the desire of the team leaders and teammates that you will work to enhance the welfare of individuals, groups and communities. You will have the opportunity to spend time with students during and outside of program time, building relationships and sharing your faith. The opportunities for each major(s) are as follows:
Engineering: Participate in a local university's summer student internships. Accompany students to the energy producing plants of the country, including a hydroelectric dam, a solar farm or potentially the oil fields. The students receive hands-on training in preparation for future careers in the energy sector. You will join them for part of this training. Providing tutoring in English and/or math is likely.
Computer Science: Work with students at the university on various freelance projects and attend specialized workshops at the university. You will have the opportunity to facilitate some of these workshops, sharing your passion for software, hardware and human elements of computer science. Providing tutoring in English and/or math is likely.
Business/Economics: Serve in various capacities at the local tourist center, a state-of-the-art 5-star resort complex catering to foreign dignitaries, celebrities and high-class tourists. We imagine it will be interesting for the local university students – often from middle-class backgrounds – to enter the experience of luxury alongside Americans, crossing cultures and learning together. Providing tutoring in English is likely.
English: Developing English skills is generally a need for local university students across the board. Providing tutoring in English is likely.
Elementary/Middle/High School Education: Partner with a local private international school, to tutor elementary, middle and high school students.
Social Work: Attend university student internships and listen to and advise them on their struggles. Having someone who can listen to them and compile a report for the team to present on mental/emotional health would be helpful. Potentially present seminars or workshops on mental health/self-care/managing burnout (this is a topic of great need). Get involved with something local and be a pioneer of our presence in the social work sphere in the country. Survey what sort of social services and organizations are available and prepare a report on findings.
Tracks: STEM, Business, Teaching, Community Development
Cost: $5,800 (includes: Airfare, Accommodation, Food, Visas, insurance, training, cultural experiences, language classes)
Dates: late May - late June/early July
Application Deadline: Jan 31