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March 19, 2009
Volunteers for Peace
VFP’s early-access site is http://www.vfp.org/2009.html
Volunteers for Peace (VFP) offers over 3,000 volunteer projects (sometimes known as “workcamps”) in more than 100 countries. VFP’s projects for spring/summer 2009 have just been announced today. Registration for most projects is $300, which includes room & board (but not transportation, of course)—less than staying in a youth hostel for the same amount of time! Projects typically last 2 to 3 weeks. Around two dozen U-M students participate in VFP programs each year. See a U-M student’s report on her VFP experience in France at: http://internationalcenter.umich.edu/swt/work/resources/workcamps.html.
Registration has just been opened for summer 2009 projects. VFP is kindly providing an advance preview for U-M students for a 3-week period starting today (March 13). If you register between March 13 and April 3, you’ll have the best chance of getting your first choice. After April 3 this site will be opened to the general public and places will go quickly. Applicants are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants in these projects come from around the world.
VFP offers a limited number scholarships (in the amount of the registration fee)—the DEADLINE for applying for a scholarship is Monday, March 16—see: http://www.vfp.org/scholar.html
Below is the URL for the early-access list of projects, courtesy of VFP.
Bill Nolting and Kelly Nelson, U-M International Center, Education Abroad Office, tel. 734-647-2299, http://internationalcenter.umich.edu/swt
To access the Open Project Directory between March 13 and April 3, students should paste the following address in their web browser's address window:
Amy Bannon, Director & Outgoing Placement
Volunteers For Peace (VFP)
1034 Tiffany RD
Belmont VT 05730-0202
Tel:802/259-2759
Fax:802/259-2922
Email:vfp@vfp.org
http://www.vfp.org
Posted by agripley at March 19, 2009 04:13 PM