Are you are looking to travel abroad to Latin America to learn, intern or volunteer? Then check out www.LIVFund.org!
LIVFund is a new non-profit organization that supports learning, intern and volunteer initiatives in Latin America through the LIVFund Scholarship.
This funding opportunity allows you to put the money you are awarded towards the abroad program of your choice. You can even design your own program if you’d like, as LIVFund also supports [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Welcome to Gareth, a remarkable teacher-traveler from Boston who has taught for extended periods in Latin America and now with the Peace Corps in China!
Gareth, tell us about your background.
Gareth: My name is Gareth Lindwall and I became a teacher during a year abroad volunteer gig in Honduras. When I returned, I worked as a Kindergarten teacher in a two-way English-Spanish immersion school in Boston for several years, and [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Welcome, to Francis, a travel writer who hiked nearly 6,000 miles on the Continental Divide Trail!
Tell us a bit about your background, Francis.
Francis: My mother is from Chile and his father is from France. My dad was a college dropout and my mom was a high-school dropout (she had to work to support her family). They met in San Francisco thanks to a slow elevator.
Our family spoke Spanish [...Read More!]
Readers: here is a great opportunity for you to contribute to an MTV International documentary about bullying, especially if you are currently abroad and working with youth!
Take it away, Emma.
My name is Emma and I am the researcher of a 60-minute documentary for MTV International about bullying called Bullied.
The film will explore the universal experiences of young people across the globe who have fallen victim to bullying. The plan [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Here’s a great account from Steve Sirski, who has been an ESL teacher, filmmaker, and scholar in South Korea, Cambodia, and Ukraine!
Steve, tell us a bit about your background.
Steve: I’m from Winnipeg, Canada and I’ve been teaching English on and off for the last three years. I’ve recently returned to Canada from Ukraine where I was doing some family roots research and teaching English in Kharkiv. I may stay [...Read More!]