Global Xchange is a 6 month long international volunteering exchange programme and is a Pravah, VSO and British Council partnership.
The vision of GX is to build mutual respect among young people and promote global active citizenship. Young global citizens are individuals who learn from the experience of others around the world, have an awareness of issues facing developed and developing regions and put that learning into action.
The programme will bring together 9 young people from the UK and 9 young people from India to spend 3 months in a community in the UK and 3 months in a rural community in India.
The volunteers will live in host homes in counterpart pairs, to ensure a rich experience of the community life, and understanding of the culture and lifestyle of the respective regions as well as an opportunity to deeply understand the issues concerning day to day life.
One day in a week is reserved for the team to come together, share their varied experiences, and learn about the community- its culture, places and issues. The Xchange will pay for travel, accommodation, food, visas, medical costs, training and an allowance.
All the 9 selected Indian volunteers will be expected to take part in 3 training sessions:
A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
GX offers an opportunity to learn by experience about the diversity of peoples lives within the global community, develop knowledge, skills and values. GX provides you an opportunity to engage with critical, social and developmental issues first hand and contribute in whichever way possible to the communities both in India and UK.
For this programme the applicants must:
Click here to download the application form in English.
Click here to download the application form in Hindi.
LAST DATE TO SUBMIT THE FORM IS 15th JUNE 2010.
Send in your completed applications to lokasish.saha@pravah.org or mail them to:
Lokasish Saha
Pravah
C-24B, Second Floor
Kalkaji, New Delhi-110019
Contact : Lokasish/Shubhi/Abhijit at 011- 26440619/ 26213918/ 26291354. and /or mail us at smile@younginfluencers.com
ABOUT VSO
VSO is an international development organization that promotes volunteering to fight global poverty and disadvantage. Volunteering is at the heart of VSO's contribution to development VSO places over 1500 – 2000 volunteers each year in around 35 countries.
ABOUT BRITISH COUNCIL
British Council is the United Kingdom's leading cultural relations organisation and India is our largest operation worldwide.In India, we operate as a division of the British High Commission and have offices in the four main metros as well as a network of nine libraries. Through our centres and programmes we promote the diversity and creativity of British society and culture. We do this by helping people to appreciate its vibrancy