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International Volunteer Opportunities for College Graduates with Projects Abroad
A large amount of our volunteers come to us having completed undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. This is an ideal time of life to do a voluntary project abroad.
For the volunteer it is a crossroads between their life in full time education and their future career. Volunteering overseas can provide them with the change of both pace and scenery that they have been craving, while giving additional skills and work experience that will make them stand out from the rest of the crowd in job applications and interviews.
For Projects Abroad and our partner organizations – the schools, universities, orphanages, hospitals and businesses that we work with in the developing world – recent graduates are important because they bring knowledge, skills and life-experience when they sign up to volunteer. Because of this, they are more likely to be given, and accept, additional responsibilities in the work place, and we see many recent graduates finding work overseas once they have left our projects.
Volunteering Overseas Post-College
Many of our recent graduate volunteers come to us having never taken a gap year, and often find that they have no set career path mapped out for them after leaving college. They have usually been studying hard while their friends have disappeared to far flung exotic destinations, returning with exciting stories of their adventures.
If this sounds like you, then don’t you think it’s your turn?! You could volunteer on a Projects Abroad placement as a prelude to your travels, spending a few months living and working in one of our 23 destinations, before packing your bags and seeing what the rest of the region has to offer. And who knows, perhaps your gap year could open new doors and set you down an exciting career path you’d never even considered!
Projects Abroad placements can easily be fit into your plans as a recent graduate. You can choose what you want to do, where you want to go, how long you want to volunteer for and when you want to start.
Meet one of our Recent Graduate Volunteers
Cory Alexander Johnson - Medicine in Ghana “After graduating from university, I wanted to work abroad and experience the diverse cultures of the world. I came upon the amazing benefits and unique opportunities provided by Projects Abroad, and decided to travel to Ghana to pursue my interest in becoming a doctor. I got to understand the culture and life of Ghanaians by living with a local family and interacting with colleagues at the hospital in which I was based. I always felt safe and comfortable knowing Projects Abroad was backing me, giving me that extra sense of well-being, even in a new and foreign place. I will never forget my experience and the immense amount of both medical and cultural knowledge I gained while on my placement. Traveling with Projects Abroad is a chance that shouldn’t be missed.”