Concern America: Field Programs

Requirements

Duration
  • 12 months+
Minimum age
21
Maximum age
90
Student status required
No
Qualifications required
  • Graduate degree
  • Undergraduate degree
Languages
Language notes
Participants must be fluent in Spanish.
Application process
Volunteers are required to meet the following conditions: - Degree/experience in public health, medicine, nutrition, nursing, agriculture, community development, education, or appropriate technology - Fluency in Spanish (except for the projects in Africa) or ability to learn Spanish at own expense - At least 21 years of age - Work experience abroad desirable - Minimum commitment of two years. There are no short-term internships or assignments.

Pricing

Price range
  • n/a
Concern America recruits and sends professionals who serve as non-salaried volunteers for two or more years. Positions include medical doctors, public health specialists, educators, agriculturists, engineers, and other experts are sent to share their skills and knowledge with community leaders in developing countries. Volunteers will be provided with free room and board, round trip transportation, annual trip home and insurance as well as a small monthly stipend.

Organization details

Concern America is a international development and refugee aid organization. They emphasize teaching skills, thereby creating opportunity in impoverished regions. Concern America trains local populations in health, education, agriculture and environmental health, then works with them to build loc...

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