A volunteer work programme designed to bring English teachers to the Kyrgyz Republic in Central Asia and even more importantly foster friendship between its participating student-teachers and the local residents. Teachers serve for one to three months and live with host families that provide for their basic needs. Transportation costs are paid by volunteers. Landmark Volunteers US high school students travel to a new location with other new volunteers and a leader during their summer break, taking advantage of the opportunity to earn some credit, a letter of recommendation, and to be of service. Must be fourteen and a half by the beginning of the summer and still in high school to apply.
Youth explore their own positive power as they volunteer in local communities.
The site lists all the Learn and Serve programs by state for younger grades, and again for higher grades and allows young people to see and inspire one another with their efforts. Bulgarian Youth Alliance for Development Mar provides young persons with the opportunity to taste thesatisfaction of service within Bulgaria or through exciting international workcamps that also leave time for personal exploration and cultural exchange. Volunteers need no specialized knowledge and may choose from a wide range of projects that match every interest, from social orenvironmental action to gardening to archeology. MAR also invites other worldwide voluntary organizations to work collaboratively on developing Youth Exchange programs. A page set up to lead Romanian youth, as well as collaborating youth from the Netherlands, Europe, US, etc., towards participation in intercultural workcamps, training, seminars, and meetings.