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MarchoftheBlackLions · 04-03-2010, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by lothia

If you want to teach over seas 90% of the time you require a Bachelors degree as it shows you actually have the capacity to teach. India is actually quite safe so is South East Asia as that is where I spent 90 of the days so if you are interested I can probably help you out.
YOU DO NOT NEED A TEACHING CERT! However I would suggest you go to more specific websites. But most of the time you simply require a bachelors degree however some DO require either ( A) a few years teaching experience which is only if you are a teacher or (

a cert, however this isn't too common.

Yeah, that seems a little too involved for me at the moment. I would probably be more interested in other community based projects...maybe such as light construction, helping out with the homeless/orphans, cleanups, etc. Thanks for the info, lothia.

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Originally Posted by TheHol[

yTape]March, I think you should go to India. I have been to India many times and its a wonderful place to visit and work.

Any areas you'd recommend? Also, in what seasons would you find it favorable to visit? Seems like the dollar can go pretty far there.

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Originally Posted by Oisterboy

I've alwayssssss wanted to check out pyramids.

Don't lie, you really just want to hang out/ride camels all day. It's cool...a dream of mine as well.

lothia · 04-03-2010, 07:38 PM

No problem, however just remember that even the construction jobs and helping people over seas like in Africa with health problems (clinics) you are required to pay about $3000 plus your airline ticket. The best route you can take is going via a church group if you have one. I have a friend who just graduated Uni a quarter after me and is going over to Haiti with some of his church members to help for 3 months. He still had to pay for the ticket (but his band did a fund raiser for him) and I believe the church is paying the rest.
As well remember that teaching English in most countries that it is a second language it is a business which means you are there for the companies to make money. The exceptions are countries like France, Spain etc and if you go through the US government like the JET program.
However I don't want to make it sound like it is impossible, there are some groups who will send you for free you just have to do research. One great suggestion which the first I spoke of above is doing after Haiti, is he is going to volunteer as a firefighter in Eastern Washington for 6 months as well. That is another approach you could take as it is very helpful to the people in that area and most times you are in a different area meeting new people (I know it's not a different country though).

TheHol[]yTape · 04-04-2010, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by MarchoftheBlackLions

Any areas you'd recommend? Also, in what seasons would you find it favorable to visit? Seems like the dollar can go pretty far there.

Ok do not go in the summer time, it will be death defying hot and plus depending where you are, its also monsoon season. Go during anytime but then. There is alot of areas you can go to. Each area is very different from the other. I reccommend you go to either Mumbai, Kolkata(Calcutta), New Delhi/Delhi area, Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Kerala. I haven't been to the mountain areas but i heard good things because thats himalayan territory so check that out as well. I recommend you to get a Lonely Planet guide to India because its really descriptive and useful.

lothia · 04-04-2010, 09:13 PM

What I recommend is you can either do Northern India or Southern India.
Northern India you can go to Delhi, Calcutta, Varanasi (most holy city of India) and can see the Dalai Lama if you go far enough.
Southern India you got Mumbai which from what I heard is much more westernized (never went there) seeing beautiful woman in western cloths is common.
I would suggest first looking at lonelyplanet.com first as it gives great information. And if you are actually going to be in a different country such as SE asia first, then you can buy the lonely planet book for India for 15% the real cost (which is what I did).

04-03-2010, 07:38 PM	#12 (permalink)
lothia Staff Admin Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kent Washington Posts: 5,213 Reputation: 29	No problem, however just remember that even the construction jobs and helping people over seas like in Africa with health problems (clinics) you are required to pay about $3000 plus your airline ticket. The best route you can take is going via a church group if you have one. I have a friend who just graduated Uni a quarter after me and is going over to Haiti with some of his church members to help for 3 months. He still had to pay for the ticket (but his band did a fund raiser for him) and I believe the church is paying the rest. As well remember that teaching English in most countries that it is a second language it is a business which means you are there for the companies to make money. The exceptions are countries like France, Spain etc and if you go through the US government like the JET program. However I don't want to make it sound like it is impossible, there are some groups who will send you for free you just have to do research. One great suggestion which the first I spoke of above is doing after Haiti, is he is going to volunteer as a firefighter in Eastern Washington for 6 months as well. That is another approach you could take as it is very helpful to the people in that area and most times you are in a different area meeting new people (I know it's not a different country though). __________________ Moderator since Aug 2004. I am a guy. Email me at lothia@gmail.com FFXI Tsukisa: 60pld/30War (retired) The OnRPG War Last edited by lothia; 04-03-2010 at 07:41 PM.

04-04-2010, 09:13 PM	#14 (permalink)
lothia Staff Admin Join Date: May 2006 Location: Kent Washington Posts: 5,213 Reputation: 29	What I recommend is you can either do Northern India or Southern India. Northern India you can go to Delhi, Calcutta, Varanasi (most holy city of India) and can see the Dalai Lama if you go far enough. Southern India you got Mumbai which from what I heard is much more westernized (never went there) seeing beautiful woman in western cloths is common. I would suggest first looking at lonelyplanet.com first as it gives great information. And if you are actually going to be in a different country such as SE asia first, then you can buy the lonely planet book for India for 15% the real cost (which is what I did). __________________ Moderator since Aug 2004. I am a guy. Email me at lothia@gmail.com FFXI Tsukisa: 60pld/30War (retired) The OnRPG War

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