Volunteering overseas as a high school student is a fantastic way to gain some international experiences. Joining one of the volunteer programs is a fantastic way to start your adult life on the right foot. Here are some popular volunteer programs.
Experiment in International Living
The Experiment in International Living offers summer programs for high school students, including volunteer opportunities in a wide variety of locations throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Programs have a registration fee, but they also offer several scholarships to cover part or all of the original price. It’s worth looking into to see if you qualify for a scholarship.
Projects Abroad Argentina
Projects Abroad Argentina offers volunteer programs for high school students in Argentina. These programs give them a taste of what volunteering overseas is like. While in Argentina, high school students get to learn about the culture and language while working on service projects for two to four weeks.
Virtual Volunteering in Nepal
While virtual volunteering might not sound as exciting as jetting off to new destinations, the reality is that volunteering from your own home can be advantageous. Not only do you not have to worry about buying a plane ticket, but you can also do a part-time job while still getting an immersive international experience. Students can work on any number of projects, from English language education to community development.
GVI: Volunteering for Teens
Specifically offering volunteer programs for high school students, GVI encourages students between the ages of 15 and 17 to explore the greater world. With programs about cultural immersion, wildlife protection, and community development, high school students can learn to become a global citizen. GVI programs are available in 11 countries and last one to two weeks.
1. How can volunteers in the first program make up for their registration fee?| A．By borrowing money from the government. | B．By getting paid from a part-time job. |
| C．By launching a donation activity. | D．By winning a scholarship. |
| A．It covers all the costs. | B．Volunteers don’t need to go to Nepal. |
| C．Volunteers can learn Nepali online. | D．It lasts about two to four weeks. |
| A．College students interested in language learning. | B．Employees working in a local community. |
| C．High school students loving wild animals. | D．Scholars interested in cultural immersion. |
2 . If you want to help people learn English, join our Teaching English Volunteer Project now! You will find the students extremely eager to learn from an international volunteer.
Your Activities as a Volunteer
The schools are open from Mondays to Fridays and volunteers will teach about 2-3 hours a day. You can teach either in kindergarten, primary or secondary school. Your responsibilities will vary accordingly.
In the kindergarten classes, volunteers will do the following.
▲Organize games and play with the children.
▲Teach them coloring and other motor skills.
▲Introduce animals, shapes, colors and numbers.
▲Play with educational toys and other learning aids.
In the primary level, volunteers will teach in a classroom of about 40 students. You can start teaching on your own or help the local teacher.
▲Teach conversational English, math or science to primary school students aged 5-12.
▲Communicate with students during lessons or free time.
▲Read literature to students to improve their comprehension as well as pronunciation skills.
Project Skills Required
For Teaching English in South Africa, the school requires a copy of your resume, which should carefully state your education. Volunteers should also be easy-going and motivated. They should not mind looking after children who can be rude or noisy.
Project Location
This project is located in Cape Town, the capital of South Africa. Cape Town is a city alive with creativity, color, sounds and tastes. While walking through the city’s streets and meeting its people, you will fall in love with its natural beauty, creative freedom and incredible spirit.
1. What will both the kindergarten and primary class volunteers do?| A．Read literature. | B．Interact with students. | C．Organize number games. | D．Play with educational toys. |
| A．Silent and gentle. | B．Beautiful and wealthy. | C．Tough and demanding. | D．Considerate and patient. |
| A．A school profile. | B．A literary review. | C．A volunteer report. | D．A want advertisement. |
3 . Princess Power
“Elsa, it’s you!” It was the four-year-old’s
You would swear they were
It all began once upon a time with a family movie night
That sparked an idea-
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| A．unhappy | B．panic | C．surprise | D．trial |
| A．spotted | B．defended | C．tripped | D．joined |
| A．recalling | B．celebrating | C．displaying | D．pursuing |
| A．primitive | B．complex | C．magical | D．secure |
| A．princesses | B．cartoons | C．magicians | D．educators |
| A．struggle | B．emerge | C．ask | D．volunteer |
| A．nonprofit | B．potential | C．massive | D．multiple |
| A．cease | B．lift | C．expand | D．shift |
| A．featuring | B．opposing | C．proving | D．meaning |
| A．expected | B．noticed | C．figured | D．argued |
| A．comparing | B．making | C．checking | D．matching |
| A．ideally | B．logically | C．regularly | D．generally |
| A．speaking up | B．taking care of | C．dressing up as | D．engaging in |
| A．home | B．hospital | C．college | D．party |
| A．themselves | B．characters | C．patients | D．adults |
4 . When Peter Kahn became an English teacher at the Chicago Oak Park High School, he was terrified of teaching poetry. “Poetry was my least favorite subject as a student, and my least favorite subject to teach as a teacher, ”he says. “I was terrible at it. ” So he asked a former student of his for help, who suggested the idea of a poetry slam — a competition in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience. “The student with the lowest grade in my class ended up winning it, ” says Kahn. “And I realized this is something powerful.”
That was 1999. Inspired by the club’s potential to engage students, Kahn created an after-school spoken word club at the high school. And for over 20 years, the club has created space for students to engage in storytelling.
Many students have gone on to become award-winning poets, scholars, or even National Youth Poet Winners. Now a new poetry collection called Respect the Mic is showing a portion of that talent. The collection features 76 honest, powerful poems by the club’s students and alumni(校友), with a foreword by Pulitzer-prize winning poet Tyehimba Jess. Over the years, Kahn has invited distinguished poets like National Book Award winner Terrance Hayes and National Poetry Slam champion Patricia Smith to visit his classroom.
For Kahn, the collection and the club were all about helping students who just didn’t like school, as well as students of color — Black students in particular — who, Kahn writes in the book, faced an “opportunity gap” in classrooms. On average, they had a lower GPA (Grade Point Average) than white students.
Ultimately, the editors and some critics hope the club will take this power of poetry and move it beyond the Oak Park classroom, so that teachers like Kahn, who were once afraid of poetry, will be able to get themselves and their students excited about it.
1. What does Kahn think of the idea of a poetry competition?| A．Effective. | B．Nonsense. | C．Disappointing. | D．Demanding. |
| A．It’s a record of students’ life. |
| B．It’s about Kahn’s teaching experiences. |
| C．It includes a poem by a Pulitzer-prize winning poet. |
| D．It shows the students’ gift for writing poetry. |
| A．can wipe out color discrimination in the high school |
| B．is helpful to the black students |
| C．fails to fill the opportunity gap in the classroom |
| D．has moved to classrooms of other schools |
| A．A reunion of Kahn’s outstanding students. |
| B．An English teacher overcoming the fear of teaching. |
| C．A high school spoken-word club changing students’ lives. |
| D．A famous poem composed by a club’s students. |
5 . Are you seeking wildlife volunteer opportunities to support animal conservation efforts? If you are, Animal Care and Wildlife Conservation volunteer abroad projects of International Volunteer HO (IVHQ) are good choices for you. You’ll have the unique chance to support the protection of natural habitats, learn about wildlife conservation techniques and study and monitor animal behavior.
IVHO has over 13-year experience working with responsible and trusted wildlife conservation organizations, animal sanctuaries(保护区) and animal shelters around the world. This means you can volunteer abroad with confidence, knowing that your volunteer work with animals and other like-minded travelers will be rewarding and life-changing.
●Our wildlife volunteer opportunities, such as wild elephant conservation in Sri Lanka or wolf conservation in Portugal, are popular options for animal volunteering. Also, you can join one of our animal volunteer work projects in South America or Central America. Here you'll be volunteering in animal shelters and dog rescue centers, providing support in feeding, caring for, and playing with domestic animals.
●If you’re looking for marine(海洋的) and sea turtle conservation or diving volunteer opportunities, IVHO offers marine conservation volunteer opportunities across a wide range of destinations including Belize. Costa Rica. Spain and more!
●You don’t need to have experience in conservation or animal rescue to make a difference to IVHO’s animal volunteer programs. With IVHO, you can volunteer abroad with animals for one week or 24 weeks at any time of the year.
How to get started；
▲Pick a destination and a project and apply for free.
▲Meet your personal volunteer travel expert.
▲Pay the registration fee to secure your place and upgrade your MyIVHO account.
▲Get ready to volunteer abroad and we’ll support you every step of the way!
Contact:
info@volunteerhq.org
+64-6-758-7949 /International
1. What do we know about IVHQ?| A．It was founded over two decades ago. |
| B．It aims to build a wildlife conservation organization |
| C．It can provide high-quality volunteer projects. |
| D．It has more volunteer projects at home than it does abroad |
| A．Portugal. | B．South America. | C．Sri Lanka. | D．North America. |
| A．Paying a fee for registration. |
| B．Having some related experience. |
| C．Working for at least 24 weeks. |
| D．Applying for a project one week in advance. |
When he was 18, Omar Brooks left home in Canonsburg to join the army. His training took him to Fort Stewart in Georgia, where every morning after getting up at 6:30, the soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division sang “Dogface Soldier”—a World War II song. “I’m just a dogface soldier, with a rifle (步枪) on my shoulder, and I eat raw meat for breakfast every day…”
The 3rd Division was among the first wave of ground forces to attack Iraq from Kuwait, and Brooks was the first from his army to drive across the border in a vehicle armed with eight missiles and a 50-caliber machine gun. He survived, but he lost friends and struggled with post-traumatic (创伤后的) stress disorder after leaving the service in 2003.
He struggled for 15 years to fill the hole in his soul left by his military service. Then, two years ago, this dogface soldier started working with Bridge to Home Animal Rescue in Eighty Four, Washington County. Fostering (代养) dogs and finding them homes have helped Brooks, now 40 and a state corrections officer, to remove the suffering of daily life.
“Without sounding like a man with a soft heart, there is something to be said about puppy kisses and seeing unconditional love in a time where people need to see more unconditional love,” he said.
Brooks, his wife, Nicole Malesic, and daughters Zaida, 5, and Waverly, 2, have fostered 16 dogs over the past two years. They play with dogs together. They walk and bath them. They frequently make videos and do photo shoots of the animals to encourage adopters (收养者) on social media. “People are looking to enrich their homes,” he said. “People are getting dogs or cats or different companions (陪伴) for their homes because we are dealing with a difficult time.”
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Brooks recalled, “No job could fill the void (空虚) from leaving the service, but I could al-ways circle back to charity. ”
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7 . I created Buddy Project when I was a 15-year-old girl. At the time, my best friend had been diagnosed with a mental health condition, and that was the first time I was made aware of what mental illness was. I wanted to learn more and create a good support system for her. Back then, I was also on Twitter because I had trouble making friends in school. I found a lot of people I related to online, and I found a community of friends based on my interests. I combined those two experiences and wanted to make a way for people to find a safe and loving community online. I wanted people to have a peer (同龄人) support system available to them and to feel accepted.
When I started Buddy Project, I was in the ninth grade and only had free time after school. I intended it to be something I did part-time. I didn’t really think that many people would be interested in it. On the first day, however, 3,000 people signed up. I realized then that that was not something I was just going to do as scheduled.
Mental illness affects tens of millions of people in the United States each year, yet only half receive treatment, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Mental health care is not always accessible or affordable, and that needs to be talked about. Even if the stigma (羞耻) surrounding mental illness decreased, the cost of treatment would still be a problem. Without help, there are some people who won’t be able to receive the proper care.
Buddy Project started out by just raising awareness of mental health on social media. Then we became a non-profit, and since 2015 we’ve been trying to fundraise to help pay for others’ mental health treatments too. We’ve mainly focused on raising money for people in our hometown of southeastern Pennsylvania, but we want to expand and offer help throughout the United States.
1. Paragraph 1 mainly tells us about how the author________.| A．sought ways to drive away loneliness. |
| B．eventually found friendship online. |
| C．came up with the idea for Buddy Project. |
| D．helped her best friend with mental illness. |
| A．That her studies were badly influenced. |
| B．That so many people participated in her project. |
| C．That she could carry out the project part-time. |
| D．That she had enough free time for her project. |
| A．To explain the influence of mental health care. |
| B．To show her positive attitude toward mental illness. |
| C．To show the necessity of helping those with mental illness. |
| D．To encourage lower costs of treatment for mental illness. |
| A．Offer different types of mental health care. |
| B．Find more ways to prevent mental illness happening. |
| C．Raise awareness of mental health on social media. |
| D．Help more people receive mental illness treatments. |
8 . Looking for something fun to do this summer? Ready to learn about leadership and make a difference in your community? Apply to volunteer! Volunteers assist with activities under the guidance of experienced staff.
Summer Adventure Playgrounds Program
Help promote opportunities to play and lead playground participants in games, sports, arts & crafts, and make new friendships.
Dates: June 14 — August 12, Monday — Friday
Times: 9 a.m. — 3 p.m.
Application Deadline: May 25
The View
Help promote opportunities to take care of children in a social setting.This program includes trips to the Bloomington Family Aquatic Center.
Dates: June 14 — August 6, Monday — Friday
Times: 9 a.m. — 4 p.m.
Application Deadline: April 24
Adaptive Softball
Softball Volunteers teach and encourage people with disabilities at weekly softball games at Tarnhill Park.Volunteers can choose to coach youth and/or adults on Tuesdays.
Dates: Tuesdays, June 14 — August 10
Times: 6:15 — 8:15 p.m.
Application Deadline: May 31
Farmers Market Volunteer
The Farmers Market is looking for volunteers in three types: Market Operations, Family Activities and Cooking display.
Dates: Mondays & Saturdays, June 12 — October 23
Times: 7 a.m. — 2 p.m. with varying shifts
Application Deadline: April 16
To apply to volunteer, visit BloomingtonMN.gov. All volunteers must apply online and fill out the application form before an interview. For more information, contact Parks and Recreation at 952-563-8877 or e-mail at parksrec@BloomingtonMN.gov.
1. Which program will you choose if you are not free on Mondays?| A．Summer Adventure Playgrounds Program | B．Adaptive Softball |
| C．Farmers Market Volunteer | D．The View |
| A．April 15 | B．April 20 | C．May 24 | D．May 31 |
| A．Send the application form by e-mail. | B．Go for an interview directly. |
| C．Contact the organizers at 952-563-8877. | D．Fill in an application form online. |
