Esther Honey Foundation (EHF) programs, one of IE3's internship sites were named one of the world’s ‘best 100 volunteer vacations to enrich your life in travel author Pam Grout's latest addition to the National Geographic’s 100 Best Vacations series. Grout said that the foundation, one of the first if not the first organization to recruit veterinary volunteers to provide ongoing service, was selected in mid-2008 for its Cook Islands and Bora Bora VET TREK programs ‘partly because of their unique opportunity to give’. The book, described as a travel guide with a heart, is a rich…
I have learned so much in the short time that I have been volunteering with Casa de Los Angeles. For example, I now know how to say, “don’t bite her” and sing ‘The Itsy-Bitsy Spider’ in Spanish. I came to Mexico hoping to learn little things like that, but also to get a better understanding of what it takes to make a community service organization work in a foreign country. I have been pleasantly surprised to find that I will be taking so much more than that away…
Results from NACE's (National Association of Colleges and Employers) Student Survey show that less than 20 percent of 2009 graduating seniors who have applied for a job actually have one in hand at this point. What's important to note is that of those 20 percent, 73 percent of them had completed an internship at some point during their college career! Completing an international internship through IE3 is an excellent way to set yourself apart from the hundreds of students seeking employment upon graduation and can play a significant role in making you among the 20 percent who have a new…
Esther Honey Foundation (EHF) programs, one of IE3's internship sites were named one of the world’s ‘best 100 volunteer vacations to enrich your life in travel author Pam Grout's latest addition to the National Geographic’s 100 Best Vacations series. Grout said that the foundation, one of the first if not the first organization to recruit veterinary volunteers to provide ongoing service, was selected in mid-2008 for its Cook Islands and Bora Bora VET TREK programs ‘partly because of their unique opportunity to give’. The book, described as a travel guide with a heart, is a rich…
