AIESEC is the largest student-run organization in the world and the international platform that enables young people to explore and develop their leadership potential to create a positive impact in society through leadership experiences, international internships and global learning environment. Its membership base consists of more than 100,000 young people in over 2,400 universities in 124 countries. Every year, AIESEC provides more than 22,500 international volunteer experiences to students.
The programme “Global Citizen” provides you with cross-cultural living and working experiences that are aspired to create a positive societal impact to the community. If you do not have any plan in the coming summer holiday, take this opportunity to go overseas and experience making a positive impact to the community. It would definitely be a life-changing experience for you.
| CityU Participants: | 46 students |
| Working Period: | - December to February; or - May to August |
| Job Nature: | - Global issue-related projects |
| Hosting Entity: | - Overseas NGOs; or - AIESEC Overseas Chapters |
| Working Countries: | Mauritius, India, Brazil, Russia, Poland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Armenia, Argentina, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Tunisia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Ghana |
Apart from their internship assignments, participants will have the opportunity to work together with Internship Participants of diverse backgrounds, often up to more than 10 countries in a project. The exposure to, and first hand working experience with foreigners will enhance participant’s adaptability and cultural understanding of other countries. Training and development seminars will be provided to Exchange Participants by AIESEC. Throughout the internship, participants will be using English for communication. Many students in the past, upon completion of the internship programme, have reported benefits of global exposure, cultural diversity inspiration, global issues learning and oral English improvement.
What Global Citizen offers is more than mere overseas volunteering and exploring the world. It provides opportunities for young people to help other countries grow and develop by sharing their knowledge and skills with the host countries. You can take part in short term projects based on popular and often pressing global issues such as:
Cultural Understanding - Raise cultural awareness and understanding for people worldwide. Run trainings, organize global villages, show your unique culture and explore others.
Social Development – Lend a helping hand to countries where men and women are not equally treated, where children are cut off from their childhood or where disabled people are hidden from the society. Be part of an NGO or an AIESEC project and make the difference in alerting social issues.
Education - Play your part in education for the betterment of tomorrow. Design and execute learning programs for educational institutions and universities all around the world. Help youths from all over the world to become IT literate, finance literate, and business literate.
HIV/AIDS - Be part of a project to increase HIV/AIDS awareness in countries that are battling with the spread of the virus. Organize and conduct learning events and campaigns in African countries, Asia, and others. Share your ideas with people from these countries!
Environmental Sustainability - Help raise environmental awareness. Take up projects, organize environmental campaigns and activities in countries all over the world!
