Application

Sponsors:

Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission (OCAC) and Ministry of Education (MOE)

Deadline of Application:

Feb 29, 2008. Application can be submitted personally or by mail. The application package must be received by the registration offices on or before March 1.

Application Location: 

The TECO offices in United States and Canada.

Activities

The service program takes place from July 6 to Aug 2, 2008. Volunteers will participate in training courses during the first week and teach English at one of the remote schools during the second and third weeks. Then, a tour will be conducted during the last week.

Qualification: 

（1）The applicants must be between the ages of 16 and 27 on June 30, 2008.

（2）Sophomores in high school who are 15 and older are also qualified.

（3）English must be the applicant’s native language.

（4）The applicant should be in both good physical and mental condition.

（5）The applicant must be highly self-motivated to serve in this program.

Program Information: 

  ( 1）Ages of assisted students: elementary or junior high school students

（2）The volunteers will teach English with a self-designed lesson plan.

（3）Meals: mainly Chinese food.

（4）Accommodations: 4 to 6 people per room, separated by gender.

（5）Participants must serve for the entire duration of the program except for health complications or other unexpected conditions. The sponsor will issue a certificate of 80 service hours printed both in Chinese and English to those who have finished the whole program.

（6）Each participant will be arranged to serve at a remote school after completing mandatory training.

Procedure of Application: 

（1）The following documents should be submitted for consideration:

Application form with A 1½ inch passport photo attached; General Regulations Sheet;

Internet Registration Sheet (print out the Confirmation page after online registration)

A copy of the applicant’s birth certificate, passport and health insurance card

（2）Have your school mail your Official Transcript to the Culture Center of TECO in Los Angeles before submitting your application package.  Address: 9443 Telstar Ave., El Monte, CA. 91731, USA.

（3）Follow the instructions of the Enrollment Guidelines, and email your autobiography or personal statement in English to aid_org@hotmail.com

（4）The applicant should fill in personal information at www.aidsummer.org online after January 20, 2008 and submit the print-out of the confirmation page (Internet Registration Sheet) with the above mentioned documents to the OCAC’s office near your permanent address before February 29, 2008.

When and if you receive a confirmation of admission at the end of March, please go online to confirm your attendance, and have your family doctor complete the Health Certificate, as attached, and mail it to the Culture Center of TECO near your permanent address within 14 days. If you decide not to participate, please mark “ Will not Attend” on the Health Certificate and mail it back to the nearby Culture Center of TECO.

Program Fees: 

The sponsors will pay for the meals, accommodations and group transportation in Taiwan. The sponsors will also provide NT$4,000,000 travel insurance and NT$400,000 medical insurance.

 And, the participant must pay the following:

(1)Round-trip tickets from the country of residence to Taiwan.

(2)Personal medical expenses exceeding the insurance’s coverage or caused by a chronic medical disease.

(3)Expenses for accommodations and ground transportation if he/she arrives earlier or leaves later. 

Visa: 

If the participant would like to stay in Taiwan for more than thirty days, please contact Taipei Economic and Culture Offices to apply for a proper Visa. Otherwise, the applicant will not need a Visa if he or she is holding a US or Canada passport. The sponsors are not held responsible if the participant’s visa is overdue.