What the fee covers

The program fee is comprehensive, covering all your in-country needs. This ensures that the local communities we work with are not financially burdened by our volunteers.

• Volunteer Placement with one of our Partner Programs including all the coordination, in-person visits and communication necessary with each local organization.

• In-country Cultural and Learning Activities including excursions to nearby points of interest, special events and discussions with a variety of local cultural, professional, governmental and community agencies and people.

• Cross-Cultural Solutions' Home-Base structure, providing you with a comfortable, safe place to live, the basic amenities, all of your meals, and transportation to and from all Cross-Cultural Solutions' placements and programs.

• An experienced U.S. based Cross-Cultural Solutions Program Manager (and former volunteer with Cross-Cultural Solutions) who will serve as your coordinator, guide, and liaison with our in-country staff.

• In-country basic language assistance (optional).

• Professional, locally-based staff to provide orientation, supervision and guidance throughout your stay.

• Travel medical insurance and emergency evacuation insurance, applicable to participants worldwide.

• Important documents, including in-depth volunteer handbook, orientation information, and in-country information material.

• Transportation to and from the airport, to and from cultural and learning activities, and to and from your daily volunteer work placement.

• Local phone calls.

• In-coming international phone service.

• A toll-free 24-hour emergency hotline in the U.S.

What is not included in the program fee?

• Costs associated with obtaining a visa or immunizations (when needed).

• International and domestic airfare and corresponding airport departure taxes.

• Personal Internet time and long-distance (domestic and international) phone calls.

• Laundry service

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general, not only from the kids I
worked with, but from the
people I lived with in the CCS
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