AIESEC in Singapore Information Booklet

A I E S E C in S I N G A P O R E CONNECTING YOUTHS TO MAKE BRAVE AND POSITIVE CHANGE

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ABOUT AIESEC

VISION

Peace and the fulfillment of humankind's potential.

AIESEC is the global youth network impacting the world through leadership development experiences since 1948.

We have been facilitating youth leadership activities as well as international internships & volunteer experiences for over 65 years, developing a global learning environment across 126 countries & territories.

ABOUT

We are the Singaporean chapter of the world’s largest youth-run non-profit organization, providing over 500 leadership experiences annually.

VOLUNTEER ABROAD

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A cross cultural volunteer

A global internship

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6 to 8 weeks volunteering opportunities

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Cross-Cultural Immersion

Be a local in a new environment, experience new cultures and broaden your horizon!

Contribute directly to the Sustainable Development Goals and create positive impact in local communities!

Personal Development

Societal Impact

Develop yourself through practical experiences and become the best version of yourself!

Global Volunteer is a cross-cultural volunteer experience that provides youths with the opportunity to develop themselves, immerse themselves in an international and diverse environment and create a positive impact around the world.

Through Global Volunteer, participants will undergo a deep cultural immersion experience through interacting with people from diverse cultures, volunteer abroad in NGOs on projects that contribute to the "Sustainable Development Goals" and embark on a journey of intense personal skills development that is facilitated by AIESEC and the support system provided.

http://youth4gg.aiesec.org.sg On September 25th, 2015, 193 world leaders committed to 17 Global Goals to achieve 3 extraordinary things by 2030: end extreme poverty, fight inequality & injustice, and fix climate change. The Global Goals for Sustainable Development could accomplish this mission. In all countries. For all people. AIESEC's Global Volunteer projects are designed to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

This year, as part of the global movement towards SDGs, AIESEC in Singapore will collaborate with our partners to deliver exchange projects that focus on No Poverty, Good Health and Well-Being and Quality Education.

Don't Just Travel, Develop The World You Are Living In.

SDG #1 NO POVERTY ERADICATING POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS REMAINS ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES FACING HUMANITY. WHILE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY DROPPED BY MORE THAN HALF BETWEEN 1990 AND 2015 – FROM 1.9 BILLION TO 836 MILLION – TOO MANY ARE STILL STRUGGLING FOR THE MOST BASIC HUMAN NEEDS.

FEATURED PROJECTS

SDG #1 NO POVERTY

IMPACTA HOY

Impacta Hoy is an educational initiative developed in Peru since 2011 that aims to generate entrepreneurship and innovation in people from 8 to 16 years. It provides kids & young people with the theoretical and practical tools that will allow them to be change agents in their communities.

Target: By 2030, build the resilience of the poor and those in vulnerable situations and reduce their exposure and vulnerability to climaterelated extreme events and other economic, social and environmental shocks and disasters.

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PERU

Job Description: Coach young people and NGOs about ideas to create impact and to become entrepreneurial Collaboratively prepare, design and manage workshops for children during the week Timeline: End Nov - End Dec

SDG #3 GOOD HEALTH & WELL-BEING WE HAVE MADE HUGE STRIDES IN REDUCING CHILD MORTALITY, IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTH AND FIGHTING HIV/AIDS, MALARIA AND OTHER DISEASES. SINCE 1990, THERE HAS BEEN AN OVER 50 PERCENT DECLINE IN PREVENTABLE CHILD DEATHS GLOBALLY. MATERNAL MORTALITY ALSO FELL BY 45 PERCENT WORLDWIDE. NEW HIV/AIDS INFECTIONS FELL BY 30 PERCENT BETWEEN 2000 AND 2013, AND OVER 6.2 MILLION LIVES WERE SAVED FROM MALARIA.

FEATURED PROJECTS

SDG #3 Good Health & Well-Being

GANTARI

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Through interacting with people with noncontagious illness, we aim to improve their emotional well-being. By taking their stories, we aim to connect these people with the rest of the local communities and reduce the stigma towards illnesses in society. Workshops and activities will be run to the local communities to educate and encourage them towards taking up active healthy lifestyles.

Target: By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being

INDONESIA

Job Description: Participate in and facilitate positive spaces (e.g. games) for the people with illness (cerebal palsy, cancer, AIDs/HIV etc) Fundraise funds for the children to cover the basic needs and purchase items to increase the emotional wellbeing of the children Timeline: Dec - Jan

FEATURED PROJECTS

SDG #3 Good Health & Well-Being

ENVIRONMENTAL

This project collaborates with proenvironmental organizations, NGOs, schools and kindergartens that aim to increase awareness of how environment's condition influences people's health and lives among the society. The project aims to reduce the number of deaths caused by air pollution and other bad environmental habits and also aims to reduce the amount of pollution being released to the Baltic Sea. Target: By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination.

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POLAND

Job Description: Volunteers encourage participants to collect data and information on how the environment influences their health condition and what is the current state of their local surrounding.

Organize games and activities to understand the environment in Poland/Europe/World Timeline: Dec - Jan

SDG #4 QUALITY EDUCATION ACHIEVING INCLUSIVE AND QUALITY EDUCATION FOR ALL REAFFIRMS THE BELIEF THAT EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL AND PROVEN VEHICLES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. THIS GOAL ENSURES THAT ALL GIRLS AND BOYS COMPLETE FREE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLING BY 2030. IT ALSO AIMS TO PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE VOCATIONAL TRAINING, TO ELIMINATE GENDER AND WEALTH DISPARITIES, AND ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO A QUALITY HIGHER EDUCATION.

FEATURED PROJECTS

SDG #4 Quality Education

DREAM BEYOND LANGUAGE

Youths will have the opportunity to deliver culture sharing and build up English learning environment in the school from elementary to high school.

Target: By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy.

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TAIWAN

Job Description: Volunteers are to share cultural knowledge of their own culture to students Deliver sessions of basic English in the school Timeline: Nov - Dec

FEATURED PROJECTS

SDG #4 Quality Education

LEARN & LIVE

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Learn & Live aims to promote the learning, improvement and practice of a second languagefor example English to the Peruvian population, mainly in teenagers and kids. It’s an initiative that seeks to strengthen and promote the learning of languages and stimulate cultural diversity through interaction of Peruvian students with overseas university students.

Target: By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and Secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes and substantially increase the number of youth and adults, who have relevant skills, Including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.

PERU

Job Description: Organize workshops of cultural understanding and language learning, games and Global Village project Work with children between 10 – 12 years old and use dynamics as tool to teach and improve the children’s skills focused on the project’s main drivers, which are English and team work.

Timeline: End Nov - End Dec

FEATURED PROJECTS

SDG #4 Quality Education

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

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This project collaborates with kindergartens, primary and secondary schools and aims to increase the eagerness of students to participate more actively during classes and be more aware of what they are learning. It also aims to increase the attractiveness of classes and to contribute to the development of personal skills by implementing simple experiments and interactive activities in classes.

Target: By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.

POLAND

Job Description: Volunteers implement the activities and run simple experiment Present to students different ways of studying and advantages of class participation Organize interactive meetings and reflection spaces Timeline: Dec - Jan

FEATURED PROJECTS

SDG #4 Quality Education

EDUCATE SLOVAKIA

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SLOVAKIA

This project enables young people in Slovakia to Job Description: become more proactive and self-aware through Interns will prepare presentations and knowing other cultures and differences in the world.

It also brings youths from different parts of the world materials and deliver them to students to do lectures and interactive workshops, which will All interns will work in couples help them to become more self-aware and confident. and change their assigned school every

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Target: By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the Participate in committee meetings and knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable activities development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable Timeline: Jan - Feb lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development

3 to 12 months internship opportunities

Global Opportunity

Expand your horizon by developing your professional career in a global setting!

Gain a professional edge by working in a variety of industries such as HR, Marketing, IT, Engineering, and many others!

Personal Development

Work Experience

Develop yourself through practical experiences and become the best version of yourself!

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Global Talent is a global internship opportunity that provides youths with the opportunity to develop themselves, immerse themselves in a global working environment and gain a professional edge through working in a variety of industries.

Through Global Talent, participants will undergo a professional development experience through interacting with people from diverse cultures, and embark on a journey of intense personal skills development that is facilitated by AIESEC and the support system provided.

This year, embark on your exchange journeys in industries such as Marketing and IT!

Marketing BRING YOUR MARKETING SKILLS TO THE NEXT LEVEL BY WORKING IN AN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. THROUGH THIS MARKETING INTERNSHIP, YOU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP B2B AND MARKETING CONSULTANCY SKILLS. JOB SCOPE OF PROJECTS MIGHT INCLUDE DIGITAL OR SALES / RETAIL MARKETING.

SAMPLE PROJECTS

Marketing

MARKETING EXECUTIVE

Job Description: Market research including questionnaire and survey design, focus group interviews, competitor analysis, market share analysis, etc.

Presentation materials for marketing purposes such as PowerPoints, brochures, demonstration videos for external events Documentation and summary writing for entrepreneur funding activities Marketing plan compilation for product soft launch

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HONG KONG

Salary: $772 Timeline: Jan - Feb

IT ENHANCE YOUR IT SKILLS THROUGH A PRACTICAL AND DIVERSE PROFESSIONAL WORKING EXPERIENCE. NOT ONLY WILL YOU GAIN CORPORATE EXPOSURE, YOU WILL ALSO GET TO DEVELOP TECHNICAL HARD SKILLS SUCH AS WEBSITE AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, OR EVEN PROVIDE IT SUPPORT IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

SAMPLE PROJECTS

IT

SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Job Description: Work in a multicultural environment in a top cloud security provider Work in the Cloud Product Development Division, where you will experience practical application development skill with Python/Go/ Ruby, by using Amazon Web Services/Google App Engine

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JAPAN

Salary: $1300 Timeline: Jan - Feb

HOW TO APPLY?

SIGN UP 1. Sign up for our newsletter at http://aiese c.org.sg/interested

INTERVIEW

1. Find out more about our opportunities by attending information talks or consultation sessions.

2. If interested, attend one of our 2. You will receive a series Local Assessment Interviews of newsletters to allow you to know more about 3. If successful, submit your first us! down payment of $200 upon signing contract

MATCH & GO 1. Sign up on opportunities.aiesec.org and apply for a project you are interested in.

2. If successful, submit your final payment of $400 3. Attend an Outgoing Preparation Seminar and you're ready to go!

HTTP://AIESEC.ORG.SG/ INTERESTED

Interview

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SIGN UP ON OUR PORTAL WITH THE HELP OF AN AIESEC MEMBER AND APPLY TO YOUR PREFERRED PROJECT

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CONGRATULATIONS!

Interview

WITH PROJECT IN-CHARGE

Preparation ATTEND OUTGOING PREPARATION SEMINAR ORGANISED BY AIESEC

PROCESS OVERVIEW

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Embark

READY FOR YOUR EXCHANGE JOURNEY

Re-Integrate

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MATCHING SUPPORT Save the months of finding your own project. Receive one to one support from your university in Singapore to match you to an ideal project and virtual support while you are abroad!

OUTGOING PREPARATION SEMINAR Start your experience and get yourself prepared before embarking on your exchange.

VISA APPLICATION

HOUSING WORTH MORE THAN $20 PER DAY In most project cases, accommodation will be SGD provided in the host country and you can save on daily accommodation!

$600

AIESEC CONFERENCES AND TRAININGS WORTH MORE THAN $30 Special invitation to join us at our exclusive conferences and training workshops to further enhance your experience

RE-INTEGRATION SEMINAR

Support and provision of documents necessary for your visa application processes

Share and bring back your international volunteering experience and continue making a difference

Costs Excluded FLIGHT TICKETS

INSURANCE COVER

DAILY EXPENSES

MEDICAL FEES

TRAVEL & COMMUTE

VISA FEES

CONTACT US NOW! NUS: nus@aiesec.org.sg NTU: ntu@aiesec.org.sg SIM: aiesec.sim@aiesec.net SMU: smu@aiesec.org.sg AIESEC in Singapore 116 Lavender Street #02-01 Pek Chuan Building Singapore 338730 E: singapore@aiesec.org.sg | T: +65 6338 5308