Pencils of Promise to offer school-building internship in Guatemala

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Chegg, an academic company specializing in textbook rentals, together with nonprofit group Pencils of Promise, an organization that builds schools and provides educational opportunities in the developing world, are planning to offer a new internship to eight lucky students.

The internship gives students the opportunity to travel to Guatemala and help build a new school for students. The internship will take place this summer and will begin with five days in PoP’s New York City office. Students wil then be taken to a rural Guatemalan village for four days to help a community by building a new school for children.

Students interested will first take part in a photo competition. Applicants must submit a photo of themselves doing good deeds for others in their community. Anyone will be able to vote on the pictures and 50 finalists will then submit a 90-second video.

In the video students will show why they believe they have the qualities to excel in an internship such as this one. Upon review of the video, Chegg and Pencils of Promise will select eight winners.

Photos can be submitted directly through the Pencils of Promise website, and the deadline to submit is by Feb. 17.

You can follow Chegg and Pencils of Promise to see the good deeds they are doing around the world by using the hash tag #givebackandgo.

Read more here: http://dailyemerald.com/2014/02/08/chegg-and-pencils-of-promise-are-teaming-together-and-offering-internship-in-guatemala/
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Pencils of Promise to offer school-building internship in Guatemala

Originally Posted on Emerald Media via UWIRE

Chegg, an academic company specializing in textbook rentals, together with nonprofit group Pencils of Promise, an organization that builds schools and provides educational opportunities in the developing world, are planning to offer a new internship to eight lucky students.

The internship gives students the opportunity to travel to Guatemala and help build a new school for students. The internship will take place this summer and will begin with five days in PoP’s New York City office. Students wil then be taken to a rural Guatemalan village for four days to help a community by building a new school for children.

Students interested will first take part in a photo competition. Applicants must submit a photo of themselves doing good deeds for others in their community. Anyone will be able to vote on the pictures and 50 finalists will then submit a 90-second video.

In the video students will show why they believe they have the qualities to excel in an internship such as this one. Upon review of the video, Chegg and Pencils of Promise will select eight winners.

Photos can be submitted directly through the Pencils of Promise website, and the deadline to submit is by Feb. 17.

You can follow Chegg and Pencils of Promise to see the good deeds they are doing around the world by using the hash tag #givebackandgo.

Read more here: http://dailyemerald.com/2014/02/08/chegg-and-pencils-of-promise-are-teaming-together-and-offering-internship-in-guatemala/
Copyright 2024 Emerald Media