Student Exchange Africa

Paige, Mathew & Niko

Homestay & GAP Year Project | May-August 2010

Ms. Tharani and Ms. Por,

Nottingham, UK | March-April 2011.

Sherie, Becca, Steph & Emma

Liverpool, UK | June-July 2011

Ever Considered Hosting?

Are you intrigued by new cultures? Do you aspire to build friendships across borders?

Then become a host with us and bring the world to your doorstep! The tentative steps to meeting a complete stranger, inviting them into your home to live with you may seem daunting. We do promise you though, it will be a worthwhile experience! Read our prescribed homestay conventions or complete the appropriate form using the links below

2011: Marco, Robert & Stephan, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Group Medical Elective Program

WELCOME to Student Exchange Africa

This site is intended for use by:

International students at the tertiary level (18 years and older) visiting East Africa to advance academic and/or career pursuits and for organizations and;
Institutions that would like to partner in bringing student exchange opportunities in Africa closer to an audience of international students traveling into the region.

It provides open-ended and structured opportunities for collaborative study, exchange program, internships, medical elective and volunteer placements in the region. Our program placements offer ideal student travel experiences in Kenya and the wider East Africa region providing the opportunity to learn about and present Africa through multi-cultural interaction, social integration and exchange.

We receive a varied number of requests for placement to collaborate with organizations in the region. It is important to define your objectives broadly. We have mapped student travel trends to the region for 2010/2011 on the basis of enquiries and actual placements as shown here below.

Program Placements

The Medical Electives East Africa Initiative gives international students planning their medical elective in East Africa the opportunity to undertake their medical elective with extensive options for multiple placements, participation in research and community health projects and the opportunity for optional home stays.

With the introduction of the Group Medical Elective Programs in 2011 in Kenya, the initiative now features, additionally, group tours and the opportunity for scholarships through The Laura Pushor Foundation which was established in memory of the program's founder. The placements retain their rich activity plan and have evolved into international collaborations with organizations across the region.

The Group Medical Elective Programs also feature a collaborative program with Masters for Community Health in Africa which provides you a platform to travel outside the confines of the clinical enviroment with clinicians, pharmacists and survey teams on mobile clinics as part of the elective program. Group tours are also highly subsidized through partnership with the Narok County Council and Kenya Wildlife Service.

Group Medical Electives Program 2012

Our internship programs are designed for students who are looking to achieve specific, measurable objectives through research or observation while attached to local community-based and civil society organizations in both the public and private sector. Students will be able to perform field studies, collect data and undertake vital research to aid the completion or attainment of academic and/or career objectives.

Although you will find structured programs that are listed here, programs are and can be structured to work around individual students' objectives. In this regard, by defining your objectives and expected outcomes, we are able to align a tailored program to suit your specific need. User-specified attachments are offered for a duration of six months.

Currently our non-user-specified programs are offered both by collaboration and by request. They are limited to placement with civil society and community-based organizations in the fields of:

Rehabilitation (Substance Abuse) & General Counseling
Peer Education
Environmental Studies
Language & Cultural Studies
Democracy & Governance
Journalism
Community & Public Health in Africa
International & Development Studies (specifically, in the fields of Agriculture, Economic Development and Community Empowerment)

Invariably, you will be attached to a non-governmental organization, government agency (parastatal) or religious organization which will provide access and exposure to a network of projects, field studies and even other organizations through which your objectives can be realized

Immerse yourself into a new world, discover the satisfaction of helping others and explore the uncharted frontiers of your life. Volunteering in Africa will surprise you, broaden your understanding of its problems, compelling you to think upon solutions that improve livelihoods. Dedicate your time, energy and skills to teach and care for children living in hardship; or fund-raise for a worthy cause and touch the lives of families striving to live in improved conditions. Enjoy time from your gap-year in intensive field programs while travelling widely throughout the region. The programs comprise adventure travel andthe unique.

Program List

Mustard Seed Project.
Green Thumbs Adventure.
The Little Peoples Project.
Mavuno Women's Project.
Triple B Project

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Group Medical Electives Program 2012

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