The Princeton in Africa board voted to eliminate the application fees for the PiAf program. Starting this application cycle, all applicants for the Princeton in Africa Program will not have to pay an application fee which was $75 US.
This improvement to the Princeton in Africa Program is made possible by the dedicated generosity of our partners through the years. With this decision, we aim to increase access for qualified applicants with diverse social and economic backgrounds and provide a life-changing opportunity for our selected Fellows. They will contribute skill, experience, and technical expertise to our host organizations on the African continent.
Princeton in Africa helps future leaders develop lifelong connections to the people and nations of Africa. We match talented and passionate college graduates or young professionals with high-impact organizations working across Africa for paid year-long service placements. Our Fellowship program enables our Fellows, through their skills, knowledge, and technical expertise, to make significant contributions to Africa’s well-being and cultivate meaningful relationships with communities in Africa and one another.
Postgraduate Professional Fellowships in Francophone Africa!
The deadline for 2023-24 fellowship applications is Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 at 11:59 PM Eastern. The 2023-24 fellowship application is here!
Founded in 1999, Princeton in Africa has matched almost 700 Fellows with 100 high-impact host organizations spanning 37 African countries. Fellows contribute to Africa’s institutions in Business and Economic Development, Education & Youth Capacity Building, Public & Community Health, Environmental Conservation and Sustainability, Civil Society, etc. These partnerships have enriched the lives of young leaders and institutions across Africa.
The deadline for 2023-24 fellowship applications is Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 at 11:59 PM Eastern. The 2023-24 fellowship application is here!
The Princeton in Africa board voted to eliminate the application fees for the PiAf program. Starting this application cycle, all applicants for the Princeton in Africa Program will not have to pay an application fee which was $75 US.
This improvement to the Princeton in Africa Program is made possible by the dedicated generosity of our partners through the years. With this decision, we aim to increase access for qualified applicants with diverse social and economic backgrounds and provide a life-changing opportunity for our selected Fellows. They will contribute skill, experience, and technical expertise to our host organizations on the African continent.
Princeton in Africa helps future leaders develop lifelong connections to the people and nations of Africa. We match talented and passionate college graduates or young professionals with high-impact organizations working across Africa for paid year-long service placements. Our Fellowship program enables our Fellows, through their skills, knowledge, and technical expertise, to make significant contributions to Africa’s well-being and cultivate meaningful relationships with communities in Africa and one another.
Postgraduate Professional Fellowships in Francophone Africa!
The deadline for 2023-24 fellowship applications is Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 at 11:59 PM Eastern. The 2023-24 fellowship application is here!
Founded in 1999, Princeton in Africa has matched almost 700 Fellows with 100 high-impact host organizations spanning 37 African countries. Fellows contribute to Africa’s institutions in Business and Economic Development, Education & Youth Capacity Building, Public & Community Health, Environmental Conservation and Sustainability, Civil Society, etc. These partnerships have enriched the lives of young leaders and institutions across Africa.
The deadline for 2023-24 fellowship applications is Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 at 11:59 PM Eastern. The 2023-24 fellowship application is here!
“Greetings from the Princeton in Asia team! Our 2022-23 application opened on September 1st and will close on November 1st at 3 pm Eastern. We are so excited to engage with interested candidates and share information about our program. We have eliminated our application fee forever in an effort to reduce barriers to entry for our program.”
Join two more information sessions about what they are looking for in an applicant:
“Princeton in Africa’s 2022-23 fellowship application is now open here! Please share with any rising seniors or recent university graduates who may be interested in this unique opportunity.
Princeton in Africa (PiAf) is a non-profit organization that offers yearlong post-graduate fellowship opportunities with a variety of organizations working across the African continent. PiAf Fellows work in many different sectors, including international humanitarian aid, public & community health, business & economic development, agricultural development, and education & youth capacity building. Many of our fellowship organizations are also led by social entrepreneurs. Our host organizations include the African Leadership Academy, Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Emerging Public Leaders, International Rescue Committee, the International Livestock Research Institute and many other organizations – both large and small – doing remarkable work around the African continent. Princeton in Africa expects to offer approximately 30 fellowships in about 17 countries in the 2022-23 fellowship year. Since its launch in 1999, PiAf has placed nearly 700 Fellows in 36 countries across the continent.
Princeton in Africa Fellows serve organizations in a variety of sectors and fill roles within the organizations including Communications, Research, Business Development, Financial Analysis, Grant Writing, Program Management and Monitoring and Evaluation. Fellowships offer an incredible opportunity for personal and professional development, skill building and launching a meaningful career.
The deadline for 2022-23 fellowship applications is Wednesday, October 27th, 2021 at 11:59 PM Eastern.
We will be hosting an Info Session webinar and office hours for applicants over the next few weeks. Prospective applicants should email piafapp@princetoninafrica.org to join the email list and get updates about these events.
To find out more information about Princeton in Africa please visit the “How to Apply” section of our website.”
PRINCETON IN LATIN AMERICA: UPDATE
August 2021
As colleges and universities prepare for the return to campus for a new academic year, we are sharing an important update regarding our application and placement cycles. PiLA will NOT hold a standard application cycle this fall and instead will focus on working with recent deferred finalists that remain interested and available to engage in our placement process, with the goal that as many deferred finalists as possible are matched with potential partners and will be able to interview (virtually) for tentative placements for 2022-2023. If, after working with finalists deferred from the Spring 2021 and Spring 2020 finalist pools, we determine that we will still need new applicants to fill available placements, it is possible we will open an abbreviated application cycle in early 2022.Any updates concerning an off-cycle application process, if occurring, will be posted on our website in early 2022.
Serving in the Peace Corps is a great way to immerse yourself in a new culture, learn a new language, and have the experience of a lifetime. Join this information session to learn about ways you can gain valuable experience as an undergrad to help set you apart from the crowd when the time comes to apply. Note: They will be holding this event on a virtual platform instead of in-person.
Please register on Handshake and also through the Virtual Link in the Event to ensure that you receive access to join the event.
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Learn how to connect your career objectives with hiring opportunities by identifying key employers and industry contacts for informational interviews and professional networking.
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Identify American employers seeking to hire international professionals for their U.S. operations through H-1B visa petitions – and learn how to connect this information to current job opportunities.
Below, you can register for a 1-hour, web-based training session exclusively for students whose academic institutions, like Middlebury, are current subscribers to Going Global’s career resources database services. You can access GoinGlobal through Handshake’s Resources pages.
Interested in finding a job or internship across town or around the world?
Learn how to connect your career objectives with hiring opportunities by identifying key employers and industry contacts for informational interviews and professional networking.
Get a realistic understanding of work permit and visa requirements, financial considerations and other prime factors critical to career success in a new location.
Identify American employers seeking to hire international professionals for their U.S. operations through H-1B visa petitions – and learn how to connect this information to current job opportunities.
Below, you can register for a 1-hour, web-based training session exclusively for students whose academic institutions, like Middlebury, are current subscribers to Going Global’s career resources database services. You can access GoinGlobal through Handshake’s Resources pages.
Application deadline for Summer 2020–TODAY! Visit: go/jssl and access the application on the bottom of the page.
The Japan Summer Service-Learning Program (JSSL) is a collaborative, intercultural service-learning program that brings together undergraduates from Middlebury, International Christian University (ICU), and multiple member universities of the Service-Learning Asia Network. Participating students work, learn, and engage with local residents in the Tokyo metropolitan region as well as in Tenryumura – a small village in the mountains of Nagano Prefecture. While this is usually a four-week summer program, our summer 2020 session will be for three weeks, ending prior to the start of the Tokyo Olympics.
Xuan He ’20, a JSSL alumna, shares about her experience with the JSSL Program during the Cross Cultural Community Service’s (CCCS) 10th Anniversary.
Last year, student participants reflected on their time in Japan using the new Middlebury Experiential Learning Life Cycle (ELLC) hub website. This is a new reflection resource that educators across Middlebury College created together to support students across different immersive learning experiences to reflect on their learning.
Below are reflections from some of last summer’s participants.
Xiaoyu Wu ’22:
My name is Xiaoyu, and I am a
participant in a summer program called JSSL (Japan Summer Service
Learning). This program lasts for one month and provides participants
the opportunity to experience urban and rural life of Japan. I enjoyed
every minute of this program, but the thing that gave me the strongest
impact was the monument of Chinese soldiers, which I saw in a rural
village (Tenryu Village) in Japan.
Sometimes I wonder why I am doing
volunteer services in Japan while my own country needs help. The answer
became clear after my journey to Tenryu Village. There were a lot of
tragic stories in this village during WWII— Families broke apart because
of the war; foreign soldiers and prisoners of war were forced to
participate in the construction of the dam. When Kawakami san was giving
this speech about the local history, I felt a mix of conflicted
feelings— Anger, unfamiliarity, frustration… Why do we have to uncover
the scars of the past again? The purpose is not to re-trigger the hatred
but to remember the war, just as Kawakami san mentioned in his speech,
“悲劇を忘れないように語り継、この事実を後世に伝えるのも我々の役目かなと思っています (I think we should not forget
the tragedy, and it is our role to convey the story to the future
generations).”
There are indeed a lot of stereotypes exist between China and Japan, and it is our mission, the younger generations’ responsibility, to rediscover the good in humanity and break down these stereotypes. Because many people do not know that when forced labors were suffering, villagers shared their limited resources with them. Even after the war, there is a Japanese lady who places flowers in front of the monument every day for over 50 years.
Sam Hernandez ’22:
Hello, I’m
Sam Hernandez and I am a participant in the Japanese Summer Service
Learning program. During the month of July, me and an international team
of students set out to participate in various service projects
throughout the city of Mitaka and the rural Tenryū village. Something
that has pleasantly surprised me about this experience was how easy it
has been to work with people from various different cultures in a
country where we are foreigners to make a difference in people’s lives.
While I say it has been easy, that means relatively. We have worked incredibly hard as a group and put in a lot of effort. But the reward we get, the memories, the experiences, the connections, they’re all so incredibly valuable that having to put in some effort is nothing. The benefits to this program will be lifelong. Not only that, but we have done meaningful service as well. The benefits for those we served are hopefully even more meaningful. Essentially, I learned that it doesn’t take much to make a difference. Whether it be helping your members make paper at a service center or pulling up ragweed in a park. Even just listening to an elderly citizen recount their youth and most valuable memories. We made an impact together as a team of various people from different backgrounds, beliefs, ideals, and goals. In only a month, we became friends. Our differences were embraced and welcomed. It was a most pleasant surprise.
Japan Summer Service-Learning program alumni – Brenda Martinez ’22, Sam Hernandez ’22, Xuan He ’20, Xiaoyu Wu ’22, and Stephen Chen 19.5 – gather for a light-hearted reunion with CCE’s Kristen Mullins and Atsuko Kuronuma during Ms. Kuronuma’s recent visit from Tokyo.
Consider applying for this amazing program. Visit go/jssl and access the application at the bottom of the page.
