Education and Engagement Programs for Students and Professionals in Africa and Asia
To inspire and empower individuals and institutions to apply their passion and skills to create positive change in the world.
At GEI, we are passionate about sustainable development and social justice. And we believe that we can make the greatest impact by exciting others about our passion.
Our Study Abroad Programs offer students a unique opportunity to study sustainable development topics in Africa or Asia, and/or engage in service-learning activities or internships.
Upcoming Programs
Our Professional Development Programs enable professionals and students to upgrade and apply their knowledge, skills and intercultural competence, and to contribute to local capacity development.
Upcoming Programs
Our Faculty-Led and Custom Programs work with institutional partners who desire to provide an inspiring and empowering experience to their delegations (experiential learning, service-learning etc).
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Have you dreamed of exploring the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the living classroom of an African success story? This 3-week program allows you to study progress and challenges towards the 17 goals and their targets in Rwanda. Thematic introductions by local faculty members are followed by intensive experiential field work, using a combination of site visits, dialogues, interviews and service-learning activities.
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Are you passionate about emotional wellbeing and would like to learn more about the combined skills of mindfulness and self-compassion? The Center for Mindful Self-Compassion and GEI invite interested professionals and students to join a unique training retreat in Vietnam or Kenya. Mindful Self-Compassion can be learned – more correctly, remembered – by anyone. It is one essential foundation of emotional healing.
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Are you passionate about global health in general and the survival of newborn babies in particular? And would you like to volunteer your time and skills in a unique short-term service-learning opportunity in Vietnam that can even earn you university credit? This Newborn Care program enables you to help address clinical capacity deficits in the resuscitation and essential care of newborn babies in Vietnamese hospitals and universities.
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