A new year is always full of opportunity, and we are excited about where ELIC is headed in 2025. The best adventures are the ones we have together, so we’re inviting you to be a part of the journey with us this year! Whether you’re in college, building your career, raising kids, or retiring, there is a place for you to join the team and equip students worldwide with English education and tools for a better life. Here are some opportunities to jump in with us in 2025.
Why not dive right in and see the impact for yourself? Trips range from two to five weeks with teams headed to countries all over Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. You can dip your toes in the waters of overseas teaching and experience a new culture and perspective. Short-term trips are known for their significant impact on those who go, which is valuable on its own. But these trips also play a significant role in the greater vision of our organization.
Short-term participants come alongside long-term teaching teams, giving them a boost of fresh energy and many hands as they run summer teaching programs or educational outreach projects that require extra work. In places where we don’t yet have long-term teams, short-term trips are helping to open doors to new countries and building our reputation for excellence, paving the way for a more permanent presence in the future.
Gather a team from your community to go on a short-term trip together! Not only will you teach overseas and experience the same impacts that come from other short-term trips, but you’ll also be inspiring the teammates who join you with the potential to change lives (their own and others) with cross-cultural work. Helping people catch a vision for global service creates massive ripples of impact as more and more people become a part of the community of teachers helping equip students around the world.
The beautiful impact of global teaching is never as compelling as when you hear about it from a trusted friend! If you have already been overseas with ELIC, you have a story to tell that can inspire others to find their place in this important work.
Do you have a friend who loves to travel? Let them know about our short-term programs! What about a retired neighbor looking for a purposeful endeavor for the next phase of their life? Tell them about our long-term teams! Maybe you know someone in college who is interested in working overseas. They would love the Global Ambassador Program!
There are opportunities to fit a whole range of personalities and professional backgrounds. We can’t wait to help your friends find the perfect fit.
We love that our teachers are supported not just by our staff resources from ELIC but by an enormous community of generous people invested in seeing the impact of this work in the world. Together, this network is building cross-cultural community and equipping thousands of students in over a dozen countries every year. Joining this effort helps keep teachers supported and opens doors for us to offer quality English education in countries where it is a valuable resource for improving people’s lives. You can give to support a specific teacher or our work as a whole here.
As we stand at the beginning of 2025, we can’t wait to get started! Will you join us in providing English education and making a global impact this year?