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Activities Abroad: for work and intern abroad

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Community and social work abroad: what is it, why should you do it, and where is the best place to go?

Community and social work abroad: what is it, why should you do it, and where is the best place to go?

What is community work or social work?

  • Social work and community work are often used interchangeably. In English, people often simply refer to 'social work' or 'community work'.
  • In social work abroad, you help other people with one or more aspects of life that they could use help with. For example, think of projects on loneliness, (financial) self-reliance, language skills, hygiene, preventive care or exercise/sports.
  • You can also consider your commitment to an organization that focuses on certain social themes as social work. For example, think of helping in a museum or other cultural institution.

Why would you do social work abroad?

  • Your involvement with others can take on a new dimension by helping abroad. You will experience a deeper layer in the culture and the specific challenges that people deal with.
  • By sharing your experiences in and with other cultures, you not only strengthen your own capacities, but you can also help with the transfer of knowledge.
  • By working abroad, you often encounter new sides of yourself and give those sides the opportunity to develop.

What are the core competencies you need, or can strengthen, for social work abroad?

  • Adaptability
  • Involvement
  • Empathy
  • Flexibility
  • Collaboration

Where is the best place to work for in community and social work?

  • Bonaire
  • Curacao
  • Brazil
  • Philippines
  • Ghana
  • Guatemala
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Madagascar
  • Nepal
  • Vietnam
  • South Africa
Grape- or fruit picking: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?

Grape- or fruit picking: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?

    What is grape picking?

    • Grape picking is cutting bunches of grapes from the grapevine or vine. The bunches of grapes are removed from the grape plants in one piece and then distributed over the crates.
    • You often work in an international team from different countries.
    • The grape harvest is often a relatively short period, the timing of which depends on the local weather; it can sometimes be difficult to plan to arrive at the right wine region at exactly the right time.

    What is fruit picking?

    • Fruit picking is done in orchards where apples, cherries, olives, plums, oranges or other fruit are picked from the branches or from the ground.
    • Harvesting exotic crops such as cocoa, kiwi, coffee berries and bananas also falls under fruit picking.
    • Depending on the fruit you are harvesting, you may sometimes have to climb trees or steps or bend down a lot or even crawl.
    • Fruit picking can be done in all kinds of places all over the world. If you organize it well and know when to be where, you can pick fruit all year round in Europe or the world.
    • To prepare fruit for picking, a grower often has to do a lot of preparatory work, such as pruning, thinning and weeding. These activities in fruit growing also offer opportunities if you want to work abroad.
    • Some experience in this area can make the work more fun, and also a lot more lucrative if your payment depends on how much you pick.

    What are the working conditions?

    • In most jobs as a fruit picker, you are paid based on the amount of fruit you pick. However, there is usually a set production level that you must achieve as a minimum, especially if the farmer provides a place to sleep and food for you.
    • Try not to feel too discouraged at the end of the first day or week if it turns out that some experienced employees have picked three times as much as you. You can always try to copy their technique or ask for advice. After a week or two, your earnings and self-confidence will certainly have increased.
    • You can often stay cheaply at a nearby campsite or for free at the farmer's own place
    • How physically demanding the work is depends on the crop you pick and what exactly your duties are around the harvest.
    • You usually have to be at least 18 years old.

    Why to pick fruits or grapes?

    • To stimulate your sense of involvement: sometimes you work very intensively on a farm for a long time with the same people, you often also sleep in a room with them: you have to like that, but you also make friends for life.
    • To make the world around you more sustainable: by looking for work in organic farming or permaculture.
    • To be profitable in a creative way: Some small farmers will not be able to pay you a wage, but offer a place to sleep and food in exchange for work. To gain new experiences: You experience much more during your stay on the farm and when you go to work than when you would travel around alone.
    • To increase your self-awareness: further away from your familiar environment you discover more quickly what you can actually do and what you actually want. By going to work you encounter yourself more often, you get to know yourself better and accept who you are and want to be.
    • To test your environmental awareness: by living and working in rural areas, you experience a foreign culture in a completely different and more authentic way than when you work in the tourism sector, for example.

    Where can you pick grapes and fruit abroad?

    • Australia: fruit picking
    • England: fruit picking, especially in southern England
    • France: grape picking, fruit picking
    • Georgia: fruit picking
    • Greece: olive picking
    • Italy: grape picking, fruit picking
    • Jordan: fruit and olive picking
    • New Zealand: fruit picking
    • Spain: grape picking, fruit picking, olive picking
    • Thailand: fruit picking
    • Switzerland: fruit picking

    What do you need as a grape or fruit picker?

    • Professionalism: you often have to work hard and hard, which is why the average slacker usually doesn't last long on a farm or nursery
    • Flexibility: the weather conditions and the growth of plants don't always go according to plan, which means that your flexibility will often be called upon
    • Ability to work together: being able to or learning to work together with a group of seasonal workers or with the farm family will always be necessary

    To what extent are you insured for the risks as a fruit and grape picker?

    There may be several reasons why you need separate insurance when picking fruit or grapes abroad

    • Your local health insurance normally lapses. You then need special insurance to remain insured against illness and accidents.
    • Local employers usually do not offer any, or only limited, supplementary insurance.
    • The risk of accidents is somewhat greater on farms and in the fruit growing business than in other sectors.
    • A number of specialized insurances offer opportunities to do (temporary) paid work abroad where you run a bit more risk, such as working in orchards or vineyards.

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    Internship abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?

    Internship abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?

    What is an internship abroad?

    • An internship abroad means working for a foreign organization for a certain period of time in order to help and especially to learn from it.
    • For your work, you generally do not receive compensation in the form of salary, expenses or, for example, board and lodging.

    Why should you intern abroad?

    • To gain experience in your own field of work, or in the sector you might want to work in later.
    • To see yourself at work in a different environment.
    • To be able to work in a different field and see if you like it.
    • To use as a stepping stone for a local job with a salary.
    • To help others with your efforts and skills.
    • To support organizations or causes you find important in your life.

    What do you need if you want to do an internship abroad?

    • Flexibility: you already need some form of flexibility, the rest you will acquire during your stay abroad
    • Communication skills: depending on the type of work, you will need a reasonable to good command of the local language.
    • Independence and/or self-confidence: you will need some form of independence, and your self-confidence will grow through it
    • Environmental awareness: an important element for your stay abroad
    • Cooperation skills: also abroad it is important that you learn, or can learn, to cooperate when working with others
    • Organizational awareness
    • Empathy

    Where is the best place to intern abroad?

    •  When looking for a social internship: Aruba - Bonaire - Curaçao - Ghana - Guatemala - India - Nepal - South Africa
    •  When you are looking for a commercial internship: Australia - Curacao - Spain - United States of America
    •  When you are looking for an internship caring for or protecting animals: Costa Rica - Curaçao - Ecuador - Indonesia - South Africa
    •  When you are under 18 years old: Spanish language courses and internships in Spain (e.g. Salamanca, Barcelona) - Youth internships in Malawi, Uganda or South Africa.
    •  When you travel "as a woman alone" for the first time : Australia - New Zealand - Argentina - Ecuador - Costa Rica - Thailand - Indonesia. - Nepal - Ghana
    •  When traveling 'as a woman alone' with experience: Bolivia - Peru - Guatemala - Nicaragua - China and Hong Kong - South Africa - Kenya - Malawi

    To what extent are you insured for the risks of doing a traineeship and intern abroad?

    • Several reasons may apply why you need separate insurance when doing an internship abroad, or at least check your insured situation carefull
      • Local organizations usually offer no, or very limited, insurance
      • The risk of accidents is present because you are doing work with which you have little experience, for example
      • During your internship abroad, in most countries the coverage of your own health insurance expires. You will then need special insurance to remain properly insured for illness and accidents.
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    Jobs abroad: what to do, why to do it, and where are the best places to go?

    Jobs abroad: what to do, why to do it, and where are the best places to go?

    Paid vacancies, internships and volunteer work with organizations and institutions in work fields such as consulting, administration, communications, consulting, finance, health care, legal, social services, management, marketing, environment, education, research, organization, psychology, pedagogy, engineering, tourism and science. With sector information, destination advice and job application tips

    See the following pages for jobs and vacancies per sector:

    Legal work abroad: why should you do legal work abroad and what do you gain?

    Legal work abroad: why should you do legal work abroad and what do you gain?

    Legal work abroad: why should you do legal work abroad and what do you gain?

    Why should you do legal work abroad?

    • Involvement in social legal aid in other cultures.
    • Gaining experience with legal systems in an international context.
    • Gaining self-insight by stepping out of your comfort zone and leaving your familiar environment behind.

    What do you gain of doing legal work abroad?

    • Adaptability
    • Courage
    • Flexibility
    • Professional conduct
    • Collaboration
    • Sufficient (legal) knowledge of the local language
    Outdoor and sports instructor abroad: what is it, why do it and where is the best place to go?

    Outdoor and sports instructor abroad: what is it, why do it and where is the best place to go?

    What does it mean to be a sports instructor abroad?

    • A sports instructor is someone who teaches sports in theory and practice. You teach how to master a certain sport, or learn to practice it better.
    • In addition, you are often busy with all kinds of practical matters concerning the requirements for the sport in question.

    What does it mean to be an outdoor trainer abroad?

    • An outdoor instructor is someone who teaches the theory and practice of an outdoor activity. You teach how to master a certain activity, or learn to master it better.
    • With many outdoor activities, you pay extra attention to safety while practicing the activity.
    • In addition, you are often busy with arranging and organising all kinds of practical matters around the activity.

    Why would you become a sports instructor or outdoor trainer abroad?

    • Helpfulness: it is rewarding work that you get a lot in return. You are busy transferring knowledge to others.
    • Involvement: it strengthens your sense of connection with people and nature.
    • Experience: You gain unique experiences in another country, in another nature and in another culture.
    • Sense of freedom: especially when you are working outside in a beautiful environment.
    • Self-insight: you learn independence, to trust yourself and how to react in difficult situations.

    What do you need, or what skills can you acquire as a sports instructor or outdoor trainer abroad?

    • Empathy: feeling for the people you teach or guide.
    • Having courage: you should not be too fearful in some sports.
    • Being aware of the environment, respect for the flora and fauna and the culture in which you work.
    • Being aware of the organization: you must always be able to remain alert, because you are responsible for yourself and your students.
    • Flexibility: the weather conditions and seasons, the physical condition of yourself and your students can have an influence.

    Where can you become a sports trainer or outdoor trainer abroad?

    A short list of popular outdoor destinations

    • Australia
    • Canada
    • Chile
    • Costa Rica
    • El Salvador
    • Germany
    • Iceland
    • Norway
    • New Zeeland
    • Switzerland
    • United States

    To what extent are you insured for the risks?

    Paid work abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?

    Paid work abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?

    What is paid work abroad?

    • Paid work abroad means that you have a temporary or permanent job with a foreign employer or that you have been sent abroad by a Dutch employer.
    • For your work you generally receive compensation in the form of salary, expense allowance or, for example, board and lodging. In addition, the better jobs may also reimburse you for your travel to and/or from work.

    Why should you go to work abroad for pay?

    • To gain experience: by working abroad, your work experience increases within your own field but generally beyond. You experience much more during your stay abroad when you go to work than if you were already traveling around.
    • To strengthen your empathy: by working in another culture, you often strengthen your own ability to put yourself in another person's shoes. The differences in culture, ways of working and ways of communicating make you accept or take other pieces as they are more quickly. Your own perspective quickly becomes wider, broader and, in particular, more flexible.
    •  To increase your stress resistance: you regularly work under reasonable or great pressure; working in a different culture can be a drain on your stress resistance. Especially due to pressures that may arise because you have to communicate in a different language, perform new work or receive limited coaching. Yet for almost everyone, these experiences contribute to greatly increasing your stress resilience precisely because of them.
    • To discover and accept your own qualities: further away from your familiar surroundings you discover more quickly what you can actually do and what you really want. It is precisely by going to work that you encounter yourself more often, get to know

    What do you need if you want to work abroad?

    • Flexibility: you already need some form of flexibility, the rest you will gain during your stay abroad.
    • Communication skills: depending on the type of work, you will need a reasonable to good command of the local language.
    • Independence and/or self-confidence: you already need some form of independence, and your self-confidence will grow through it.
    • Being environmentally aware: an important element for your stay abroad.
    • Collaborative ability: also abroad, it is important that you learn, or can, work together when working with others.

    To what extent are you insured for risks when doing paid work abroad?

    • There may be several reasons why you need separate insurance when doing paid work abroad: 
    • During work, internship or volunteer work abroad in many cases, you will then need special insurance to remain insured for illness and accidents.
    • Local employers usually offer no, or limited, additional insurance.
    • The risk of accidents is present because you are doing work with which you have little experience, for example.
    • Some specialized insurances offer opportunities to do (temporary) paid work abroad. See the pages on insuring paid work abroad and the pages on your medical expenses abroad.
    • Read more: travel insurances and insurances for long term abroad - Theme
    • Read more: betaald werken in het buitenland verzekeren (NL)

    What are the most popular countries to do paid work abroad?

    • All countries
    • Australia: working holiday, agricultural work, health care
    • Austria : tourism, winter sports
    • Canada: working holiday, agricultural work
    • Curacao: hospitality, communication
    • France: tourism, agricultural work (fruit picking), au pair
    • Greece: hospitality, tourism
    • Italy: tourism, winter sports , teaching (English), au pair
    • New Zealand: working holiday, health care
    • Portugal: tourism, helpdesks
    • South Africa: tourism, helpdesks
    • Spain: hospitality, tourism, teaching (English)
    • Switzerland: tourism, winter sports
    • Thailand: teaching
    • United States: working holiday, au pair
    Teaching English abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where should you go?

    Teaching English abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where should you go?

    Where can you teach English abroad as a foreigner or as a (non) native speaker?

    • When you are going to teach abroad, this can range from a paid job as an English teacher at a local school in Asia to helping children with their English at a nursery school somewhere in Africa.
    • As a foreigner, you have the most opportunities as an English teacher at a primary school or as a private teacher.
    • In addition, there are also opportunities within secondary education and special education.
    • The general rule is that as the age of the students increases, the requirements for your experience and diplomas also increase.

    What do you get out of teaching or helping at a school abroad?

    • Helpfulness: for rewarding work you often get as much, or more, back than you put in.
    • Involvement: it strengthens your sense of involvement with a group of children or adults who want to develop or need help.
    • Experience: you are pulled out of your comfort zone and experience all kinds of things every day.
    • Creativity: you can really use your creativity when creating or using teaching materials or lesson content.
    • Empathy: you train yourself to immerse yourself not only in another culture but also in the thought processes of your students.
    • Income: if you teach English abroad, you can often earn enough to pay for your stay. If you have been able to get one of the better positions, you can usually live well on it or save something to be able to travel further afterwards.
    • Flexibility: you strengthen your ability to flexibly look for solutions for situations that suddenly arise.

    What do you need or can you learn if you teach or work in the education sector abroad?

    • Being aware of your surroundings: wherever you teach, you will always have to take your surroundings into account. Every country has its own rules and customs that you will have to adhere to to a certain extent.
    • Being aware of the organization: every school or educational institution also has its own way of looking at education or teaching. Here too, you will have to take more account. Just like with the limitations/challenges that some schools have due to a lack of money or facilities.
    • Communication skills: knowledge of the local language makes your work a lot easier and of better quality.
    • Being able to be convincing
    • Being able to plan
    • Being able to radiate self-confidence

    Where is the best place to go when you want to teach English abroad?

    • Southern Europe: Spain and Portugal.
    • Middle East: United Arab Emirates, Qatar.
    • Africa: Egypt, South Africa.
    • Eastern Europe: Hungary, Czech Republic.
    • Asia: China, Thailand.
    • Latin America: Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile.

    To what extent are you insured for the risks while teaching abroad?

    Working for an international organisation abroad: what is it, why would you do it and where should you go?

    Working for an international organisation abroad: what is it, why would you do it and where should you go?

    What is working in the non-profit sector or at an international organisation abroad?

    • 'Working at an NGO' is in fact a collective term for the many functions that this type of organisation offers: from lawyer and accountant to social media campaign leader and from biological fieldworker to investigative journalist.
    • Depending on your expertise, the sector in which you want to work for a non-profit organisation and the country you want to go to, your options will vary greatly.

    Why would you work at an international organisation?

    • To gain experience: by working abroad, your work experience increases within your own field of expertise but also outside of it in general. During your stay abroad, you experience much more when you go to work than if you were already travelling.
    • To strengthen your empathy: by working in a different culture, you often strengthen your own ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes. The differences in culture, working methods and communication methods ensure that you accept or accept other things more quickly as they are. Your own perspective quickly becomes broader, more spacious and especially more flexible.
    • To increase your stress resistance: you regularly work under reasonable or great pressure; working in a different culture can be an attack on your stress resistance. Especially due to pressure that can arise because you have to communicate in a different language, have to perform new tasks or receive limited coaching. Yet for almost everyone, these experiences contribute to a significant increase in your stress resistance.
    • To discover and accept your own qualities: further away from your familiar environment, you discover more quickly what you can actually do and what you actually want. It is precisely by going to work that you encounter yourself more often, you get to know yourself better and accept who you are and want to be.

    What do you need if you want to work abroad for an NGO?

    • Flexibility: you already need some form of flexibility, the rest you gain during your stay abroad. Communication skills: depending on the type of work, you will need to have a reasonable to good command of the local language.
    • Independence and/or self-confidence: you already need a certain form of independence, and your self-confidence will grow as a result.
    • Being aware of your surroundings: an important element for working for an international organisation abroad.
    • Collaboration skills: networking, both inside and outside your organisation, is crucial for finding a (next) job at an international organisation.
       

    Where is the best place to work for international organisations?

    Popular countries to work in, for an international organisation

    • Belgium
    • Curaçao
    • France
    • United States
    • Switzerland

    Countries where many NGO projects send employees

    • Bangladesh
    • Brazil
    • El Salvador
    • Ethiopia
    • Philippines
    • Ghana
    • Haiti
    • India
    • Madagascar
    • Nepal
    • Sint Maarten
    • Zimbabwe

    To what extent are you insured for the risks when working for an NGO abroad?

    • There may be several reasons why you need separate insurance when working abroad with an international organisation
    • During work, an internship or volunteering abroad your local health insurance most of the time lapses. You will then need special insurance to remain insured against illness and accidents.
    • Local employers generally do not offer any, or limited, supplementary insurance.
    • There is a chance of accidents because, for example, you are doing work with which you have little experience, or because of challenging local working conditions.
    • A number of specialised insurances offer options for (temporary) paid work abroad.
    • See the pages about insuring paid work abroad and the pages about your healthcare costs abroad.
    • Read more: Travel insurances and insurances for long term abroad - Theme
    • Read more: Betaald werken in het buitenland verzekeren (NL)

     

    Working at an ecolodge, guesthouse or hotel abroad: what is it, why would you do it and where is the best place to go?

    Working at an ecolodge, guesthouse or hotel abroad: what is it, why would you do it and where is the best place to go?

    • Activities: the work can range from reception work and maintenance work to sometimes managing a local employee
    • Salary: from room and board to a salary that allows you to provide for yourself
    • Accommodation: In most cases, you will stay at the accommodation itself. Sometimes you sleep in a tent or you can bring your own tent

    Why would you work at a hotel, guesthouse or ecolodge abroad?

    • To stimulate your sense of involvement: you often work very intensively with the same people at a hotel or accommodation for a long time, you often also sleep in a room with them: you have to like that, but you also make friends for life. To make the world around you more sustainable: by looking for work at an ecolodge or sustainable accommodation you can combine your work and interests nicely.
    • To be profitable in a creative way: Some owners will not be able to pay you a salary, but offer a place to sleep and food in exchange for work.
    • To gain new experiences: During your stay abroad and when you go to work, you will experience much more than if you were to travel around alone.
    • To increase your self-awareness: further away from your familiar environment, you will discover more quickly what you can actually do and what you actually want. By going to work, you will encounter yourself more often, get to know yourself better and accept who you are and want to be.
    • To test your environmental awareness: by living and working in special places in the world, you will experience a foreign culture in a completely different and more authentic way.

    What do you need if you want to work at a hotel, hostel or ecolodge?

    • Be environmentally aware: wherever you work, you will always have to take your environment into account. Every country has its own rules and customs that you will have to adhere to to a certain extent
    • Being aware of the organization: every organization also has its own way of looking at hospitality and hospitality. Here too, you will have to take more into account. Just like with the limitations/challenges that some schools have due to a lack of money or facilities
    • Communication skills: knowledge of the local language is not a must but it is a big advantage and in addition you will often have to be able to communicate well with the guests of the accommodation where you will be working
    • Professionalism: on some days and certainly during the high season you will have to work hard
    • Flexibility: the weather conditions, the behavior of animals and the growth of plants do not always go according to plan, which means that your flexibility will often be called upon
    • Collaboration skills: being able or learning to collaborate with local managers, owners and employees

    What is the best place to go when you want to work at a hotel, hostel or ecolodge abroad?

    • Working in backpacker hostels: Mexico, Peru, New Zealand
    • Working in hotels: Spain, Austria, Curacao
    • Working in ecolodges: South Africa, Costa Rica, Caribbean, Malawi

    To what extent are you insured for risks if you work at a hotel, hostel or ecolodge abroad?

    • There may be several reasons why you need separate insurance for paid work abroad
    • During work, internship or volunteer work abroad the coverage of your own local health insurance normally expires. You then need special insurance to remain insured for illness and accidents. Local employers usually offer no, or limited, supplementary insurance.
    • There is a chance of accidents because, for example, you are doing work with which you have little experience.
    • A number of specialized insurances offer opportunities to do (temporary) paid work abroad.
    • See the pages about insuring paid work abroad and the pages about your health care costs abroad.
    • Read more: Travel insurances and insurances for long term abroad - Theme
    • Read more: Betaald werken in het buitenland verzekeren (NL)
    Working in education and teaching abroad: what is it, why would you do it and where is the best place to go?

    Working in education and teaching abroad: what is it, why would you do it and where is the best place to go?

    What is teaching abroad?

    • If you are going to teach abroad, this can range from a paid job as an English teacher at a local school in Asia to volunteering at a nursery school somewhere in Africa.

    Where and what can you teach abroad?

    • As a non native English speaker abroad, you have the best chance of a job as an English teacher at a school or as a private teacher.
    • For all other subjects, from music to mathematics, the possibilities are more limited.
    • In addition to teaching English, there are also many Dutch people who work as a Dutch teacher or German people who work as a German teacher or French people who work as a French teacher. Not only at Dutch, German or French schools but also at foreign educational institutions where the language is offered as a study or subject.

    Why would you teach or help at a school abroad?

    • Helpfulness: for rewarding work you often get as much, or more, back than you put in.
    • Involvement: it strengthens your sense of involvement with a group of children or adults who want to develop or need help.
    • Experience: you are pulled out of your comfort zone and experience all kinds of things every day.
    • Creativity: you can use your creativity well when creating or using teaching materials or lesson content.
    • Empathy: you train yourself to immerse yourself not only in another culture but also in the thought processes of your students.
    • Flexibility: you strengthen your ability to flexibly search for solutions for situations that suddenly arise.
    • Self-insight: there is no better mirror for your own development than a classroom full of children or involved students.

    What do you need or can you learn if you teach or work in education abroad?

    • Being aware of your surroundings: wherever you teach, you will always have to take your surroundings into account. Every country has its own rules and customs that you will have to adhere to to a certain extent.
    • Being aware of the organization: every school or educational institution also has its own way of looking at education or teaching. Here too, you will have to take more account. Just like with the limitations/challenges that some schools have due to a lack of money or facilities.
    • Communication skills: knowledge of the local language is not a must but is a great advantage.
    • Being able to be convincing
    • Being able to shape planning
    • Being able to radiate self-confidence

    What is the best place to go if you want to teach abroad a volunteer or intern?

    • Argentina: for example teaching street children in Buenos Aires
    • Bolivia: from teaching English to helping at a local village school
    • Cambodia: from teaching monks to helping in special education for blind or disabled children
    • Ghana: for example teaching English or mathematics in the countryside of Ghana.
    • Guatemala: helping with teaching around Antigua
    • India: for example teach children from slums or women and offer them more future prospects in this way.
    • Kenya
    • Middle East: in many countries in the Middle East there are opportunities to teach English, paid or unpaid
    • Nepal: including opportunities for internships and research internships in the field of teaching.
    • Thailand
    • South Africa: for example teaching sports in the townships

    What is the best place to go if you want to teach abroad a paid employee?

    • Aruba: working in lower vocational education, secondary education or secondary special education.
    • Bonaire: teaching at a primary or secondary school in various subjects
    • China: At the moment, more than 300 million Chinese are learning English. No wonder that most (well-paid) jobs in education can be found in China.
    • Brazil: Many opportunities to teach within large companies and the thousands of language schools spread across the country; from small villages to the big cities.
    • Chile: often has a relatively higher demand for English teachers.
    • Suriname: for example as a teacher in the interior of Suriname.
    • Italy: there has been a high demand for English teachers in Italy for a long time, for example in Rome.
    • Spain: working as an English teacher teaching Spaniards who want to improve their chances on the job market.
    • South Korea: for the more experienced teacher.

    Are you properly insured if you are going to teach abroad?

    Working in the hospitality or entertainment industry abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?
    Working with children abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go? *
    Working on a cruise ship or sailing boat abroad: what is it, where is the best place to go and are you insured?

    Working on a cruise ship or sailing boat abroad: what is it, where is the best place to go and are you insured?

    What is working on a sailing yacht or cruise ship abroad?

    • Working on a cruise ship or sailing yacht can consist of one or more roles that can or must be fulfilled. Staff on a cruise ship or large sailing yacht can be roughly divided into three types.
    • The highest in rank are the officers, which includes the captain, but also the doctor and the management staff.
    • Then comes the staff, which includes shop staff, casino staff, serving staff with customer contact, beauticians and independent shop owners.
    • The lowest in rank is the crew, which includes the stewards and catering staff without customer contact, but also the cleaners and the lowest technical staff.

    Why would you work on a boat or cruise ship abroad?

    • To gain experience: by working abroad, your work experience increases within your own field of expertise, but also outside of it in general. You experience much more during your stay abroad when you go to work than when you would already be travelling
    • To strengthen your empathy: by going to work in a different culture you often strengthen your own ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes. The differences in culture, working methods and communication methods ensure that you accept other things more quickly or take them as they are. Your own perspective quickly becomes broader, wider and especially more flexible
    • To increase your stress resistance: you regularly work under reasonable or great pressure; working in a different culture can be an attack on your stress resistance. Especially due to pressure that can arise because you have to communicate in a different language, have to perform new tasks or receive limited coaching. Yet it is true for almost everyone that these experiences contribute to the fact that your stress resistance increases significantly
    • To discover and accept your own qualities: further away from your familiar environment you discover more quickly what you can actually do and what you actually want. By going to work you encounter yourself more often, you get to know yourself better and accept who you are and want to be.

    What do you need if you want to work on a ship?

    • Professionalism: you often have to work hard and a lot. Furthermore, a positive appearance and being easy to get along with are important qualities. You are a fast learner and enjoy working in a multicultural environment.
    • Service orientation: especially if you have a lot of contact with the guests, their wishes always come first.
    • Being flexible: Do you not need to know weeks in advance exactly what your day will look like, but is it enough to find out at the moment? Then you have a good attitude
    • Communication skills: On a ship you get different guests every trip and it is important that you get to know them as quickly as possible in order to tailor everything to their wishes.
    • Collaboration skills: even abroad it is important that you learn, or can, collaborate when you are working with others

    To what extent are you insured for the risks?

    • There may be several reasons why you need separate insurance for paid work abroad.
    • During work, internship or volunteer work abroad, the coverage of your Dutch local insurance normally expires. You then need special insurance to remain insured against illness and accidents.
    • Local employers usually do not offer any, or limited, additional insurance. When working on ships, you may already be insured by your employer during your work. This varies per ship and employer
    • There is a chance of accidents because, for example, you are doing work with which you have little experience.
    • A number of specialized insurances offer options for (temporary) paid work abroad. See the pages about insuring paid work abroad and the pages about your health care costs abroad.
    • Read more: Travel insurances and insurances for long term abroad - Theme

    What are the most beautiful routes in the world by boat, ship or cruise?

    What is the best place to go: the beautiful and famous (top 10) sailing trips

    • Along the Ionian Islands in Greece
    • Along the Turkish coast
    • Across the Andaman Sea
    • From Bali to Sulawesi
    • From Grenada and the Grenadines to the rest of the Caribbean
    • Along the coast of Norway
    • From Colombia via the San Blas Islands to Panama (or vice versa)
    • Sailing through the Grand Canyon

    What is the best place to go: the beautiful and famous (top 10) cruises

    • Greek Islands (Rhodes, Santorini)
    • Caribbean Islands (St. Lucia, Guadeloupe, Curacao)
    • Chile: Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales
    • The Nile Cruise (all of Egypt by boat)
    • South Pacific (including Papeete, Bora Bora)
    • Fjord Cruise (towards the North Cape)
    • Antarctica (fascinating)
    • Panama Canal
    • World Cruise (for example 98 days from Rotterdam/The Netherlands)
    • Southeast Asia

     

    Working on a farm abroad: what is it, where is the best place to go, and are you insured?

    Working on a farm abroad: what is it, where is the best place to go, and are you insured?

    What does working on a farm abroad involve?

    • Working on a farm means that you work temporarily as a seasonal or summer worker for an agricultural company. This can range from working as a fruit picker in France to herding cattle in Australia and from milking organic goats in Chile to working together within a permaculture community in the tropics.
    • Employment: There is always a chance of work if you knock on a farmer's door. Many farms, especially in Europe, but certainly also in Australia and New Zealand, are usually looking for assistance, especially during the busy seasons. Small-scale farms often have work for unskilled (or non-agriculturally trained) people and will also be more open to a construction with room and board.
    • Activities: There is a huge variety of seasonal jobs within agriculture and livestock farming. It can help to have experience with driving a tractor, horse riding or other work on a farm, or to have at least some feeling for working with machinery or farm animals.

    Why should you work on a farm abroad?

    • To stimulate your sense of involvement: sometimes you work very intensively with the same people on a farm for a long time, you often also sleep in a room with them: you have to like that, but you also make friends for life.
    • To make the world around you more sustainable: by looking for work in organic farming, permaculture, or for example in the production of goat cheese, you can nicely combine your work and interests.
    • To be profitable in a creative way: Some small farmers will not be able to pay you a wage, but offer a place to sleep and food in exchange for work.
    • To gain new experiences: During your stay on a farm and when you go to work, you experience much more than if you were to travel around alone.
    • To increase your self-awareness: further away from your familiar environment, you discover more quickly what you can actually do and what you actually want. By going to work, you encounter yourself more often, you get to know yourself better and accept who you are and want to be. To test your environmental awareness: living and working in rural areas allows you to experience a foreign culture in a completely different and more authentic way than, for example, working in tourism.

    Where is the best place to go for farm work abroad?

    • Australia: working holiday, agricultural work, fruit picking
    • Canada: working holiday, agricultural work
    • Chile: fruit picking, livestock farming
    • France: agricultural work, fruit picking, grape picking
    • Italy: agricultural work, fruit picking
    • Ecuador: tropical agriculture, coffee, cocoa and permaculture
    • New Zealand: working holiday, fruit picking, agricultural work
    • Spain: olive picking, viticulture
    • South Africa: ecolodges, ranches

    What do you need if you want to work on a farm?

    • Professionalism: you often have to work hard and hard, which is why the average slacker usually doesn't last long on a farm. Flexibility weather conditions, animal behaviour and plant growth do not always go according to plan, which means that your flexibility will often be called upon.
    • Collaborative skills: being able to learn to work together with a group of seasonal workers or with the farm family will always be necessary.

    To what extent are you insured for the risks of working on a farm or in livestock farming

      Medical internship and healthcare internship: what is it, why should you do it and are you insured?

      Medical internship and healthcare internship: what is it, why should you do it and are you insured?

      What are your tasks and duties as a co-assistant or intern in medicine?

      • As a co-assistant or intern, you will often work with the ward doctor or the head nurse.
      • As the co-assistant or when the internship progresses, you will be given more and more responsibility and will increasingly work independently, under supervision.
      • You will often participate in the morning and afternoon handover, the visits, the Multidisciplinary Consultation (MDO).
      • You will also learn to perform a number of medical procedures.
      • It goes without saying that your duties will be expanded as you progress through your co-assistantships or internship. For example, as a 6th-year co-assistant or intern, you will be able to do much more yourself.

      What are your (internship) tasks or duties as a care provider?

      • A care provider is someone who provides care to people, so this includes various professions.
      • You help people who need extra care, for example the sick or people with a disability.
      • You not only provide care to patients, but also to their families. It is important that you teach those involved how to deal with the situation or illness.
      • A care provider provides personal care, social and medical care and provides information and advice.
      • The care is completely focused on well-being and living. You also help with household tasks, such as tidying up, cleaning and cooking.

      What are your (internship) duties as a nurse?

      • As a nurse, you perform duties such as personal care, wound care and administering medication and injections.
      • As a nurse, you often provide a variety of nursing care to patients.
      • Nursing technical procedures include, for example, inserting an IV, a stoma, catheter or a (stomach) tube.
      • You observe the patients in the department and sound the alarm in time with a colleague or a doctor in the event of a deterioration in the patient's condition.
      • Depending on the specialism, specific nursing procedures are also added, such as taking a blood gas test in the Intensive Care Unit or the Emergency Department.
      • You also prepare the rooms and equipment for patients and do administrative work. Both doctors and nurses spend a lot of time documenting the patient's medical data (the current status, changes in the treatment plan including medication).
      • In addition to these activities, you also supervise patients; it is important that you help them in how to deal with a situation, such as an illness. As a nurse, you give instructions and advice to the patient and you are the first point of contact for the family in the department. The conversations with the family are usually conducted by the attending physician.

      What do you get out of it? Why would you do an internship abroad?

      • To gain experience in your own field of work, or in the sector where you may want to work later.
      • To experience yourself working in a different environment.
      • To be able to work in a different field of work, and see if you like it.
      • To use it as a stepping stone for a local job with a salary.
      • To help others with your commitment and skills.
      • To support organizations or goals that you consider important in your life.

      What do you bring with you? What do you need if you want to do an internship abroad?

      • Flexibility: you already need some form of flexibility, the rest you will gain during your stay abroad.
      • Communication skills: depending on the type of work, you will need to have a reasonable to good command of the local language.
      • Independence.
      • Being aware of your surroundings.
      • Ability to cooperate.

      To what extent are you insured for the risks?

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      Activities abroad: for volunteering, nature and animal care abroad

      Activities abroad: for volunteering, nature and animal care abroad

      Volunteering abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?

      Volunteering abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?

      What is volunteer work abroad?

      • Volunteer work abroad means that you work abroad for a certain period of time at a foreign project or organization to help, learn or transfer knowledge.
      • You usually do not receive any compensation for your work in the form of salary, expense allowance or room and board.
      • Projects that have little or no income themselves will generally ask volunteers for compensation for the guidance or for the room and board provided.
      • In the case of an intermediary organization, this compensation can also be made via the intermediary organization.

      Why should you volunteer abroad?

      • To help others with your efforts and skills.
      • To support projects or goals that you consider important in your life.
      • To gain experience in your own field of work, or in the sector where you may want to work later.
      • To see yourself at work in a different environment.
      • To be able to work in another area and see if you like it.
      • To use as a stepping stone to a local job with salary.
      • Because you don't think it's necessary for a project to incur extra costs for your presence while they really need every dime.
      • Because you have already raised money for the project or organization where you will be working

      What do you need if you want to do volunteer work abroad?

      • Flexibility: you already need some form of flexibility, the rest you gain during your stay abroad.
      • Ability to communicate: depending on the type of work, you will need to have a reasonable to good command of the local language.
      • Independence and/or self-confidence: you already need a certain form of independence, and this will increase your self-confidence.
      • Being environmentally aware: an important element for your stay abroad.
      • Collaboration: also abroad it is important that you learn, or are able to, collaborate when you work with others.
      • Be organizationally aware.
      • Empathy.

      Where is the best place to volunteer abroad?

      • If you are looking for social volunteer work: Curaçao - Ghana - Guatemala - India - Nepal - South Africa
      • If you are looking for corporate volunteer work: Australia - Curaçao - Spain - United States of America
      • If you are looking for volunteer work caring for or protecting animals: Costa Rica - Curaçao - Ecuador - Indonesia - South Africa
      • If you are younger than 18 years old: Spanish language course with volunteer work in Spain - or volunteer work for young people in Malawi, Uganda or South Africa
      • If you are looking for volunteer work and are traveling for the first time as a 'woman alone': Australia - New Zealand - Argentina - Ecuador - Costa Rica - Thailand - Indonesia. - Nepal - Ghana
      • If you want to gain experience 'as a woman alone', go to: Bolivia - Peru - Guatemala - Nicaragua - China and Hong Kong - South Africa - Kenya - Malawi

      To what extent are you insured for the risks of volunteering abroad?

      • There may be several reasons why you need separate insurance when volunteering abroad, or at least you should carefully check your insured situation.
        • Local organizations usually offer no, or very limited, insurance.
        • There is a risk of accidents, for example because you are doing work with which you have little experience.
        • During your volunteer work abroad where you receive more than €190 per month in compensation (or, for example, food and housing), your Dutch health insurance coverage will normally lapse. You will then need special insurance to remain insured against illness and accidents.
      • Read more about insuring volunteer work abroad.
      Protecting sea turtles: what is it, where can you do it and are you insured?

      Protecting sea turtles: what is it, where can you do it and are you insured?

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      Protecting sea turtles: what do you get out of it?

      • A special time among engaged animal lovers
      • Knowledge of a special species
      • Images of sometimes thousands of tiny turtles

      Protecting sea turtles: what to bring?

      • Love of nature and animals
      • Flexible sleep schedule
      • Limited sensitivity to less pleasant smells
      • In some cases, considerable stamina (the laying sites are sometimes a bit further away on remote beaches

        Protecting sea turtles: do you need to be insured?

        What are sea turtles?

        • Sea turtles evolved from turtles that lived more on land. They are adapted to a life in the sea, but need to surface to breathe. They have lived on Earth for about 150 million years. Most species can travel long distances and swim up to about 30 km per hour

        What types of sea turtles are there?

        • There are seven main types of turtles
          • Flatback Sea Turtle
          • Green Sea Turtl
          • Hawksbill Sea Turtle
          • Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle / Kemp's sea turtle
          • Leatherback Sea Turtle
          • Loggerhead sea turtle / Loggerhead sea turtle
          • Olive Ridley Sea Turtle / Dwarf Sea Turtle (Warana)

        Where are you most likely to encounter sea turtles?

        • Australia: at the Great Barrier Reef or Cook Island
        • Costa Rica: at Tortuguero National Park
        • Ecuador: at the Galapagos Islands
        • Egypt: in the south at Marsa Alam
        • Hawaii: a.o. at Maui
        • Indonesia: near Bunaken. Pulau Weh or Raja Ampat
        • Maldives: at various islands
        • Malaysia: at Sipidan or the Perhantians
        • Mexico: near Playa del Carmen
        • Nicaragua: at the La Flor reserve

        Where can you find checklists for your travel, stay or work?

        Reforestation and tree planting abroad: what is it, why should you do it, and where is the best place to go?

        Reforestation and tree planting abroad: what is it, why should you do it, and where is the best place to go?

        What is reforestation and tree planting abroad and why is it done?

        • Reforestation involves planting trees and shrubs in places where they have previously disappeared due to logging, flooding or forest fires.
        • In many areas, planting trees helps to absorb or reduce the effects of climate change.
        • In coastal areas, mangrove forests are planted to break waves, prevent land from being washed away and provide fish with a place to read.
        • In dry areas, new trees provide shade, prevent erosion and desertification of the landscape.
        • In reforestation projects and activities, attention is often also paid to restoring biodiversity by using various local tree species, which benefits local animal species.
        • Many projects have their own nursery where small trees are grown from seeds.

        What does working in a reforestation project involve?

        • You can help care for the young trees (seedlings) at the nursery.
        • You plant the small trees at selected locations.
        • You care for the trees after they have been planted, for example by weeding, watering or placing protection against cattle and other grazers.
        • You teach local communities about biodiversity, the benefits of reforestation for the local economy, for example.
        • If you have a background in horticulture, forestry or water management, you can help train local employees or, for example, carry out a research internship on the results of the project.

        What do you get out of it?

        • Involvement: it strengthens your sense of involvement in tackling climate change, protecting nature and the plant world and also with other nature lovers
        • Experience: the chance that you experience something you have never done before, that you are pulled out of your comfort zone and that you gain an unforgettable experience is considerable
        • Freedom: especially when you are working in the middle of nature, you notice the difference with the life you sometimes lead at home

        What do you need or can you learn if you are going to plant and care for trees abroad?

        • Being environmentally aware: for example, by taking your surroundings into account, carefully storing your waste, minimizing water use and understanding the complex relationship between soil, plants and people.
        • Being organizationally aware: environmental clubs and nature conservation organizations are often run by a special breed of very committed people. In addition, these are organizations that often have few resources and have to fight against local bureaucracy.
        • Empathy: being aware of those circumstances is sometimes half the battle if you want to understand the behavior of the employees of a project, or your direct fellow helpers.

        What are the best places to go to slow or reverse desertification?

        • Spain
        • Egypt 
        • Morocco
        • Kenya

        What are the best places to go to restore mangrove forests?

        • Bonaire
        • Sri Lanka
        • Madagascar

        What are the best places to go to restore rainforests?

        • Brazil
        • Ecuador
        • Panama
        • Indonesia
        Protecting and caring for animals abroad: what is it, why would you do it, and where is the best place to go?

        Protecting and caring for animals abroad: what is it, why would you do it, and where is the best place to go?

        What is working with animals abroad?

        • Working with animals abroad means that you actively work for the protection or care of one or more animal species.
        • The work can be divided into working with animals in their natural environment and working with animals in shelters. In addition, there are often activities to be done in the field of communication, education or, for example, fundraising.
        • What is protecting animals in the natural environment of the animal?
        • Protecting animals abroad in the natural environment (habitat) of the animal means that you do activities that relate to improving the living environment. Or that you help with research such as measurements, counts or behavioral observations.
        • What is caring for animals in shelters and zoos?
        • Caring for animals abroad in shelters means that you do activities that relate to providing food, carrying out fence checks, cleaning cages and monitoring their health.

        Why would you protect and care for animals abroad?

        • Helpfulness: whether you help another person or an animal in need: you get more back for the rewarding work than you put into it.
        • Involvement: it strengthens your sense of involvement in the protection of nature and the animal world and also with other animal lovers.
        • Experience: the chance that you will experience something you have never done before, that you will be pulled out of your comfort zone and that you will have an unforgettable experience is considerable.
        • Stability and stress reduction: animals can have a strong influence on you when it comes to stress reduction; well-known examples are horses and dolphins. Other animals can be a good indicator of the extent to which you are already stress-resistant.
        • Freedom: especially when you are working in the middle of nature, you will notice the difference with the life you sometimes lead at home.

        What do you need or can you learn if you are going to protect and care for animals abroad?

        • Being environmentally aware: for example by taking your environment into account, carefully storing your waste, leaving animals alone in their own habitat. Analytical skills: you will often have to analyse the behaviour of animals well. Sometimes to prevent danger, and sometimes because it is part of your work. In this way, you often also strengthen your own analytical skills.
        • Being aware of the organisation: animal and nature protection organisations, and animal shelters, are often run by a special breed of very committed people. In addition, these are organisations that often have few resources and have to fight against local bureaucracy.
        • Empathy: being aware of these circumstances is sometimes half the battle if you want to understand the behaviour of the employees of a project, or your direct co-helpers.

        To what extent are you insured for the risks?

        • All over the world there are reserves, animal shelters and zoos where you can roll up your sleeves as an intern or volunteer.
        • In addition to 'cute' or 'impressive', 'unpredictable' is also a word that you can attribute to (wild) animals.
        • Working with wildlife (and with animals in general) is therefore not without its risks. If a cute monkey suddenly turns out to be able to bite viciously, this can cause nasty injuries and even illnesses.
        • Because many insurers exclude working with animals from coverage, it is important to handle this carefully.
        • Read more: Travel insurances and insurances for long term abroad - Theme
        • Read more: Werken met dieren in het buitenland verzekeren (NL)

        Protecting animals abroad: what is the best place to go?

        • Australia: marsupials, horses, koalas
        • China: giant pandas, dogs and cats
        • Costa Rica: monkeys, turtles
        • Curaçao: dolphins, birds, dogs, cats
        • Ecuador: felines, capuchin monkeys and kink-tailed bears
        • Egypt: donkeys, horses, dogs and cats
        • Philippines: monkeys
        • Greece: sea turtles, dogs
        • India: dogs and cats
        • Indonesia: orangutans, gibbons, street dogs, birds of prey
        • Cameroon: chimpanzees
        • Malta: birds
        • Madagascar: lemurs, fish
        • Mexico: sea turtles. Mongolia: wild mountain sheep, Prezewalski horses
        • Namibia: cheetahs, horses, wild cats
        • New Zealand: kiwis (the birds)
        • Uganda: rhinos
        • Portugal: Iberian wolves
        • Spain: stray dogs
        • Sri Lanka: elephants, sea turtles
        • Suriname: dogs
        • Thailand: gibbons, elephants
        • United States: wolves, horses
        • Zambia: chimpanzees, lions
        • Zimbabwe: lions, wild dogs
        • South Africa: monkeys, white sharks, lions, rhinos, penguins

        How does the preparation for working with animals abroad work in short?

        • Accommodation: In many nature reserves you can sleep in ranger accommodations, mountain huts, etc., but bringing your own tent often provides a lot more privacy (but keep an eye on the animals). If you work at an animal shelter, for example, your accommodation will often be less primitive.
        • Visas and permits: For some areas you need a special permit. Check this well in advance.
        • Currency: Take extra precautions if you are going to remote areas.
        • Safety & Troubleshooting: safety obviously differs per area you go to, so check the situation carefully with regard to possible rebels, weather and seasonal conditions, routes, presence of wild animals, etc. When working with animals in their natural environment, the environment often offers more risk than the animals you are examining. If you are going to work with animals in a form of captivity, the species you are working with determines the risks to a certain extent.
        • Vaccinations & Health: If you are going into nature or working with animals, make sure you get specialized advice from a travel doctor or the Travel Clinic. Also check the information about the rabies and tick encephalitis vaccination.
        • Insurance & Emergency Centers: when working with animals, an insurance that has taken into account the risks and local circumstances is actually the only luxury that is recommended.
        Paid work abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?

        Paid work abroad: what is it, why should you do it and where is the best place to go?

        What is paid work abroad?

        • Paid work abroad means that you have a temporary or permanent job with a foreign employer or that you have been sent abroad by a Dutch employer.
        • For your work you generally receive compensation in the form of salary, expense allowance or, for example, board and lodging. In addition, the better jobs may also reimburse you for your travel to and/or from work.

        Why should you go to work abroad for pay?

        • To gain experience: by working abroad, your work experience increases within your own field but generally beyond. You experience much more during your stay abroad when you go to work than if you were already traveling around.
        • To strengthen your empathy: by working in another culture, you often strengthen your own ability to put yourself in another person's shoes. The differences in culture, ways of working and ways of communicating make you accept or take other pieces as they are more quickly. Your own perspective quickly becomes wider, broader and, in particular, more flexible.
        •  To increase your stress resistance: you regularly work under reasonable or great pressure; working in a different culture can be a drain on your stress resistance. Especially due to pressures that may arise because you have to communicate in a different language, perform new work or receive limited coaching. Yet for almost everyone, these experiences contribute to greatly increasing your stress resilience precisely because of them.
        • To discover and accept your own qualities: further away from your familiar surroundings you discover more quickly what you can actually do and what you really want. It is precisely by going to work that you encounter yourself more often, get to know

        What do you need if you want to work abroad?

        • Flexibility: you already need some form of flexibility, the rest you will gain during your stay abroad.
        • Communication skills: depending on the type of work, you will need a reasonable to good command of the local language.
        • Independence and/or self-confidence: you already need some form of independence, and your self-confidence will grow through it.
        • Being environmentally aware: an important element for your stay abroad.
        • Collaborative ability: also abroad, it is important that you learn, or can, work together when working with others.

        To what extent are you insured for risks when doing paid work abroad?

        • There may be several reasons why you need separate insurance when doing paid work abroad: 
        • During work, internship or volunteer work abroad in many cases, you will then need special insurance to remain insured for illness and accidents.
        • Local employers usually offer no, or limited, additional insurance.
        • The risk of accidents is present because you are doing work with which you have little experience, for example.
        • Some specialized insurances offer opportunities to do (temporary) paid work abroad. See the pages on insuring paid work abroad and the pages on your medical expenses abroad.
        • Read more: travel insurances and insurances for long term abroad - Theme
        • Read more: betaald werken in het buitenland verzekeren (NL)

        What are the most popular countries to do paid work abroad?

        • All countries
        • Australia: working holiday, agricultural work, health care
        • Austria : tourism, winter sports
        • Canada: working holiday, agricultural work
        • Curacao: hospitality, communication
        • France: tourism, agricultural work (fruit picking), au pair
        • Greece: hospitality, tourism
        • Italy: tourism, winter sports , teaching (English), au pair
        • New Zealand: working holiday, health care
        • Portugal: tourism, helpdesks
        • South Africa: tourism, helpdesks
        • Spain: hospitality, tourism, teaching (English)
        • Switzerland: tourism, winter sports
        • Thailand: teaching
        • United States: working holiday, au pair
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