The Foreign Service Journal, June 2015

102 JUNE 2015 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT “In the camp experience, all of us had to manage our own laundry, cooking preparations and cleanup.” —Brooke Coskuner Books The Gap-Year Guidebook 2014: Everything You Need to Know About Taking a Gap-Year or Year Out, Jonathan Barnes (2014) Gap Year: How Delaying College Changes People in Ways the World Needs, Joseph O’Shea (2013) NowWhat? How a Gap Year of International Internships Prepared Me for College, Career, and Life, Monika Lutz (2013) Gap Year, American Style: Journeys Toward Learning, Serving, and Self-Discovery, Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson (2013) Escape Guide to The Ultimate Gap Year: The Essential Guide To Your Year Out, Amar Hussein (2013) The Complete Guide to the Gap Year: The Best Things to Do Between High School and College, Kristin M. White (2009) The Gap-Year Advantage: Helping Your Child Benefit from Time Off Before or During College, Karl Haigler and Rae Nelson (2005) Planning Your Gap Year: Hundreds of Opportunities for Employment, Study, Volunteer Work and Independent Travel, Nick Vandome (2005) Websites For General Information: www.americangap.org www.gapadvice.com www.gapwork.com www.gapyear.com www.outwardbound.org www.responsibletravel.com For Specific Programs: www.campsinternational.com This organization creates two-week to three-month volunteering programs for 18- to 25-year-olds. Participants live within rural communities surrounded by stunning biodiversity areas while contributing to sustainable project initiatives in Borneo (Sabah), Cambodia, Ecuador, Peru, Kenya and Tanzania. www.gapguru.com This website focuses on gap-year programs that emphasize community development, childcare and sports coaching. www.lattitude.org.uk The Lattitude group offers worldwide volunteer placements for gap-year students. The four-week to eleven-month projects cover a diverse range of interests including teaching, medicine and conservation work. www.madventurer.com This website highlights opportunities for gap-year participants to help empower global communities through sustainable service, transformative learning and adven- turous exploration. Opportunities range from two weeks to six months in length. Gap-Year Resources BC: Personally, I have learned to be more independent. While helping the less fortunate, I learned to appreciate the things I have in my life. Academi- cally, I have chosen to study art and graphic design in Berlin, Germany. I think this gap-year experience gave me the courage to choose to stay abroad and study, and also helped me to become more focused on pursuing my long-held interest in art and design. w For more information on how to determine if a gap year might work for a student in your family, please review the Gap-Year Resource list on this page. The Foreign Service Youth Founda- tion provides scholarship opportunitie s for Foreign Service gap-year students going on to their first year of college. For more details on how and when to apply, please contact FSYF at fsyf@fsyf.org . Visit FLO’s website for information on a variety of education resources for Foreign Service youth, www.state. gov/m/dghr/flo. Contact FLO’s Educa- tion and Youth team with questions at FLOAskEducation@state.gov. n