College for International Co-Operation and Development
Volunteer in Africa and India
Are You READY For Big Challenges?
Would you like to take action together with others to make the world a better place, fight off climate change and be part of building a sustainable future?
Do you want to learn about life in other parts of the world through your own experiences?
5 reasons to join CICD:
- To learn about the world and get a new perspective
- To live in community and make new friends
- To do good and be part of changing the world
- To learn many new skills
- To challenge yourself and your boundaries
Dream …. develop …. do!
Join CICD and become an activist for a better world!
By working together with our partners in Humana People to People and the local population in countries such as Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and India you can help to create change for the better.
Alone the world changes you - together we change the world.
Other activities at CICD
Students Testimonials - Why I joined and what I learned
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David Christian, Development Instructor
I am a 42 year old Englishman from Rochdale, Greater Manchester. I went to Mozambique in my project period. -
Danail Petrov, Development Instructor
I was part of the Gaia Corse, as well as the Fighting with the Poor 12 month’s course. -
Alice Fidell, Climate Activist Summer programme
My time at CICD has been an amazing and insightful learning experience, in an inclusive and welcoming community. -
Carina Andrade, Development Instructor
When studying at CICD I had the opportunity to develop personal and professional skills in so many ways.
From our Blog
I was angry with my friend;I told my wrath, my wrath did end.I was angry with my foe:I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I water'd it in fears,Night and morning with my tears:And I sunned it with smiles,And with soft deceitful wiles.&nbs...
I'm Explaining a Few Things.You are going to ask: and where are the lilacs?and the poppy-petalled metaphysics?and the rain repeatedly spatteringits words and drilling them fullof apertures and birds?I'll tell you all the news.I lived in a suburb,a su...
A city in Brazil recruited local farmers to help do something U.S. cities have yet to do: end hunger.By Frances Moore Lappé , posted Feb 13, 2009 in Yes!Magazine“To search for solutions to hunger means to act within the principle that the status of a...
Example from India - one farmer every 30 minutes commits suicide....During the 1990-s, the World Bank and IMF encouraged the Indian governements to adopt new economic policies such as "structural adjustment" and privatisation.Indias markets were open...
Who will teach?The programmes at CICD demand out-of-the ordinary teachers. The school’s teachers have a wide range of experiences and knowledge from travelling and working in many different countries. They are a diverse bunch, of different ages and n...
On teaching and learningThe school’s learning and teaching is a rare bird and definite¬ly out of the ordinary. It has each student and the student body in the middle of everything and playing the leading part. This is deepened through a collectively ...