Some days you just aren’t feeling it. The suit and tie, the heels and skirt, the uniform that regardless of gender we all have to shrug on in order to go to work. Why not be different and stand out a bit, we think to ourselves. Out comes the orange tie with tacos on it, the bright pink skirt with …
Tips for Surviving a Work and Travel Program in Australia
Australia is a great place to work, and it may be the best place in the world to live – at least according to the Aussies. Outgoing, adventurous, and fun, Australians are a welcoming bunch. But that doesn’t mean you should start your work exchange program without knowing some of the basics for navigating Australian culture. Here are some quick …
Alliance Abroad Group Announces Two New Senior Executives
For Immediate Release 10/17/2019 Alliance Abroad Group (AAG) proudly announces the promotion of James Bell from President of USA to Chief Operating Officer of Global Operations. In addition, AAG is pleased to announce the appointment of Adam Cooper to the role of President of AAG USA. Both Mr. Bell and Mr. Cooper started their careers through cultural exchange programs and …
St George’s Home for Girls: A Promise Kept
The greatest gifts are seldom the biggest ones, or the most expensive ones. Often, what can seem to be a little gesture can have a profound effect. It can even be as simple as just keeping a promise. Michaela joined Alliance Abroad Group’s South African team in January of 2019. It was an exciting opportunity for someone who likes helping …
Hospitality to Spare
Laura knows hospitality, she grew up with it. As a little girl in Johannesburg, South Africa, she often heard her grandmother quote the bible verse “Do not neglect to show hospitality, because through it others dined with angels.” She also knows education, both of her parents were academics. Yet Laura found herself drawn to the hospitality industry.
Sometimes it’s the chef that comes out perfectly prepared
It was a job she never imagined taking in the first place, in a country that wasn’t her own. On her last day, she couldn’t imagine ever leaving. The idea of working abroad had never entered Maria Sanchez’ mind not so very long ago. She had grown up in a traditional household in Mexico, where a love of cooking was …
Exchange Day: The Journey of Cultural Exchange through Community
What connects us to one another; brings us together? The question of ‘how communities come together,’ and more importantly, ‘how communities stay together’ has always been a relevant facet of the human experience. However, with growing tensions between communities of all forms and types, colors and religions, I find the question is more pressing now than it has been in …
Out of the Cake-Box
Kavi Quinn is Taking Food to the Next Level of Awesome On a good day at work, Kavi Quinn prepares dozens of deserts and on a great day he creates pastries of his own invention. Ask him about his best day ever on the job and without hesitation he will tell you that it was “creating a royal icing flood …
On a Mission to Change African Tech
Sam Kodo is on a mission. His plan is to modernize the African tech industry. This might sound like a huge effort for one person to take on, but Sam is no ordinary tech-guy: he’s a robotics man and has been since his early childhood. At eight years old he created his first robot…from scrap metal and old electronic components. …
Korea West Selects a Model Student
Yuna Kang is a model student. We’re not making that claim because she also happens to be a model intern at Alliance Abroad; the South Korean Education Ministry and OSIT selected her as the very best student from the second round of 70 students participating in the WEST program. Yuna will become an example for other South Korean students hoping to …