Camp Australia

I currently work as an Environmental Educator and am working on a Master's in Outdoor Education. This money would fund a trip to Australia where I would work at a YMCA camp teaching Environmental Education and Adventure programming. This trip would also be a 6 hour internship for my Master's program. I would really love to be able to take this trip before I become tied down to any one place and am capable of taking 22 weeks of my life and moving across the world. This would look great on a resume, would really help my career out, and would help me become a better Environmental Educator. For those of you who don't know, Environmental Education is the process of taking students (mainly elementary aged) to a camp setting for a few days and teaching science classes in nature. So they learn forest and lake ecology, take insect and reptile classes, visit nature centers, but they also participate in team building, archery, ziplines, high ropes, and orienteering.

So basically I need money for a visa, plane ticket, and to prove that I have enough to live there if I don't find work ($5000 AUS minimum in theory). Since I already have work there, anything over what I need that's donated will then be re-donated to a charity foundation (most likely Wounded Warriors or something similar). A visa cost 280, a plane ticket is 2000 roughly, and the 5000 isn't needed so after showing it to the immigration people and returning home it can be donated. Thanks so much for helping out. Every bit counts.

If you have any questions you can email me at [email protected]