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February 25, 2013 Southeast Asian Service Leadership Network (SEALNet) P.O. Box 19739 Stanford, CA 94309 recruit@sealnetonline.org

Dear Applicant, Thank you for your interest in SEALNet. SEALNet works throughout Southeast Asia to promote the spirit of service leadership and to contribute to the development of future Southeast Asian leaders. The following application is for university students who would like to participate in our two-week long summer service leadership projects. If you are a local high school student interested in joining our projects, please check the project-specific pages on our website for updates on the selection process. Attached you will find a paper copy of our application to be a member of one of our summer projects. Please feel free to print out the application, write on it, or fold it into a paper airplane, but remember that your application must be submitted to us online by 11:59 PM PST March 24, 2013 at http://www.sealnetonline.org/apply/project-application/. On the following pages, you will find general guidelines on the application process as well as the application questions themselves. You may apply for a maximum of two projects and you will be asked to rank those projects either as your first or second choice. Any duplicate submissions in an attempt to apply to more than two projects will negatively affect your application. All of us at SEALNet thank you for your interest in our organization. We look forward to reading your application and hope to meet you in Southeast Asia this summer. Please feel free to forward this opportunity to anyone that you think might be interested. Sincerely Yours, SEALNet Recruiting Team

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SEALN et Project Application 2013 Guidelines

Application deadline is 11:59 PM PST March 24, 2013 . Read the online Frequently Asked Questions at http://www.sealnetonline.org/apply/recruitmentfaqs/ Familiarize yourself with the project descriptions at http://www.sealnetonline.org/current-projects/ Please note that different projects have different start and end dates. Please make sure that you can attend the projects in their entirety before applying. All applicants must answer two short common application questions. Applicants also need to respond to the two project-specific questions for the projects they are applying for. Unfortunately, there is no way to save your answers online and edit them at a later time. We suggest that you compose your answers in a text document first and then paste them into the application online. Starred fields are mandatory please completely fill out those items. If you still have any questions after reading the FAQ Section mentioned above, please direct your questions to recruit@sealnetonline.org The 4 projects available this year are: Cambodia (Aug 11 Aug 25), Phnom Penh The Philippines Cebu (June 23 July 11), Cebu The Philippines Leyte (Aug 8 Aug 22), Leyte Vietnam (Aug 3 Aug 18), Ho Chi Minh City Participation in SEALNet projects this year will require a $500 fundraising commitment from each project member. This commitment will ensure that participants are fully engaged in the projects.

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SEALN et Project Application 2013

I. Basic Information
*Name: *Last Name: *Email Address: *Phone Number: *Date of Birth: *Country of Citizenship: *Education Level: *School Name: *Major of Study: *Which Southeast Asian language(s) do you speak? (Optional) I understand that I must submit evidence of my plane tickets or a $200 deposit within two weeks of acceptance to a project and that this deposit will be returned to me during the project. By submitting this application, I certify that I understand all requirements, regulations, terms, and conditions pertaining to SEALNet. *Please initial to agree to our Terms and Conditions:

II. Common Application Questions

Please keep each response to no longer than 200 words . 1. What skills, experience and personal attributes will you contribute to the project(s) that you are applying to? 2. How do you see your participation in the project(s) as contributing to your personal growth?

III. Project Preference

*Which project is your FIRST choice? *Which project is your SECOND choice?

III. Project-specific Questions

Please answer both required questions for each of the two projects that you have chosen to apply to. Each response should be no more than 250 words . Project Cambodia 1. How can you motivate young students who seem to have lost their interest in activities that you plan for them? 2. Assume your team were to have a teaching lesson tomorrow, but you and your teammates couldn't agree on what to teach. What would you do?

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Project Philippines Cebu 1. Many of the students we will be working with in the Philippines attend schools that adhere to Catholic values and teachings. How do you feel about this and how would you go about navigating this system while respectfully implementing change through our project? 2. Tell us about an idea, dream, or goal you currently have that is some way related to Project Philippines 2013. How would you go about accomplishing it? What steps would you take to bring yourself closer to achieving it? Be creative! Project Philippines Leyte 1. Here's a challenge to think on your feet now -- assume you are supposed to give a team workshop on a science and engineering topic for the project. Unfortunately, you lost your bag containing all the materials which were very essential to your topic of choice, and have twenty minutes to come up with a new activity with your team to teach the group of high school students. Explain how you will go about solving this problem. 2. There are many projects in SEALNet. Please tell us about why you want to join Project Philippines - Leyte. If you had to convince a friend to join a community service project in the Philippines incorporating science and engineering in its core vision, what would you tell them? Project Vietnam 1. Share with us an activity that could be implemented during our project that would include the participation of both SEALNet team members and people with disabilities. 2. Share with us a creative work that you are proud of (a writing excerpt, video clip, picture of your painting, etc.). (For writing excerpt, you can enter the text here. For other non-text entries, write the publicly available URL to your work.)

IV. Additional Information

*Resume: Please provide a link to your resume (e.g. a link to a PDF or a public LinkedIn profile). *Additional comments, suggestions, or questions: (Is there anything that you would like us to know or consider that is not yet included in your application?) *** Thank you for choosing to apply to SEALNets summer projects. Please submit your application online by 11:59 PM PST March 24, 2013 at http://www.sealnetonline.org/apply/projectapplication/. You should expect to hear back from us around mid-April. Good luck!

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