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United States

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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states, one federal district, and fourteen territories. The country is situated almost entirely in the western hemisphere: its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie in central North America between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south; the state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent with Canada to its east, and the state of Hawaii is in the mid-Pacific. U.S. territories, or insular areas, are scattered around the Caribbean and Pacific.

  • Capital: Washington, D.C.
  • Currency: Dollar (US)
  • Religions: Anglican, Roman Catholicism
  • Languages: English
  • FCO up to date information

Organisations

BUNAC

BUNAC

 BUNAC, the UK's leading work abroad and travel organisation, offers an ever-increasing range of overseas work and volunteer programmes. Set up in 1962, they have tonnes of experience and keep the cost as low as possible without sacrificing quality and support...
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GVI

GVI

With a field network of over 250 staff, GVI have been one of the biggest ground operators of volunteer programs in the world for more than a decade. GVI offers a range of volunteer opportunities abroad, including projects, expeditions, courses, internship trainee schemes and relevant BTEC qualifications...
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Camp America

Camp America

Camp America has been in operation since the summer of '69, and each year sends over 7,000 young people to take part in summer camps in the USA. Camp is a 9 week adventure - its fun, it's exciting and it's a really worthwhile experience...
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CESA Languages Abroad

CESA Languages Abroad

CESA Languages Abroad offers an amazing range of immersion language courses year round (from 1 to 48 weeks course duration) throughout Europe and in Latin America, Morocco, China, Japan & Russia...
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Flying Fish

Flying Fish

Flying Fish trains and recruits over 1000 people each year to work as yacht skippers and as sailing, diving, surfing, windsurfing and ski and snowboard instructors.  Taking advantage of some of the best training locations in the world, watersports courses are run in the UK, Australia and Greece,while snow sports instructor training takes place in Canada and France...
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Peak Leaders

Peak Leaders

Peak Leaders is a friendly, well established family business specialising in Ski, Snowboard and Mountain Bike Instructor Courses in Austria, Switzerland, Canada, USA, New Zealand, Argentina, Japan and India...
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Real Gap Experience

Real Gap Experience

Real Gap is your ticket to life-changing travel. To us, travel is about more than just a picture postcard or bragging rights. It's about challenging yourself, broadening your horizons, learning something new and seeing the world in a new light...
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