You live in an English-speaking country and you want to so some voluntary, unpaid work in a developing country. Write a letter to a company called Cultural Expeditions, which organizes such trips. In your letter: - Indicate where you would like to volunteer and for how long. - Explian why you want to do the voluntary work. - State what your skilld and experience are.

Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to request enrollment in one of your upcoming voluntary social work trips to India
next
month. As your company Cultural Expeditions organizes trips to developing countries for voluntary workers, I would really appreciate
if
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I can get a seat reserved for the
next
month's trip to India. Since India is my home country, I believe I should contribute to its development in some way or the other. I am studying here in London and I have a summer break of 2 months starting the 1st of
next
month, so I am available for the complete period of time. As I believe in contributing my bit to
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society, I would like to teach some unfortunate children whose parents can not afford to pay for their school education. I hope they are willing to learn about social science and I can help them make a better future. Since I am currently pursuing Post-Graduation Diploma in Social Science, I feel I should attain some practical knowledge in the field.
Moreover
, I have 2 years of experience with
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NGO back home and I have done similar
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of work there. Apart from that, I am very patient and empathetic, so I am sure I am fit to teach youngsters. I hope I will get enrolled in the
next
trip organized by your company. Awaiting your response. Yours faithfully, Jay Arora
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