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I've applied for a volunteering opportunity but due to financial problems beside the events of war in the area I won't be able to travel abroad so I need to withdraw the opportunity and get refund the money I payed but my local center to which I payed about 100$ as fees for the application and accomodation refuse to help me and they say that I have no right to get my money back as my reasons are not sever health issues

Hello sir/mam

My son gunit nagdev reached at cario egypt but rooms and hostel facility is very poor and his baggage is also not delivered to him from air port egytair lost his baggage on air port

Can you please take any action and provide him good rooms and meal facilities in egypt or other wise we will take any action against this type of

Missguiding to us in india your staff from indore (india) told us that very good service provided by them but we fill very bad services in egypt

Greetings,

My name is Rediet Mezmur from Ethiopia who had been approved by AIESEC In Ghana for an Architectural Internship opportunity in Ghana, Cape Coast.

I started travel to Ghana on the 20th of January. From the very beginning i was met with uncertainty and chaos. For starters appropriate accommodation had not been provided and the one provided was in the middle of nowhere. no other residence in sight, out of town areas and that by itself was facilitated by the hosting organization not AIESEC In Ghana. I started work on February 1st but at the end of 28th of February I was informed that the company could not pay anything to me which means I have not received any salary till now and it is April 8 as I am writing this. In addition they were not able to provide accommodation so I had to pay out of pocket for the whole thing.

I have asked AIESEC in Ghana and the host entity for compensation and reimbursement but they have not been able to provide non and it has been a month since i started my appeal. I have appealed to ICB international too at this point and after i had informed them that AIESEC In Ghana straight out informed me that they cannot pay me, they told me that they cannot intervene any further. I have the email chain and documents to prove that.

At this point I have 2 months unpaid salaries, paid for my accommodation out of pocket because AIESEC In Ghana nor the host entity was not able to provide me with any.

To add to all of this, they are currently unable to provide me with another opportunity. I ask for an immediate solution for this issue.

Best Regards.

Rediet Mezmur

please use the below contact to contact me

+[protected]

[protected]@gmail.com

When I arrived at Izmir on the 26th of February 2023 as a global classroom volunteer, aiesec were supposed to provide me a host, nevertheless, they didn’t provide me the host and forced me to book a hotel on my own expenses for 2 nights. Thereafter, I went to a temporary host which was supposed to host me for only 4 days, and then i was supposed to go to another host when Aiesec finds one. Currently, days of my residence at the host’s place are expired and the host asked me yo leave, also one of aiesec managers told me to leave until they find me another host. Which means they want me to stay in a hotel or the streets again until they figure it out. Although I kept asking them and insisting on them to find me another host for the rest of my 6 weeks in Izmir, Turkey.

People of Aieseic Izmir just can’t and don’t want to help me and provide their responsibilities toward me. Currently i’m in the streets once again and Aiesec managers don’t even answer my messages and calls.

Greetings,

My name is Ibrahim Gabr from Egypt and I am an approved AIESEC volunteer in the Global Classroom Project in Konak, Izmir, Turkey.

I started my journey with AIESEC Egypt, MSA Branch who guided me to pay the sum of 3200 EGP and signed a contract after passing the interview. Later on we started to complete the documents required for the visa. I collected all required documents and papers including the issue of new passport and submitted all of the papers alongside 208 USD to the Turkish Embassy in Egypt and Finally I got my Visa and all was settled. Couple of days later I booked my flight tickets from Egypt to Turkey and from Turkey to Egypt, knowing that the program is supposed to take time from the 26th of Feb to the 9th of Abril 2023. However, Egypt does not allow Egyptians to travel to Turkey unless with a Security Permission and in order to extract this license I needed the original invitation letter from AIESEC Turkey, my supervisor kept telling me that he will get It and time passed, over 40 days passed and they did nothing at all and every time I talk to him he says everything is going to be okay. However, nothing is okay and I cannot travel in my destined date unless with the original invitation letter which must be translated into Arabic, certified by the Turkish Embassy, Legalized by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and then submitted to the Passports Department to issue the permission.

Currently, I did all my duties to make everything happen, yet AIESEC just didn’t even bother to send me this letter for over than 40 days! Now I won’t be able to catch my flight and even travel and all of this because of the laziness and carelessness of AIESEC Turkey and Egypt! And I spent a lot of money on this experience and had a lot of great expectations for it, this is clearly a violation for terms of the contract signed between me and AIESEC, therefore I require an immediate solution.

Best Regards.

Email: [protected]@gmail.com / ibrahim. [protected]@msa. edu. eg

Phone No.: +[protected] / +[protected]

Let me start by saying ever since I arrived at my placement it has been pulling teeth to get anyone in this organization to follow through with any kind of timely manner let alone compassion. Since Ive got here I've expressed my financial restrictions: when I was unrightfully kicked out of my initial housing due to a biggoted landlord. This is someone who said I would have free access to the store and use the kitchen for all hours aside from 12:00PM. The moment I paid rent this changed to after 2PM, later after 4PM and even to a point the landlady was throwing my food out of the fridge and not allowing me to put stuff in. The following day 25th June there were 2 men waiting with her as I came back from work making several comments about me before leaving, to add, this woman only returned 280 mil pesos of the 550 mil pesos paid for the month. During this same time my placement was requesting I remain teaching English at their preschool (I only agreed upon for the first 2 weeks) for an indefinite amount of time.

AIESEC refused to support me getting the rest of my rent back meaning AIESEC cost me over 10 mil pesos per day. With this money I could have afforded myself my own temporary place for the same amount of time. AIESEC has been unsupportive and nonchalant in all things concerning my stay; did not compensate or support my request to seek my full rent nor the unplanned added expense of transportation to and from work. Neglecting the fact based on my 1869500 salary this put a significant toll on my ability to travel, find resources, get adjusted and save money. As a result of the enormous amount of inconsistencies this is when I first made clear my desire to leave. I was overwhelmed, unsupported and first began to experience fatigue, loss of appetite and headaches.

During my lowest point I was ambushed by three AIESEC members over zoom under the guise of checking in with me by gaslighting my discomfort to pressure me to stay for “one more week”. It was also within this surprise meeting AIESEC I was promised to be put in contact with members who have been to Colombia and had similar experience, this never happened. It was only after this that I got the top half of my uniform (my shirt). Something I was promised within the first month of my arrival, and the work placement at the elementary school was partially followed through by placing me at the elementary school the following week but has me teaching English instead of French I signed up for. Further it was between this period I received my first pay and was surprised to find out my pay would go to the bank account of an AIESEC member since I was previously told I would receive it in cash. It took several days after bank issues and the account issues for me to finally get my pay.

I left under the agreement another place would be found in no more than 2 weeks and staying with the AIESEC organizer would be temporary, which to this day has not happened. Instead what has happened is that of the 2 places that were found only these last 3 weeks the first Airbnb would have overcharged me over 400 CAD (if I had not canceled it), the following place had a landlord who was not forthcoming and not looking to repeat the first awful living situation decided not to take it. Instead of getting support from AIESEC an inaccurate message was communicated to in AIESEC Concordia that I didn't want to leave the organizer's house or find a new place.

Obviously frustrated and come to term with AIESECs incompetence I sent out an email that same day to the AIESEC in Canada and the ICB I am burnt out and need to leave for the sake of my health; I have begun to experience vertigo, imbalance, lightheadedness. I asked for the pay for what I had worked for, book my ticket to Canada and delete my personal information and government documents.

However the truth is there are countless reasons for me to leave AIESEC. Tuesday from got a message from a member of AIESEC Barranquilla stating they would be taking over my case because AIESEC Valledupar was closed, which I was not told until then. I had to then contact in AIESEC Canada because she previously was unaware this just goes to show the internal communication of this organization is garbage and yet I still am waiting to get a direct response as to why they closed. I had a meeting Thursday with the headmistress and the AIESEC organizer I will be leaving. I had to then communicate with AIESEC Canada about the requests within my leaving, who updated me I will need to pay for my ticket. Which is not only an indirect dismissal of my entire request but against AIESEC legislation.

1.3.11.1.5.5. The EP becomes ill and the situation can be dangerous for his/her health.

1.3.17.7. Reimbursement Policies and Procedures: The JD does not fit the description in more than 50%, given I was not given the complete set of tools (uniform), the sot of sustaining myself has been drastically different, am teaching English not French, living situation completely different from the one I agreed upon in accepting the opportunity, nonexistent access to support, negligent and inconsistent communication.

So after doing the workshop to learn more about aiesec, and passing the interviews. the Aiesec president tell us that there is some 3 days trip to another city, and each one of us have to pay 100dt to go, mind you these 3 days are in middle of studies, and he keeps repeating it's not mandatory but it's a huge bonus so that they take you in, if you go to this trip and pay them this 100dt.

of course later on, they tell us via mail we didn't make the cut and I quote "we are simply not looking for the best people but we’re seeking the right people", when it's clear the only reason they didn't let us join is beacuse we didn't pay that money, skip our school and go to that trip.

now what I know is Aiesec is a non profit organisation, so having people inside it who abuse the ones who wants to join like this is really messed up and make aiesec look really bad.

Dear Aisec, I was and still very interested to join as a volunteer in Cairo University Aisec in Egypt and I've completed all the interviews; The phone interview, The individual face to face interview and the last interview noticing that I was accepted in those 3 interviews.

As the process in Cairo University Aisec demand to attend the conference after being accepted in the third interview which I am already, without the presence in conference I can't be an active member in Aisec. I was ready to attend it and I was waiting for a phone call or email to confirm all the details about this conference. I was surprised at the end that they didn't call me or send me an email which is unprofessional to me. I have the full right to know if I've been chosen to attend the event or not.

Second, I was accepted in all the three interviews as I mentioned before but still didn't attend the conference because they accepted more people than they want in the conference which is not fair at all

I am very passionate about Aisec and being a good active member in it so I would like to state my complaint to you. I have already a blog where I speak to people and I have skills like video editing, also I am a cairo university student

So I would like to join them as an active member this season instead of waiting till the next semester.

Thank you

I've been forced to volunteer to aiesec tunis because one of the leaders lied that there is no other options and its the easiest visa. They kept pressuring me to pay contract within 48 hours unless i won't travel. They didn't do any background check about tunis, lied about many things as tunisia especially sousse where I was going had very high corona cases, lockdown and vaccine was mandatory unless we will be isolated in an hotel for whole two weeks, and when i applied and made the interview at 2 (touristic visa wasn't allowed at all) another member also gave me false info about requirements of the embassy but luckily i double checked before going, they sent invitation letter really late at the end of 5 while my volunteering experience begins in the beginning of 7 and the embassy took 40 days to reply in which my visa was disproved (along with all egyptian volunteers applying at that time) because of the pandemic and the unstable situation in tunisia. Ive been promised a refund to be sent after a year next August, which is very unrealistic considering the lack of information, lying and waste of time i put up with from February till july and the expenses wasted on visa and health insurance and trying to get vaccinated in a short period unless ill be quartintined all because they dont do a background check.This was the worst experience i have ever had to go through aiesecers are very very unprofessional in dealing with travels (my experience with both aiesec tunisia and egypt) . Because i also unfortunately applied as an aiesec member too at the same time and i know exactly what they're doing. There is no standard whatsoever they only have one goal and that is to sign contracts (which makes them a tourism company not an organization), they dont care about the SDG's ive been even mocked on the phone for wanting an opportunity for gender equality!.

I have started applying for opportunities through Aiesec's website. Couple of days later a person contacted me saying that he is an Aiesec Istanbul member. He said he wanted to assist me but he asked me so many questions and called me many times. So I asked him not to assist me more. Another member from Aiesec Istanbul's management board contacted me saying that they will not accept me to any projects since I am not matching with their visions and missions without asking me any questions. Can you please fire both of these members?

Dears,
I am a dual national with Egyptian and pakistani nationalities.
In February 2019 I applied for a teaching opportunity in gazientep, Turkey and to go to turkey from Egypt its a kajor hassle and long duration is needed to aquire a government clearance to travel to turkey for nales between the age of 18 to 40

Due to the tense political situation between both countries.

And adding that I am a pakistani so this itself causes me alot of trouble when I am travelling out of egypt to get my military clearance as pakistan is also on Egypt's list of restricted countries.

So making a move to Turkey from Egypt putting rhose circumstances in mind was gonna cause me alot of risks and my family since I am tye eldest who partially supports the family.

And via aisesec cairo university I got this opportunity I explained the situation to them and travelled to Pakistan on 11 Feb 2019 and paid the aiesec fees through an Egyptian friend in egypr to a specific bank account that was provided to me via the aiesec representative at that time promising him that I will pay him back in 3 months after I make some money in Turkey which he agreed to.

And I came to Pakistan and starred preparing the required documents for travelling including the travel insurance and vaccination certificate.

Ans the aiesec documents were sent to me through my employer and aiesec in turkey in the form of a soft copy

After that I made an appointment with the turkish consulate in Karachi, Pakistan but they kept bouncing me and never allowed me to enter the consulate in the multiple visits I made with my full documents. even after they asked me to get the origianl aiesec documents via mail from my employer in Turkey and my respectful employer did so in 10 days and yet the consulate kept bouncing me to gerry's to get my visa which kept bouncing me too.

Times was passing and my extremely patient employer started to lose patient and talked to me as he was in extreme need to fill the vacancy due to business needs so we agreed on ending the opportunity.

And due to my expense I had ro search for a job in Pakistan to manage my life.

And since then I have been approaching aiesec cairo univeristy for the refund as my egyptian contact keeps askin me for his 2200 EGP and I have been stuck in Pakistan since and paying 2200 EGP using Turkish lira would be easier while from Pakistani rupees its very impossible to be done as 1EGP =10PKR approximately as this rate differs when doing it from a money exchange agency

So 2200 would have xost me around 25000PKR out of my 30000PKR salary is impossible.

Now I have been bounced to an aisesec cairo university representative who has been bouncing me and neglecting my messages since around january. 2020 and when she replies back her excuses are very lame and unresonable such as she is busy or has meetings an during the quaratine its thatbshe doesnt have internet to download skype as she has been insisting to have a call with me which never happened.

I always considered aiesec a respectful global organization with a respectful standard protocol and system. And I am very disappointed.

Please help me with my refund case.

My email is [protected]@gmail.com

Hi, my name is Hani jain and I m from India. I paid fees of rupess 18, 000 to the Aiesec in Mumbai. I selected that I want to go for poland exchange program but the letter which I should get from the Aiesec Mumbai for my visa I got that very late. And there was a lot od delay done by the vicepresident also I received the letter from them on the date of my appointment and what I saw that the name of the program for which I was going was written wrong plus the dates were also wrong so instead of giving negative effect to the visa embassy I had to remove that document due to the mistake of the vp of aiesec in Mumbai then my visa got rejected and the reason was that the justification of the stay was not provided. Now they are bot processing our refund and forcing us to go for another exchange as Poland is shengen country. Even if we try applying again there are 80% chances that we get rejected. Plz help us and process our refund as all the mistake was from the vp of aiesec in Mumbai and they have made every work in delay. Pleasse we request to make the refund. or whatever possible action. Plz take the action

I'm writing here to provide information to a recent experience I had at UCB Belgium while using the Aiesec intern services.
While doing my internship, I had a miscommunication with another intern and was immediately treated like a criminal. I was completed mistreated by my boss who harassed me and did anything on his power to try to prove that I'm dangerous and /or looking to hurt anyone in the office.
He even tried to run a psychological test to check if I have any type of mental disorder.
I have adhd and find this not only insulting but dangerous for me. During this whole experience I was treated like a criminal and disrespected constantly. Aiesec did not care at all and proceeded to blame me for any issue at the company.
The company even proceed to instigate me and research on my life to try and bully. They tried to make look like if I was running away of something. I like to travel, but that does not make me a wanted criminal.
I really believe no one should use Aiesec's services and should be very careful of all the illegal things they do and how foreign companies such as this pharmaceutical company can try to ruin your life. Be very careful of not engaging with them. I was never given any human rights nor treated with respect.

, I was selected by the Shandong Star Teacher Education Technology Ltd, for their project Lead the Future| English Teacher wanted in Shenzhen, China through AIESEC website. I was accepted by them after multiple interviews and I paid the AIESEC Fee Rs. 24000/- through the guidance of an AIESEC Experience Manager from Hyderabad known as, SARA KHAN in the A/C # [protected] had the A/c Title: Burraq Aslam in two installments of Rs. 12000/- each that includes an ATM transfer REF No. 001000 on May 10th, 2019 and the second bank deposit slip REF. TT19128V28TY on August 5th, 2019 respectively.

That Sir, the program was about to start on September 1st, 2019 and the EP-Managers from China has delayed the process, misguided me multiple times and deliberately expressed dishonest information beginning with the change of the program location from Shenzhen to Tian China and then shared that other benefits includes food allowances were expelled from my candidateship and if I want to continue I had to accept whatever they decided after the real project information they had given on the AIESEC webpage for their project.

That Sir, I was confirmed by them and waited for their visa invitation letter but they time barred to the length of their defined time September 1st, 2019 and & during the mid of September one of the AIESEC LC VPi in SDUFE known as BEAR W. said in her last conversation on WhatsApp, "everyone has left the project and if you want to continue our project must come on visit visa but the firm is not paying attention to your application now and only two participants from Pakistan are left". I already shared the overall information from AIESEC Team of China to AIESEC Hyderabad team members Sara Khan, Burraq Aslam & Ali Mehdi as my well-wishers.

That Sir, in my case the overall experience with the AIESEC team in Shandong was awful and was mis-leaded with blunder of time-bar, mental torcher, defamation and wastage of physical, psychological and social balance in my life.

I know the AIESEC team of Hyderabad can't pay my time, and defamation but as mentioned in your policies I may be Reimbursed all my paid fees in the best favor of justice.

Thanks

Ihsan Thaheem (EP-Applicant AIESEC Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan )
Cell # [protected] | [protected]

Hello,
I am writing this just to warn anyone interested in AISEC that the people who will contact you after registration are just seeking money and after they get it, you will not get any informations or help in case of having a problem (that you will have for sure). Whoever is reading this I am warning you and I wish that you take all your time reading all the complaints before deciding to trust these people.
Have a look at all the complaints here that are not solved https://www.complaintsboard.com/aiesec-international-b104712

I joined aiesec last August to volunteer in Turkey and up until 2 days ago they hadn't sent me my invitation letter and when I received it after more than 2 months, it has an old date and I can't use it. The project manager and the aisecers involved refuse to reply to my msgs or answer my calls and my visa is going to expire on 30/11. I am asking you to relocate me to aiesec Alexandria as aiesec mansoura is clearly incompetent. And since I won't even have the chance to voulanteer in Turkey for 2 weeks I am asking for a compensation to volunteer in Georgia for 4 weeks to complete My 6 weeks thank u
Ashrakat Farghal

I'm a Moroccan (Casablanca city) who came to India for my first experience with aiesec to start an Internship In a village called sangrur. The school said they will provide a covered accommodation, 3 meals per day and 20k rupees per month. They didn't respect this + many other unacceptable things.
I complained too many times to Aiesec Jalandhar and Aiesec Casablanca in vain then I was told that I had the possibility to change the opportunity. I had a talk with the principal of the school and left to Delhi. I paid the fees again (which I wasn't supposed to) and had to manage everything by myself. Stayed whole June and July without an internship and started the new opportunity In Gurgaon on August until they told me by the end of the month that I cant keep working with them cause my visa is in the name of the other school. My Aiesec Manager told me that I wasn't anymore an aiesecer in India and that he won't be able to help me in anything's do that I should book a ticket and come back to Morocco. I'm left out here without my salary, without a refund. I spent here till now 4K $ trying hard to survive without being assisted by the aiesec team. Only friends I made are staying by my side.
I've heard that many people went through the same thing which is unfair. We are young foreigners trying to have a good experience away from home. Yet people who should lead us and guide us are irresponsible, immature and seeking money only.