Does anyone know of any companies hiring high school students aged 17?

This is tricky. I have a huge desire to seee the world but know that money doesnt grow on trees. I'm in fifth year in Scotland (age 17). I would love between my summer holidays (start of July - end of August) to get a job abroad. The only problem is I would not yet be in university and therefore would only have high school qualifications. It seems that many of these jobs are looking for specific individuals. Surely someone out there must know of a company wanting students like me, just a year before they go off to university! Getting a work permit would not be a problem. I would be willing to work vitually anywhere, except the obvious place like Iraq or Afghanistan, etc. But I would like to go to South America (not USA or Canada again been there on holidays), Europe (bar Britain, preferably Eastern, Moldova and Belarus and the likes, I have seen a lot of Western Europe on holidays), North Africa (ie Morocco, Chad, Sudan, Mali, etc), Asia (including Middle East) and Oceania.
Thanks!

jobs teaching english are easy to get. you are usually herded in with other english speakers and paid very poorly. it is a good chance to get out and about. friends of mine have backpacked around most parts of the world picking up day jobs here and there to keep them going. its easier picking up jobs in countries that are less structured than western europe and the united states and canada. they even turned decent profits in south america because depending on where you are its very very inexpensive to live -- a notable exception is venezuela -- part of why chavez got elected -- the old government was as bad the united states.