Volunteer & Intern Travel News

Ethical Volunteering - Things To Know About Volunteering With Orphans

reading to orphans In some countries, especially in Asia, it’s a fairly common sight to see a number of children walking in the street in procession, singing or playing a variety of traditional instruments. They are led along by adults with placards reading "Support our orphans." Anyone who makes a donation is then invited to visit the nearby orphanage, and perhaps even spend some time working there.

Doctors In a Strange Land - Medical Volunteering

volunteer and doctors If you’re a doctor, nurse, dentist, physical therapist or other healthcare provider, why not think about serving a community in a unique way?

What Are Your Rights And Responsibilities As a Volunteer?

Volunteer rights

adult group Here are ten basic expectations that all volunteers have when they give their time to an organisation, and that the organisation should be able to meet.

Lions To The Slaughter - Avoiding Unethical Wildlife Volunteering

lion in game park Africa – vast, untamed and mysterious; the Cradle of Mankind - the continent’s very name has produced a thrill in the heart of would-be adventurers and philanthropists for centuries. It’s the home of huge tracts of wild savannah, lush arboreal forests, and of course the so-called Big Five - African elephant, Cape buffalo, leopard, rhinoceros, and lion.

Family Volunteering Overseas

dad volunteer So you have the opportunity to take your family on an overseas trip. Why not make it a volunteering trip? The concept of volunteering overseas with your family is becoming ever more popular, especially in the last 5 years. Instead of sitting on a beach at a resort until the kids get bored, then sending them off to the “kids’ club”, you could all be helping to change lives. And you can still make time for the beach.

5 Things To Know About Group Volunteering Overseas

giraffe watching There has always been a great deal of focus on, and information aimed at, individual overseas volunteers – brave souls heading out into the wide blue yonder to a foreign country, alone and vulnerable but ready and willing to pitch in where help is needed. Indeed, the whole process of volunteering might well appeal especially to rugged individualists, those who want to dip their toes into strange waters, immerse themselves in exotic cultures, and leave behind everything comfortable and familiar.

All My Children: busting the myths about volunteering with kids

schoolkids It takes a whole village to raise a child – this is a well-known West African (Igbo) saying, and one taken to heart by volunteers who are drawn to working with children. Children have a special place in the hearts of most people, especially if they’re poor, orphaned or disabled and in need of your love, care and affection. Generally, it’s accepted that volunteering with kids is likely to be pleasant and easy if you have an affinity with them, and there can only be positive outcomes for the children, their community and your volunteer experience.

I want to volunteer - but will I really make a difference?

blonde lady There are hundreds of articles on the Web about the benefits of volunteering – it’s the ‘right’ thing to do, it’s a great way to travel and meet people, you’ll experience personal growth and life lessons, it looks good on your resume, and so on. But it’s not as easy to find information on what many would-be or even experienced volunteers are asking themselves: “What specific benefits will I as a volunteer provide to the communities I’m supposed to be helping?”

3 Steps to saving money for volunteering overseas

So you’ve decided to volunteer overseas – you’ve done your research, you’ve found some projects that intrigue you, you’ve planned what needs to be done to get over there and get busy helping out. Just one tiny little problem – at the moment, you can barely afford a bus trip across town, let alone a plane trip to another country!