Need a rewarding getaway this summer? About about 100 getaways? Author Pam Grout has gathered a wide selection of fantastic--and fulfilling--trips to choose from in her book The 100 Best Volunteer Vacations to Enrich Your Life. Here are some of her favorites, with the full book excerpt here on Traveler's site. Want the whole book? We're offering a 20 percent discount - so order now and get going!
1. Excavate Stone Tools; Cortez, Colorado2. Blaze a New Trail; New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana
3. Collect Butterflies in Remote Amazonia; Huaorani Reserve, Ecuador
4. Produce the News; Cochabamba, Bolivia
5. Turn a Military Base into a School and Garden; Bethlehem, Israel
6. Bottle-Feed Orphaned Lion Cubs; Victoria Falls, Zambia
7. Research the Great White Shark; Gansbaai, South Africa
8. Assist the Kenya Wildlife Service; Kenya
9. Restore a Buddhist Monastery; Mustang Valley, Nepal
10. Go Carbon Neutral in Western Australia; Perth, Australia
Photo: Bottle-feed lion cubs with Amanzi Travel and help save the "king of beasts." by Daniel Mallard/iStockphoto.com
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This is a wonderful, wide-ranging list of opportunities!
Also check out American Hiking Society. They do Volunteer Vacations on trails in National Parks and Forests. They are cheap too!
This is a good information for those people who seek for their next volunteer program destination.
Nice post!
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With so many organisations out there offering volunteer work, gap year and sabbatical programs it can be difficult to differentiate between those which are genuinely great and worthwhile opportunities and those which maybe are not.
Before planning any volunteer work take a look at www.ethicalvolunteering.org. This is an indpendent guide which sets out the sorts of questions you should ask any organisation you are considering volunteering with to make sure that not only is the work you are doing worthwhile, needed and sustainable but that you will be adequately supported whilst doing it.
Quest Overseas specialise in gap year projects and expeditions in Africa and South America. We are committed long term to our projects and work closely with local partners and the Quest Charitable Trust to ensure the work our volunteers do is worthwhile and benefical.
Given the economic downturn, charities are now facing reduced budgets and are being forced to find innovative fund raising mechanisms. REACH Grenada is one such organization that I came across. They combine Yoga, Chocolate and Eco Tours to raise both money and awareness to support the children of Grenada following the devastating hurricanes in 2004 & 2005. The retreat offers a way to connect with the local community in Grenada as participants have volunteer opportunities available to them while visiting the island for the Yoga, Chocolate, Charity event. In addition, a portion of the proceeds from the retreat are donated to REACH Grenada thanks to the generosity of Grenada's Laluna Hotel.
I served as volunteer in Costa Rica for about 6 months and it was such a rewarding experience. It’s to bad that Central America is not even listed as top 10 on this volunteer vacations list. It might be because efforts in this region are more focus on environmental preservation than humanitarian help.
Volunteer programs in Costa Rica are quite organized and often receive the support of the local government and private institutions. For those interested, I would highly recommend to contact your country’s embassy for more information about travel requirements and program enrolling.
You have helpfull information here, people who are voluntier make a great job, I work like a voluntier also but in other kind of things, I love nature i'm kind of the person who like to care of our planet so woderful and if a wonderful to enjoy ourself, so each one of us dont' need, HAVE TO care the nature and all that things around us. So congratulations for your info, the great job.