Beans and Rice Volunteers Helping in South America
Melissa Vitti talks to Brad Rickard and John Deer, founders of Beans and Rice about low-cost volunteer opportunities.
Melissa Vitti talks to Brad Rickard and John Deer, founders of Beans and Rice about low-cost volunteer opportunities.
By Beth Simmons When people think of volunteering abroad, they generally think of less developed countries in Africa, Asia, and South America. But volunteers can make a big difference in Europe, too. Poland is a highly developed nation with a stable government and economy. So what can American volunteers do for the country and its…
Alternative Travel Guide for Europe By Nicole Rosenleaf Ritter, GoNOMAD ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL GUIDE Of all the destinations to “go alternative,” Europe is it. Without too much effort, it’s easy to spend the entire summer making art, cooking, drinking wine, learning languages, volunteering and more! Whatever your passion, there’s an alternative for you in Europe! ARTS…
Michael Siebert has been actively involved with OneSight, Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH), and The Lighthouse Heiken Children’s Vision Fund.
Enonkishu Reserve, Kenya. A volunteer describes joining the local tribe in Kenya and help with conservation and protecting giraffes, zebras and other wildlife.
Angloville offers native English speakers a chance to live abroad in English speaking communities. Travelers can both teach and learn English in Central and Eastern Europe.
In the remote south of Colombia, Hattie Rowan discovers The Waterfalls, a cooperative living farm where the simple life is practiced in the jungle.
Olivia Gilmore, a college student from Mass, joined YourStory International on a trip to Haiti where she assisted local and other doctors to treat patients.
A summary of the 2016 trips by GoNOMAD’s travel writers Cathie Arquilla, Steve Hartshorne, Sonja Stark, Cindy Bigras, Paul Shoul and Max Hartshorne
Africa Travel: A New Kind of Road Trip Across South Africa By Eleanor Harte A new road trip across South Africa allows visitors to see the sights and do some good in the process. If you’ve always wanted to swim in Kosi Bay or learn to cook dinner with a Zulu tribe, and you like…
Volunteering in the small indigenous community of Xiloxochico in Mexico and experiencing the culture.
MovingWorlds is a shorter Peace Corps By Eleanor Harte People looking for volunteering opportunities to use their professional skills in an international capacity but who feel lost in finding a project that does good may have just found their perfect match. The powerful combination of social enterprise and volunteering is what led Mark Horoszowski and Derk…