A Optometrist’s Gift to the World’s Poorest with OneSight
Michael Siebert has been actively involved with OneSight, Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity (VOSH), and The Lighthouse Heiken Children’s Vision Fund.
Volunteering
Voluntourism is traveling for good. Here we explore the many ways travelers can give back to communities around the world by going on volunteer work trips and helping people around the world.
Enonkishu: Make 2021 Your Volunteer Year
Enonkishu Reserve, Kenya. A volunteer describes joining the local tribe in Kenya and help with conservation and protecting giraffes, zebras and other wildlife.
Kawaza Village Tourism Project: Authenticity
Kawaza Tourism Project, outside of Lusaka Zambia, provides authentic village visits in Zambia, that bring travelers right into the lives of the villagers.
Stewards of the Wolf in South Salem, NY
Wolf sanctuary: In South Salem, NY, the mission is to protect and preserve North American wolves through science-based education, advocacy, and participation.
Vermonters Get Creative to Keep the Family Farm
How Vermonters are turning farms into B&Bs to save them from development. A listing of Vermont farms where people can stay over and learn about farming.
Volunteering in Zambia
Zambia volunteering: two months at a community school in Chibuluma, finding bright smiles and singing, despite hardship and poverty.
Volunteering in India at the Sikh Temple
Thousands of people are fed for free at the huge Sikh Temple in New Delhi, India. This author volunteered to help cook the big meal.
Iracambi, Brazil: Conservation Instead of Destruction
At Iracambi, a conservation NGO, volunteers can live in the jungles of Minas Gerais, Brazil and work with villagers who try to save the rainforest.
Aruba: Rescuing Street Animals
Aruba: The author goes on vacation to a beach resort and meets the people who run Sgt Pepper’s Friends…and winds up adopting a cat to bring home.
All Fish Faces: Volunteering in the World’s Oceans
A new children’s book, All Fish Faces,” shows what many different ocean fish look like and how they live, and a blogger traveled the world volunteering.
Kangaroo Cuddles in Kununurra, Western Australia
In Kununurra, Western Australia, there is a place you can go if you love baby Kangaroos, at the Kangaroo Haven Rescue, baby joeys are bottle fed and raised.
Haiti: Volunteering with YourStory Int’l
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.