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Volunteer Vacations
Category: Charitable
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globehound  says:
02/26/09
I've always wanted to find out more about combining travel with volunteerism. Anyone have any ideas or experience?
Elle
Elle says:
02/27/09
You mean different than Habitat for Humanity? Isn't that similar to what you are talking about? Helping in a different location....let's go build some houses in the states! I haven't been to all 50.....we can go build in Hawaii!
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zachwashere
zachwashere says:
02/27/09
My friend is going to Africa to document her friends charity that gives out mosquito nets in a few months...I probably couldn't be more jealous...
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globehound
globehound says:
02/27/09
Wow, that sounds amazing. Is her friend doing this as part of an organization or is it just an individual effort?
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A4S4L4
A4S4L4 says:
02/28/09
It`s a combination of both.

My former boss was given a piece of land in Tanzania as a wedding gift totally normal, and she`s using it to build a floating health clinic there which is currently underway: http:laketanganyikafhc.org

As part of that organization she`s starting, as well as her personal interest in the country, we are going there for the month of April to distribute 50,000+ bed nets to 35 different villages throughout Tanzania for World Malaria Day 425. She`s taking me along to both photograph the distribution, as well as keep her son who I used to nanny on top of his studieshomework.

So, right now, it kind of is an individual effort because she`s pretty much funding all of this through her own inherited wealth, but eventually, once the clinic starts up, hopefully she`ll receive funding through the donors to her organization.

As far as the volunteerism part, I`m sure once the clinic`s officially functioning, they`ll need volunteers to run it and do similar distributions. I can definitely keep you posted whenever there is more to report.

Zach, trust me, if I had any say in the matter, I would invite you in a heartbeat.
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globehound
globehound says:
03/03/09
I visited Tanzania a few years ago purely for leisure. We actually went to lake tanganyika, its all really beautiful. You should take a few days and actually go on safari, its truly unforgettable.
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A4S4L4
A4S4L4 says:
03/03/09
If I have any say over my time there, that would be my dream.
Unfortunately, I anticipate

The good news, though, is that part of my duties there involve hanging out with my former employer`s son and helping him with his homework. He goes to a crazy private school the high school linked to U of Chicago and all his teachers are planning interdisciplinary lessons, so that he can take advantage of his time there to aide in his lessons.
And I said he and I could do a photo project. He knows how much I am dying to see a giraffe in its natural habitat, so I`m crossing my fingers that one of our activities includes a safari.

Good to hear that you liked it there.
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globehound
globehound says:
03/04/09
Liked would be an understatement. Its really incredible. I've traveled a lot and the combination of the atmosphere and the wildlife in the Serengeti is really unmatched. Its hard to believe until you're actually there and seeing it with your own eyes.
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A4S4L4
A4S4L4 says:
03/04/09
I can only imagine. The kid well, teenager I`m in charge of while I`m there wanted to show me a bunch of his pictures from last time he was there. At first I resisted because I want to see everything with my own eyes, but then he showed me an amazing picture of giraffes walking along the horizon and another one of a cheetah, and I got so excited.

Thank you for getting me even more excited about this than I thought was possible.

p.s. I just realized my last comment had an incomplete sentence...I guess the end would be `...the opposite, but still a once in a lifetime experience`
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Karen
Karen says:
03/20/09
You`ve probably already surfed around and found these, but if you haven`t, below are some interesting websites to get you started. WARNING: If you have the bug to go already, some of these website may make you unbearably antsy. :-)

www.globeaware.org/

www.vfp.org/

www.charityguide.org/volunteer/vacations.htm

www.volunthai.com

www.volunteermatch.org/

www.amizade.org/

www.crossculturalsolutions.org/

www.i-to-i.com/

www.fsdinternational.org/

www.idealist.org/

www.givespot.com/features/volunteertravel.htm
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KellyCH
KellyCH says:
03/23/09
I highly recommend it...

One of the best experiences I ever had was spending a summer volunteering as a health worker in remote villages in the Andes Mountains in South America. I built latrines for rural families, taught dental hygiene to children in the schools, and educated the community on oral rehydration therapy during a cholera epidemic.

The nonprofit is called Amigos De Las Americas (or "Los Amigos" for short). It`s part of the World Health Organization and an amazing travel - volunteer program to become a part of.

www.amigoslink.org
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Becs
Becs says:
05/20/09
When I was in Costa Rica, I went to this great animal rescue center (the link is below). You can go there, stay with them, learn Spanish for 4 hours/day, help them build enclosures for the animals, and take care of the animals (sloths! monkeys!), all for a nominal cost.

http://www.institutoasis.com/animalrescuecenter.htm
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carpediem
carpediem says:
12/31/09
Wow! Those are all great sites listed up there. Globehound. Did you end up doing any of those? Update?
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