Product Description
This adventure travel guide profiles more than 2000 ways to have a holiday anywhere in the world while lending a hand to a worthy cause. Detailed organization listings provide contact information, project locations and objectives, costs, dates, and application instructions.
Volunteer Vacations: Short-Term Adventures That Will Benefit You and Others
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Having spent the past seven years volunteer travelling around the world for my vacations, I can honestly attest to the fact that this extremely helpful reference book was my starting point for research into the culturally-enriching, service-oriented travel experiences which have changed my life. Provided inside this handy book are the names of the volunteer organizations which arrange and organize the travel, listings of the type of volunteer work and skills required and all of the necessary logistics. (Actually the only skill often required is a desire to serve and to learn.)
The second half of the book contains numerous brief volunteer journals where the reader can obtain a clearer picture of how this type of travel impacts the recipients of the service work and more importantly perhaps how these deeply moving and life-altering experiences greatly enhance the life of the volunteer.
I have met people of all ages and from all walks of life on these incredible journeys. If you have a bit of adventure in your blood and a desire to serve and especially to learn from another culture’s experience…investigate this book…it may open some brand new doors in your life.
Rating: 4 / 5
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This book covers all kinds of volunteerism, from ecologic to medical. From the USA to the far corners of the world. Not only does it contain volumes of information on agencies seeking volunteers, it also has a great cross-referenced index, so that you can easily choose a “volunteer vacation” to fit your interests, schedule, and your wallet.
Rating: 4 / 5
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*****
I bought this book out of curiosity and was amazed at the variety of opportunities available to travel and contribute throughout the world. The book is a compendium of opportunities of every imaginable type, an incredible resource if you’re even thinking about a taking a vacation in which you volunteer.
Each opportunity contains all contact information, include web site, the types of projects available, organization mission statements, the year founded, the number of volunteers last year (so that you can see the scope of the program), funding sources, what kind of work the organization does, project locations, time line (when and for how long commitments are made), cost (including arrangements that must be made like medical examinations), how to get started, needed skills, and the specific populations that could qualify.
The book is very friendly to those with limitations (for example, sight limitations, physical agility, etc.). There are also stories throughout the book from volunteers about their actual experiences while volunteering.
There is a section on long-term volunteering opportunities. There are four indexes: by project cost, project length, location, season, and type.
It is a wonderful book to use to explore what types of things you might like to do, as well as to use as a research base to search out specific opportunities. It is a great value, and an organized way to begin your volunteer journey!
Highly recommended.
*****
Rating: 5 / 5
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“The book is bland as far as pictures go…but the info inside makes up for it entirerly! The layout is basic & straight foreward but the websites on each particular job provide pics & other info for interested volunteers. There’s a lot more international opportunities in it than in the book “The Back Door Guide to Short Term Job Adventures”. I love how the book sorts the jobs by cost, length, season, location & type!” I am volunteering in Africa this September with an organization that I saw in this book. I am soooo excited!!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
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This book was extremely well organized. I was able to quickly sort through for an organization that allowed teens and was for the duration of time we had available. From there, it was easy to go on the specific websites for the pretty pictures. We have just come back from our experience building homes in Costa Rica and can’t wait to go again! You will never again feel the need for a beach vacation. It was much more invigorating to give something of yourself.
Rating: 5 / 5
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