Jan 21st, 2012 at 2:00PM:
While 2011 has been a bad year for African wildlife, a foundation in Namibia is making a difference.
The N/a'an ku sê Foundation, which runs a wildlife sanctuary in Namibia, announced its best year to date, the Namibian reports. Last year the Foundation rescued, rehabilitated and re-released several animals, including five cheetahs, two leopards, one brown hyena, two caracals and one ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Rescuing wildlife in Namibia
Jan 21st, 2012 at 2:00PM:
While 2011 has been a bad year for African wildlife, a foundation in Namibia is making a difference.
The N/a'an ku sê Foundation, which runs a wildlife sanctuary in Namibia, announced its best year to date, the Namibian reports. Last year the Foundation rescued, rehabilitated and re-released several animals, including five cheetahs, two leopards, one brown hyena, two caracals and one ...LivingSocial offers first volunteer vacation to New Orleans
Aug 25th, 2011 at 12:00PM: LivingSocial, the site that brings you discount deals on everything from microdermabrasions to movie tickets, has been offering travel deals as part of its LivingSocial Escapes branch since Fall 2010. Today, the company announced its first volunteer vacation opportunity - a curated trip to help Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans.
For $265, travelers who want to do a little good while they ...Five easy ways be a philanthropic traveler
Jan 12th, 2011 at 10:30AM: Voluntourism is the newest warm fuzzy of the travel industry. Under ideal circumstances, it's a sustainable, experiential way to see the world and give back at the same time. Whether you're helping to build a new school or clearing a trail, a working holiday is, for some, the best possible expenditure of disposable income.
But there's the rub. Along with multitudinous other factors that make ...Ultimate recyling project: Building a soda bottle classroom
Dec 3rd, 2009 at 11:35AM: What happens when Peace Corps volunteers, the non-profit organization, Hug it Forward and a bevvy of school children and teachers in Guatemala recycle plastic bottles and trash? A school classroom.
The collected bottles were stuffed with trash and used to form the walls for a classroom addition at a school in Granados, a small mountain town in the Baja Verapaz region of the country. Amazing. ...The Galavanting Girls help the children of Roatan
Nov 7th, 2009 at 3:00PM:
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Travel writer, founder of The Galavanting Girls, and creator of the Travel Blog Exchange conference, Kim Mance will soon be setting off on a cruise to visit, among other places, the island of Roatan in Honduras. Rather than spend her time in port sunning on the ...Planeterra Foundation gives sight to the blind in Tibet
Oct 18th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Tibet is one of the most visually stunning places on Earth, but many Tibetans can't see it. Blindness is a serious problem in the developing world. Poverty and lack of rural health care means that millions of people around the world go blind because of easily curable maladies such as cataracts. One of the organizations fighting to stop curable blindness is the Planeterra Foundation, which ...Disney offers free park admission to volunteers
Sep 30th, 2009 at 9:30AM:
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Volunteer one day of your time next year, and you could receive a free day of admission at a Walt Disney theme park in return. The Disney company has announced that one million people who volunteer with the HandsOn Network can get into any Disneyland Park in ...Make a difference in December (in warm Costa Rica)
Sep 30th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Those of you living in southern states, granted, may not feel the need to disappear when the December winds start to blow. I hear it all around me in New York every winter: it's cold, it's wet, it's awful. Frankly, I dig winter, but I realize I'm in the minority, especially when the temperatures hit rock bottom. And New York's got nothin' on the likes of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Maine. Well, if ...Gadlinks for Wednesday 9.2.09
Sep 2nd, 2009 at 5:30PM: Buenos dias, Gadlingers. I want to apologize for my brief absence over the weekend. I was lodging in Colca Canyon, the world´s deepest canyon, and was therefore unavailable to post my usual Gadlinks. Fortunately, Aaron´s been holding the fort. Here now is today´s dose of Gadlinks, a quick whirl around the travel blogosphere.
Speaking of Latin America, check out this ...Voluntourism in Costa Rica doesn't have to be expensive
Sep 2nd, 2009 at 4:00PM: Tropical Adventures is making it pretty easy for travelers to save the world. The company's new Cultural Encounter Package offers a six-night/seven-day package at a steep discount of 45 percent. The first two nights are at the historic Hotel Don Carlos, with the other four in the Bamboo Cultural Center's rustic accommodations in the Talmanaca Indigenous Region. The package includes all meals and ...Volunteer and earn a free stay at any Sage hotel
Aug 11th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Volunteer one day to a registered 501C3 nonprofit organization and your next stay at a Sage Hospitality property could be free. The hotel group is offering a limited number of free rooms at each of its 53 hotels around the country to those who can verify - with a signed letter from the organization - that they have donated eight or more hours of their time to charity.
Under the "Give a Day, Get ...Climbing Kilimanjaro with Roadmonkey
Jun 27th, 2009 at 8:00AM: A few months back we wrote about travel company Roadmonkey, which offered unique travel experiences that combined adventure with the opportunity to leave a lasting impact on the places you visit. For instance, one of their 2009 expeditions is a mountain biking tour through the remote jungles of Vietnam that culminates with a volunteer project to build a farm that will grow fruits and vegetables on ...Roadmonkey Combines Adventure with Volunteer Opportunities
Apr 29th, 2009 at 8:30AM: Travel company Roadmonkey has created unique travel experiences that combine the thrill of adventure travel with the satisfaction that comes with making a difference in the places we visit. The goal is to offer phsycially demanding outdoor adventures with deeply gratifyng volunteer opportunities to create what they term as "Adventure Philanthropy". Currently the compnay has two expeditions in the ...Good Deed Travel: House building in Mexico vs drug cartels
Apr 15th, 2009 at 10:30AM: As the news stories about the drug cartels in Mexico have increased, I've been struck by the contrast between the violence I've heard about in cities like Tijuana and what I experienced one year ago--just an hour over the Mexican border past the outskirts of that city and its urban sprawl.
High up a craggy hill, up winding, steep roads, where shacks of pieced together boards and metals served as ...Good-Deed Travel in Mexico: The value of being with a group
May 5th, 2008 at 11:00AM: First off, I'm the type that is happy to be alone. Sometimes groups get on my nerves. Sometimes, I feel like I belong with the crowd just fine. Other times, being in a group gives me the feeling that I am wearing the wrong style clothing. Instead of a cocktail dress, I've worn jeans or vis versa.
I seriously had not a clue of what to expect when I headed off to Mexico to help build houses. I ...Good Deed Travel: Building houses in Mexico. The why factor
Apr 28th, 2008 at 11:00AM: When I told some people I was heading to Mexico to build houses there was a mixed reaction.
Some people wanted to know how they could go along.
Some thought that this was the greatest idea since sliced bread.
Some gave money to help fund our endeavor
Some were wary of the value of a bunch of high schoolers and adults descending into Mexico across from Tijuana to build houses in ...Volunteer honeymoons: Less traveled couple vacations
Apr 10th, 2008 at 2:30PM: I've always been against doing things you are "supposed" to do, especially the stuff that society expects. As an Indian girl from a large, well-to-do family, I'm expected to have a huge 5-day wedding and a long exotic honeymoon. Talking about both before and after event, as well as the unjustified amount of money spent on them, are a big part of the shenanigan which is why I've ruled them both ...International Volunteer Day
Dec 5th, 2007 at 12:30PM: If you are a volunteer somewhere, give yourself a pat on the back. This is your day. Started as a UN resolution back in 1985, December 5 is a day to get people fired up for the other 364 days of the year. Even though the areas of economic and social development, are the target areas for applause, I say, if you're helping anyone anywhere, bravo for you. Hmmm. Economic and social development. Those ...Action for AIDS: A Singaporean connection
Nov 28th, 2007 at 1:00PM: One of the activities I enjoyed the most when I lived in Singapore was volunteering for Action for AIDS, the main AIDS organization there. It's the only organization in Singapore that provides anonymous HIV testing. I wrote articles for their magazine and was a counselor who did intake interviews, signing up people up for an AIDS test if they wanted one--or just answering their questions.
One ...Talking Travel with Susan Griffith
May 9th, 2007 at 8:30AM: Susan Griffith is a freelance writer and editor whose specialty lies in working and volunteering your way around the globe. Her most well known book, Work Your Way Around the World, was first published in 1983, and she personally updates the long-running series every two years. This month will see the brand new 13th edition hit stores, and it's packed full of the most definitive information on ...
