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A travel adventure after you graduate? - Volunteer Africa could be for you

roger — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:40:58 +0000

Are you at a crossroads in your life where you are more interested in an adventure than in joining the rat race? Volunteering in Africa might be just what you are looking for. You can earn some invaluable experience while making a difference and having the adventure of a lifetime all at once. If you’ve [...]

Holiday Party

peter — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:02:02 +0000

It won’t do any good for anyone but yourself, but you’re invited to the 2007 Bootsnall Holiday Party on December 1st. It’s a real party, at a real venue (none of this online party stuff) and there’ll be chances to win prizes, meet the staff of this travel blog network and enjoy the company of [...]

Geekcorps: Bringing YouTube to developing villages

peter — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:57:44 +0000

The One Laptop Per Child folks may be hogging the press in the push to jump-start technology in developing countries, but their lesser known cousin Geekcorps was there first. Started in 1999 by Ethan Zuckerman, Geekcorps takes trained Information Technology personnel and places them in villages across the world to set up a technology [...]

Senior friendly volunteer trips

peter — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:00:06 +0000

Long-term volunteer travel is typically a young-person’s game. Spending 12 months in India or rural Mexico can be hard on the body and the immune system and the elderly generally steer clear. But if you’re in good shape and fit in mind, there are many volunteer companies that would love to have your time and [...]

Featured Volunteer resource: Ecovolunteer

peter — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:19:08 +0000

Looking for a volunteer travel opportunity of a greener sort? Ecovolunteer allows you to travel for a cause and help out some of the world’s endangered animals. With its easy to navigate and fun to use site, Ecovolunteer puts the causes front and center, allowing interested travelers to sort through their trips, both by destination and [...]

Five places you can volunteer during (an extended) Thanksgiving

peter — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:23:36 +0000

The stores may still be stocked for Halloween, but now is the time to start planning that Thanksgiving volunteer trip. You still have time to book most of these trips for the long holiday weekend, but not much. 5 places you can volunteer during (an extended) Thanksgiving 1. Pennsylvania Make up for some of those Thanksgiving Turkeys that [...]

Volunteer Breakdown

peter — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:26:59 +0000

There’s no question that volunteer travel has seen a recent surge in popularity, but just how many people are spending their vacation days building schools in developing nations? And who are these volunteers? Do men or women spend donate more time? Is a 54 year-old unmarried doctor more likely to volunteer than a 22 year-old [...]

Is my Volunteer trip tax-deductible?

peter — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:40:55 +0000

Donate your car, your old clothes, even your stereo and, in America, the government lets you write it off and deduct it from your annual contribution to the country. But does your time earn you the same earn you the same leeway? Is a trip to build houses in Mexico a deductible donation? The short answer [...]

You can represent 5% of your Nation’s GDP

peter — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:56:26 +0000

Empirical data ruled last week as the United Nations, with Johns Hopkins University, took a close look at volunteerism and volunteer-travel at a conference in Bonn, Germany. The meeting saw the release of the long-titled but relatively succinct document, “Measuring Civil Society and Volunteering: Initial Findings from Implementation of the UN Handbook on Nonprofit Institutions,” [...]

Volunteer Vacation Resource: Bootsnall.com

Kate — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:43:42 +0000

If helping out at community gardens in Cuba, teaching English in Ghana, or assisting with domestic animal rescue in South Africa is your thing, look no further than Bootsnall.com. Bootsnall is an independent travel company and the host of this very logue. Up to now Bootsnall services have included hostels, cheap international airfare, [...]