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Relief Agency In Sudan Providing More Than Just Immediate Medical Care

Date: July 11th, 2007 |

An article from the Christian Science Monitor featured on Yahoo news reports on the relief agencies which have come to Darfur: “It’s one of the cruel ironies of the Darfur conflict, which has entered its fifth year, that it took a deadly war… for many Darfuris to receive the first adequate healthcare of their lives.”
Darfuri [read more]

Wildlife Direct Update: June

Date: June 30th, 2007 |

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The Wildlife Direct team, working for conservation in Congo, has been busy since the last update I posted at the end of May. The first thing you might notice is that they have a new website, which features a variety of conservation blogs from volunteers, staff or researchers working in or near Congo as [read more]

World Refugee Day - One More Look

Date: June 27th, 2007 |

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World Refugee Day was last week, and unfortunately I produced nothing more than this post here at the Volunteer Logue. However, I’ve been holding on to one article for some time now and came across two other relevant links, and this is perhaps the most fitting connection to tie them in:

One is an article [read more]

Cameron Diaz’s Cultural Faux Pas In Peru

Date: June 26th, 2007 |

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Somewhere along the lines of Richard Gere…Cameron Diaz made a faux pas in Peru while filming a segment of a program for Canadian MTV. The show, incidentally, is called “4Real” and, according to this blog, highlights “how young people around the world are using art and culture to deal with pressing social issues.”
Just what [read more]

Next Generation Nepal: May Update And Fast-Approaching Fundraiser

Date: June 16th, 2007 |

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I recently received the May newsletter for Next Generation Nepal and I’m providing a slightly unnecessary summary here as NGN newsletters are now available online at the main website.
But it’s quite a good story so listen up anyway: Conor recently returned from a trip into the mountainous Nuwakot district of Nepal, where he located and [read more]

Volunteer Influences From CNN

Date: July 9th, 2007 |

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Volunteering seems to “happen” more often in some places than others. From a foreign traveler’s perspective, it can be a lot easier to find your own volunteer opportunity in places where volunteer “infrastructure” is already established. I think of, for example, Dharamsala, India, and perhaps some other places in Asia and Latin America [read more]

Around The Web On Volunteering: June 29

Date: June 29th, 2007 |

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The Rambling Traveler shares some more though [read more]

US Donations On The Rise

Date: June 26th, 2007 |

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A new record was set for donations in the US; the AP reports that nearly $300 billion in donations to charitable cause were made by Americans in 2006, according to Giving USA. This was about 1% more than the figure in 2005, which included the period where several large-scale natural disasters such as the [read more]

Around The Web On Volunteering: June 19

Date: June 19th, 2007 |

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The Philippine president honors Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell, who was killed during her service.
Find out about some challenging volunteer positions in Russia, organized by a long-term Russian volunteer.
Along the lines of a recent guest post here at the Volunteer Logue, one blogger asks: culture trips or volunteer trips.

Catch a webchat with some current and [read more]

Food, Sex, and…Donating Money To Charity?

Date: June 15th, 2007 |

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That’s right, according to recent research, “knowing your money is going to a good cause can activate some of the same pleasure centers in your brain as food and sex”.
Researchers carried out various experiments and also found out that while people’s brains got a “thrill” for even for a compulsory donation – such as a [read more]