Change The Truth Fund Update

By Kate | July 20th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

The Change the Truth Fund, which connects donors from the US with St. Mary Keven’s orphanage in Uganda, has been busy.
Change The Truth founder Gloria, a photographer who became... [Read this entry]

VolunteerSouthAmerica.net: June Update

By Kate | June 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

VolunteerSouthAmerica.net remains one of the best online sources of information on independent volunteering in the region. In addition to links to the websites of nearly 100 organizations which incorporate... [Read this entry]

Global Cool and Bollywood Star Link Up

By Kate | April 6th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

CNN recently reported on another celebrity-cause “marriage”: Global Cool with Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan.
Global Cool is an organization dedicated to spreading the word about reducing the causes of global... [Read this entry]

Join The Peace Corps

By Kate | March 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

If you’re from the US and interested in making a two-year commitment in exchange for the opportunity to volunteer abroad with the support of a large well-known organization, consider the... [Read this entry]

Volunteer To Teach English With CasaSito In Guatemala

By Kate | March 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Volunteering To Teach English: Some Common Questions

By Kate | March 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »

If you’re reading this post, you have a skill that many people around the world would also like to have: English language ability. It might not sound like the... [Read this entry]

Kids With Cameras

By Kate | March 19th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Image Courtesy of
Kids with Cameras

Kids With Cameras (KWC), the non-governmental organization organized by Born Into Brothels photographer Zana Briski, is dedicated to teaching “the art of photography to marginalized... [Read this entry]

Volunteer Tibet

By Kate | March 14th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Volunteer Tibet contains a compilation of different volunteer opportunities in or around Dharamsala, India, generally connected to the large Tibetan population in the area.
There is a volunteer page providing... [Read this entry]

Blogs You Should Know About: Gloria In Africa

By Kate | March 12th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Photo of kids at
orphanage, by Gloria

Gloria is a photographer from the US who attended a two-and-a-half week workshop in Uganda; you can read about a number of moving experiences... [Read this entry]

Invisible Children

By Kate | February 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Three young Americans – one of them turning 20 during the trip – traveled in Uganda in 2003. They made and have promoted the documentary entitled Invisible Children to... [Read this entry]