Travel To Teach: News And Volunteer Blogs

By Kate | July 31st, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Travel to Teach is an organization which provides basic training to paying volunteers who then are placed in schools, frequently in disadvantaged areas which would not otherwise have access to... [Read this entry]

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]

Fear Of The Unknown

By Kate | July 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

It can be hard to take that leap and go volunteer abroad. People often worry not only about the financial cost but also the career cost…but once you’ve overcome... [Read this entry]

Wildlife Direct Update: June

By Kate | June 30th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

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... [Read this entry]

Next Generation Nepal: May Update And Fast-Approaching Fundraiser

By Kate | June 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

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... [Read this entry]

Around The Web On Volunteering: June 7

By Kate | June 7th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

The story of the founder of i-to-i volunteer placement organization, who just sold the business for £20 million.

Smiling in the same language: students volunteer with refugees in Pennsylvania.

A Stanford... [Read this entry]

Next Generation Nepal Party: You Are (Probably) Invited

By Kate | June 2nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »

Next Generation Nepal is throwing a party to celebrate its first birthday as an organization and to raise money - to help more trafficked children and also reunite them with... [Read this entry]

Around The Web On Volunteering: May 31

By Kate | May 31st, 2007 | Add a Comment »

A new edition of The Midnight Special is out and its volunteer founder is hoping to find additional free-world people to subscribe to this literary compilation of voices rarely heard:... [Read this entry]

Wildlife Direct: Update With Some Troubling News

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

Regular readers will know that I am a fan of the Wildlife Direct blogs which belong to rangers working to protect endangered animals in Congo.
One blog in particular –... [Read this entry]

Volunteer Resource: The Nonprofiteer

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

A link to The Nonprofiteer recently appeared in my inbox, via a Google news update, and with a volunteer version of a Dear Abby question: one volunteer found that after... [Read this entry]