Holiday Party

By peter | October 25th, 2007 |

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... [Read this entry]

Geekcorps: Bringing YouTube to developing villages

By peter | October 22nd, 2007 |

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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.... [Read this entry]

Senior friendly volunteer trips

By peter | October 17th, 2007 |

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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... [Read this entry]

Featured Volunteer resource: Ecovolunteer

By peter | October 17th, 2007 |

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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... [Read this entry]

Five places you can volunteer during (an extended) Thanksgiving

By peter | October 10th, 2007 |

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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... [Read this entry]

Volunteer Breakdown

By peter | October 10th, 2007 |

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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... [Read this entry]

Is my Volunteer trip tax-deductible?

By peter | October 8th, 2007 |

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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... [Read this entry]

You can represent 5% of your Nation’s GDP

By peter | October 1st, 2007 |

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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... [Read this entry]

Volunteer Vacation Resource: Bootsnall.com

By Kate | September 30th, 2007 |

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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. ... [Read this entry]

21 “Tips” from Safe Traveler

By peter | September 25th, 2007 |

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The folks over at Safe Traveler today provide us today with 21 ways to make our volunteer travel experiences safer.
After sorting through the generic travel advice and the tips... [Read this entry]

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