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Volunteering To Improve The Continental Divide Trail In The US

Date: June 30th, 2007 |

The Continental Divide Trail in the Western US is over 3,100 miles long, and runs from Canada to Mexico. About 70% of the trail is currently usable, but parts are in need of repair or re-routing, and the Continental Divide Trail Alliance, a group of “dedicated conservation-minded outdoor enthusiasts”, works to address those [read more]

World Refugee Day And Volunteering With Refugees

Date: June 23rd, 2007 |

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June 20 is World Refugee Day and thanks to an email sent out by the International Refugee Committee, I can link to the UNHCR (UN High Commissioner on Refugees) special events page, which points out that today over 40 million people worldwide are already uprooted by violence and persecution. Many others have likely been [read more]

El Shadai Children’s Home In Uganda

Date: June 15th, 2007 |

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El Shadai Children’s Home in Uganda, 2 hours east of Kampala, provides not only a place to live for 26 orphans, but a family atmosphere. It is a community-based organization run by a local man – 28 year old Stephen, who is an orphan himself. In addition to managing the children’s home, [read more]

Volunteers In Asia

Date: June 9th, 2007 |

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Volunteers In Asia (VIA) offers volunteer opportunities in China, Vietnam and Indonesia, and is also starting programs in Laos and Burma. While teaching English seems to be the main role of VIA volunteers, in some situations, volunteers have a chance to get involved as an “English resource” by assisting in report writing and NGO [read more]

True Travellers Society: Volunteer Resource

Date: June 6th, 2007 |

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True Travellers’ Society is a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to providing information that will help independent travellers get the most out of their experiences abroad. The aim is to build a centralized location where people can share information on immersing oneself - in the local culture, activities and way of life, primarily through [read more]

Civil Service International

Date: June 27th, 2007 |

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I have to give credit to the links page at Independent Volunteer for pointing me towards Civil Service International.
CSI is a world-wide organization with branches in a variety of countries (43, to be exact) which helps coordinate both longer-term volunteer positions and short term/ “workcamp” -type opportunities. Potential participants should go to the [read more]

VolunteerSouthAmerica.net: June Update

Date: June 22nd, 2007 |

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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 either a small or no volunteer fee, there are links to a variety of other great online resources (including, ahem, yours truly) as well as [read more]

Kosovo Dog Shelter

Date: June 9th, 2007 |

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The Kosovo Dog Shelter was founded in 2003 by two Kosovars – Nexhmedin Kabashi and Florim Ferati (who both have full-time jobs in addition to their shelter involvement) – and aims to provide a safe, clean and humane refuge for some of Kosovo’s stray dogs, approximately 100 at the moment. The website notes that [read more]

Independent Volunteer Update

Date: June 8th, 2007 |

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Independent Volunteer, which the Volunteer Logue profiled for the first time back in February, is still going strong, and I believe they have added more organizations since then. The site provides information on individual organizations worldwide which regularly need volunteers, and which charge either no fees or low ones. As these are small [read more]

Friends Of The Animals (FHDD) In Fethiye, Turkey

Date: June 5th, 2007 |

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While traveling in Turkey, I had the chance to visit an inspiring non-profit initiative: Fethiye Friends of the Animals/Fethiye Hayvan Dostlari Dernegi (FHDD), which works to improve the lives of street dogs and also contribute to a humane eventual reduction in the street dog population via medical treatment, including vaccination and spay/neuter programs.
Similar to Welfare [read more]

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