Organizations
Summer Internships At Idealist.org
Date: May 11th, 2007 |
No Comments
If you’re in the right place and meet the right requirements (you have to read the ads!), you could be on the way to an 8-10 week summer internship with Idealist.org.
A Human Resources Intern is needed in New York to help streamline their processes, and will ideally be either an undergrad or graduate student studying [read more]
What If I Can’t Afford A Volunteer Vacation?
Date: May 9th, 2007 | No Comments
While it is standard for the Volunteer Logue to profile organizations which arrange volunteer vacations for a price, I think we can all agree that it is unfortunate – if also a bit bizarre - when volunteering seems to become “too expensive.” The fact is, while a contribution to your own expenses is fair [read more]
Resource: World Volunteer Web
Date: May 5th, 2007 | No Comments
The World Volunteer Web is a creation of the UN Volunteers program and several partners, and has three main goals: to serve as an online reference point for information on worldwide volunteering, to provide tools and resources for related networking, and to increase and promote volunteerism.
In the take action section, you can browse organizations or [read more]
Amnesty International: Profile And Events
Date: May 4th, 2007 | No Comments
Amnesty International (AI) is one of the highest profile human rights organizations, and one that incorporates meetings of volunteer members. The AI UK website describes the organization as “a movement of ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights, our purpose is to protect individuals wherever justice, fairness, freedom [read more]
Volunteer ESL Training Organization: Literacy Works In Chicago
Date: May 2nd, 2007 | No Comments
If you’re interested in one of the most common types of volunteer work abroad, teaching English, one of the best ways to get started is to volunteer at home – you can ideally start with some training and use that and your existing English language ability to benefit someone – or more than one person [read more]
Volunteer Placement Organization: Earthwatch
Date: May 11th, 2007 | No Comments
Earthwatch has a whole host of arranged trips or expeditions which give paying volunteers the opportunity to get involved in different aspects of scientific research or other similar activities. Be warned, these are not cheap! They do, however, incorporate some rather unique projects and appear to put volunteers in direct contact with professionals [read more]
Sierra Club Family Volunteer Vacations
Date: May 6th, 2007 | No Comments
The Sierra Club, which offers a number of tours in addition to its conservation activities, is getting into the business of volunteer vacations in the US. There is, for example, a vegetation restoration project on the Grand Canyon’s southern rim in June; this costs $425 for six days, and includes food and accommodation. [read more]
Volunteer Placement Organization: Globalteer
Date: May 4th, 2007 | No Comments
Globalteer is a UK-based non-profit organization with four main projects into which it places volunteers:
Cambodia kids - volunteers can teach English, Japanese, sports or art, or assist orphanage staff in less structured activities with kids in Siem Reap.
Colombia kids: in Medellin, volunteers assist staff in a day care for street children, or, depending on their [read more]
Volunteer Alert - Concerns About Volunteer Organization IICD
Date: May 3rd, 2007 | No Comments
Via the How To Live Your Dreams Of Volunteering Overseas site, I recently came across information and links in connection to a warning about the volunteer organization International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD):
“… it is our conclusion that IICD is a front group for a cultlike organization, coordinated by Tvind [a larger company based [read more]
“The Psychology Of Working For Free”: Volunteers In Congo
Date: April 30th, 2007 |
No Comments
Photo by
wildlifedirect.org
I’ve been following the blogs of Wildlife Direct – a non-profit conservation organization which currently works in Congo, supporting local conservation efforts through the use of blogs and also allowing donors to give directly to the cause without taking any administrative fee – and found a recent entry entitled The Psychology of Working [read more]
Travel Resources
- RTW Ticket Quote
- Cheap Hotels
- Cheap International Flights
- Medical Evacuation Insurance
- Student Travel Forum
- Waterproof cameras
Volunteer Travel Guide
Monthly Archives
BootsnAll Logues
TRAVEL THEMES
DESTINATIONS
SPORTS