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Holi In India: Tips And Advice

Date: March 7th, 2007 |

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I was traveling with my then-boyfriend and I’m sure having a male at my side helped a bit. For a part of the day, we found a nice place on a rooftop to hang out, which was nice because we were out of the main [read more]

Lost Dogs In Chicago: Another Volunteer Experience

Date: February 11th, 2007 |

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I ended up volunteering with the Lost and Found program at my local humane society by default. I’m a dog person, but as there was no dog-walking section (and working with the dogs mostly meant working with the general public who came to adopt the dogs, which I was definitely not keen on), I [read more]

Tibetan English: My Volunteer Experience

Date: February 5th, 2007 |

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As an English teacher, and a traveler looking for some useful way to spend some time in Dharamsala, India, volunteering my time to give a local Tibetan resident the chance to practice their English conversation seemed a natural choice.
I found a couple of organizations in a volunteer newsletter that is widely available in Dharamsala and [read more]

My Short Pay To Volunteer Experience

Date: March 1st, 2007 |

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I took a year off university, after my junior year, and worked much of it; at the end I took a trip through Europe and decided to do a pay to participate in a “work camp” in France project. Was it volunteering? Kind of, though thinking back on it now, I think so less. [read more]

“Beyond Good Intentions”

Date: February 7th, 2007 |

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Tori and Eric - the pair behind Beyond Good Intentions - both graduated from university in 2004 and are in the middle of a year-long journey in which they plan to circle the globe with one question in mind: what works in international aid? Neither is a filmmaker by training but both have experience [read more]

Welcome To The Volunteer Logue

Date: February 1st, 2007 |

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Hello and welcome to the Volunteer Logue! I’m Kate, also known as Katie, and I will be your volunteer loguer this evening.
Yeah.
So, I enjoy volunteering for a number of reasons – to connect with others, to observe a hopefully successful project which aims to achieve something beneficial and to see things from [read more]

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