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Volunteer vacations : short-term adventures that will benefit you and others / Bill McMillon, Doug Cutchins, and Anne Geissinger ; foreword by Ed Asner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2012.Edition: 11th edDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781569769706
  • 1569769702
  • 9781569769720
  • 1569769729
  • 9781569769676
  • 1569769672
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Volunteer vacations.DDC classification:
  • 302/.14 23
LOC classification:
  • HN49.V64 M35 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword / Ed Asner -- ACDI/VOCA -- Helping Haitians rebuild for the future / Kent Allen -- Adelante -- African Conservation Trust (ACT) -- African Impact -- AidCamps International -- AIDE Abroad : Association of International Development and Exchange -- American Hiking Society -- American Jewish World Service (AJAWS) -- AmeriSpan -- Volunteering in Bolivia / staff blogger -- Amigos de las Américas (AMIGOS) -- Amity Institute -- Amizade Global Service-Learning -- On becoming a global citizen / Matt Clements -- AMPED Abroad (Adventure Minded People Exploring Diversity Abroad) -- Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) -- ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece -- ArtCorps -- Asociación Centro de Estudios de Español Pop Wuj ("Pop Wuj") -- Atlas Corps -- Australian Tropical Research Foundation (ATRF) -- AVIVA -- Bike and Build -- Biosphere Expeditions -- On the prowl for snow leopards interview / with Katie Bunting -- Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation (BMWF) -- BTCV -- Buffalo Tours -- BUNAC -- Camp AmeriKids -- Caretta Research Project (CRP) -- Caribbean Volunteer Expeditions (CVE) -- Casa de Viajes HOY -- Catalina Island Conservancy -- Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) -- Cheyenne River Youth Project (CRYP) -- Child Family Health International (CFHI) -- Children Walking Tall (CWT) -- CHOICE Humanitarian (Center for Humanitarian Outreach and Inter-Cultural Exchange) -- Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) -- CNFA -- The Colorado Trail Foundation (CTF) -- Common Hope -- Concordia International Volunteers -- Coral Cay Conservation (CCC) -- Cross-Cultural Solutions (CCS) -- Cultural Destination Nepal (CDN) -- Growing in Nepal / Ms. Leez Nicholls -- Cultural Embrace -- Dakshinayan -- Earthwatch -- Eco-Centre Caput Insulae-Beli (ECCIB), Research and Educational Centre for the Protection of Nature -- El Porvenir -- Engineering Ministries International (EMI) -- Experiential Learning International (ELI) -- Farm Sanctuary -- Flying Doctors of America (FDOA) -- Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) -- Friends of the Great Baikal Trail (FGBT) -- Frontier -- Fundacion Aldeas de Paz (Peace Villages Foundation) -- Galapagos ICE : Immerse Connect Evolve -- Gibbon Conservation Center (GCC) -- Global Ambassadors for Children (GAFC) -- Global Buddies -- Global Citizen Year (GCY) -- Jigeen Jambar : the women warriors of Senegal / Madeleine Balchan -- Global Citizens Network (GCN) -- Finding myself in Nepal / Judy Wachs -- Global Crossroad -- Global Humanitarian Expeditions (GHE) -- Global Potential (GP) -- An unusual friendship and transformative trip / Jessica Bolen -- Global Research Institute (GRI) -- Global Routes -- Global Service Corps (GSC) -- Global Vision International (GVI) -- Global Volunteer Network (GVN) -- Lay down your heart / Hannah Ford -- Global Volunteers -- A volunteer vacation that changed my life / Kathleen Hubbard-Ismail -- Global Works -- Globalteer -- Thank you, teacher / Mark Acres.
Global Aware -- A vacation for soul, mind, and heart / Francis Higgins -- Globe Shares -- Go Differently -- Joe's diary on elephant camp / Joe Blaine, age nine -- Greenheart Travel -- Habitat for Humanity International's Global Village -- Hands Up Holidays -- Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) -- Holy Land Trust (HLT) -- Iko Poran -- Independent Living Alternatives (ILA) -- Indian Network for Development Exchange (Idex) -- Institute for International Cooperation and Development (IICD) -- Intercultural Youth Exchange (ICYE) -- InterExchange -- International Student Volunteers (ISV) -- An African experience / Chelsea Behymer -- International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ) -- i-to-i Volunteering -- Pura vida (pure life) : turtle conservatio in Costa Rica / Stephanie Kwong -- Jatun Sacha -- JustWorks -- Kiva Fellows Program -- Koke'e Resource Conservation Program (KRCP) -- La Sabranenque -- Malawi Volunteer Organisation (MVO) -- Manna Project International (MPI) -- Medical Ministry International (MMI) -- Mercy Ships -- National Cooperative Business Association Farmer-to-Farmer (FTF) Program -- National Trust Working Holidays -- Naucrates -- New Era Galapagos Foundation (NEGF) -- NGOabroad -- Oceanic Society -- OmniMed -- Operation Crossroads Africa (OCA) -- Outreach360 (formerly Orphanage Outreach) -- Our family volunteer vacation / Chris Goffnett -- Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) -- Passport in Time (PIT) -- Peacework -- Projects Abroad -- ProWorld Volunteers -- Raleigh -- Sustainable projects in India / Owen White -- Reef Check -- Restless Development -- Seeds of Learning -- Sierra Club Outings -- Righting the cemetery / Marty Joyce -- Sunseed Desert Project -- Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) -- Tethys Research Institute -- Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation -- Transformational Journeys -- Travellers Worldwide -- United Action for Children (UAC) -- United Planet -- A poem of hospitality / Antoine Cassar -- Via International -- VISIONS Service Adventures -- Vitalise -- Volunteer Africa -- Volunteer Bolivia -- Volunteer Honduras -- Volunteering Solutions -- Volunteers for International Partnership (VIP) -- Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) -- Volunteers for Peace (VFP) -- Volunthai : Volunteers for Thailand -- Volunteering in the Thai countryside / Yvonne Blokland -- Volunteers Without Borders (VWB) -- Winant Clayton Volunteers -- Winrock International -- Women in Progress (WIP) -- Are you all "creative"? / Elizabeth Eva Lampman -- Work and Volunteer Abroad (WAVA) -- WorldTeach -- World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) UK -- World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) USA -- Wyoming Dinosaur Center (WDC) -- YMCA Go Global -- Youth Challenge International (YCI) -- Youth International.
Summary: For the increasing number of people looking for ways to make a difference while on vacation, this fully updated edition is filled with in-depth information to get them ready for their adventure, including contacts, locations, costs, dates, project details, and profiles of 150 select organizations running thousands of programs in the United States and around the world. Including new details about long-term projects and organizations specifically tailored for families, seniors, and the disabled, this definitive sourcebook provides a wealth of opportunities for anyone interested in taking a truly.
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For the increasing number of people looking for ways to make a difference while on vacation, this fully updated edition is filled with in-depth information to get them ready for their adventure, including contacts, locations, costs, dates, project details, and profiles of 150 select organizations running thousands of programs in the United States and around the world. Including new details about long-term projects and organizations specifically tailored for families, seniors, and the disabled, this definitive sourcebook provides a wealth of opportunities for anyone interested in taking a truly.

Foreword / Ed Asner -- ACDI/VOCA -- Helping Haitians rebuild for the future / Kent Allen -- Adelante -- African Conservation Trust (ACT) -- African Impact -- AidCamps International -- AIDE Abroad : Association of International Development and Exchange -- American Hiking Society -- American Jewish World Service (AJAWS) -- AmeriSpan -- Volunteering in Bolivia / staff blogger -- Amigos de las Américas (AMIGOS) -- Amity Institute -- Amizade Global Service-Learning -- On becoming a global citizen / Matt Clements -- AMPED Abroad (Adventure Minded People Exploring Diversity Abroad) -- Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) -- ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece -- ArtCorps -- Asociación Centro de Estudios de Español Pop Wuj ("Pop Wuj") -- Atlas Corps -- Australian Tropical Research Foundation (ATRF) -- AVIVA -- Bike and Build -- Biosphere Expeditions -- On the prowl for snow leopards interview / with Katie Bunting -- Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation (BMWF) -- BTCV -- Buffalo Tours -- BUNAC -- Camp AmeriKids -- Caretta Research Project (CRP) -- Caribbean Volunteer Expeditions (CVE) -- Casa de Viajes HOY -- Catalina Island Conservancy -- Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) -- Cheyenne River Youth Project (CRYP) -- Child Family Health International (CFHI) -- Children Walking Tall (CWT) -- CHOICE Humanitarian (Center for Humanitarian Outreach and Inter-Cultural Exchange) -- Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) -- CNFA -- The Colorado Trail Foundation (CTF) -- Common Hope -- Concordia International Volunteers -- Coral Cay Conservation (CCC) -- Cross-Cultural Solutions (CCS) -- Cultural Destination Nepal (CDN) -- Growing in Nepal / Ms. Leez Nicholls -- Cultural Embrace -- Dakshinayan -- Earthwatch -- Eco-Centre Caput Insulae-Beli (ECCIB), Research and Educational Centre for the Protection of Nature -- El Porvenir -- Engineering Ministries International (EMI) -- Experiential Learning International (ELI) -- Farm Sanctuary -- Flying Doctors of America (FDOA) -- Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) -- Friends of the Great Baikal Trail (FGBT) -- Frontier -- Fundacion Aldeas de Paz (Peace Villages Foundation) -- Galapagos ICE : Immerse Connect Evolve -- Gibbon Conservation Center (GCC) -- Global Ambassadors for Children (GAFC) -- Global Buddies -- Global Citizen Year (GCY) -- Jigeen Jambar : the women warriors of Senegal / Madeleine Balchan -- Global Citizens Network (GCN) -- Finding myself in Nepal / Judy Wachs -- Global Crossroad -- Global Humanitarian Expeditions (GHE) -- Global Potential (GP) -- An unusual friendship and transformative trip / Jessica Bolen -- Global Research Institute (GRI) -- Global Routes -- Global Service Corps (GSC) -- Global Vision International (GVI) -- Global Volunteer Network (GVN) -- Lay down your heart / Hannah Ford -- Global Volunteers -- A volunteer vacation that changed my life / Kathleen Hubbard-Ismail -- Global Works -- Globalteer -- Thank you, teacher / Mark Acres.

Global Aware -- A vacation for soul, mind, and heart / Francis Higgins -- Globe Shares -- Go Differently -- Joe's diary on elephant camp / Joe Blaine, age nine -- Greenheart Travel -- Habitat for Humanity International's Global Village -- Hands Up Holidays -- Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) -- Holy Land Trust (HLT) -- Iko Poran -- Independent Living Alternatives (ILA) -- Indian Network for Development Exchange (Idex) -- Institute for International Cooperation and Development (IICD) -- Intercultural Youth Exchange (ICYE) -- InterExchange -- International Student Volunteers (ISV) -- An African experience / Chelsea Behymer -- International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ) -- i-to-i Volunteering -- Pura vida (pure life) : turtle conservatio in Costa Rica / Stephanie Kwong -- Jatun Sacha -- JustWorks -- Kiva Fellows Program -- Koke'e Resource Conservation Program (KRCP) -- La Sabranenque -- Malawi Volunteer Organisation (MVO) -- Manna Project International (MPI) -- Medical Ministry International (MMI) -- Mercy Ships -- National Cooperative Business Association Farmer-to-Farmer (FTF) Program -- National Trust Working Holidays -- Naucrates -- New Era Galapagos Foundation (NEGF) -- NGOabroad -- Oceanic Society -- OmniMed -- Operation Crossroads Africa (OCA) -- Outreach360 (formerly Orphanage Outreach) -- Our family volunteer vacation / Chris Goffnett -- Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) -- Passport in Time (PIT) -- Peacework -- Projects Abroad -- ProWorld Volunteers -- Raleigh -- Sustainable projects in India / Owen White -- Reef Check -- Restless Development -- Seeds of Learning -- Sierra Club Outings -- Righting the cemetery / Marty Joyce -- Sunseed Desert Project -- Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) -- Tethys Research Institute -- Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation -- Transformational Journeys -- Travellers Worldwide -- United Action for Children (UAC) -- United Planet -- A poem of hospitality / Antoine Cassar -- Via International -- VISIONS Service Adventures -- Vitalise -- Volunteer Africa -- Volunteer Bolivia -- Volunteer Honduras -- Volunteering Solutions -- Volunteers for International Partnership (VIP) -- Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) -- Volunteers for Peace (VFP) -- Volunthai : Volunteers for Thailand -- Volunteering in the Thai countryside / Yvonne Blokland -- Volunteers Without Borders (VWB) -- Winant Clayton Volunteers -- Winrock International -- Women in Progress (WIP) -- Are you all "creative"? / Elizabeth Eva Lampman -- Work and Volunteer Abroad (WAVA) -- WorldTeach -- World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) UK -- World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) USA -- Wyoming Dinosaur Center (WDC) -- YMCA Go Global -- Youth Challenge International (YCI) -- Youth International.

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