Tag: Volunteer Abroad

In today’s date, people are growing to be more sensible and opting to set out for ‘Responsible Tours’ rather than just a relaxing holiday! Undoubtedly, volunteering vacations are being a thing – and it’s all for good. Many backpackers, couples, families, gap year travelers, solo explorers, and vagabonds have started adding volunteer work to their […]

Are you willing to change your way of traveling a bit, and make your journey more meaningful by doing something incredible? Are you looking for a perfect 1 Week’s Volunteer Program abroad, that’ll let you work and travel simultaneously? Are you ready to take up a challenge and make a difference to a stranger’s life […]

In today’s date, only classroom education is not enough – and a lot of importance is given on experiential learning. High school and college students are, thus, opting to travel and volunteer abroad for a meaningful program, in order to gain first-hand international work experience and also, to understand what actually tickles their interest. Just […]

There are tourists, explorers, discoverers, and then there are volunteers! While it’s kinda easy to be a tourist, plan a trip to an exotic location, stay at some fancy resort and indulge in all good things – like of a volunteer traveler isn’t quite similar! Yet, the experiences that the latter will gather will be […]

March 3, 2019: I have seen several photographs of this place before, but as I stood outside the gate of Makimei Children’s Home, it felt like Déjà vu. “Have I been here earlier? Do I know these kids? Will I be able to do anything good for them?” – I kept asking myself these questions […]

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn” – Benjamin Franklin. There can be nothing truer than this – and we all would agree on the point that experiencing something makes a mark on our mind and soul, helping us to remember it forever. In today’s date, […]

Not everyone in the world can travel across the globe and those who can, should make it a point to give back to the places that they so earnestly explore and enjoy. This is precisely why the concept of “giving back” or Volunteering for a good cause motivates many to go out and volunteer abroad. […]

Every year, a number of high school pass outs and college students travel abroad to volunteer under a program. This is done as a regular activity by several gappers to enhance their interpersonal skills and gain international exposure. It is also noted that several universities and corporates consider volunteering abroad during gap year traveling as […]

From the desire to give back, ample scope of cultural immersion, the camaraderie that occurs on volunteer vacations to the bonding and experiences that such vacations bring, there are several motivations why travelers head for this journey. However, with the emerging scrutiny of the unethical practices in the ‘voluntourism’ industry, it is becoming increasingly important […]

The desire to travel to different countries, experience a diverse topography, a new culture, learn a new language and most importantly, make an attempt to give back as a global citizen drives many people to apply for the US Peace Corps but being a difficult application to convert, there’s preparation and experience needed to successfully […]

A continent full with contrasts, South America is filled with towns that beautifully blend colonial and indigenous history, host a diverse geographical topography, have some of the most revered “Worlds of Wonder” and proudly boasts of being the birthplace of one of the most ancient civilizations in the world. The region, however, has had a […]

There are close to 200 countries in the world and way more cultures, ethnic groups, languages, traditions, ways, and ideas of life that we remain unaware of for the most part of our lives. To be able to travel miles across and experience what’s unknown is a privilege that not many of us get but […]