Volunteer Abroad: Articles, Programs, Blogs, Travel Resources

A little bird just told me - actually, it was the Banff Squirrel - that Parks Canada just turned 100 years old!
Promoting public health in Guatemala by caring for man's best friend.
When I set off for Central America on my own at the age of 18 with grand ideas about "helping out" in the developing world, I had no idea what I was in for.
Nearly a year after the massive earthquake in Haiti, challenges for the reconstruction effort continue. James Stairs checks in with the Canadian Red Cross in Jacmel.
Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010. No matter where you were at that time last year, you probably saw some of the images coming out of the nation that day, as over 500,000 Haitians were either killed or injured and 1,000,000 people became homeless. 
There seemed to be a flood of bad news for everyone at Verge on Monday. 
More than a whole third of UK gap-year travellers need to be financially bailed out by their parents. 
Volunteers, doctors, midwives and traditional Bolivian practitioners work together to save lives in rural Bolivia.
Volunteering abroad can be extremely rewarding—but how can you be sure you're really helping?
A brief volunteer stint parallels all the challenges and joys of development work.
From language schools to environmental projects - find an excuse to stay a while.
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