My trips abroad have all been leisurely trips. I generally just strolled around, looking at the cities and towns, but never acting as anything more than a tourist. I have recently been thinking about doing a volunteer vacation.
The idea popped in to my head recently when I was talking to my godson about what he wants to do when he gets older. What he was describing sounded like he wanted to be an anthropologist or an archaeologist. I remembered that the USDA had a program for that called Passport in Time (though I didn't remember the name of it straight away). Passport in Time has archaeology-related projects each year that one may participate in. Some projects only accept adults, while others may accept families. There are currently six projects listed for the 2008 calendar.
I decided to look for what was available internationally, and a site I came across was Go NOMAD. This site allows you to search by regions, countries, types of volunteer work, and duration of project. I think I will be able to find something for myself in the future on this site.
There are always opportunities locally and abroad for Habitat for Humanity. One can do more than build for H for H, but it is generally known for its main mission of building decent housing for impoverished people.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Volunteer Vacations
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I looked into somehting along these lines a while back. I really like the idea, I am just to busy to pursue it now. Once the kids are larger and I am done with all my educational pursuits (if that ever happens) I would like to do something along tehse lines.
It would be great to get back from a vacation and tell everyone that you not only slept in a jungle and climbed a small mountain, but you also built a schoolhouse, dug an irrigation ditch, or made a group of children smile. It is easier to justify spending thousands on a vacation if it increases the quality of the global community in some way and sows some seeds of goodwill.
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