Jenna Richards: Out in Korea

‘The land of morning calm’ sounded like exactly what I needed after a very stressful year doing a masters degree, working for the student newspaper and holding down a part time job. It was for this reason, and the money I could make working as an English teacher, I decided to go to South Korea [...]

Staying with nuns in India

Dominique Gelder-Smith
1. How old are you and what’s your occupation?
I am 19 and I am currently on a gap year
2. What made you decide to go to India?
I’d never thought of it until my friend asked me if I’d like to go with her
so that her parents wouldn’t get too worried about her.
3. Which organisation [...]

Travelling across South America

Chris Beaumont, 33, Bradford, West Yorkshire, Carpenter and dive master
South America
1. How long are you travelling for?
6-8 months
2. Where in South America are you travelling?
brazil , uruguay , argentina , chile , bolivia , peru , ecuador
3. Is it an easy place to travel around?
The transport network is very good , and like asia , [...]

Disaster volunteering: Helping tsunami victims in Thailand

Chris Beaumont, 33, Bradford, West Yorkshire, Carpenter and dive master
Tsunami
1. Where did you go to volunteer after the tsunami?
Spent all my time in Thailand after that spent all my money and back to the uk
2. How long did you go for?
I was there three months after for four months , went back to uk to [...]

Disaster volunteering: Helping tsunami victims in Sri Lanka

Sarah Smith
25
West Yorkshire
Works for a national magazine
Volunteered in Sri Lanka in March helping victims of the tsunami
1) I wanted to volunteer to help out a worthy cause after seeing several
documentaries on tv, and working closely with I-to-I and understanding more
about what they do. I had always wanted to broaden my horizons and step out
of my [...]

Teaching English in Ecuador

Amy Barnicoat-Hood, 18, from Kirkby near Lancaster
1) I was in Ecuador for exactly 4 weeks, in the capital city of Quito.
2) The culture was amazing. At first it’s a little hard to adjust to things like having a maid (I got told off for making my bed…) and the [...]

Andean Outreach Programme: profile

Shona Kay
UK Director
Andean Outreach Programme
Been involved with helping setup the UK branch of Andean Outreach, I volunteered in South America and got really involved with my placement.
Our main aim is to source funds for volunteers who plan to go to Peru, Ecuador, Chile etc and undertake projects to help the local people. Volunteers apply to [...]

CAS Nepal

1. What does your organization do?
CAS-Nepal is a non-profit making, non-political community based organization. It was registered with Nepal Government-Chitwan in 2000 & with Social Welfare Council-Nepal in 2001 by highly enthusiastic board members. The primary goal of CAS-Nepal is to make community self -dependent & developed through utilization of local, national and international resources [...]

Karin Feltman: Katrina volunteering

Karin Feltman
Volunteered after Hurricane Katrina

1. i actually don’t work for an organization that sends out volunteers- i find volunteering opportunities on my own and go. i work for a hospital here in lawrence as an ER nurse. they are supportive of my efforts, but they aren’t actually involved in that process. well…that isn’t exactly [...]

Carbon footprint awareness boosts rail travel

A growing awareness of leaving a ‘carbon footprint’ while travelling has boosted rail holidays and business trips.
 
Rail operators in Europe are seeing a huge increase in demand for their inter-rail tickets, as cheap flights fall out of favour with environmentally friendly travellers.
 
Stephanie Draper, spokesperson for Forum for the Future, a sustainable development charity, said: “I [...]