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Developing an International Internship Workplan

Details: Written by: Camaro West; Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs

How to hit the ground running in a developing country.

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Game Changers: National Geographic Emerging Explorer, Josh Thome is 4Real

Details: Written by: James Stairs; Category: Why we travel

It's not about celebrity; it's about change.

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Goat Lending NGO Empowers Ugandan Women

Details: Written by: Rocky Lis; Category: Volunteer Abroad

An innovative livestock lending brings farming into the 21st century.

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International Volunteering: State of the Nation

Details: Written by: Jessica Lockhart; Category: Volunteer Abroad

As volunteering overseas takes off, growing pains lead to new challenges for the field and for volunteers.

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Work Abroad in International Health Care

Details: Written by: Maia Gedde; Category: Work Abroad

Expert advice for breaking into a rewarding—and travel-friendly—career.

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The Business End of the Shovel

Details: Written by: Maureen Littlejohn; Category: Work Abroad

Non-medical personnel are essential to medical missions and relief work around the world. A former tree planter becomes part of the solution as a logistician with MSF.

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Top Jobs for Itchy Feet

Details: Written by: Zalina Alvi; Category: Work Abroad

There is no limit to the number of opportunities for the person who wants to work abroad.

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Igniting Reel Change

Details: Written by: James Stairs; Category: Volunteer Abroad

Native Bolivian communities fight for social change with the help of Quebec filmmakers.

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Changing the Tune of Social Activism

Details: Written by: Andrea Gourgy; Category: Why we travel

Vancouver’s Sol Guy is mixing music, celebrity and social activism to spark real change in the entertainment and non-profit worlds.

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Tools for Change in Peru: Special Section

Details: Written by: Andrea Gourgy; Category: PhotoPro

Unemployed youth in Lima get a leg up thanks to local volunteers and CUSO-VSO.

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Tools for Change in Peru

Details: Written by: Andrea Gourgy; Category: Volunteer Abroad

Unemployed youth in Lima get a leg up thanks to local volunteers and CUSO-VSO.

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Village People: Cultural Tourism in Tanzania

Details: Written by: Mary Katherine Keown; Category: Beyond the Guidebook

Cultural tourism, if done properly, can bring economic development to the poorest communities in Tanzania.

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Microfinance Helps Nicaraguans Bounce Back

Details: Written by: Audrey Quinn; Category: Why we travel

Small loans from alternative sources are changing lives.

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Haiti: One Year Later - Special Section

Details: Written by: James Stairs; Category: Work Abroad

Check out the feature article, photo gallery and video footage from the field.

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Picking Up the Pieces in Haiti

Details: Written by: James Stairs; Category: Work Abroad

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.