Taking the Show on the Road
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- Written by: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Three Quebec drama students help Peruvian youth find their own voices.
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Global Heroes: Changing the World
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- Written by: Verge Magazine
- Category: PhotoPro
Have you ever wondered what a hero looks like?
Verge is proud to introduce our 2009 Global Heroes: 14 men and women who are doing their part to make a difference in the developing world.
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Making the Grade in Mongolia
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- Written by: Cheryl Dunkerton
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Volunteer teacher Cheryl Dunkerton finds that Mongolian students juggle more than just exams in order to make it through school.
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Exploring some NGOs in Laos
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- Written by: Julia Steinecke
- Category: Why we travel
Julia Steinecke finds it easy to meet NGOs and community organizations, like Big Brother Mouse.
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Undoing the Limbo: Recovering from Hurricanes in the Caribbean
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- Written by: Julia Steinecke
- Category: Why we travel
It's one thing to put the roof back on a house—what about rebuilding young lives in a Caribbean economy torn apart by hurricanes?
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Tailor-Made in Uganda
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- Written by: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Armed with needle and thread, Carrie-Jane Williams helps Ugandan girls stay in school.
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Médecins Sans Frontières: First In, Last Out
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- Written by: Clare Byrne
- Category: Work Abroad
Young Canadian volunteers with Médicins Sans Frontières talk about braving some of the world's worst conflict zones to deliver help where it's desperately needed.
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Breaking Ground in Bolivia
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- Written by: Jeff Minthorn
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
The people of Cha'llapampa, Bolivia, want to encourage tourism. Four student volunteers want to help. But where do you start?
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Dreaming up a Borderless World
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- Written by: Jeff Minthorn
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Doctors Without Borders Canada founder, Dr. Richard Heinzl has travelled to 75 countries (and counting.) He speaks with Verge about living life adventurously.
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Surveying the Damaged in Afghanistan
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- Written by: Erin Grinnell
- Category: Work Abroad
After decades of war, resignation has replaced hope for many young Afghans who have never seen peace.
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Opening Dialogue in Tanzania
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- Written by: Tannis Hett and Tom Peacock
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
The challenges of beating HIV/AIDS in Africa are enormous—but the spirit of its young people may be even greater.
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After the Tsunami: Rebuilding Aceh
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- Written by: Tom Peacock
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
The 2004 tsunami that slammed South East Asia has all but disappeared from the headlines here, but in the year since a group of UBC students has been working quietly to help people in Aceh, Indonesia, rebuild their homes and lives.
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Backgrounder: Aceh
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- Written by: Tom Peacock
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
This province of Indonesia felt the impact of the 2004 tsunami more than anywhere else on the planet. The good news? It has helped to wage peace in this war-torn region.
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Africa SOMA - Meeting of the Minds
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- Written by: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
An exchange programme gives kids from Nairobi's slums and Maasai children a chance to teach each other about the different ways of life within their own country.
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Saving the World 101: How to Start Your Own NGO
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- Written by: Wendy Glauser
- Category: Work Abroad
Anyone with a hammer and a shovel can start an international non-governmental organization, but you'll need more than just good intentions to make it work.
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Pumpin' the Volume: District Six Records
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- Written by: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Why we travel
Former development studies student and District Six Records founder, Dave Guenette, has introduced North America to some of Africa's hottest musicians. It's not about charity: it's about music.
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Picturing Progress in Zanzibar
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- Written by: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
A youth project on the island of Zanzibar has young women in the community taking pictures. But what they are taking away from the project is infinitely more valuable.
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Be-witched in Ghana
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- Written by: Sam Mednick
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
For North Americans, witchcraft is the stuff of books and movies. But in Ghana, its existence is undisputed. The question is what to do about it.
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Cooking up Clean Air with Clean Burning Stoves
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- Written by: Kim Fisher
- Category: Why we travel
A stove that can save lives and slow global warming? How the clean burning stove is doing just that.
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A Just Vision for Peace
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- Written by: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Why we travel
Victims of violence on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are taking peace into their own hands.
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