Bringing the Message Home: Conservation in Belize
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- Written by: Kyle Dickman
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
In a developing country, conservation can be a tough sell.
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.
Rock, Water, Fire: Quenching Guatemala's Thirst
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- Written by: Larry Frolick
- Category: Why we travel
A team from Niagara tackles water scarcity in rural Guatemala.
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?
Surfers Turning The Tide on Climate Change
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- Written by: Steven Johnson
- Category: Why we travel
Activist Bill McKibben says climate change is the most important issue of our time. And he's leading a tech-savvy movement to demand serious change from our governments.
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.
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.
All the News That's Fit to Print: Changing the Face of Human Rights Reporting In Ghana
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- Written by: Clare Byrne
- Category: Why we travel
He's 26 years old, he lives at home with his parents... and he's changing the face of human rights reporting in Ghana. Meet Ben Peterson, co-founder of Journalists for Human Rights.
Doctoring the Future in Uganda
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- Written by: Jeff Minthorn
- Category: Work Abroad
As a former kayak guide and Nile River Explorer, Alex Mihailovic is not exactly your typical surgeon.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A Chronological Look at the Life of Jane Goodall
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- Written by: Elizabeth LeReverend
- Category: Sidebars
The Irrepressible Dr. Jane Goodall
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- Written by: Elizabeth LeReverend
- Category: Why we travel
Why is the world's most famous conservation activist so optimistic?
