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- Type: Article
- Author: Amelia McKinlay
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Living in an isolated community in South Africa has presented a number of unexpected challenges. The Highs • Meeting people from different walks of life Currently I live and work at a camp where international volunteers arrive weekly to help teach the...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Addie Weller
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Four unique customs that teachers will encounter in Thailand. Teachers are respected all over the world. In Thailand, there’s an evident level of respect present in every aspect of the school day. Value is placed on learning and education here. Native...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kyle Anderson
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Lending a greater meaning to my work abroad. Intended or not, our travels sometimes land us within zones of conflict. If the situation isn’t so grave as to require an immediate evacuation, opportunities often present themselves to alleviate suffering....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Ashley McCallan
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
When the excitement of travel fades, here are three ways to reignite it. I barely slept a wink the night before my flight to Rome—not due to excitement, but because of a deadline. Taking a few days of vacation is not without its downsides. The 3 a.m....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Saoirse Clohessy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Being abroad has taught me many things, including that everything comes to an end. When you get to the end of your Raleigh International experience, you get advised to stay in touch. Not just with the charity, but with the people you've just spent 10...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Durrah Taqiah
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
How Krav Maga boosted my confidence in travelling. I’ve always wanted to learn how to fight, even though I grew up in one of the safest cities in the world. Perhaps it was the influence of media, or the fact that my brother was enrolled in Taekwondo...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Cassie Pearse
- Category: Why we travel
Want to rip up the rulebook and take your family on an extended adventure? Here's how—and why—I did just that. The alarm would sound. Jumping up, we’d wash, dress and then coax the kids out of bed for a hurried breakfast before my bundling them onto...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Daniel B. Sarvestani
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Where I work in Honduras, it will take everyone's buy-in to effect change. Indigenous women tend to be victims of violence and are disproportionately affected by it. Not only is there is there a systemic lack of access to justice for indigenous...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kirsty Smith
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Weighing the differences between my life as a student and my life as a professional in Switzerland. When I moved to Switzerland to work abroad, it wasn't my first time in the country; I actually studied abroad here first. However, the two experiences...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Justine Hall
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Daily, I teeter between feeling like a madrileño and like I just arrived in Spain last week. During my first few days in Madrid, I spoke with a friend who’s teaching English in Taiwan. As we exchanged our feelings of culture shock—from missing certain...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Roberta Fregolent
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
I thought I was going to change the world. Instead, I learned that change takes time. As I pack to leave Peru, I'm thinking back to that expectations that I had while packed these same few items into my suitcase only five months ago. I probably...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Lex Cowan
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Welcome to your new life abroad. Here's what you need to know. Deciding to pack your bags and travel is a big choice to make, especially when you’ll be setting up a whole new life in a different country. Oftentimes, you’ll hear people talk about how...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Lex Cowan
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
I kept asking myself what I "wanted" to do. It turns out I was asking the wrong question. There are decisions you make in your life that you can look back on and know for certain sent you down a different road. Perhaps in an infinite universe there is...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kyle Anderson
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Photographing with respect and transparency is primary to being a contributor and not just a kodachrome leech. The seismic shift from camera to phone-use has made every traveller a closet photographer. Pre-set functions, photo effects and a megadose of...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Audrey Ardanaz
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
We all have to see Venice. But at what cost? Many problems beset poor, beautiful Venice. Despite being aged, it’s like watching a disease take the mind and soul of someone at the height of their youth; their features are as charming as ever, but they...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kirsten Horton
- Category: Work Abroad
Got a teaching degree? Here's how to pay off your student loans while travelling the world. New North American teachers face a dilemma: Long summer holidays seem made for travel, but low pay rates, crippling student debt, and competition for teaching...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Isadora Vadasz
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
How to get across town in one piece when the rules of the road are straight out of Mad Max. In a country once closed off from the world, Burma’s exposure to the outside world has led to an explosion of change. The country finally has Internet (saying...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Caroline Cassard
- Category: Work Abroad
With a rich cultural history, unsurpassed biodiversity and a hot job market for English teachers, add this country to your work abroad list. Caribbean beaches, luscious coffee regions, the Amazon, and modern bustling cities—Colombia has it all. While...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Erin Van Rheenen
- Category: Why we travel
In Costa Rica, international volunteers and locals work together to reverse the decline of this magnificent bird. A Great Green Macaw in full flight appears to be heading straight for Buffie Biddle's head. These dazzling and highly endangered birds...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Sam Paterson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Vietnam is no longer the "Wild West" of teaching abroad. Here's what you need to know. Of course we all want to get paid well, but there are a few other key considerations for the perfect taking job. If you’re thinking of going to Vietnam to teach,...
