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Volunteer Abroad – Your World Awaits

NomadsLand Associate Editor — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:17:27 +0000

We believe international volunteering promotes cross-cultural learning that helps create global awareness, understanding between cultures and provides the platform for positive change. Our volunteers have taught in schools, provided disaster relief support for the International Red Cross, conducted essential research to improve the management strategies of threatened environments, built homes for impoverished people, provided vocational training and programs for street kids and have worked in co-operation with hundreds of local organizations to distribute aid and improve the quality of life for people throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Participants come from all types of backgrounds. Students have integrated their volunteering efforts into their curriculum earning credits at their university, college or high school, while others have been professionals, gap year students or recent retirees looking to take some time off and offer their skills and knowledge to those who need it.

We provide real programs for real volunteers.

Responsible Travel – Africa – Kenya and Asia – Borneo

NomadsLand Associate Editor — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:21:33 +0000

Camps International Trust (CIT) is a new charity that has been established to raise funds for two linked charities operating abroad. It is the charitable arm of the highly innovative Camps International organization which has been involved in supporting community and wildlife projects with local communities and international visitors through it’s program of adventure tourism.

It emphasizes responsible and ethical tourism by active participation with the local communities and by disseminating information on the benefits to the community and the wildlife that surrounds them.

Camps International already has sustainable development and conservation projects running in Kenya and Tanzania and is about to expand with similar ventures in Borneo. The CIT charity will direct funds to support these projects and ensure every penny is carefully spent. It important to stress that, unlike large international charities, CIT will avoid local government or other non-governmental agencies directing with how the money is distributed.

Access To Increased Health and Quality Education in Cambodia

NomadsLand Associate Editor — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:15:37 +0000

PEPY is a social venture that combines educational development and responsible travel through both our non-profit organization, The PEPY Ride, and our tour company, PEPY Tours, which funds our programs. Seeing a need for educational resources and advocacy in developing areas and also a global desire for meaningful travel options, PEPYs founders created an organization that fills this space at the intersection of development and tourism.

PEPY primarily works in Siem Reap Province in the northwestern part of Cambodia. The majority of PEPY’s educational programs are in Chanleas Dai Commune, a rural area about 65 km outside the city of Siem Reap. The city, home to the temples of Angkor, is a burgeoning tourist destination and generates millions of dollars in tourism revenue each year.

Pilot Project in Peru to join Surfing and Sustainable Development

NomadsLand Associate Editor — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:34:05 +0000

WAVES for Development is an affiliation of not-for-profit organizations dedicated to connecting surfing and sustainable development. Our mission is to create life-enriching experiences through Educational Surf programs that develop local youth into healthy and empowered adults and Surf Voluntourism programs that engage travelers and transform their world views.

WAVES for Development offers impoverished coastal communities innovative Educational Surf and Surf Voluntourism programs that take advantage of surfing resources for meeting community development goals and reducing poverty. By offering Educational Surf programs, at-risk youth develop healthy physical activity habits outside of the classroom, gain an appreciation for the natural environment, and acquire needed life skills while building confidence and having fun. The beneficiaries of our programs include Peruvian youth, local partner organizations in coastal communities, and international visitors.

Our community-based programs promote:

+ Cultural Exchange and Understanding
+ Life Skills for Local Youth
+ Environmental Conservation
+ Sustainable Tourism
+ Social Entrepreneurship

The Miracle Foundation Ambassador Program

NomadsLand Associate Editor — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:00:23 +0000

A short film by Seema Mathur highlighting The Miracle Foundation’s voluntourism Ambassador Program, which offers travelers the opportunity to visit The Miracle Foundation’s orphanages in India, September 2009

Voluntourism is a rare opportunity to spend time with the world’s children in a way that most people couldn’t imagine. Our trips to India combine sight seeing in one of the most interesting places on our planet with serving those who are in need.

We have multiple trips planned for 2009 and all include visits to our children’s homes to meet the children and opportunities to see the wonderful scenery and culture of India.

A trip to one of The Miracle Foundation homes will be one of the most fulfilling trips of your life!

Volunteer Abroad in Nepal

NomadsLand Associate Editor — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:28:45 +0000

Volunteer abroad opportunities volunteering in over 40 countries worldwide through United Planet! Our unique Volunteer abroad program combines volunteering abroad, language learning, cultural activities, learning excursions, and more to provide an incredibly fulfilling experience for volunteers and valuable support for communities in need. Volunteers of all ages, nationalities and backgrounds are invited to join 1-52 week volunteer abroad programs in 40 countries worldwide.

These unique and culturally fascinating volunteer abroad Quests blend working with children in one of the world’s most beautiful and exotic places, while learning about the incredible culture and people of Nepal! United Planet’s unique Quest opportunities enable you to gaze beyond cultural boundaries to support, learn from and befriend the warm and gracious people of Nepal.

Cheetah Expedition in Namibia

NomadsLand Associate Editor — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:27:53 +0000

North-central Namibia — Cheetahs can run 110 kilometers per hour, yet they can’t run away from habitat loss, a reduced gene pool, and conflicts with humans and their livestock. Namibia is home to the world’s largest remaining cheetah population, with 90 percent of its cheetahs living on livestock farmlands where conflict with humans is the greatest threat. The survival of the Namibian cheetah lies in the hands of about 1,000 commercial farmers, who generally view this predator as a threat to their livelihoods. In the 1980s, the Namibian cheetah population declined by half as farmers killed over 6,000 animals, and then another 3,000 in the 1990s. Dr Laurie Marker, founder of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, has been collecting essential data on cheetah behavior and ecology and working with Namibia’s farmers to change their attitudes toward cheetahs. But to save the cheetah from local extinction, she needs your help.

Costa Rica Eco-Tourism

NomadsLand Editors — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:01:08 +0000

With over 9 years tour operating experience in Costa Rica, Centralamerica and the Caribbean, Greenway Nature Tours, is excellently positioned to fulfill all your travel requirements. Our business is making your dreams of the ultimate Costa Rican rain forest come true. No other Costa Rican tour operator can offer you our personalized service, expertise, information quality and staff capability to organize travel in Costa Rica efficiently and safely – from coast to coast all to match your budget. We are experts on Costa Rica Ecotourism, Costa Rica Tour, Costa Rica adventure, Costa Rica Vacations, Costa Rica Shore Excursions and Costa Rica student travel.

Footsteps in Africa

NomadsLand Editors — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:22:56 +0000

“Footsteps in Africa, A Nomadic Journey” is a cinematic feature length ethnographic film of 67 minutes. It is an exciting visual narrative, art documentary accompanied by a diverse musical score. Shot in January 2006 as a road trip film in the Sahara desert of Mali, Kiahkeya performers and a renegade camera team lived with the nomadic Tuareg/ Kel Tamashek tribes in remote areas of Mali near Mauritania, and visited Tuareg Festivals.

After two successful years, NomadsLand’s Films That Matter screenings is being rebranded the “NOMADSLAND PRESENTS FILM” SERIES in conjunction with Busboys and Poets. Our aim this year is to coordinate closely with Washington, D.C. area nonprofits and social enterprises to create 8 themed nights on important social issues and frame the discussion with a fantastic feature documentary.

On Dec. 6, 2009 in Washington, DC, NomadsLand Presents:

FOOTSTEPS IN AFRICA

The thematics of “Footsteps in Africa, A Nomadic Journey” question the modern way of life which separates man from nature. The Nomad is aware of how modern man forgets that all of humans material possessions are just a false sense of security and freedom. The Tuareg choose to live in austerity, a truth of extremes that is the poetry of the Tuareg way of life, living in solidarity with the rhythems of nature.

“A nomad at heart are those who seek for freedom”

“Footsteps in Africa, A Nomadic Journey” documents a universal tale of humans finding their path/freedom in life by living in simplicity with nature. Documented in a moment to moment manner the viewer experiences their mode of life, their relation to the earth and their perception on time. The viewer witnesses the Tuaregs mode of life, a survival from the soul. “Footsteps in Africa, A Nomadic Journey” captures the people in their element, investigating their music, their dance, their survival skills, and the rituals that the Tuareg carry within to keep their culture and heritage alive. Combined with commentaries of tribal chiefs, healers and seekers, the film allows the viewer to think and question the modern way of ‘development’, and how it differs from the simplicity of life and its cycles.

The filmmakers will be joining us for this event.

RSVP Here:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172488351348&index=1

http://www.meetup.com/nomadslandfilmfestival/calendar/11561507/

Buy DVD:

http://www.footstepsafrica.com/shop.html

Volunteer Abroad: Ecotourism

NomadsLand Editors — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:49:31 +0000

As an international volunteer overseas you are welcome to participate in our Teach English, IT, Computer Training, Eco Tourism and Wild Life Conservation projects in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Nepal. OpenmindProjects supports over 70 projects in villages, towns, national parks, orphan homes, hospitals, tsunami hit provinces in Asia in our international volunteer work abroad program.