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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.

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.

Working with the world’s most beautiful animals

NomadsLand Associate Editor — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:19:00 +0000

Wildlife volunteers experience a truly unique journey by getting up-close to some of the world’s most endearing creatures in exotic locations. As a wildlife volunteer you can get your hands dirty by helping to clear trails, or roll your sleeves up to cater for the daily needs of animals – whether it’s feeding baby lions in a Lion Park in South Africa, dolphin conservation in South Africa, or putting your thinking cap on for developing educational literature programmes to help support Pandas in China.

With much focus on communities abroad and catering to the needs of underprivileged people, we don’t see why animals can’t be helped in equal measure. For this reason, we host a wealth of overseas wildlife volunteer projects that benefit our fellow creatures across the globe. i-to-i volunteers who choose wildlife conservation make an integral contribution to the wellbeing and future of these animals and their natural habitats.

Trestles – San Mateo Creek – Most Endangered River

NomadsLand Associate Editor — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:14:21 +0000

At the center of the last remaining pristine coastal watershed in southern California, San Mateo Creek supports world-class surfing and provides irreplaceable habitat for a variety of fish and wildlife. But a proposed 16-mile long toll road threatens to slice through San Mateo Creek causing significant damage to the watershed and to surfing at the famous Trestles Beach, whose reef depends upon the San Mateo for sand and cobbles. Unless the California Coastal Commission and other state and federal agencies deny permits for this toll road, southern California runs the risk of losing one of its best remaining natural and recreational assets.

Positive Footprints, Nepal

NomadsLand Editors — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:50:38 +0000

12 people, 3 days and 1 school. The story of a community project trek deep into the Himalaya to help restore a school.

Project Amazonas

NomadsLand Editors — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:42:15 +0000

Project Amazonas is a USA and Peruvian non-profit research, conservation, education and humanitarian-oriented organization with operations in the upper Amazon River region in the Republic of Peru. Our goals are:

1) To provide people living in remote areas of the Peruvian Amazon with a system of medical care and health education that combines modern medicine with effective traditional practices;

2) To foster conservation, biological, medical, and environmental research and activities in the Peruvian Amazon, including support for Peruvian students to work at Project Amazonas biological field stations, and to promote the intelligent and sustainable use of rainforest resources to the benefit of the people who live there; and

3) To promote public awareness and appreciation for the Amazon rainforest, both in Peru and worldwide.

Visit the Amazon with us–through this website, or in person. In learning more about the rivers, rainforests, plants, animals and people that are part of this vast and globally-important ecosystem, we hope that you will be inspired and stimulated to make a positive difference in the Amazon and also in your own corner of the world.