Volunteer Global

Below you'll find all Volunteer Global blog posts.

June 2010

• SVA wrote an awesome lil' eBook
• Keeping in touch on your travels
• Loneliness and boredom on your travels
• Spotlight: Volunteer Africa 32 Degrees South

May 2010

• A belated thank you!
• Guest post at Career Break Secrets!
• Guest blog: Peace through youth, by Carleton Cole
• Guest post by Jeff Jung: How to have a good volunteer experience during your career break
• How to list your organization on VG

April 2010

• Friday fun: The most delicious smoothie in the world
• Dealing with culture shock
• Your volunteer vacation timeline
• Volunteer story: Children of Guatemala
• The Blog Hop is ON!
• From the archives: Five buzzwords that make me want to rage
• Happy Earth Day, everybody!
• Why paying to volunteer abroad ISN'T a scam
• Blog hop! Blog hop, everybody!
• Five hot volunteer vacation destinations
• Fundraising for your volunteer trip
• Five steps to choosing a volunteer vacation
• Voluntourism and other travel buzzwords - defined!
• Spotlight: Dog Meets World

March 2010

• Welcome to the jungle - of peace
• Guest blog: Sharon Testor of Virtual Voluntourist
• Volunteer Global 2010 Directory is now online!
• Guest Blog: Travel, Serve, See
• Itchy travel feet
• I love Washington DC: Reason 100303
• Spotlight: Merazonia
• Spotlight: Fadhili Community

February 2010

• Earthquake and tsunamis in the Pacific
• Five more types of volunteer programs
• Five types of volunteer programs
• Update: The Global Citizen Project is FUNDED!
• Spotlight: Volunteer Uganda School
• Spotlight: Shanti Bhavan
• Spotlight: Animal Aware
• Spotlight: Volunteer for the Visayans
• Spotlight: Fundacion Delpia
• Statistics: Volunteering in the United States, 2009

January 2010

• Assistance for Haiti earthquake victims
• Five things volunteer groups can better clarify

December 2009

• Gellukig Nieuwjaar!
• Volunteer costs and safety: Is there a correlation?
• Volunteer travel poll results and notes
• Happy Holidays!
• Volunteer story: Peru with IVHQ
• Volunteer story: Earthwatch project in Mongolia
• Guest blog post: Global Citizen Project

November 2009

• The best scholarship ever: Travel, watch basketball, and play music
• Five buzzwords that make me want to rage
• Volunteering for crafts and artisan support

October 2009

• Posted at 1000 Fights: Ever thought about global volunteering?
• Spotlight on International Service Learning Alliance
• Spotlight on Awaiting Angels
• Connecting volunteers with one another
• Communicating after service - group to volunteer
• Global learning in the classroom
• Medium-length international volunteer programs
• Short-term volunteer trips worldwide
• Exercising while traveling
• Travel and medicine

September 2009

• Returned volunteers and the job search
• Service learning vs. community service
• Regional volunteering, part 6: Asia
• Regional volunteering, part 5: North America
• Regional volunteering, part 4: Africa
• Regional volunteering, part 3: Europe
• Regional volunteering, part 2: Oceania
• Regional volunteering, part 1: South America
• Volunteer projects, part 4.6: Disaster relief
• Volunteer projects, part 4.5: Research
• Volunteer projects, part 4.4: Agriculture, reforestation, and gardening
• Volunteer projects, part 4.3: Trail building and maintenance
• Volunteer projects, part 4.2: Administration
• Volunteer projects, part 3: Children
• Volunteer projects, part 2: Art
• Volunteer projects, part 1: Sea turtles
• Keeping safe while traveling
• Packing, part 3: Entertainment
• Packing, part 2: Clothes
• Packing, part 1: Toiletries

August 2009

• Who can volunteer?

July 2009

• Volunteering with small children

June 2009

• More fundraising tips
• Fundraising for your volunteer trip
• Some thoughts: Choosing a volunteer program
• Stats: Types of volunteer work

May 2009

• Faceless NGOs
• IMHO...Volunteering ain't THAT bad
• Voluntourism in the United States
• Some international volunteering statistics