Product Description
Fully revised, this directory contains details of over 700 organizations that are looking for voluntary help from all types of people for all types of work. The book covers short, medium and long term residential possibilities in Europe and around the world in addition to non-residential opportunities in the UK. There are opportunities around the world for both skilled and unskilled workers - help a community radio station in New Zealand, go on an archaeological dig in Bulgaria, or conduct research into whales and dolphins off the Hebrides.
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International Voluntary Work
PART I RESIDENTIAL WORK WORLDWIDE
Creating an eco-centre in India â" Organic Farming in Hawaii â" Archaeological digs in France â" Fruit picking in Ecuador â" Sports coaching in Tanzania â" Working with street children in Brazil â" Constructing wells in Cambodia â" Studying whales in The Canary Islands â" Conservation work in Kenya â" Rescuing wild animals in Thailand â" Teaching English to Russian children.
PART II NON-RESIDENTIAL WORK IN THE USA AND CANADA
Guide in the New York Botanical Garden â" Caring for seal pups in Cornwall â" Helping to rehouse homeless people â" Stewarding in Shakespeareâs Globe Theatre â" Planting trees in San Fancisco â" Raptor rehabilitation in North Carolina â" Restoring steam locomotives â" Befriending a disabled child â" Assisting at a film festival in Wyoming â" Puppy-walking guide dogs for the blind â" Preparing food for dolphins in Florida â" Sorting books to send to developing countries.
Over 700 organisations listed with first-hand accounts of volunteersâ experience and advice.
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