lonely planet -volunteer abroad guide

Structured & Self-Funding Volunteer Programmes : Selection & Eligibility At the weekends I stayed at a guest house in Ka ...

Structured & Self-Funding Volunteer Programmes : Selection & Eligibility Hmmm. Going to a Muslim country at the beginnin ...

Structured & Self-Funding Volunteer Programmes : Application & Selection Of course, you may decide to set off on your ow ...

Structured & Self-Funding Volunteer Programmes : Selection & Eligibility This section on how to combat some of the commo ...

Structured & Self-Funding Volunteer Programmes : Selection & Eligibility Sandra Sinclair was also with VSA and worked as ...

Placements such as these are usually for self-funding volunteers. Long-term placements, however, mostly require a commitment of ...

Over the subsequent weeks or months the organisation will work with you to find a suit- able placement. As this is dependent on ...

Here are the main spending areas that you will need to consider: ~ Travel to and from airport and placement It’s important to th ...

its love of sport, it’s no coincidence that events such as 24-hour marathons and cycling odysseys (only the fit need apply) are ...

Airline Tickets If you are a self-funding volunteer or going through a sending agency that requires you arrange your own flights ...

destination it’s best to go through a specialist travel agent. A good specialist travel agent will be familiar with all routes t ...

If you are obtaining your own tourist visa, here are a few things to bear in mind: ~ The majority of tourist visas last for betw ...

important if you are volunteering without the support of a sending agency based in your home country. ~ Acts of war and terroris ...

~ Sleeping bag liner/sleeping bag A sleeping bag liner is essential. You’ll use this all the time either in dubious hotels and h ...

Read the Online Briefing Several Times This way you can make sure that the project is right for you. For example, if you don’t ...

First-aid Courses Many returned volunteers advise that first-aid skills are invaluable, whether you’re work- ing on a developmen ...

How do you know if you’ve caught malaria? You’d think this was an easy question to an- swer. It isn’t. What you need to remember ...

Kerry Davies, who volunteered in Cambodia, was in a similar position: I kept my money locked in my house, as my landlady and the ...

was so high, we would change money on a weekly basis rather than all at once. This is definitely advisable in countries where th ...

send and receive urgent messages or make urgent phone calls. Remember you may be go- ing to remote places and you don’t want mob ...