Community Action and the Future of Modern Uganda

Josh Bulpin / Africa Travel, Eco & Sustainability, Uganda / 0 Comment

In the remote hills of Mahango in South Western Uganda mornings are ushered in by valley mist being chased up steep hillsides by the first smoke of villagers’ cooking fires. Children hop, skip and jump down steep slopes to collect the day’s water from local springs, and wizened Mummas begin the daily tasks of pounding [...]

Feb 15, 2012

Lisa DeChavan’s Road to Volunteering in an Orphanage in Guatemala

Lisa DeChavan / Central America & Caribbean Travel, Eco & Sustainability, Guatemala, Volunteer Abroad / 6 Comments

Finding myself ‘treading water’ in what I refer to as the “Lake of Debilitating Comfort Zone”, coupled with the timing & opportunity to break free, I decided it was time to shake the U.S. 5am-7pm monotonous workweek, dust off of my habitually bare feet & take flight over the proverbial Rainbow. Growing up, writing came [...]