As I stroll down the dirt path towards the white pueblo style house, I notice a rainbow stretching out across the sky and lost somewhere in the green, rolling hills. Above my head reaches out a mango tree and I mischievously take one unripe one. I breathe in the crisp clean air, listen to the(…)
An interview with Heather Graham, the Director of Communications and Fund Development of Casa Guatemala. Casa Guatemala, located on the Rio Dulce near the southeastern coast of Guatemala, is an orphanage and school serving over 300 children who have been abused, abandoned, suffer from malnourishment, or were living in extreme poverty. These children come from(…)
I’m currently working out the details of my next volunteer location in the Philippines and I’m looking forward to the new adventure. I have been traveling around the world for 2 years and have volunteered in 5 countries. I am always on the prowl for an organization where I can do volunteer work and help a(…)
VolunTourism Defined: The conscious, seamlessly integrated combination of voluntary service to a destination and the best, traditional elements of travel — arts, culture, geography, history and recreation — in that destination. While Eco-Tourism & VolunTourism have been popular catch phrases in the travel industry for quite some time, they both have the potential to be a(…)
