Volunteer Vacations and Environmental Projects

Volunteer Vacations

• One type of vacation many people enjoy today is the adventure vacation, which involves learning about or helping with environmental projects in exciting, faraway places through organizations like Earthwatch.

Globe Volunteers

• Globe Volunteers sends volunteers around the world to work with people in poor countries, offering exciting vacations while learning about new cultures and helping people.
• Trips are two to three weeks long and many volunteers are students.
• Volunteers have many choices, such as teaching English in Mexico and going sightseeing in historic cities, or enjoying the beautiful landscapes of Australia and helping indigenous people build houses.

Globe Aware

• Globe Aware has many sustainability projects that save the environment and preserve cultures.
• Volunteers can travel to Costa Rica and go hiking, fishing, and surfing while helping a village improve its environment.
• They can visit Peru and help villagers build special stoves that do not cause pollution.
• Globe Aware also has projects in Cambodia, where volunteers help Cambodians staff their own tourism businesses, which can help local people.

Habitat for Humanity

• Habitat for Humanity builds houses for poor people and sends volunteers to help people worldwide.
• Volunteers visit many parts of the world and help people who lost their houses in natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes.
• For example, some volunteers traveled to the mountains in Pakistan to help people build houses after an earthquake, while others traveled to the Gulf Coast, in the United States, to help people who lost their houses after a hurricane.

B Volunteer Vacations People like all types of vacations. One type of vacation that many people enjoy today is the adventure vacation. Organizations such as Earthwatch send people to learn about or help with environmental projects in exciting, faraway places. Other organizations specialize in (do one thing very well) "volunteer vacations." These organizations send volunteers around the world to work with people in poor countries. One organization that has volunteer working trips is Globe Volunteers. On Global Volunteers vacations, people have exciting vacations while they learn about new cultures and help people. Trips are two to three weeks long, and many volunteers are students. Volunteers have many choices. For example, they can teach English in Mexico and go sightseeing in historic cities. They can enjoy the beautiful landscapes of Australia and help indigenous (native) people build houses. Another organization is Globe Aware. Globe Aware has many sustainability projects, projects that save the environment and preserve save _Cultures, too. Globe Aware volunteers can travel to Costa Rica and go hiking, fishing, and surfing while they help a village — a very small town improve its environment. They can visit Peru and help villagers build special stoves that do not cause pollution. Globe Aware also have project in Cambodia. Many people like to go sightseeing in Cambodia. They especially like to visit Angkor Wat temples. But mainly foreigners own tourism businesses in Cambodia. Globe Aware volunteers help Cambodians staff their own tourism businesses. This can help local people. Habitat for Humanity, the organization that builds houses for poor people, also sends volunteers to help people worldwide. Volunteers visit many part of the world and help people who lost their houses in natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes. For example, some Habitat for Humanity volunteers traveled to the mountains in Pakistan to help people build houses after an earthquake. Others traveled to the Gulf Coast, in the United States, to help people who lost their houses after a hurricane. The next time you want to go on a vacation, think about a volunteer vacation and see new places while you help others.