Volunteer: A Traveller's Guide
to Making a Difference Around the World
Are you looking for a more meaningful travel experience? Do you want to give back to the communities you visit, make a genuine connection with locals, meet like-minded travellers and build your skills?
Lonely Planet's new volunteering handbook, Volunteer: A Traveller's Guide to Making a Difference Around the World, is an inspirational and user friendly resource.
Volunteer is a comprehensive guide written by fellow travellers and volunteers. It contains a wealth of information about volunteer work opportunities; practical advice on planning your trip and health and safety tips; structured programs and do-it-yourself placements; and volunteer organisations in various countries. Case studies and personal stories of 'travelling volunteers' are found throughout the book.
With many people of all ages now looking to get more from their international travel experiences, this Lonely Planet guide will fill a valuable role in educating, informing and preparing volunteers wanting to work and make a difference in other countries.
Volunteer: A traveller's guide to making a difference features:
- Unique, user-friendly structure: Arranged by type of volunteering experience (organised, structured and self-funding, or do-it-yourself).
- Hundreds of organisations: Companies and NGOs off ering all kinds of
experiences, all personally interviewed and reviewed by the authors.
- Dozens of volunteers interviewed and their thoughts and top tips peppered
throughout the text, along with illustrated longer case studies.
- Expert advisors: A team of experts from the volunteering sector provided advice to our authors and contributed material (from Gap Year Reseach.org, Mondo Challenge, 2Way Development and Nomad Travel).
- Fully illustrated: Inspirational colour photographs of volunteers in action.
International volunteering activities covered include:
- Emergency and relief
- Working with children
- Education and training
- Business administration and office work
- Building and construction
- Health and nutrition
- Community development
- Staff volunteering
- Agriculture and farming
- Conservation (environmental and archaeological)
- Wildlife
Order your copy of Volunteer: A Traveller's Guide to Making a Difference Around the World from LonelyPlanet.com
Win a copy of Volunteer: A Traveller's Guide to Making a Difference Around the World
Send your volunteer travel story to Volunteer Life. The most original, inspiring story will be published in the December 2007 issue of Volunteer Life and the author will receive a copy of Volunteer: A Traveller's Guide to Making a Difference Around the World. Email your story to the Editor before October 30 2007 for your chance to win.
The Centre
for Volunteering [ABN 28 002 416 024]
Level 2, 228 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000
T: 02 9261 3600 | F: 02 9261 4033 | E: info@volunteering.com.au | W: www.volunteering.com.au