Meaningful Volunteer Travel Experience
If you have done enough traveling for yourself, try traveling for someone else – for people who need help. Find volunteer travel experience opportunities online. Various organizations invite you to come for 2 weeks – 3 months and work in areas of the world that need help. Volunteer travel is a unique and fulfilling experience that you will never forget. Unfortunately, most of these organizations ask you to pay for the privilege of volunteering. But there are overseas volunteer experiences that are free. One of the best places to find these opportunities is on the aptly-named website “Volunteer Travel.”
Example of a Volunteer Travel Opportunity
Here is an example of one of the ways you can see the world while making a difference.
Where:
Zambia
When:
First Monday of the month
What:
Teaching and helping AIDS orphans and their communities. Working for 8 hours a day, with evenings and weekends off.
Cost:
$1600 for 2 weeks.
This includes accommodation, food, transport to and from the airport, and in and around the project area and a donation.
The air ticket is on you.
Sounds like a good deal because weekends are free to explore the country. This can be called tourism with a purpose.