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Submitted by:
gingaroo 08/03/2009 9:15 PM
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In college, I spent a summer in Mexico studying the water quality of Magdalena bay, it was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, for a month and college credit I spent $2000 for room and board. It was completely worth it, I felt I made a contribution to help preserving one of the most beautiful places on the planet. And it gave me the unique opportunity to really immerse myself in the place in the culture.
I have been on a couple of volunteer vacations, and am happy to see my money go to non-profits as opposed to big resorts. And yes, it is nice to go on a relaxing vacation occassionally, but I have loved my volunteer vacations, the friends I have made and all that I have learned has been invaluable.
Here are some of the sites that I've used to find volunteer opportunities, yes, some are pricey, but I usually can find several that fit my budget:
Earthwatch.org, sierraclub.org, habitat for humanity, reefrelief.org, wwwoof.org (for organic framing trips, globalvolunteers.org, amizade.org, volunteeraboad.com.
Am sure there are a lot more out there. Would love to hear about other people's experiences with volunteer vacations.
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