Volunteer Travel: One Week Wonders
Everyone likes a long vacation, but in a world of 60-hour workweeks and non-stop communication it can be hard to get away. Globe Aware gets that, which is why the voluntourism organization offers week-long vacations that include work projects and side trips to about a dozen locations.
Volunteers can teach children English and computer literacy in Peru or travel to a rural Andean village to build adobe stoves for cooking. These man-made wonders use a fraction of the energy wood fires do and eliminate carcinogenic smoke, too. Plus they give volunteers an opportunity to see the fruits of their labor while they're still on site.
Globe Aware also offers voluntourism trips to Laos, where travelers build wheelchairs from recycled materials for land mine victims, and to Costa Rica to help restore national forest reserves. It's a chance for travelers to have a big impact without committing a huge amount of time.
Related Stories:
· Globe Aware [Official Site]
· Volunteer Travel coverage [Jaunted]
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