How To Save The World (Starting With Thailand)
You've gotta feel good about doing a spot of volunteering while you're jaunting around the world: if you can afford an airfare, then you can afford to give a bit, too. What we didn't know is that this now has a name: voluntourism. And there are some pretty neat projects around for voluntourists.
The latest one we've heard about is in northern Thailand, being held together by the Thai branch of an organization called voluntourists without borders. The idea works something like this: volunteer travelers will help (and financially contribute) to setting up an ecotourism project called the Pang Soong Nature Trail in northern Thailand. They'll work side-by-side with villagers to build the infrastructure, train locals and get the message out to other tourists, with the goals of both creating an environmentally friendly tourist attraction and creating local employment and sustainable wealth. What a way to make the world smile.
[Photo: tripleaxis]
Related Stories:
· Voluntourism [LA Times]
· Track of the Tiger Project [eTravel]
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