If you are like me planning a trip can be stressful but when you are planning to volunteer abroad, stress cannot be part of the equation if you want to make the right decision. Enter Lonely Planet’s Volunteer: A Traveller’s Guide to Making a Difference Around the World. This is the definitive guide to volunteering abroad from planning, execution, and prolonging the giving so that you don’t to have stress about the logistics.
This book isn’t just filled with resources that you could easily find online. Every angle of the volunteer process is covered from choosing a volunteer program that is right for you and how to raise the money to go on a trip to how to deal with reverse culture shock and starting your own charitable project once your volunteer trip is finished. For each organization that is listed, you can see time lengths of projects, destinations, and how much a program will cost. You will be thoroughly prepared to make the most of your experience.
Expert authors and advisors contribute their knowledge to this guide that they have fostered for years while working with well-known organizations such as Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), 2Way Development, and Karmi Farm. They have consolidated all the information about volunteering abroad into this one easy-to-read and easy-to-pack guide. Why get flustered combing through multiple resources on the web and in bookstores? Lonely Planet’s help is all you need to give back to the world.
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