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Author : Anonim
Publisher : How To Books Ltd
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1857039106
This book demonstrates the enormous range of opportunites that exist around the world. There is something for everyone. - from the Foreword by Richard Branson
Author : Sophie Thomson,Peter Hughes,Sam Gnanapragasam
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781108922197
This book provides practical guidance for mental health practitioners interested in global mental health volunteering. Featuring reflective accounts, advice and perspectives from those with first-hand experience, it will appeal to many clinicians, including psychiatrists, psychologists, GPs, nurses, primary care providers and students.
Author : Claire Bennett,Joseph Collins,Zahara Heckscher,Daniela Papi-Thornton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1912157063
"This year, over ten million people will go abroad, eager to find the perfect blend of adventure and altruism. Volunteer travel can help you find your place in the world--and find out what you're made of. So why do so many international volunteer programs fail to make an impact? Why do some do more harm than good? Learning Service offers a powerful new approach that invites volunteers to learn from host communities before trying to 'help' them. It's also a thoughtful critique of the sinister side of volunteer travel; a guide for turning good intentions into effective results; and essential advice on how to make the most of your experience."--Amazon.com.
Author : Angela M. Benson,Nicholas Wise
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315511795
Sport volunteering is becoming an increasingly popular motive for international travel. Many tourism organisations now advertise sport volunteering projects, with colleges and universities also offering students the opportunity to participate in similar projects abroad. This is the first book to bring together diverse and interdisciplinary insights into the development of the contemporary sport volunteering phenomenon. It addresses conceptual uncertainties and challenges emerging from the growing international sport volunteering market, and offers insight into its future directions, impact and sustainability. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, Part I examines volunteering in the context of international sporting events, while Part II evaluates volunteering initiatives related to sport development. Including case studies from Australia, Cameroon, Namibia, Norway, Russia, the UK, the US and Zambia, this substantial volume provides a truly international perspective on the changing roles of sport volunteering. Showcasing the latest research from across the globe, International Sports Volunteering is a valuable resource for any course on sport studies, sport event management, sport development, sport tourism, sport geography, the sociology of sport or leisure studies.
Author : Pippa Biddle
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781640124776
In a 2014 essay that went viral, Pippa Biddle revealed the inequities and absurdities baked into voluntourism--the pairing of short-term, unskilled volunteer work with tourism. In the years since, Biddle has devoted herself to understanding the origins, intentions, and outcomes of a multibillion-dollar industry built on the premise of doing good, and she tracks that investigation in Ours to Explore. The flaws of voluntourism have included xenophobia, racism, paternalism, and a "West knows best" mentality. From exploitative orphanages that keep children in squalid conditions to attract donors to undertrained medical volunteers practicing their skills on patients in developing regions and to those looking for an inspiring selfie, Biddle reveals the hidden costs of the voluntourism complex. Along the way, readers meet inspiring activists and passionate community members, as well as thoughtful former voluntourists who still work to make a difference--just differently. Ours to Explore offers a plan for how the service-based travel industry can break the cycle of exploitation and suggests strategies for travelers who want to improve the places they visit for the long haul.
Author : Elizabeth C. Medlin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476691077
Many volunteer workers have questioned their efforts and wondered if their actions truly made a difference. Questions about the state of the world, making a positive impact, health, safety, and creating authentic, lasting change are at the heart of international volunteering. This book is a comprehensive guide for those who are currently volunteering or seeking to volunteer internationally. It demonstrates that with the right tools and knowledge, it is possible to make authentic, lasting change. The book offers timely knowledge for volunteering in an era when the world has never been better off, but where current developments are not reaching everyone who still lives in poverty.
Author : Rebecca Tiessen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351709408
Learning/volunteer abroad programmes provide opportunities for cross-cultural understanding, partnership-building, and cooperative development, but there are also significant structural challenges and inequality of opportunity issues that result from these partnerships between host organizations in the Global South and learning/volunteer abroad for development (LVA4D) participants from the Global North. Learning and Volunteering Abroad for Development aims to unpack the complex benefits and disadvantages of learning/volunteer abroad programmes, using insights from the volunteers who travel abroad and the communities who host them. Based on empirical research within both volunteer and host communities, this book provides students and scholars with an alternative framework for a more careful and nuanced analysis of international volunteering programmes, highlighting ways to improve critical reflection, development outcomes, and intercultural competence. Supported by a website with additional learning resources, this book is an integral resource for senior undergraduate and graduate students interested in going abroad, as well as for scholars or development professionals who are leading or researching such programmes.
Author : Rough Guides
Publisher : Rough Guides UK
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781405386890
Great Escapes unearths 500 of the world's most inspiring holidays, offering great ways to get off the beaten track and enjoy a more authentic kind of travel. Discover a wealth of new adventures from sleeping in houseboats in Kerala and witnessing the zebra migration in Botswana to taking the train-hotel from Paris to Madrid. Whether you fancy living like a local in a tipi with Native American Indians, riding with cowboys in Venezuela or staying in a bunkhouse barn in the Brecon Beacons, this guide is packed with the how, where and when to plan your next extraordinary trip. Authors Richard Hammond, former Green Travel correspondent for The Guardian, and Jeremy Smith, former Editor of The Ecologist Magazine, have hand picked the best hotels, resorts, and tours run by people who are passionate about what they do, assuring a spectacular choice of inspirational travel ideas without compromising on the quality of your holiday. Whether you wish to stay in an eco-chic hotel, experience a closer connection with local culture, or simply want to see the world in a new light; make your next trip a Great Escape.
Author : Riccardo Guidi,Ksenija Fonović,Tania Cappadozzi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030705466
For a long time, volunteering lacked standardized data sets allowing methodologically robust comparative analyses and global policy making. Starting from 2011, the International Labour Office (ILO) and the United Nations (UN) have provided global statistical standards for organization-based and direct volunteering which offer path-breaking opportunities. The global statistical standards on volunteering are however only relatively known. They also have to face difficult methodological and substantial challenges: Can they really account for the local varieties of volunteering in the different areas of the world? Does their adoption further develop our knowledge of volunteering both at national and international level? Beyond illustrating which innovations these statistical standards bring and critically assessing the tensions between the global guidelines and the local differences, the book shows how the ILO and the UN standards can be implemented into national statistics and which advancements in the understanding of characters, antecedents and impacts of contemporary organization-based and direct volunteering they allow. The Volume takes Italy as an illustrative case that offers global value. This multidisciplinary book demonstrates that a holistic approach to the implementation of the ILO and UN guidelines permits to virtuously balance international statistical standards and locally embedded cultures as well as to move knowledge of volunteering forward in a complexity-driven agenda. The book provides tools, evidences and inspiration for scholars, statistical agencies, practitioners and policy-makers.
Author : K. Borland,A. Adams
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1137551801
Designed to promote reflection and 'better practices' among the prospective volunteers and organizers of travel-for-service experiences, International Volunteer Tourism provides narratives on short-term international volunteering in Central America written by North American organizers, student participants and Central American partners.
Author : Judith N. Lasker
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501703843
Overseas volunteering has exploded in numbers and interest in the last couple of decades. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people travel from wealthier to poorer countries to participate in short-term volunteer programs focused on health services. Churches, universities, nonprofit service organizations, profit-making "voluntourism" companies, hospitals, and large corporations all sponsor brief missions. Hoping to Help is the first book to offer a comprehensive assessment of global health volunteering, based on research into how it currently operates, its benefits and drawbacks, and how it might be organized to contribute most effectively. Given the enormous human and economic investment in these activities, it is essential to know more about them and to understand the advantages and disadvantages for host communities. Most people assume that poor communities benefit from the goodwill and skills of the volunteers. Volunteer trips are widely advertised as a means to "give back" and "make a difference." In contrast, some claim that health volunteering is a new form of colonialism, designed to benefit the volunteers more than the host communities. Others focus on unethical practices and potential harm to the presumed "beneficiaries." Judith N. Lasker evaluates these opposing positions and relies on extensive research—interviews with host country staff members, sponsor organization leaders, and volunteers, a national survey of sponsors, and participant observation—to identify best and worst practices. She adds to the debate a focus on the benefits to the sponsoring organizations, benefits that can contribute to practices that are inconsistent with what host country staff identify as most likely to be useful for them and even with what may enhance the experience for volunteers. Hoping to Help illuminates the activities and goals of sponsoring organizations and compares dominant practices to the preferences of host country staff and to nine principles for most effective volunteer trips.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : How to Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Employment in foreign countries
ISBN : 185703533X
Now in its second updated edition, this 'volunteering bible' contains up-to-date details of volunteering opportunities around the world for young people. It provides all the necessary information on nearly 700 organizations and over 250,000 annual placements in 200 countries worldwide. Whatever you are looking for, the directory's detailed profiling and cross-referencing will enable you to pinpoint volunteer organizations whose requirements match your own. And you will be surprised by the range and variety of volunteering opportunities available.
Author : Mildred M.G. Olivier,Clarisse C. Croteau-Chonka
Publisher : Springer
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319986609
Global Health and Volunteering: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals is designed to educate volunteers to be effective partners in delivering medical services locally and globally. Healthcare professionals are increasingly interested in global health and volunteering in areas of acute need. The biggest challenge to health in many locales is the inability to access the health care system. When people do connect with medical services, medications and surgical opportunities for chronic disease (i.e. glaucoma, diabetes, or hypertension) are often not affordable or cannot be sustained for a long period of time. The contributions in this book focus on a respectful dialog with local people and a willingness to learn from new experiences on the part of the volunteer. Skills transfer from visiting personnel to local providers is featured as a means to enhance healthcare sustainability. An appreciation of differing cultures, an understanding of the local economic conditions and challenges, and strategies for collaborating with the existing medical establishment are foundations of successful volunteer experiences as highlighted in this book. Dimensions of global health such as professionalism, religious beliefs, ethical dilemmas, traditional medicine, and alternative strategies for service are addressed by experts. Written and edited by leaders in the field, many of whom have more than two decades of experience volunteering abroad, Global Health and Volunteering: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals imparts lessons learned to help the reader avoid initial mistakes, while making the global health commitment stronger.
Author : Ryan Shannon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798643529941
Stay Abroad Free by Helping the World If you're travel-obsessed like me, you're always dreaming of far-off places to visit. Maybe you want to explore the lush tropical vibes of Bali or help orphans learn English in a rural village in Guatemala. There are just so many exciting places to see - best of all, you can see them for free by volunteering abroad! Unfortunately, not all of us have the bank account to travel the world in luxury hotels like your favorite Instagram "influencer" does. What's worse is when searching for travel volunteer programs, you've likely come across borderline scam websites that charge hundreds - or maybe even thousands - just for a week or two of volunteering. That's not what this book is about. I only write about real, vetted international volunteer programs. I've sifted through countless websites and resources to find you the best ways to see more of the world while helping others for close to $0! What You'll Discover If you're looking for a fulfilling program to fill your gap year or are looking to take a sabbatical in a meaningful way, you'll find what you're looking for in the contents of this book - and you'll save big on accommodation and living expenses in the process! You'll get insider information on the following: WWOOFing Help Exchange (HelpX & Workaway) AmeriCorps PeaceCorps Couchsurfing Donations And more! This Book Is Ideal For... High School Students. Not only will programs like WWOOF and AmeriCorps look great on a college application and resume, they'll completely change your life (best of all you and your parents won't have to spend a dime if selected). Gap Year. After spending so much time inside a classroom, why not learn from people and places that are completely foreign to you? There are plenty of gap year programs available to graduates - and you don't have to spend thousands of dollars! Find out how you can organize your own trip to volunteer in a dog shelter in Spain or become in Au Pair in France. College Students & Graduates. Whether you're already enrolled in a university and want to kill two birds with one stone (travel and education), or haven't started your academic career yet and are considering getting an international degree as I did, you'll find out how you can pair your need for education with your wanderlust. Retirees. There are many farms looking for your expertise in gardening or cooking via WWOOFing. You may be able to volunteer in an orphanage in Latin America, for example, through a help exchange program. On top of that, there are also organizations you can join within the US like the Senior Corps which allows you to make a difference in a different corner of the US. Young Couples. Sometimes two is better than one! If you want to travel the world as a pair, there are a plethora of benefits. In fact, you'll save on your WWOOFing membership (which costs between $20 and $60 in most cases. A little expense for a lot of travel and free room and board!) Make Your Own Luck Travel is not limited to the elite, the privileged and the "lucky." If you want to travel - you will! Carve out your own future and live the life of your dreams by finding programs that allow you to travel for free. I've provided you with countless programs and sincerely hope you take advantage of all the resources and opportunities at your disposal. There's so much of the world to see and so little time! Download The Global Volunteer now to fulfill your dreams of traveling and helping others.
Author : K. Borland,A. Adams
Publisher : Springer
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137369352
Designed to promote reflection and 'better practices' among the prospective volunteers and organizers of travel-for-service experiences, International Volunteer Tourism provides narratives on short-term international volunteering in Central America written by North American organizers, student participants and Central American partners.
