Articles Tagged with Voluntourism

As a tourist, you can have a major impact on the places you visit. And when you factor giving back into the travel mix, it’s even more important to get it right. Not all volunteer…

Sea turtles help sustain the ocean ecosystems by maintaining vegetation and helping coral reefs thrive. But today, these majestic creatures are facing extinction threats. Many turtles get trapped in fishing nets in the ocean and…

Combining travel with the work of creating a home for someone in need, might seem like an unexpected union. But that melding is exactly what springs to life through volunteer travel programs such as those…

Hygiene — that is, personal cleanliness — is probably something you take for granted. Chances are, if you have access to a laptop or smartphone to read articles like this one, you likely also have…