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Considering a community service or missionary trip, or other volunteer vacations? Check out travel journals, blogs and videos from young travelers who have done them. You can also read about fun vacations with family and friends, total immersion cultural explorations and journeys of self-discovery in a family homeland. Login and post your own trip review!
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To Teach and Be Taught - A 30-Day Immersion Into Sichuanese CultureWhen we first arrived in the village, our group set individual goals that we hoped to achieve over the span of the trip. I, being my modest self, vowed that I would both find a cure for allergies (since I’m deathly allergic to peanuts) and master the Chinese language within the first day... Category: Volunteering |
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A Place Never ForgottenTowering, white historical doors awaited us on the other side of the glass windows of the bus. Peace met us at the doors along with our tour guide. Two steps and there I was in the slave forts, where many inhumane situations had taken place. The walls were tattered and the white paint was... Category: Volunteering |
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ChileI was blessed with the opportunity to travel to Chile as a Youth Ambassador of the United States to experience the different culture, customs, food, and language. This was a 3 week, eye-opening adventure where I stayed with two volunteer families; one in Santiago, Chile, the other in Concepcion,... Category: Volunteering |
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Le Reve Francais!The opportunity to attend school and live in the French Alps for a year was too good to pass up. By the time packing was finished and farewells were said I could still hardly believe the plane was taking off at the end of the runway. As I peered out of the oval shaped, pressure sealed window of the... Category: Volunteering |
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Building Schools, Passing on Education, One Brick at a Time in Malawi Africa 2012Did you know that 72 million children of primary school age in the developing world are not in school?! It shocked me because in America, every child has access to education. Due to my outstanding community service, an organization called buildOn, chose me and 11 other students to help build... Category: Volunteering |
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Lens Free (My Journey Through South Africa Without a Tourist's Best Friend)I lost my camera the moment we stepped foot in South Africa. This wasn’t an ideal start to my trip, especially since this was the Culver Academies 2012 Spring Break in Mission where our group of participating girls, myself included, expected either lions or elephants upon arrival. We... Category: Volunteering |
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Getting Dirty in Costa RicaThis past summer, my high school took a group of students to volunteer in Sitio de Mata, Costa Rica, where we stayed in the homes of the local people. There are two major things that I realized during that experience. First, there is much more biodiversity in Costa Rica than I experience on... Category: Volunteering |
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Visiting the True AmericansFrom July 7th-13th, I had the privilege of meeting the true Americans. My church youth group went on our annual trip, and this year our destination was the Pine Ridge Reservation located in the southwestern corner of South Dakota. Consisting of around 2,000,000 acres, close to 40,000 Native... Category: Volunteering |
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There's Something MissingThis summer I had the opportunity to travel with a choir group to a remote and desolate part of Africa. I saw a land of wild beauty and grace with a touch of devastation that seemed awkwardly out of place. While there, we traveled to Kibera, one of the largest slums in... Category: Volunteering |
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An Atmosphere ChangeAs I walked out of the airport all I could feel was the overwhelming humidity in the air of New Orleans, Louisiana. I sighed in relief as we finally arrived at the cool, huge Hilton hotel. My church fellowship had arrived here for the Christian conference, Challenge 2012. Even after arriving in New... Category: Volunteering |
