Description:

International volunteering opens up all these opportunities and this book has all the advice you need to get there. Much more than just a resource directory, Volunteer is packed with invaluable information and full-colour inspiration to get you planning your perfect short- or long-term volunteer experience anywhere in the world. Whether it's monitoring sea turtles in Greece, helping set up handicraft businesses in Ghana or building community centers in Guatemala, you'll find amazing opportunities in this fully updated, comprehensive new edition.

Chapters include:
1. International volunteering: an overview
2. Choosing your volunteer experience
3. The practicalities
4. Tying up loose ends
5. Organised volunteer programs
6. Structured and self-funding volunteer programs
7. Religious organisations
8. Do-it-yourself volunteer placements
9. Coming home
10. Starting your own charitable project

Updated edition Jul 2017