Charity work whilst traveling?

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SilverSongster

One place: VSO

It's an organisation which arranges 'Voluntary Service Overseas'.

It might also be worth contacting Oxfam, Unicef, Comic Relief, DATA or PLAN - they all work in that sort of area, offering aid and volunteers to developing countries.

Have a look on the website for DfID (the Department for International Development) too and see what sort of places they've been sending aid to, and which organisations they've been working with.

L. Gourley

There are organizations that exist for the purpose you mentioned. A detailed listing can be found in the book "Volunteer Vacations", ISBN 978-1-55652-582-7. The book lists projects by location and duration.

Try www.globalvolunteers.org and www.volunteer.org.nz

cheezy1_4u

contact a local church or search the web... or google... on charities in those location. My brother in law goes to Kenya each year with his church

ADILALMAN G

Try medicens sans frontiers ,they do an excellent job.

roisindu2

A really good way is to teach English. Some places accept people without a qualification and some require a TEFL qualification. A fantastic website is www.charityjobs.co.uk which has jobs abroad and various links to other organisations.

Nancy J

Pray with all ur heart for every person u meet or see.

WibbleWibble

Get in touch with VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas) and find out about work placements in third world countries, www.vso.org.uk or oxfam

Label Lady

A good website is -

I*am*me

Contact Red Cross International or other well known organisations

Ni Ten Ichi Ryu

Meals On Wheels
http://www.mow.org.za/samap.htm

Feedback Food Redistribution
Tel: (021) 447 8150
Website: www.feedback.org.za

For a full list: http://www.charitysa.co.za

Contact details for each is available.

Try these links for Voluntary Service Overseas:
http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?search=vso&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ques&ico-yahoo-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAkuPMtIEDQpzEZJp3Ciezh4SBgx.%2FSIG%3D1140u5jk8%2F*-http%3A%2F%2Fuk.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch&ico-wikipedia-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DArOhhhkTUvm7JGAdhckKsxkSBgx.%2FSIG%3D11ia1qo58%2F**http%253a%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%253aSearch&p=vso

tjtwix1

speak to some-one at your local church , your local red cross or oxfam .

plwimsett

One of the simplest way is to advertise in the local paper about doing a trek in South Africa or South America to raise money for a particular charity. Of course sponsors (either businesses or individuals) would need to be convinced they would make money for the charity.

PSP

You will see needy people where ever you go in the world, help them at a local level first, buy them a pie or a fish supper with lots of tomato sauce.

vagabonde

Try to get some training in your own country before you set off, The Red Cross, for example and be sure to check out that the countries you intend to visit are safe for foreigners, Finally, try to attach yourself to an organisation that cares for you as well as the recipients of your generosity

apple84

Take a gigantic pack of fun-sized Mars Bars and as you travel round the world, randomly hand them out to people you feel need a hand. What better charity is there than giving total stranger some delicious chocolate?!

henke

I have found it a lot easier to get voluntary work once i arrive in a country than trying to organise it beforehand, there is always loads of people that would love you to help out anyway you can

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