1. Be Open Minded.
The world is full of cultures that are nothing like your own. You may understand that people live differently on a mental level, but the reality can still take you by surprise. Culture shock is not uncommon and can spoil an entire trip. Take the below recommendations to heart and your work […]

 
 
 
1.Your Help Is Needed.
 

§ Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.
§ 30,000 children die each day due to poverty.
§ Over 1.1 billion people have inadequate access to water.
§ In 2006, 4.3 million people were infected with HIV […]

    The first student to enter through the black metal gates of the concrete building was Norma, a forty-five year old woman who had lived in Samara, Costa Rica all her life. More people filed in, passing the overgrown grass of town plaza, arriving in pairs, alone, with friends or family, by bike, foot and […]

 
My Friday night began with a call Wednesday night. Roy, who runs the Sea Turtle Project in Buenavista, Costa Rica, had a single volunteer in the Sea Turtle project and it was the middle of nesting season. Erin, the volunteer coordinator in Costa Rica, had convinced the whole Volunteer Visions Costa Rican office to help […]

January - March 2007
Here I am, sitting in the cold surroundings of my native country, Canada. As I stare at my darkened skin, my four office walls and the pile of work that has compiled over the last five weeks, all I can do is daydream of the life that I left behind only four […]