Volunteer

Are you looking for a more meaningful travel experience? Do you want to give back to the communities you visit, make a genuine connection with locals, meet like-minded travellers and build your skills? International volunteering opens up all these opportunities and this book has all the advice you need to get you 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 centres in Guatemala. Written by passionate, well-travelled Lonely Planet writers advised by a team of experts in the field, and fully updated for this comprehensive new edition, this user-friendly guide promises to make your plans a reality. Chapters include:
1. International volunteering: an overview
2. Choosing your volunteer experience
3. The practicalities
4. Tying up loose ends
5. Organised volunteer programmes
6. Structured and self-funding volunteer programmes
7. Religious organisations
8. Do-it-yourself volunteer placements
9. Coming home
10. Starting your own charitable project