Synopses & Reviews
This is a freshly revised eighth edition of the book that covers all types of voluntary work all over the world. Over 700 organizations worldwide need all types of people, both skilled and unskilled, for all types of work. Different organizations need people for different periods of time for anything from a few hours to a few years. Residential work available worldwide includes schemes such as organic farming in Thailand, nursing in Chile, archaeological digs in France, re-enacting battles in Pennsylvania, bird observation in the Madagascan rainforest, bee-keeping in Hungary, working with street children in Brazil, studying humpback whales in Hawaii, teaching English in Laos, or running development programs in India. The book also covers non-residential work in the UK and the USA such as planting trees in San Francisco, caring for seal pups in Cornwall, helping to re-house homeless people, working in a dragonfly museum, restoring steam locomotives, and preparing food for dolphins in Florida.
Synopsis
This is a freshly revised eighth edition of the book that covers all types of voluntary work all over the world. Over 700 organizations worldwide need all types of people, both skilled and unskilled, for all types of work. Different organizations need people for different periods of time for anything from a few hours to a few years.
Residential work available worldwide includes schemes such as organic farming in Thailand, nursing in Chile, archaeological digs in France, re-enacting battles in Pennsylvania, bird observation in the Madagascan rainforest, bee-keeping in Hungary, working with street children in Brazil, studying humpback whales in Hawaii, teaching English in Laos, or running development programs in India.
The book also covers non-residential work in the UK and the USA such as planting trees in San Francisco, caring for seal pups in Cornwall, helping to re-house homeless people, working in a dragonfly museum, restoring steam locomotives, and preparing food for dolphins in Florida.
Synopsis
International Voluntary Work includes information on thousands of voluntary placements worldwide.
Part I - Residential Work Worldwide - Includes such placements as: organic farming in Hawaii; nursing in Chile; teaching English to Indian orphans; Bee-keeping in Hungary; working with street children in Brazil; rescuing wild animals in Thailand.
Part II - Non-Residential Work in the UK and USA - includes: caring for seal pups in Cornwall; helping to re-house homeless people; planting trees in San Francisco; befriending a disabled child; assisting at a film festival in Birmingham; preparing food for dolphins in Florida.
There are over 700 organizations wanting help from all types of people for all types of work.
About the Author
Victoria Pybus has written a number of books including
Working in Ski Resorts and
Live & Work in France. She lives in Oxford.