Randy LeGrant

Randy is the Executive Director of the GeoVisions Foundation. He has spent the last 44 years managing organizations that send people abroad on cultural and educational exchanges.

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Volunteers Trust Us Sight Unseen. We Need To Earn That Trust

Have you ever been in a situation where something didn't work out and you expected the worst? Maybe you had a flat tire on the way to the airport. These days you would expect to miss your flight, hope to get another flight and be charged a penalty...

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Volunteer Abroad And Start Up Your Own Project!

One of the best feelings in our work is to see volunteers provide assistance to a community or a medical outpost or teaching kids to read in rural...

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Dance With The One That Brung Ya To Volunteer Abroad

I had planned to write a nice "thank you" and have a happy, safe and prosperous New Decade blog post today.

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In Voluntourism Short-Term Good Is Also Good For The Long-Term

On November 16, Matt Villano over at Time.com wrote an interesting post entitled, "Room Service and a Shovel: The Rise of Voluntourism." You can read...

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Out Of The Shell, Into The Light: Volunteer Abroad in Spain

Brandi Garrigus is excited and she has a Blog to prove it. She joined the Conversation Corps and in March 2010 she will be headed to Spain to live...

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GeoVisions and EIL UK Partner For Conversation Corps

As we close out 2009, we are hard at work on 2010! That's the way it goes, I think. The year is ending and we get excited by many new possibilities...

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