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The "T" In Voluntourism

It's hard to find a letter so manipulated as the "t" in Voluntourism. Or the "t" in Volunteerism. Poor thing. Maybe we should spell it this way: volunT__, as in, "Hey…I'm off to Cambodia to volunT__." Back in the day, (1974), John G. Cull and...

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Beirut: GeoVisions Hot Spot For Volunteer Abroad And Work Abroad

Last week I wrote a Blog post about our new programs in Lebanon and then found a fantastic article about Beirut on USA Today. Right now we have...

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Our Work & Travel Students Can't Come To The U.S. With This Helmet

Our Work and Travel team was in Taiwan this past weekend interviewing Taiwanese students for the GeoVisions U.S. Work and Travel program. Our CEO,...

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Volunteer Abroad Returnees: Coming Home or Going to Volunteer Again?

A few days ago I wrote a Blog post about a volunteer (Daniel Jackson) who returned home only to start up his own non-profit and find new ways to...

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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....

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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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