This Week's Volunteer Abroad Briefing

Volume I  Number 1

Join the Conversation Corps in Beirut and live with a Lebanese family and tutor them in English.  Or, live with a family and tutor a group outside the family where you live.  Become a Conversation Partner in Beirut and enjoy the independence of leaving your family each day to work with several people at once learn conversational English.

And while you're thinking about these two incredible opportunities, Chris Michael will show you where to have a good time in Beirut without bankrupting yourself.  Read Beirut On A Budget and make your affordable plans now.
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At GeoVisions, we are always surprised by the number of people who apply to join the Conversation Corps in Spain, France, Germany, Austria or Italy, and assuming they can travel to Europe and stay as long as they like.  Actually, you can stay only 90-days on a tourist visa in the Schengen Zone, and then you must leave for 90-days before you return.

Conversation Corps in Europe utilizes the tourist visa, so you just arrive at your destination.

An article, from the WYSTC Blog, may be worth reading if you are looking for a work or student visa.  The process of applying for a visa maybe be deterring 450,000 tourists...a core finding of the latest European Tour Operators Association.
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Headed to Asia to volunteer or teach abroad?  So is everyone else!
Delta Air Lines, United, Continental and other American carriers are expanding their services to Asia in response to an increase in demand and a lack of capacity. China's economic growth rate is triple that of the U.S., making the country a good bet.
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Tom Murphy, from A View From The Cave has written a new post about Volunteering Elitism and is a great read if you've thought about volunteering abroad or if you have already experienced it and you're talking to others about your experience.