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May, 2010 Fox News, The United States"On the Job Hunt: Volunteer Overseas"
"Projects Abroad’s Vice President Tom Pastorius appears on FoxNews.com’s Strategy Room."
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May, 2010 The Boston Globe, The United States"Globe-trotting: Take a volunteer vacation in Tanzania"
"Wendy Tisdell, a director at BridgIT, guided the [Water and Sanitation] program in Jamaica last year and is doing likewise in Tanzania this summer. She is a former Projects Abroad volunteer whose experience inspired her to use her professional skills and give communities around the world a chance to access clean water"
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May, 2010 Cape Times, South Africa"Where he hoes I’ll go"
"The couple met a counsellor at the Projects Abroad Human Rights office on Thursday to start reconstructing their life. The meeting was as much about designing a plan for the couple's immediate future as it was a chance for them to vent… The counsellor laboured through Philippe's long-winded rants to motivate the couple to ‘take life into your own hands and don't wait for the government’."
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April, 2010 WNWR-AM, The United States"Dining and Destinations"
Dr. Peter Slowe talks about Projects Abroad's volunteer opportunities
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April, 2010, Shermans Travel, The United States"Turn Tots And Teens Into Voluntourists"
"Because the projects are so varied, families who want to find the right volunteer match should have a 'long and serious discussion with us about what you hope to get out of the experience,' says Dr. Peter Slowe, Projects Abroad’s founder and director."
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April, 2010, Cyberpresse, Canada"Le Blogue-Trotter"
"Après les journalistes Sylvie Saint-Jacques et Éric Clément, c’est au tour d’Émilie Côté de déposer ses valises aux quatre coins du monde. Émilie est une Montréalaise qui ne déménagerait nulle part ailleurs au monde, mais qui adore voyager. Jusqu'à la fin juin, vous pouvez la suivre de l'Asie en Europe en passant par l'Afrique."
[Following journalists Sylvie Saint-Jacques et Éric Clément, it's Émilie Côté's turn to travel around the world. Émilie is a Montrealer who wouldn't move anywhere else in the world, but loves to travel. You can follow her from Asia to Europe (passing through Africa) until the end of June.]
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April, 2010, USA Today, The United States"Volunteer Tourism in Peru"
"Volunteer tourism in Peru is one of the most rewarding ways to see different parts of the country while doing some good at the same time...Not only is volunteer tourism relatively inexpensive in Peru, it also makes much needed contributions toward protecting the environment and assisting Peruvian citizens living in poverty."
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April, 2010, Afar, The United States"Trips Worth Taking"
"Hurricanes Dean and Gustav tore through the Caribbean island of Jamaica in 2007 and 2008, leaving many houses water-damaged or completely destroyed. Volunteer organization Projects Abroad, together with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, is dedicated to rebuilding more than 40 homes in the parish of Saint Ann, on the island's northern coast."
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April, 2010, The Brattleboro Reformer, The United States"Real Life in Africa"
"'The biggest benefit is, first of all, to develop a sense of adventure and certainly a sense of confidence, as well as being able to manage in a lot of different situations,' she said. 'You become very adaptable and learn to survive with less, and I think you learn to accept people for how they are and not judge them."
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April, 2010, The Westmeath Examiner, Ireland"Mullingar women matching volunteers with international opportunities"
"The fact that young people, who haven't yet got skills or qualifications in place are still welcome to travel out, and help in whatever way they can, means Projects Abroad is different to some other organisations that arrange placements."
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March, 2010, CNN, The United States"Haiti quake sparks interest in 'voluntourism"
"When the going gets tough, the compassionate get going. The January earthquake in Haiti prompted a spike in interest in service vacations, sometimes called "voluntourism," several organizations report...Projects-Abroad.org reported it received 46 percent more applications than expected since the earthquake."
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March, 2010, The John Tesh Radio Show, the United States"Better Yourself"
"The massive earthquakes in Haiti and Chile have sparked an increase in service vacations – also know as voluntourism...Projects-Abroad.org – which sends students and professionals on short-term service projects – says, since the quake, it’s received almost twice as many applications from prospective volunteers."
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February, 2010, National Education Association, The United States"The Guide to Summer"
"Summer vacation! Unless you’re at a year-round school, it might mean a little sun and sand, maybe a part-time gig at the public links, or more time with your own kids. But just because school is over doesn’t mean the learning has to stop for you...Through agencies like Projects Abroad, you can set off on 'meaningful travel'"
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February, 2010, PhysOrg, The United States"Learning sustainability from the rainforest"
"Kennedy lived a few hours outside of Puerto Maldonado, a city in Southeastern Peru, shacking up in a bungalow made of wood and mosquito netting...It didn’t take him long to get accustomed to the Amazonian lifestyle. 'I felt at home within a few days,' he says. 'We don’t necessarily need all the stuff that we have.'"
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February, 2010, The Irish Times, Ireland"On a foreign mission"
"I’d always wanted to do something like this,” he says. “My group was building a childcare centre for parents who couldn’t afford childminding, while many other volunteers were teaching.” Brian travelled with Projects Abroad, an international organisation that arranges volunteer work for school and university students and professionals."
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February, 2010, FOX Dayton News, The United States"CHS Senior Helps Orphans in Ghana"
"As for how this experience has changed her life, Bree said, "A lot of people just coming up to me and I'm just like ok, I didn't really do it for interviews or something. I like helping people and managing people's lives."
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January 2010, Gulf Islands Driftwood, Canada"Teen goes overseas for volunteer work"
"Research led her instead to Projects Abroad, an organization that links volunteers with work and destinations according to their interests.
As its website explains, Projects Abroad “sends over 6,000 high schoolers, university students and professionals on short-term international service projects each year."
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January 2010, Dolly Magazine, Australia"I Volunteered in West Africa"
"My two-month trip to Ghana with Projects Abroad was a graduation, Christmas and birthday present from my parents, where I'd volunteer at an orphanage and then in a hospital.
Volunteering made me realise how lucky I am. I'd definitely love to volunteer overseas again..."
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January 2010, The Sun, the United Kingdom"Volun-Tours"
"HIV/AIDS Orphanage, Ethiopia: Be a part of a solution for kids in Addis Ababa who have lost their families to disease, living with a local family.
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A two-week project...including meals and lodging with a host family, training, local transport, local staff support and comprehensive medical and travel insurance. See projects-abroad.org."
December 2009, Los Angeles Times, the United States"A volunteer-minded traveler leaves a bit of his heart behind"
"That's what prompted me to enter the world of the volunteer tourist. After searching the Internet for weeks, I felt as though I had found the ideal environment to create lasting change working through www.projects-abroad.com.
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I spent a month working in a local school trying to foster learning and cross-cultural enlightenment. Leading English classes for 30 Peruvian children was a baptism by fire. But it was inspiring to nurture them, if only for a short time."
December 2009, Hearld Sun, Australia"Young travellers go native"
"From its first Australian volunteer in 2003, Projects Abroad now places 600 [editor's note: this number refers to the amount of Australian volunteers only] people a year in two week to nine month placements in schools, children's homes and orphanages in countries including Peru and Nepal."
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November 2009, Four Four Two, Australia"Giving Back in Ghana"
""I’m speaking with a couple of different organisations at the moment – Projects Abroad, Love Football and the school where I teach – about how we could provide long-term support. Everyone’s support so far has been amazing but there’s more work to do if we’re to truly help this community”."
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November 2009, Ok! Magazine, the United States"Explore like a star and do a world of good"
"Follow in the footsteps of Angelina Jolie -- and make a difference -- by taking a volunteer vacation with Projects Abroad, which sends 6,000 people a year to 25 fascinating countries."
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October 2009, Lamar University, the United States"Second David J. Beck Fellow to be named Nov. 2"
"Mikel, a nursing major from Sweeny, spent six weeks in Hohoe, Ghana, working as a nursing intern in a rural hospital and participating in medical outreach in schools, orphanages and clinics. She and other interns, who were placed through the international volunteer organization Projects Abroad, lived with a host family during their stay."
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October 2009, North Shore Outlook, Canada"30 U 30: Jamie Keast, 21"
"Keast journeyed to Ghana where she spent five weeks working as a volunteer with Projects Abroad. On behalf of Planned Parenthood she gave HIV-AIDS awareness presentations and also worked at orphanages."
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October 2009, Centerville-Washington Township Times, the United States"CHS senior starts charity for orphange"
"Breanne McGowan, a senior at Centerville High School, went to Ghana the first two weeks of August for a two-week immersion program for 16-19 year-olds with Projects Abroad...She and several other teens *mostly from the UK, Canada, and France) volunteered for projects with the 57 orphans at Cape Coast's Outreach Orphanage and Evangelical International Mission (OOEIM). They painted the orphanage, played football (soccer), and swam with the children."
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July 2009, St. Petersburg Times, the United States"Countryside High graduate is in Ghana to help human rights victims"
"The 19-year-old University of Miami student and 2007 Countryside High graduate is interning this summer for the Projects Abroad Human Rights Office in Accra, which is concerned with female genital mutilation and the environmental impact of mining among other issues."
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July 2009, The Charlotte Observer, the United States"Area teen launches book drive"
"Jillian organized and planned her trip to Arusha, Tanzania, with Projects Abroad, a volunteer organization she felt safe with. Although her parents, Marty and Diane Froelick, offered to pay for half the trip, Jillian wanted to raise the money through friends and family and getting a part-time job."
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July 2009, Hudson Hub Times, the United States"Recent grad puts college on hold for mission work"
"Frew will volunteer with Projects Abroad at an orphanage in Cordoba, Argentina...he will be volunteering at an orphanage in Argentina for six months."
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July 2009, The Hearld Sun, Australia"A world of good"
"Projects Abroad Australia is one of several commercial organisations offering a smorgsabord of volunteering opportunities..."
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June 2009, The Times, the United Kingdom"Parents concerned about students' gap-year safety"
"Peter Slowe, the founder of Projects Abroad, a gap-year company, said that the first Gap Year Safety Conference, which is being held in London on June 17, had in part been called as a response to heightened parental concern and the number of gap-year tragedies.'Safety is top of parents’ priorities,' Dr Slowe said. 'We have had lots more contact with parents and the consciousness about safety is higher than some years ago.'"
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"How to stay safe on a gap year"
"Peter Slowe, founder of Projects Abroad: 'My advice: always travel in a group (especially if you’re a younger gapper), always check your insurance (expensive insurance does not necessarily mean better insurance), and always make sure you do some research before you go – such as whether you need a mosquito net, what medicines you might need or the appropriate dress code for the country you’re visiting.'"
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June 2009, Inside Track, the United Kingdom"Leading from the Front Line"
"David....decided to use funds set aside under the programme to travel to South Africa for a month-long stint as a volunteer with Projects Abroad -- an organisation that runs benevolent projects overseas."
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May 2009, Glamour Magazine, the United Kingdom"Do something useful with your time"
"Surely volunteering is mainly a student gig? 'Actually, women taking career breaks, perhaps due to redundancy, are the fastest growing group of volunteers. And it doesn't just appeal to philanthropists, but women wanting to improve their skills or to see the world in a safe environment.'"
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April 2009, Taipei Times"Recession helps boost guilt-free tourism industry"
"Projects Abroad, which runs volunteer programs overseas, said bookings were up 20 percent this February from February last year, with some of the travelers recently laid off, but others simply looking for vacations that involve service. Options range from teaching soccer in Moldova for two weeks to teaching English in Nepal for three months."
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April 2009, Andover Townsman, the United States"Destination: Cape Town"
"The family chose the Projects Abroad: Teaching program and Casper is set to leave on July 15 for about five weeks. She will teach English to primary and secondary school students. 'There's also the opportunity to teach students other interests you have, like sports or music or drama,' said Casper..."
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April 2009, Air France Magazine, France"Be an ecovolunteer"
"...associations like...Projects Abroad are thriving. The projects are wide-ranging and usually run year-round...Volunteers don't need any special skills other than an open mind and an adaptable spirit."
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April 2009, New York Times, the United States"Getaways That Are 'Guilt Free'"
"Projects Abroad, which runs volunteer programs overseas, said bookings were up 20 percent this February from February 2008, with some of the travelers recently laid off but others simply looking for vacations that involve service."
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April 2009, Florida Trend, the United States"Small Business Directors and Entrepreneurs Flee U.S. on 'Enterprise Gap Years"
"More than half of the 60% increase in older volunteers leaving on gap-years in developing countries are American small business directors and entrepreneurs, according to Projects Abroad, the world’s leading commercial volunteer service organization."
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March 2009, Company Magazine, the United Kingdom"traveling alone was a challenge - but got me a job back home!"
"I found out about Projects Abroad, who offer volunteering placements in rehabilition centres, on the internet and thought they sounded perfect. I could spend three months in South American while getting some overseas experience in occupational therapy...We were reassured when I was told I'd be met at the airport and given accommodation in a safe place."
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March 2009, the Australian, Australia"Time for a CV Change"
"Projects Abroad, the largest commercial volunteer service organisation in the world with schemes in 24 countires, has experienced a big increase in the number of people wanting to give their time gratis."
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March 2009, Jamaican Information Service, Jamaica"UK-Based Voluntary Group Paints Classroom and Donates Books to Manchester School"
"...Bridgette Barrett, Country Director for Projects Abroad, said that the group conducts a "dirty day" every month, to give a facelift to a school or hospital. It's a physical activity. We are getting dirty, but at the end, we accomplish a task. We chose Villa Road as it has been with us since 2008, so that this classroom will be fully painted and reading materials given to the students," she informed."
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March 2009, the Tufts Daily, the United States"As unemployment rate increases, more individuals choose to spend time volunteering"
"...n recent months, organizations like Projects Abroad and Peace Corps have seen record increases in people’s willingness to volunteer. 'People are finding themselves out of jobs and are using it as an opportunity to get something done that they’ve wanted to do for a while, but might not have been able to because of the time constraints of their job."
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February 2009, Yahoo!, the United Kingdom and Ireland"Some U.S. jobless find hope and solace as volunteers"
"Applications to Projects Abroad, a private organisation that directs thousands of volunteers to developing countries, jumped 55 percent in December and nearly 50 percent in January compared to a year earlier. Volunteers must pay their own way."
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February 2009, The Post Chronicle, the United States"Some U.S. Jobless Find Hope And Solace As Volunteers"
"Projects Abroad...The group's founder, Peter Slowe, said a growing proportion of new applicants are middle-aged people who find themselves unemployed or underemployed and have long thought about testing their abilities, or are just fed up."
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February 2009, ABC News, the United States"Some U.S. Jobless Find Hope and Solace as Volunteers"
"Applications to Projects Abroad, a private organization that directs thousands of volunteers to developing countries, jumped 55 percent in December and nearly 50 percent in January compared to a year earlier."
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February 2009, Washington Square News, the United States"Failing economy gives rise to volunteers"
"...Projects Abroad reported an increase in applications of 64 percent in 2008...those who are interested in volunteerism will note a definite perk to the idea: a competitive advantage on job searches in the future."
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February 2009, KTAK, the United States"Some U.S. jobless find hope and solace as volunteers"
"Applications to Projects Abroad, a private organization that directs thousands of volunteers to developing countries, jumped...Volunteering can fill a gap in job history and supplies the answer to an interviewer's question, "what have you been doing?"
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February 2009, NewsMax.com, the United States"U.S. Unemployed Find Purpose in Volunteerism"
"Applications to Projects Abroad, a private organization that directs thousands of volunteers to developing countries, jumped 55 percent in December..."
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February 2009, Reuters, the United Kingdom"Some US jobless find hope and solace as volunteers"
"Applications to Projects Abroad, a private organization that directs thousands of volunteers to developing countries, jumped 55 percent in December and nearly 50 percent in January compared to a year earlier."
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February 2009, The Sunday Times, the United Kingdom"The World's Best Working Holidays"
"The neem tree is a godsend to Indian farmers, but few of them are aware of it, so your job is to spend at least a fortnight in Tamil Nadu marketing its miraculous properties... The trip is available year-round... with Projects Abroad."
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February 2009, KHAS Radio, AM 1250 Hastings Nebraska, "Sunrise 60 News Closeup", the United States"Dr. Peter Slowe speaks about Projects Abroad."
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February 2009, The Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia and February 2009, The Sunday Times, Australia"Uni can wait, but the poor of Africa cannot"
"THIS time last year I was completely confused about what to do with my life. After a successful year 12, I could study almost anything I wanted; problem was, I didn't know what I wanted... So I decided to spend a gap year overseas before starting university... I organised my trip with a volunteer group called Projects Abroad, which was wonderful. There were advantages and disadvantages... Projects Abroad was expensive compared with some other organisations, but it provided incredible help in preparing me for the trip, as well as support in Ghana, such as when I fell ill. There was also the advantage of being able to travel any time of the year."
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February 2009, Channel4 News, the United Kingdom"Old people volunteer due to crunch"
"The number of older people volunteering for overseas projects has shot up due to credit crunch redundancies, according to gap year firm Projects Abroad. The number of over-25s signing up to volunteer abroad was 60% higher last month than it was in January 2008, spokesman Ian Birbeck said."
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February 2009, The Globe & Mail, Canada "What I did on my layoff"
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February 2009, ABC Action News, the United States,"Unemployed and unattached? Try volunteering overseas"
Volunteering abroad is looking more and more appealing to those stuck at home mourning the loss of their jobs because of the economic storms that continue to fuel job losses across the country... 'There definitely has been an increase in calls during the past few weeks [especially] from career breakers,' says Robert Levine, director of Projects Abroad Canada. 'My guess is we're going to see a huge influx of people who have been laid off applying in the next month or two."
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February 2009, The Independent, the United Kingdom"An army of altruists: VSO boosted by record rise in recruits"
"Ian Birbeck, recruitment director at the global volunteering company Projects Abroad, said his organisation had introduced 1,000 extra placements this year: 'We sent about 4,000 volunteers last year, and this year we anticipate sending 5,000. We're getting a lot of calls from people who have been made redundant. We're working on developing more professional volunteering schemes so people can use their skills."
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January 2009, The Times, the United Kingdom"Mother volunteers for Romanian orphanage"
"A Borehamwood mother is giving up her job helping homeless people to spend three months working with orphans in the Romanian town of Brasov..."
" Projects Abroad uses the money raised by volunteers to fund its support staff and administration costs, as well as paying local families to host the volunteers."
"A spokesman for Projects Abroad said the company’s charitable arm makes annual donations to projects around the world."
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January 2009, The Telegraph, the United Kingdom"Jobless Britons opt to volunteer overseas"
Projects Abroad, which runs volunteer schemes in 24 countries around the globe, recorded a 55 per cent increase in applications last month from Britons who had recently been made redundant.
"We have seen an increase in the number of people in their thirties applying", said Dr Peter Slowe, founder of the organisation. "We currently have people from all sorts of professions: welders, care workers, staff from local authority finance departments and construction workers."
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December 2008, Del Mar Times, the United States"Student founds charity for Senegalese children"
"During the summer of 2007 Checkley spent five weeks working in St. Louis with Projects Abroad, an international relief organization that places volunteers in countries where help is most needed."
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December 2008, The Guardian, the United Kingdom"Recession sends volunteer numbers soaring"
Projects Abroad, the biggest organiser worldwide of overseas volunteer work, has also seen a rise in inquiries in the last few weeks. "We are maintaining our normal level of student applications, but recently we've seen a noticeable increase in older people, or those with more skills and experience, getting in touch," says Dr Peter Slowe, Director of Projects Abroad."
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December 2008, Rochelle News-Leader, the United States"Trip teaches Wyatt to balance life"
The Rochelle Township High School senior acquired a taste for yams while fulfilling her love of public service last summer when she traveled to the Gulf of Guinea as a volunteer with Projects Abroad. She spent two weeks in Ghana, Africa, assisting families in a remote village building outhouses and making bricks, painting a school and volunteering in a city orphanage.
Projects Abroad arranges volunteer placements in 22 [sic] countries. They teach conversational English and gain experience in professions like medicine, conservation and construction. Volunteers range in age from 16 to 77.
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November 2008, The Observer, Australia"Schoolies no, orphans yes"
"The teenagers became involved in the project after contacting an organisation called 'Projects Abroad' which organises volunteering trips across 22 [sic] countries. The trip will be the first time overseas for James and Caitlin, and will see them working with about 40 orphans aged between four and eight years"
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November 2008, Lamar University News, the United States"Nursing major named inaugural David J. Beck Fellow"
"The fellowship will provide Mikel with a full academic scholarship for 2009 – including tuition, fees, books and on-campus room and board – along with up to $10,000 to pursue the summer project she proposed as part of her application. She plans to travel to Ghana where she will work as a nursing intern in a rural hospital and live with a host family for six weeks through Projects Abroad."
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November 2008, The Courier Mail, Australia"New Graduates don't mind the Gap"
"James Campbell finishes school at Churchie in Brisbane in a few weeks and hasn't made up his mind what he wants to do with his life. He's not concerned, though... 'I am going to be working a bit at the start, and then travel a bit, first to Tasmania because I have family there. I will then be coming back and working to save money for my trip to Peru. It's a volunteer project with Volunteers Abroad [sic]. Basically it's for people who want to volunteer their services to help a developing community.'"
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November 2008,NHK, Japan." 世界一周！地球に触れるエコ大紀行 "
("Around the world! Eco Trip touching the Earth")マヌー国立公園（世界遺産）は、アマゾン川源流のひとつマヌー川流域に広がる。コ
ンゴウインコやオオカワウソなど貴重な動物に出会う一方で、熱帯雨林の“恵み”を
生かしたアマゾンの生活も体験する。(World Heritage site Manu National Park stretches out to one of Amazon headstreams, the Manu river and its surroundings. You will encounter rare species such as the macaw or giant otter and be able to experience the Amazon life receiving the blessings of the tropical rainforests.) NHK - Japan Broadcasting Corporation - visits our Taricaya Lodge project, the first private rainforest reserve in Peru. They speak with Lodge Administrator Fernando Rosemberg about the work that goes on there.
October 2008, Travel + Leisure, the United States"Great Humanitarian Trips Around the World"
"Nomad Community Outreach, Mongolia: Projects Abroad volunteers help nomad families with daily tasks like herding yaks and cattle, mucking out horse and camel enclosures, and milking sheep and goats. They also produce dairy products like butter and cheese, prepare meals, and play with the communities’ many children."
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October 2008 CNBC Europe"Squawk Box Europe"
Peter Slowe, Founder and Director of Projects Abroad, discusses bank capitalization and entrepreneurialism in the developing world.
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October 2008, The Statesman, Ghana"Volunteers Gain Valuable Experience"
"The international organisation, Projects Abroad, registered a growing number of over 800 volunteers in 2008 who spent some free working months in Ghana, often combined with traveling around on the weekends.
During their time they are either staying with a Ghanaian family..."
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August 2008, The Sunday Times, the United Kingdom"How I made it: Peter Slowe, founder of Projects Abroad"
"As the number of youngsters signing up grew, Projects Abroad widened its scope to Africa, Asia and Latin America. Today its gap-year travellers help out in ever more diverse activities such as teaching in local schools, helping small enterprises with basic IT, assisting the RSPB with conservation projects and establishing a youth football academy in Ghana."
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August 2008, Burton Mail, the United Kingdom"Moving experience for Rebecca"
"The 16-year-old, from Hermitage Park Way, Newhall, spent two weeks in the African country's capital, Accra, after raising £2,000 to fly out on July 19 with Projects Abroad, one of the world's leading organisers of volunteer placements overseas."
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July 2008, KC Community News, the United States"Louisburg Woman Explores Beyond the Great Wall"
"After doing 'a ton' of research in her quest to go to China, Fleming said she found a British company, Projects Abroad, that pairs young adults with others in countries to do volunteer work and internships, like teaching English and practicing medicine, law and business concepts."
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July 2008, IOL, South Africa's biggest news network"Refugees Bear Brunt of Weather Woes"
"Days of heavy rain have turned the refugee camp at the Youngsfield Military Camp in Wynberg into a muddy quagmire. Water is pouring into the tents from the roof and seeping up through the ground, adding to the misery of the 600-odd refugees, among them a four-day-old infant....Leo McAuley, a volunteer from Northern Ireland with Projects Abroad, who is helping monitor the camp for the SA Human Rights Commission, said the situation was a 'bit surreal."
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July 2008, Bush Radio 98.3, South Africa"Sikhisizwe - Building the Nation"
"Today we spoke to Dana Myers – from Project Abroad. We were talking about their Human Rights placements. This project gives volunteers the opportunity to work on a really worthwhile project alongside respected humanitarian organisations, whilst also gaining first hand experience of human rights law in practice."
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June 2008, The Guardian, the United Kingdom“Five Best…Gap Year Projects”
“Based in Ulaanbaatar, your journalism internship in print, radio or TV will give you experience in a media environment that has flourished since the introduction of democracy in 1990. You might be asked to write a column in the English section of a national paper, front a radio chat show and gain experience behind the camera, directing or presenting the news.”
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June 2008, Welwyn & Hatfield Times, the United Kingdom“Sarah’s Helping Hand in Africa”
“AS [sic] a regular volunteer for a charity, Sarah Phillips knows exactly what it means to lend a hand. But she is taking her kindness one step further and has gone to offer help in Ethiopia for two months. The 35-year-old, of Digswell, flew out on Sunday to work in an orphanage looking after babies and toddlers, as well as teaching English to three- to six-year-olds.”
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March 2008, The Age, Australia“The Lions Sleep Tonight”
“Living with a local family, sell organic fertiliser at the weekend market, play cricket with the kids and spend weekdays helping out at a model farm in the village of Tamil Nadu. This volunteer-run demonstration site in south India is a place for villagers to learn about sustainable farming practices, environmental conservation and new farming techniques and technology. After mastering the practices themselves, volunteers then work with villagers at the farm to help implement the ideas in their own communities.”
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March 2008, Elle, France"Je Veux Voyager Autrement!"
"Vous souhaitez vous offrir une parenthèse utile? Goûtez à la logistique des Grenoblois de Projects Abroad.Ils proposent des missions de volontariat ouvertes à tous et extrêmement variées : projet humanitaire en Inde,protection de l'environnement en Afrique du Sud,enseignement au Nepal ou encore archéologie sur les sites incas au Pérou.Les volontaires choisissent leur date de départ,la durée (1 mois minimum),la destination et le projet."
English:
"I want to travel overseas!"
"Do you want to do something useful during your break? Try the destinations Projects Abroad in Grenoble has to offer. They have a variety of volunteer opportunities ranging from volunteer work in India, conservation in South Africa, teaching in Nepal, and excavating Inca sites in Peru. Volunteers choose their departure date, the length of stay (one month minimum [sic]), the destination, and project."
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January 2008, The Real World Magazine, the United Kingdom“Hannah Lane – Projects Abroad”
“Hannah is in her final year of a communication studies degree at Sheffield Hallam University. She took a gap year between A-levels and starting university. Through Projects Abroad she went to Ghana for three months. Most of her time was spent working in an orphanage. For the rest of the time she was working in a school: teaching, dancing, singing and generally keeping the children entertained.”
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December 2007, The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia"School's out, travel's in"
"Projects Abroad is another good online resource, especially for gappers looking for a volunteer expedition. It offers a heap of different experiences and provides online application forms to get the ball rolling.
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The Projects Abroad website has details of holidays including a Mexican turtle conservation project and fossil digging along the Inca Trail to Peru. Whether you'll be painting classrooms in a school or harvesting tomatoes in a remote field, the website gives you a good indication of what you've signed up for. "- December 2007, The Times, the United Kingdom
“Warsi Moves From Teddy to Dragon”
“Warsi and entrepreneur Caan – who left Pakistan at the age of two and is now chief executive of Hamilton Bradshaw, the private equity firm – are to work closely with Projects Abroad, which sets up overseas placements for volunteers on gap years or career breaks.”
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November 2007, The Lariat Online, the United States"Program Offers Another Chance to Study, Volunteer Abroad”
“Projects Abroad, an England-based volunteer group, held an interest meeting Monday in the Baylor Sciences Building. Program adviser Jacob Lowe spoke to students about Project Abroad's goals, which are helping others, helping students learn and exploring new places.
The group sends around 3,500 volunteers out each year. About half of the volunteers are from England and the rest come from the United States and other countries all over the world.”
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October 2007, The Dec Online, the United States“Eager to Lend a Hand”
“College students today seem more enthusiastic than ever to help those in need, due in part to growing knowledge about troubles worldwide. Additionally, service abroad attracts a great deal of attention from students interested in traveling to an exotic locale. Projects Abroad, an international organization aimed at sending students around the world to volunteer, understands the call to action.”
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October 2007, The Metropolitan, the United States“Projects Abroad: An Exciting New Opportunity for Metropolitan State University Students”
“Projects Abroad recognizes the importance of learning about different cultures, gaining real-world experience and helping out across continents. It is from these ideas of global exchange and assistance that Projects Abroad was created. They are a premier international volunteering service in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Germany and the Netherlands sending over 3,500 volunteers a year to 20 countries on five continents.”
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October 2007, North American Bird Bander, the United States“Seasonal Activity in the Bird Community of the Lower Madre de Dios River”
”La Reserva Privada 'Taricaya' is a private reserve located in the eastern margin of the lower Madre de Dios River, at an altittude of about 170 m, in the Madre de Dios Region of southeast Peru. The dynamics of seasonal activity in the birds of the under-story were investigated between Jul 2005 and May 2006 in six different habitats of varying succession that are subject to different levels of seasonal flooding.”
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September 2007, The London Metro, the United Kingdom“Case Study – Physiotherapist – Theresa Mohan”
“I’d already graduated from Keele University with a degree in physiotherapy and been working as a physio for just over a year at Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust when I went to Nepal for four months. I went to Nepal with Teaching & Projects Abroad…”
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September 2007, The OC Register, the United States“No Waves in Mongolia”
“[Volunteer Jena Sussex] spent more than two weeks in Mongolia, living with a family and volunteering in a pediatric intensive-care hospital. Instead of riding waves, she spent most of her days feeding babies through intravenous tubes and shadowing Mongolian doctors to see how they work. This was the second summer Sussex has done volunteer work through Projects Abroad.”
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September 2007, University Chronicle, the United States“Students Assist While Overseas”
“Rather than just studying abroad, Project Abroad allows students to also volunteer in hospitals, schools, community service and other fields of interest.”
read the full article- August 2007, The Independent, the United Kingdom
“How A Gap Year At A Foreign Newspaper Could Give You Invaluable Experience”
“Teaching and Projects Abroad, as well as sending volunteers to join the media in countries as diverse as Mexico, Moldova and Mongolia, offers a different angle from the others, in that it has three placements - in Bolivia, Romania and India - on magazines the organisation has set up itself, to guarantee that volunteers will receive proper attention, rather than returning home with an advanced qualification in tea-making.”
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“Volunteering with ‘Projects Abroad’ ”
“My personal experience of volunteering was when I spent three months in India after school. I worked in a junior school, and since it turned out I wasn’t a great teacher I spent my time teaching the two weakest kids basic English and maths. This placement was arranged by a gap year company (Projects Abroad) and I decided to go away with a company because both me and my parents wanted the secure ‘safety net’ these companies provide.”
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July 2007, The San Francisco Chronicle, the United States“Vacations Making a Difference”
“Besides a variety of service work in Guadalajara, Projects Abroad offers the opportunity to learn traditional Mexican craft techniques…’It put me in touch with my creative side, because I'm a science person. I used to be into art when I was young and, sure enough, I love it once again,’ said current volunteer Marcie Roberts, of King of Prussia, Penn. Roberts also works half a day in an orphanage and says being with the kids is ‘an amazing eye-opener . ... I feel like I'm making their lives a little better. I just don't know how the orphanage would function without volunteers.’”
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March 2007, Fine Living (TV Channel), the United States“The Great Adventure”
“Programs include areas of teaching, medicine, conservation, journalism, care and community action, veterinary medicine, business, archaeology and Inca projects. Volunteers are ages 17-70, with the average age 18-25.”
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January 2007, Newsweek, the United States“The Good Life”
“Projects Abroad organizes trips to remote Mongolia, where volunteers live in ger s--large round tents--and become part of a nomadic family by helping take care of livestock like yak and cattle (projects-abroad.org). The organization also has a program in Addis Ababa where volunteers teach English in primary and secondary schools. They stay with local families and receive briefings on teaching techniques.”
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November 2006, The New York Times, the United States“Reaching Out Over There”
“Other groups offering service programs abroad include …Projects Abroad, projects-abroad.org.”
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October 2006, BBC, The United Kingdom“Travels in India”
“India is a country I have long wished to visit. The culture, geography and the history intrigue me. I came across Teaching and Projects Abroad (TPA) at a Gap Year fair hosted by the university. I applied to a TPA placement working for a monthly magazine (The Sivakasi Times) in Sivakasi in the state of Tamil Nadu.”
read the full article- October 2006, Newsweek Kaplan Get Into College Guide, the United States
“A Tale of Two Gap Years”
“Through a gap-year company called Projects Abroad, I found a journalism internship with Shanghai’s main English-language business magazine, BizShanghai. Along with 25 or so other interns around, I experienced life in one of the world’s fastest-growing metropolises.”
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“Hallan Gran Ciudad Inca Cerca Machu Picchu”
“Varios anos despues, trabajando para ‘Projects Abroad’ en el Valle Sagrado de los Incas, Cusco, ya casado y con familia tenia menos opotunidades para realizar mi pasatiempo favorito, sin embargo debido al trabajo que comenzo en el 2005, decidimos en el proyecto, combinar las actividades del desarollo communal, con el estudio arqueologico, asi retome las largas caminatas de exploracion.
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September 2006, The Vancouver Sun, Canada“Volunteer Medic Finds No Room at UBC”
“When did they start making kids like Mohit Singh? …Through Projects Abroad, he volunteered in a hospital for two months and helped build houses for tsunami victims for the last month. Almost immediately he was taking blood samples and blood pressure. By the end of two months, he'd helped deliver babies, put in sutures and even induced labour, which is apparently a necessity in the over-crowded, under-staffed obstetrics ward.”
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August 2006, Sun Post News, the United States“Aspiring to Help Others”
“During her trip to India with Projects Abroad, Jena Sussex says she’s no longer squeamish about certain things in the medical profession. It’s seeing others in pain that hurts.”
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“Volunteering Abroad”
"They offer a diverse range of teaching, care, conservation, medical, journalism and work experience projects, plus the opportunity to become part of one of our [sic] local communities overseas."
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June 2006, Business Week, the United States"Volunteer Vacations: Going Native"
"Conservation in Peru is a project for the more adventurous. Access to the lodge is a two-hour riverboat journey from the town of Puerto Maldonado. You will be living with up to 30 other volunteers and a resident spider monkey! Taricaya lodge is basic, but clean and comfortable."
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February 2006. Centre College, the United States“Internships in Focus: Journalism in Romania”
“The program I worked through was called Teaching/Projects Abroad [sic], which has a number of projects in several different countries. I chose to go to Romania. The office I worked at was in Brasov (the old city, built by Saxons, brought over by a Hungarian) on Casteluli St. I lived in the new city (built during the Soviet era) on Bulevardul Muncii. There I wrote for a local traveler's magazine called the Brasov Visitor. This entailed reviews of cafes, interviews with locals and travelers, and opinion- and fact-based articles.”
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