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  • CambodiaVolunteering

    From Trash to Shelter: Volunteer in Cambodia & Construct Homes from Recycled Plastic

    by Shree Raaman March 24, 2025March 24, 2025
    March 24, 2025March 24, 2025

    Like many other developing nations, Cambodia finds itself inundated with plastic trash. Due to a lack of municipal waste disposal services, many Cambodians discard plastic trash by dumping it on the ground,…

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    Deconstructing Voluntourism & Impact with Jeff Blumenfeld

    by Bianca Caruana August 19, 2021August 19, 2021
    August 19, 2021August 19, 2021

    Photo by Rodolfo Quirós from Pexels This week I published a podcast episode speaking with author Jeff Blumenfeld about voluntourism. When Jeff reached out to request an interview on the topic of voluntourism I must…

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  • Community DevelopmentEducationalIndonesiaSocial EnterpriseVolunteering

    Providing Remote Work Opportunities To Local Communities Through Skill-sharing

    by Bianca Caruana June 24, 2021June 24, 2021
    June 24, 2021June 24, 2021

    The opportunity to become a remote worker has its privileges. One requires a good education, experience in a remote-based job role, and access to the tools and resources to excel in remote…

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  • EuropeResponsible TourismVolunteering

    Sustainable Tourism & Volunteering in Madeira, Portugal

    by Bianca Caruana May 7, 2021January 24, 2024
    May 7, 2021January 24, 2024

    This blog post provides information about sustainable tourism and volunteering in Madeira, Portugal. I must admit, I didn’t know much about the island of Madeira until I heard a talk about digital…

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  • ColombiaVolunteering

    Where to Volunteer in Medellín or Bogota, Colombia

    by Bianca Caruana November 14, 2020September 17, 2023
    November 14, 2020September 17, 2023

    Want to volunteer in Colombia? Find out where you can volunteer in Medellin or Bogota. Guest blog by Diego Garzon. Click to read more. 

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  • Solo Female TravelTravel InspirationVolunteering

    25 Ways to Travel For Less Than $50 a Day

    by Bianca Caruana October 12, 2020April 30, 2025
    October 12, 2020April 30, 2025

    How to travel the world for less than the weekly rent of your condo. 25 tips from a world traveller who’s been to over 35 countries.

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  • Volunteering

    When Exchange Edges Out Appropriation: One NGO’s Perspective

    by Guest Submission March 24, 2020March 24, 2020
    March 24, 2020March 24, 2020

    Immersion is quite the tightrope. As volunteers abroad (sometimes literally) drape themselves in new cultures, they may not grasp the implications of their choices. Cultural appropriation, broadly defined as the adoption of…

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  • Responsible TourismTravel InspirationVolunteering

    Support Clean Water & Sanitation Projects in the Dominican Republic with BLUE Missions

    by Bianca Caruana January 26, 2020January 26, 2020
    January 26, 2020January 26, 2020

    Water is the source of life yet somehow, in 2020, over 700 million people in the world lack access to clean water. It may be hard to comprehend this, but factors such…

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  • Environmental AwarenessFeaturedNepalPersonal StoriesVolunteering

    Finding & Rebuilding Community in Nepal with Conscious Impact

    by Bianca Caruana June 9, 2019December 1, 2019
    June 9, 2019December 1, 2019

    One Sunday morning in early May a group of foreigners gathered outside the Ananda Wellness Centre in Thamel, the lively heart of Kathmandu, Nepal. We had journeyed here from our home countries…

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  • AltruismCommunity DevelopmentEnvironmental AwarenessNepalSustainable TravelVolunteering

    Helping to Rebuild Nepal | Volunteering with Conscious Impact Part 1

    by Bianca Caruana April 7, 2019April 7, 2019
    April 7, 2019April 7, 2019

    On the 25th of April 2015, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated Nepal, killing nearly 9,000 people and injuring nearly 22,000. This earthquake was one of the darkest days in Nepal’s history, 800,000 homes…

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