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Vicarious Volunteering: Tender Heart NGO, Faridabad, India
For the latest issue of Vicarious Volunteering, I’m thrilled to feature this documentary and interview from Tender Heart Educational Society in Faridabad, India. Continue for an interview with Renu Bali, founder of Tender Heart Educational Society.
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Tagged education, faridabad, india, ngo, poverty, tender heart
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Vicarious Volunteering: Helping Honduras Kids, La Ceiba, Honduras
Helping Honduras Kids is located in and around La Ceiba on the northern coast. Consisting of the Hogar de Amor children’s orphanage, the Jungle School, and the Grandma’s Kids program, HHK provides desperately needed care to several hundred poor and … Continue reading
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Tagged education, Helping Honduras Kids, Hogar de Amor, Honduras, La Ceiba, volunteer travel
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Vicarious Volunteering: BiblioWorks, Sucre, Bolivia
Next up for all of you vicarious volunteers, BiblioWorks has opened eight libraries in the rural countryside near Sucre, Bolivia. In addition to promoting literacy and education, the libraries have become much-needed community centers. We first visited Sucre to trek … Continue reading
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Tagged BiblioWorks, Bolivia, Condor Trekkers, education, Sucre, volunteer travel
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Vicarious Volunteering: Traveler Not Tourist, Arequipa, Peru
A popular stop on the “Gringo trail” running from Lima to Cusco, Arequipa enjoys a thriving tourist economy. Streets surrounding the main plaza are lined by offices offering Colca Canyon treks and guided climbs of El Misti, the snow-capped volcano … Continue reading
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Tagged altitude, Arequipa, education, Peru, teaching English, Traveler Not Tourist, volunteer travel
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Vicarious Volunteering: BECA, Cofradia, Honduras
It has been very uplifting in the past few weeks to work on a regular column aiming to publicize and partner with worthy causes around the world. For the third article in the series, an educational non-profit operating in the … Continue reading
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Tagged BECA, education, Honduras, teaching English, volunteer travel
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