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August 2010A Profound Lesson in Freedom, Learned in Extraordinary Places
I am the last business traveler who actually loves flying and airports. I always try and take a slightly different route when I go places, and I even plan all my trips in great detail.
August 2010Gap Year Webchat
Thinking about organising a gap year but not sure where to start? Maybe you want to volunteer abroad or teach English as a Foreign Language? Or perhaps you are a parent, concerned about your globetrotting offspring? Travel experts Ian Birbeck a director at Projects Abroad, Tom Griffiths, founder of Gapyear.com and Kate Mison from STA Travel are answering your questions live.
July 2010Stark contrasts in hospital care
As a third-year nursing student Sofia Razaq spent a four week elective working in a children's ward in Morocco. In this article she describes the main differences between working there and in the UK.
July 16th 2010Ghana Volunteer Interviewed on BBC Oxford
Nick Jones from Wheatley in Oxfordshire has recently returned from his rugby and care projects in Ghana. On his return he was interviewed on BBC Oxford by Jo Thoenes.
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July 2010Volunteers Interviewed on BBC Devon
Previous Projects Abroad volunteers, Jimmy Charrin and Hannah Lane were interviewed this week on BBC Devon's interactive lunch programme with David Fitzgerald. Jimmy previously volunteered on the Diving & Marine Conservation project in Thailand.
July 2010Peru Volunteer Interviewed on BBC Somerset
Angela Pitt, 65 from Montacute, Somerset has recently volunteered with Projects Abroad on the Conservation Project in Peru. Before she started her project Angela was interviewed on the breakfast show of BBC Somerset to talk about her forthcoming trip
July 2010A slice of paradise
The Amazon rainforest provides a truly remarkable backdrop with excitement and adventure around every corner - imagine getting up every morning to the sounds of howler monkeys and toucans filling the air, walking to a stunning sunrise which quickly turns to a downpour, and going to bed at night accompanied by the chorus of squeaking bats and chirping frogs.
July 2010Projects Abroad starts a new marine mammal conservation volunteer project in Mozambique
The Dugong has been hunted for thousands of years for the use of it's meat and for oil. As a species it is vulnerable to extinction and is now referred to as one of the rarest mammals on earth.
June 2010For the best way to see the world, start in Goring...
In an unassuming street in Goring, a global enterprise is hard at work. With offices in 32 countries, more than 500 staff and around 8,000 people heading out on schemes this year. Projects Abroad is the world’s largest provider of volunteer projects in developing countries.
May 2010Girls on their bikes for Sri Lankan trip
Two teenagers will get on their bikes to fund their work with orphans in Sri Lanka. Esther Eldridge, aged 16, and Alice Hill, aged 15, will cycle 38 miles from Manchester to Liverpool on May 30 to pay for two weeks’ work experience in south Asia in July. The girls will complete the trek with Maria Hill, Alice’s mum. The pair need to raise £2,000 to go on the trip, organised by Projects Abroad – a company specialising in work placements for students.
- April 2010
Coach makes shirts plea for street kids
Something as simple as a second-hand football shirt really can make all the difference to an impoverished child living on the streets in Africa. Worthing man David Williams will be spending at least one month with street children in Senegal – a country in West Africa where extremely poor people live in close proximity to others who are rich.
April 2010Mullingar women matching volunteers with international opportunities
Two young Mullingar women who have come to the conclusion that the best way to get to really know another country, is to spend some time working there, are Jessica Warner and Koreen Walsh. That's why to date, the two have worked abroad, separately, as volunteers in locations as diverse as Sri Lanka, Costa Rica and Ethiopia.
February 2010Bristol Student Fiji Flight
A Downend student is flying out to Fiji to help in a children's centre. Clare McKenzie, 21, who lives in Coronation Road, is in the second year of her Tourism Management degree at Bath Spa University and chose the placement as one of the modules. She will now spend a month working as a volunteer in the Nadi Centre as part of a placement organised with Projects Abroad.
February 2010On a Foreign Mission
Brian MCCarthy was bored of the usual holidays. Various TY projects had opened his eyes to both the diversity and injustices of the world, so when an opportunity to work as a volunteer in Ghana arose, he took it. Brian got a part-time job and saved the requisite €2,000, plus around €600 for flights.
