Lonely Planet Volunteer: A Traveller's Guide to Making a Difference Around the World - Softcover

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9781742200859: Lonely Planet Volunteer: A Traveller's Guide to Making a Difference Around the World

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ISBN 10: 1742200850 ISBN 13: 9781742200859

Publisher: Lonely Planet, 2010

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Are you looking for a more meaningful travel experience? Do you want to give back to the communities you visit, make a genuine connection with locals, meet like-minded travelers and build your skills? International volunteering opens up all these opportunities, and this book has all the advice you need to get you there. Much more than just a resource directory, Volunteer is packed with invaluable information and full-color inspiration to get you planning your perfect short- or long-term volunteer experience anywhere in the world – whether it’s monitoring sea turtles in Greece, helping set up handicraft businesses in Ghana or building community centers in Guatemala!

Features:

-Unique, user-friendly structure arranged by type of volunteering program
-Over 170 organizations listed and reviewed
-Dozens of seasoned volunteers share their experiences and top tips
-Written by passionate, well-travelled Lonely Planet authors advised by a team of experts in the field
-Fully illustrated with color photographs of volunteers in action

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From the Publisher:

Who We Are
At Lonely Planet, we see our job as inspiring and enabling travelers to connect with the world for their own benefit and for the benefit of the world at large.

What We Do
* We offer travelers the world's richest travel advice, informed by the collective wisdom of over 350 Lonely Planet authors living in 37 countries and fluent in 70 languages.
* We are relentless in finding the special, the unique and the different for travellers wherever they are.
* When we update our guidebooks, we check every listing, in person, every time.
* We always offer the trusted filter for those who are curious, open minded and independent.
* We challenge our growing community of travelers; leading debate and discussion about travel and the world.
* We tell it like it is without fear or favor in service of the travelers; not clouded by any other motive.

What We Believe
We believe that travel leads to a deeper cultural understanding and compassion and therefore a better world.

Review:

Lonely Planet's new book Volunteer can point you in the direction of more meaningful travel... --The London Times, July 14, 2007

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