Postcards from Pakistan
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- Written by: Sean Guistini
- Category: Why we travel
How a young Canadian organized and funded his own journey to Pakistan where he volunteered in a refugee camp on the Afghan border.
Don't Let School Get in the Way of Your Education: The Value of a Gap Year
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- Written by: Stephen Baxter
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Taking a "gap year", or year off, is standard in much of the world. The idea of a year off is just starting to catch on in Canada, and there are thousands of ways to to get out and go...
Volunteer Abroad: How to Choose a Volunteer Programme
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- Written by: Jim Carson
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
When I think back on it, my first experience volunteering overseas kind of sucked. It's a long story, but the short version is that I showed up in Nepal thinking that I was going to save the world and found out that really I was on an adventure tour posing as a volunteer programme.
