voluntourism
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Holiday Help Hub Charitable Travel is championing Voluntourism, a form of travel in which travellers give up some or all of their holiday time to participate in voluntary work, and we created a hub to inspire you The Big Holiday Help Hub is one place on the Charitable Travel website where we are gathering a world of voluntourism opportunities. The hub lists volunteering projects you can join under geographical areas, to help you find a way to give back to local communities or the environment wherever you’re choosing to holiday. The hub will expand as we find new voluntourism experiences around the world, but you can be sure there is something for you. Whether you want to spend a few hours helping with a beach clean-up, or lend your skills to helping a community in need for the duration
of your trip, these voluntourism projects will help you make a positive impact when you travel. Charitable Travel can help you plan and book your next holiday and we can tailor your trip to allow you time to get involved in a voluntourism project, which you will need to arrange directly with the non-profit. If you know of a project which welcomes volunteers which isn’t on our hub, please share the details with us so we can add it. And to inspire you to book a voluntourism holiday, here are just some of the projects that we feature...
Be a citizen who advances science Show you care in Thailand
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Expedition cruise line Hurtigruten loves to get its guests involved with conservation and education programmes. Its ships are the perfect platform for scientific research – having access to remote regions of the world and onboard experts at hand means it can provide invaluable data to the scientific community – with your help of course. Projects you can join cover subjects like understanding Antarctic seabirds’ life cycles, observing and recording how clouds respond to climate change, or tracking whales to understand their behaviour and distribution.
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The Sarojin is a luxurious hotel in Khao Lak, Thailand, that offers its guests the chance to give back to the local community by joining staff on their regular ‘Sarojin Cares’ days off-resort. You can volunteer for programmes which help to clean coastal areas, waterfalls and local towns, or join a community outreach day at a day care facility for disabled children. One of the regular activities the team contributes to is the Mangrove Forest Planting Project in Baan Nam Kem, which was set up by local fishermen following the 2004 tsunami. Here, you can plant new trees to help restore this vital ecosystem.
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