I just thought I would let you know I am the new Big Earth snow sports expert (expert in the loosest sense of the word). So I am frantically trying to gather information for some features and news items and of course thought of my…"
"Also try the Ostional volunteer program to help save the Olive Ridley turtles on the west coast of Costa Rica. They are a bit disorganized but they mean well and need a lot of help. If you want more information, let me know. My daughter is spending…"
"hi Mike,
I've written about my experiences with a great group called Global Volunteers... in the Philadelphia Inquirer and more recently in Global Writes.
"Mike, I don't know the answer to this, but if you post the question on the Ask A Travel Expert widget (see Tripatini's main page), it goes to all sorts of people and tends to get good results. Regards, Ed W"
Yes, add Operation Safe Drinking Water to your list.
We install rain catchment systems that provide safe drinking water for indigenous schools throughout the Bocas del Toro archipelago, off the Caribbean coast of Panama.
"Yes Mike, I do have a suggestion.
There is a wonderful organization based in Bocas Del Toro, Panama called Operation Safe Drinking Water.
If you go their website, www.operationsafedrinkingwater.org, and from their to their blog you will see that…"
"Hey guys, just writing an article on voluntourism (inspired by the Tribeswanted piece in the Telegraph over the weekend). Anyone have any suggestions for other voluntourism companies such as Tribeswanted? Cheers Mike"
"I am not sure, but if you are interested in Argentina, Violeta Horne, based in Miami, is wonderful and so accomodating. Argentina does not do FAM trips often, but six months after I wrote an informal letter querying about the possibility, she kept…"
Mark Chesnut said:I specialize in writing about travel to Latin America, and I've never heard of one organization that serves specifically just South America -- Asia has that with PATA, but I don't think…"
"I specialize in writing about travel to Latin America, and I've never heard of one organization that serves specifically just South America -- Asia has that with PATA, but I don't think Latin America has an overarching organization for everyone.
For…"
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