| Description |
271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 20 cm |
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Lonely planet |
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Lonely Planet
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| Contents |
Contents note continued: Directories & Useful Organisations -- Grassroots Charities & Non-profits -- Useful Websites -- From Mongolia to Laos on a Volunteering Adventure -- 09.Coming Home -- Leaving -- Reverse Culture Shock -- Settling Back In -- Next Steps -- 10.Start Your Own Charitable Project -- The Idea -- Go For It! -- Getting It Rolling -- A Healthy Dose |
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Contents note continued: Volunteering as a Staff Member -- Development Placements -- Conservation & Wildlife Placements -- Memories of Maqui -- Skilled Volunteering -- Emergency & Relief -- An Emergency Relief Experience -- 06.Structured & Self-Funding Volunteer Programmes -- How Do They Work? -- Pros & Cons -- Organisation Listings -- Development Placements -- Volunteering Unwrapped -- Conservation & Wildlife Placements -- Painted Lines -- Way Down Deep... -- Skilled Volunteering -- Options for the Under 30s -- Twelve Months in Uganda -- 07.Religious Organisations -- How Do They Work? -- Pros & Cons -- Building Bridges -- Organisation Listings -- Development Placements -- The Mother of Volunteering -- 08.Do-It-Yourself Volunteer Placements -- Is Do-It-Yourself Volunteering Right for You? -- Pros & Cons of Going It Alone -- The Search Begins -- Choosing a Mutually Beneficial Placement -- Further Preparation -- Maximising Your Contribution -- Organisation Listings -- |
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Machine generated contents note: 01.International Volunteering: An Overview -- Why Volunteer? -- Kinds of International Volunteering -- 02.Choosing Your Volunteer Experience -- Arranging a Worthwhile Placement -- Summary of Questions -- Do You Have What it Takes? -- More Information -- 03.The Practicalities -- Application & Selection -- Raising the Money -- Preparation -- Airline Tickets -- Passports, Visas & Travel Insurance -- What to Pack -- Health & Hygiene -- Money -- Keeping in Touch -- If It All Goes Wrong -- Useful Websites -- 04.Tying Up Loose Ends -- Job -- Finances -- Taxation & National Insurance -- House -- Vehicle -- Partner & Children -- Power of Attorney -- Voting -- Technology & Communications -- Useful Websites -- 05.Organised Volunteer Programmes -- How Do They Work? -- Pros & Cons -- Major International Placement Programmes -- Organisation Listings -- Options for the Under 30s -- Volunteering Plus -- An AYAD Tells Her Story -- Volunteering Holidays -- |
| Summary |
A one-stop guide to choosing and organising a more meaningful travel experience; Information on raising funds and what to expect on arrival; Tips on extending the experience on the return home; A wide variety of experiences covered, from monitoring sea turtles in Greece to building community centres in Guatemala |
| Notes |
"August 2013" |
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"Opportunities on six continents & 130 countries" -- Cover |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Directories.
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Tourism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Tourism.
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Voluntarism -- Directories.
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Volunteer tourism -- Directories.
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Voluntarism.
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Volunteer tourism -- Guidebooks.
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Volunteer tourism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Volunteer tourism.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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Directories.
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Guidebooks.
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| Author |
Cavalieri, Nate, author
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Collinson, Rachel, author
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Miller, Korina, author
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Richard, Mike, author
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Wintle, Sarah, author
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Lonely Planet Publications (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1743216890 (paperback) |
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9781743216897 (paperback) |
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