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Volunteer vacations offer those wishing to travel abroad the opportunity to explore a new place and culture while making a positive difference in the world and the lives of those who live in it.
Today the voluntourism has become a growing trend and has spread worldwide as an interesting and personally rewarding variation to see the world.
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The Volunteer Vacation
Travel and tourism is the world’s largest and fastest growing industry today. A new trend in this industry is the volunteer vacation known as voluntourism.
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When natural disasters like the Asian Tsunami or the Haiti earthquakes occur many people have a desire to help the people caught in this devastation and restore these once beautiful places. Voluntourism allows those who have heard the call to help the opportunity to donate their time and abilities to a worthy cause and give back to society and our environment.
To make the most of the volunteer skills, some organizations offer financial assistance and incentives for a potential volunteers. For volunteers with medical training, construction experience or prior humanitarian experience, special volunteer opportunities exist in the form of grants and other financial assistance.
Companies such as Travelocity, through the Sabre Holdings Foundation, award grants up to $5,000 for volunteers. The Omprakas Foundation offers grants to defray travel and living expenses for volunteers. There are even grants and financial aid through the United Nations volunteer program.
While abroad visitors work with various charities to coordinate community efforts to aid the local community. Some vacation goers assist with agricultural or environmental aid, replanting forests or grasslands or working with the animal populations. Others assist in humanitarian efforts such as building or restoring homes, orphanages, or hospitals. Still other volunteers assist in local medical clinics [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], delivering much needed medical supplies and care. But not all of the trip is work and special care is given to ensure volunteers are given adequate time to enjoy and explore their foreign surroundings.
In addition to financial aid, many organizations who charter these volunteer travel vacations often provide heavily discounted rates at local accommodations and restaurants as well as special tour packages. The combination of financial aid and discounts can make the difference for someone who desires to volunteer, but does not have the financial means to do so.
Volunteer vacations offer families or groups of friend the opportunity to bond and make a positive difference in other people’s lives. This type of travel also offers tourists reward of gaining in-depth, personal knowledge about the local cultures and people not typically gained on a ‘normal’ vacation.