If you've ever traveled abroad, you know how enriching experiencing another culture can be. But have you thought of combining your interest in making a real difference in people's lives with international travel?
Cross-Cultural Solutions gives you the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution, working side-by-side with local people and sharing in the goals of a community that warmly welcomes you.
Taylor's experience at an orphanage in Costa Rica is representative of many international volunteers. "I can't tell you how it feels to see wide smiles and little eyes running to you at 8 a.m. You are the highlight of their day and your presence does change the world, because it changes those children," Taylor says. "I gave them something they otherwise would not have - I gave them love, I gave them my time, and I did it because they needed it, and really looking back, I needed it too."
Make your dreams of volunteering abroad a reality, and engage in an experience that will profoundly enrich your life and the lives of others. Fill out the form here to get more information from Cross-Cultural Solutions, a non-profit organization that helps make it easy and safe to volunteer abroad. CCS programs are available in 12 countries, with start dates year-round, and lengths of stay from 1 to 12 weeks.
Learn More About Volunteering Abroad with Cross-Cultural Solutions
Monday 29 September 2008
No More Travel Abuses by the Department of Homeland Security!
Sunday 24 August 2008
Sponsored by: American Civil Liberties Union
Traveling shouldn't mean checking your rights when you're checking your luggage. Yet the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to ask Americans to sacrifice more and more of their privacy for an illusion of security.
Among the DHS' offenses are:
1. Security agents who search laptops and other electronics as Americans enter the United States, with no suspicion of wrongdoing.
2. Invasive airport scanners that let agents conduct virtual strip searches of passengers.
3. A terrorist watch list with more than 1 million names on it, growing by 20,000 names per month.
4. A proposal to have every traveler wear an "electro-muscular disruption" bracelet that airline personnel or marshals could use to shock passengers into submission.
These policies are invasive, abusive and ineffective. It's time for some sanity when it comes to security. Tell Congress we need humane, effective reforms that will keep us safe while protecting citizens' dignity.
Signature goal: 10,000
Current signatures: 3,294
