Monthly Archives: February 2012

More Than Just Community Service: University of Idaho sends students and faculty to Costa Rica

For the past few years, the University of Idaho has sent  groups of students on United Planet quests. Gordon, one of the advisers on the trip, shares a little with us…

A Summer to Remember: 9 weeks in Ghana

Making the decision to live and work in Africa for the summer isn’t a typical one for most college students. Augie Bossu, a junior at Notre Dame, who recently returned…

回复Losar—Tibetan New Year!

Happy Tibetan New Year!!   Today, February 22, 2012, is the day of the Tibetan New Year. We thought we would share a story from one of our WONDERFUL volunteers,…

Patagonia Attracts Volunteer to United Planet’s Chile Quest

One of our volunteers, Paul, shares how he was able to fit in time to volunteer with United Planet while on a hiking trip this holiday season to visit Patagonia in Chile.

Winter Time Fun- An update from the Romania Orphanage

One of our fabulous volunteers, Sarah was nice enough to share with us some recent photos from her quest to Romania to give us an update on how this amazing…