School is almost out for the summer here in Boston, and for 11 lucky Boston Public School (BPS) high school students, 3 BPS teachers, and one United Planet Group Coordinator, this means much more than sleeping in and building sand castles at the beach. Thanks to a grant from the U.S. State Department Bureau of Cultural and Educational Affairs, these 15 excited travelers will have the opportunity to explore the unique country of Mongolia for three weeks this coming July!

With the Alumni Council getting started with their ideas and visions, we have one more person for you to get acquainted with! The wonderful and eager Abbie has taken on the challenge of being the first Secretary for the United Planet Alumni Council.

We have recently launched our Inaugural Year for the Alumni Council and would like you to get to know them a little better! We would like to introduce you to the motivated and enthusiastic President, Ruoqing, who is very excited to get this challenging and fun journey started. In 2010 Ruoqing went on a Quest [...]

We recently heard from Barbara, a Long Term volunteer who just arrived to Germany this January. She has a great blog from her trip so far including delicious recipes and tales of her volunteer experience so far. We included a couple entries here, as well as the link to the rest of her blog…Enjoy!

The University of Idaho recently sent a group of 13 students and two professors to build houses in Chile. The decision was a response to Chile’s devastating 8.8 earthquake in February 2010, the fifth strongest in recorded history, which had left thousands of Chileans homeless.