I also loved my volunteer work. I am a nurse and worked in a clinic for my entire stay.

Fifteen months ago, an earthquake ravaged the town of Chengdu in Tibet. Today, homes are still in ruins. Recovery efforts were not able to be made until this April, explained Sarah Daniel, an engineer from Canada, who recently spent four weeks in this plateau region of Asia building homes, teaching English, and immersing herself into [...]

United Planet Vice President Theresa Higgs has been in Mongolia recently, getting ready for the amazing exchange we’re organizing between public high school students in the U.S. and Mongolia. Here in the office, we’ve been learning a lot about Mongolia – what a fascinating place! We were delighted to get her notes about the realities of life there.

When the sunrise over the snow-capped Andes welcomed me to Chile, I knew I was in for a truly humbling and life-changing experience. I was not disappointed.

The following post was written by United Planet volunteer Shannon Foster during her Volunteer Abroad Quest in Peru. My taxi arrives at the orphanage. It is near the Plaza San Sebastian across from the Collegio de Virgen de Fatima. Some of the older kids who we have not met yet go to Collegio and do [...]