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African music at its best in Zanzibar, Tanzania

March 1, 2011United PlanetAfrica, African music, culture, Festival, Tanzania, Team Stories, travel, United Planet, volunteer abroad, Zanzibar

Visitors from every corner of the world come to Zanzibar to be part of this event which hosts musicians from all over Africa. The city is vibrant with the many people and the sounds of music played in the open air of the Old Fort, at the Stonetown waterfront.

It’s all about the hug — in Chile and everywhere else…

October 14, 2010United Planet

I was crammed into a booth with my mom and my two daughters, and the restaurant suddenly hushed, and we looked over, and there it was on the TV above…

Lines from Sarajevo

August 30, 2010United Planetcross cultural understanding, mutual understanding, peace, poem, Sarajevo, war

This post was written by Dave Santulli, United Planet’s Executive Director I recently returned from Sarajevo. During my stay, I had the privilege to visit the war museum and I…

A Heavenly Bowl of Noodles

April 16, 2010United PlanetAsia, culture, food, Foreign Culture, local culture, team member, Team Stories, travel

The following post was written by United Planet team member, Susie Liu. Spring has finally arrived! You can see signs of a new beginning everywhere. The flowers are blooming, birds…

Happy Holi – The Festival of Colors

March 11, 2010United PlanetAsia, Festival, Foreign Culture, Nepal, Southeast Asia, travel, volunteer abroad, Volunteer Story

Written by United Planet volunteer Hallie Riggs. Yesterday was by far the craziest day I have experienced in Nepal (or perhaps anywhere). It was the Festival of Colors. As it…

Welcoming in the Year of the Tiger

February 14, 2010United PlanetAsia, China, Chinese New Year, culture, Festival, Foreign Culture, tradition, UP Team, worldwide

This post, written by Li Jia, United Planet’s International Programs Manager, was published previously on the UP Blog but because we love it so much, we thought we would share…

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