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Volunteer’s Video – Ghana

July 29, 2008United PlanetAfrica, Animals, Culture of Ghana, Dance, Drums, Foreign Culture, Ghana, peace corps alternative, Quest, travel, United Planet, volunteer abroad, Volunteer Story, volunteer work, Volunteering, West Africa

The following is a video created by Kate, a United Planet volunteer who participated on a Short-Term Quest in Ghana, West Africa. Volunteer Abroad with United Planet.

United Planet Volunteer’s Experience in Costa Rica

July 17, 2008United PlanetCentral America, Costa Rica, hammock, Horses, Ixacava, Latin America, Limon, local culture, mountain, San Jose, Soccer, spider, United Planet, Village, volunteer abroad, Volunteer Story

The following is an excerpt from Sarah’s blog that she kept while volunteering with United Planet in Costa Rica: Sunday morning was an early one! The…

Katherine Goes to Jordan

July 2, 2008United PlanetBedouin, Dead Sea, Global Awareness, Jerash, Jordan, Middle East, Moses, Mount Nebo, NGO, Petra, Promise Land, Team Stories, United Planet, volunteer abroad

As I stepped off the plane in Amman, Jordan, I was immediately greeted by a wall of dry heat. Having lived in Egypt the previous year,…

Ecuador Explored

June 26, 2008United PlanetAdd new tag, Amazon, Andes, Boston College, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, Galapagos, Latin America, Quito, Spanish, Team Stories, volunteer abroad, Volunteering

From Nate in the UP Office On January 2nd 2008, I arrived in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, where I would be spending the next five months of my life….

Nepal

June 5, 2008United Planetchildcare, Mt. Everest, Nepal, travel, volunteer abroad, Volunteer in Nepal

Last week in Nepal, delegates of the various political parties voted to abolish the monarchy and convert the country into a republic. Until the vote, Nepal was the world’s last…

3 months in Peru summed up

May 2, 2007United PlanetAmerica, Latin America, Peru, travel, volunteer abroad, volunteer experience

(From a UP Volunteer) I can’t believe that 3 months has come and gone and while so much happened in between, I feel like I have just had an extended…

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