What is it like Volunteering in a Nursing Home in Italy?
United Planet’s volunteer Fengzheng tells us everything about his amazing experience in a nursing home in Italy: “Who am I? My name is Fengzheng, a third year international student from…
4 Different Ways of Celebrating New Year Worldwide
Did you know that we celebrate the New Year differently across the world? New Year celebrations are one of the most popular ways to gather people from different countries in…
What is it like volunteering with children in Peru?
Estrella Rocha was only 15 years old, when this summer she volunteered for 4 weeks in the local orphanage in Peru. She thinks that being empathetic and kind are fundamental values…
A Message From Our Founder – 17 Years
To the Entire United Planet Community, I wish it were not true. I wish that our work and mission were no longer needed in the world. But since our founding…
What is it like Gap Year volunteering in Costa Rica?
I came to Costa Rica at an interesting time because just a week after I arrived, a protest/strike began against a new tax plan. The protest is very large and…
Charlie’s Experience in Ecuador: Part IV
Charlie’s Experience in Ecuador: Part IV Low clouds spread over lush mountains. They moved in the valley, ghostly and slow. We had been driving for close to an hour. A…
