How To: Tuck & Roll for Efficient Packing
The “How To” series will discuss important topics related to volunteering abroad and traveling in general. As you read on, the following will give you advice on “how to” do…
“Every Human Is Part Of A Community”: Long-term Volunteers Share Their Stories
Our most recent group of long-term volunteers returned from their pre-departure training weekend in New Hampshire just a couple of weeks ago. Now, most of them are just arriving in…
We Think The World Needs More #Community
Today is World Humanitarian Day, a United Nations-sponsored day observed every year on August 19th in remembrance of aid workers who have lost their lives providing service to communities around the…
What Can You Learn From Learning A Second Language?
Spanish is the second most common native language of the world, behind Mandarin. It is the predominant language of countries in Europe, Africa, the Pacific, and North, Central, and South…
Culture Shock May Be Difficult, But It Is So Worth It!
Bridget, our current Program Advisor here at United Planet, knows a lot about living abroad. She spent the summer of 2012 as a United Planet country intern in Romania, providing…
Host Families: The Comfort of Home While Volunteering Abroad
Katarina, a previous Short-Term Program Coordinator here at United Planet, recently made a trip to Costa Rica to visit some of United Planet’s project sites and host families. She wrote…
