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Tag: Africa

Home Posts Tagged "Africa" (Page 3)
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“My First Good Decision in a Series of Good Decisions”

November 21, 2013United PlanetAfrica, Featured, Ghana, international volunteering, Internship, United Planet, volunteer abroad, volunteer experience, Volunteer Story

Caroline Baggot is a United Planet intern and student at the University of Pittsburgh where she is studying Civil and Environmental Engineering. As a previous United Planet volunteer, she acts as…

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“Be Open and Receptive to Everything Around You”

November 13, 2013United PlanetAfrica, Featured, international volunteering, Tanzania, travel, United Planet, volunteer abroad, volunteer experience, Volunteer Story, volunteer work

Lily Grebe is eighteen and wrapping up her first semester at University of Minnesota. She enjoys traveling, and has family in Europe and New Zealand, but had yet to embark…

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Your Guide to Volunteering in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania!

February 12, 2013United PlanetAfrica, Dar es Salaam, Featured, healthcare, safari, Tanzania, transportation, travel, travel guide, volunteer abroad, Zanzibar

Emily Deacon, a student at the University of Otago in New Zealand, recently returned from an eye-opening, month-long healthcare Quest in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa. She and her friend Lucy, both of whom…

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Danielle Lafond: Healthcare in Ghana

January 10, 2013Lauren MackieAfrica, Ghana, health care, nursing, United Planet, volunteer abroad, volunteer experience, Volunteer Stories, Volunteer Story

Danielle Lafond, 25, spent three weeks this past September working on the pediatric floor at a regional hospital in Ho, Ghana on our Medical Center Quest.  She went with the…

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Country Spotlight: Tanzania

January 8, 2013Rachel AtwoodAfrica, country spotlight, orphanage, Swahili, Tanzania, Tanzanians, teaching, volunteer abroad, volunteer overseas

At United Planet, we offer volunteer abroad trips to over 40 countries – but we know it can be difficult to decide where you want to travel! The following article…

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This Is Africa

September 17, 2012United PlanetAfrica, children, education, summer, teaching, Teaching English Abroad, volunteer abroad, Volunteer Stories

Brittany Gibler, a student at the University of Notre Dame spent this summer–the summer after her sophomore year–traveling on a United Planet Quest in Ghana.  She went into it with…

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