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Guten Appetite! Recipes and Stories from Long Term Volunteer in Germany

March 10, 2011United PlanetEurope, Foreign Culture, gap year, international volunteering, local culture, Team Stories, traveling, volunteer abroad

We recently heard from Barbara, a Long Term volunteer who just arrived to Germany this January. She has a great blog from her trip so far including delicious recipes and tales of her volunteer experience so far. We included a couple entries here, as well as the link to the rest of her blog…Enjoy!

Llamas, Incan Ruins, and the Joy of Volunteering!

March 9, 2011United PlanetIncan Ruins, international volunteering, llamas, non-profit, Peru, south america, travel, United Planet, volunteer abroad, Volunteer Story

Probably the most fascinating of all of this is, of course, Machu Picchu. Only when you go there and see it for yourself will you realize how majestic it is, and fully understand why it is one of the seven wonders of the world. Not only are the ruins themselves amazing, but the views from being up in the mountains of the other mountains and of the rivers running through so far below you will take your breath away.

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.

University of Idaho sends a group to Chile to help rebuild in wake of earthquake

February 1, 2011United PlanetChile, Group Volunteer Trip, international volunteering, Latin America, non-profit, Team Stories, travel, United Planet, volunteer abroad, volunteer experience, Volunteer Story

The University of Idaho recently sent a group of 13 students and two professors to build houses in Chile. The decision was a response to Chile’s devastating 8.8 earthquake in February 2010, the fifth strongest in recorded history, which had left thousands of Chileans homeless.

Can’t Get Enough of Chile!

January 19, 2011United PlanetChile, United Planet, volunteer abroad, volunteer overseas, Volunteer Story, volunteer work

Laurie Lundeen, a middle school Spanish teacher from Indianapolis, IN, traveled to Santiago and Valparaiso, Chile in May and June of 2010. She returned to Santiago this winter to visit and reconnect with the place she fell in love with, as well as the many people who touched her heart during her original trip with United Planet.

Healthcare Quest, Santiago, Chile 2010

January 12, 2011United PlanetChile, volunteer abroad

Sydney Yovic, an avid traveler and Medical student born in Sydney, Australia, completed a Healthcare Quest to Chile in 2010. Read what she had to say about her two week…

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Guten Appetite! Recipes and Stories from Long Term Volunteer in Germany

Llamas, Incan Ruins, and the Joy of Volunteering!

African music at its best in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Can’t Get Enough of Chile!

Healthcare Quest, Santiago, Chile 2010

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