According to the all-knowing Wikipedia, voluntourism is “travel which includes volunteering for a charitable cause”. For many, like me, voluntourism is a way to combine volunteering and traveling, creating a more meaningful experience. This past July I volunteered for 10 days in Cambodia through United Planet, one of many non-profits that organize volunteer trips across [...]
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The Road to El Faro
03/15/2008 – 6:24 pm
Today I got up at 5:30 a.m. to get on a bus to Mexico! I was going to the El Faro Orphanage in Baja Mexico, just outside Tijuana, with Corazon de Vida. After we left Irvine, we had to pick up some folks in San Diego, coincidentally right by the bay. I shuddered as I [...]
