Lonely Planet Volunteer: A Traveller's Guide to Making a Difference Around (General Reference)

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher

Are you looking for a more meaningful travel experience? Do you want to give back to the communities you visit, make a genuine connection with locals, meet like-minded travellers and build your skills? International volunteering opens up all these opportunities, and this book has all the advice you need to get you there. Much more than just a resource directory, Volunteer, is packed with invaluable information and full-colour inspiration to get you planning your perfect short- or long-term volunteer experience anywhere in the world - whether it's monitoring sea turtles in Greece, helping set up handicraft businesses in Ghana or building community centres in Guatemala!

Features:

• Unique, user-friendly structure arranged by type of volunteering programme

• Over 170 organisations listed and reviewed

• Dozens of seasoned volunteers share their experiences and top tips

• Written by passionate, well-travelled Lonely Planet authors advised by a team of experts in the field

• Fully illustrated with colour photographs of volunteers in action

Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Charlotte Hindle, Nate Cavalieri, Rachel Collinson, Korina Miller, Mike Richard, and Sarah Wintle.

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.

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