voluntourism News

Since 2007, Planeterra has facilitated the development of voluntours worldwide, by vetting projects where travelers share their time and skills with local people and community projects in destinations around the world.

Planeterra and The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) Bring Industry Leaders Together to Collaborate on Global Voluntourism Initiative to Transform Good Intentions into Best Practice

The Voluntary Traveler is hosting an online scavenger hunt, designed for those who understand the value of international voluntourism Prizes, including books and a first place prize of $100 cash or a $100 Kiva gift certificate are up for grabs.

Eco-Tourism Pioneer Megan Epler Wood Joins Non-Profit Voluntourism Pacesetter Planeterra as Next Director

STA Travel embarks on a new responsible travel journey through a partnership with Planeterra Foundation, a leader in global volunteer vacations

AiP announces its newest historic preservation-based volunteer vacation, during which volunteers will help restore one of Virginia's original Texaco stations, the 1930 Edge Hill Service Station, in Gloucester, Virginia, May 23-28, 2011.

One week from today, Charyn Pfeuffer will swap her BlackBerry for a backpack to volunteer with 12 community projects in 12 countries over 12 months.

In observance of Earth Month Planeterra will be offering a special 10% Discount for any voluntour travel adventure booked during April.

The Latest from Non-Profit Planeterra Foundation -China Opens Up to Voluntourism with a Unique Opportunity to Work with Pandas and Experience the Countryside As a Non-Tourist

Do make a difference while traveling on this adventure highlighted up by 7 days hands –on volunteer project sum up this great Kenyan experience with some amazing game viewing by safari vans into the world reknown Maasai Mara National Game Reserve .

Planeterra Appeals to Concerned Groups and Individuals to Make Online Donations to Peru Flood Relief and If Traveling to Cusco Bring Essential Items, Clothing and Food

New study reveals hidden benefits of volunteering abroad with more than 95% of travellers returning home happier and more confident with major gains in areas of personal growth.

They’ve been hosting volunteers at their lion rehabilitation project at Antelope Park in Zimbabwe for 6 years now, and the team at African Impact have found it incredibly exciting to have such a spotlight on their volunteer work going in 2010!

The Jordan Inbound Tour Operators Association (JITOA) announces that it has successfully received a grant of 10,000 Euros from the European Commission (EU) funded – Jordan Service Modernization Program(JSMP)/JEDCO

Voluntourism’s global specialist, Planeterra, announces new 2010 projects and volunteer vacations including onsite work at the world’s largest Panda reserve in China’s Sichuan Province...

Our programs provide a volunteer service that creates opportunities for people from all over the world giving them the chance to change their lives and the lives of people they help.

Award winning volunteer recruitment organisation, people and places continues it's campaign for transparancy. It wants all potential volunteers to ask these questions

Planeterra’s “Project Cuzco Kids” Will Provide Volunteer Opportunities for Adventure Tour Participants Exploring Peru's Machu Picchu and Sacred Valley.

Planeterra’s “Project Cuzco Kids” Will Provide Volunteer Opportunities for Adventure Tour Participants Exploring Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley

Leading voluntourism organization African Impact is delighted to introduce their new website which offers prospective travelers a great resource for responsible voluntourism and gap year travel in Africa, internships, safaris and adventure travel.

At African Impact they considers themselves the African Specialists in volunteer travel. Their British Youth Travel Awards Nomination for Green Travel in 2009 is further testimony to their passion and dedication to what they do.

The potential long term benefits of the World Cup being hosted in South Africa are huge. Yet, there are short term costs within the country with the loss of volunteer support and funding to many aid-reliant projects on the ground.

In an industry that is currently buzzing, and with its fair share of cynics, this family-run African voluntourism organization has been built with passion and pride and is rapidly taking the lead as the industry's most renowned African-based operator

The festive season come December 25th does not always have to be about turkey, tinsel, stuffing and stress. If you have ever thought of giving it a miss but never quite managed, then GVI are ready to make this a reality…

WAVES for Development (WAVES) is proud to announce the addition of a new team member to its surf voluntourism program.

Planeterra's Ccaccaccollo project gives voluntourists the opportunity to work alongside community members on a 13-day Lima to Cuzco tour that also includes visits to various archeological sites in the Sacred Valley.

Good ideas like voluntourism are often at risk because people with less than altruistic purposes begin to spin their own webs for their own purposes. Planeterra Foundation challenges you to look closely at the issues before choosing a program.

According to a recent survey completed by Lasso Communications, 61% of volunteer travel operators predict that their 2009 sales will exceed those of 2008.

Adventures Within Reach is supporting Pencils for Africa in their quest to donate one million pencils to schoolchildren in Tanzania.

Voluntourism - a combination of traditional tourism and voluntary work the tourists contribute to the community where they travel to.

In a survey conducted by Intrepid Travel of its passengers globally, 68.6 per cent of respondents expressed an interest to volunteer

TWO HUNDRED YEARS ago the cost was seven years to a lifetime of servitude for average people making a one-way crossing of the Atlantic. Now it can be funded by a few days of waiting tables.

Lifetree Adventures: Part vacation, part Christian service

Volunteer vacations are often related to extended stays in remote destinations, wearing hefty price tags. RezHub.com is removing these high barriers and making voluntourism realistic for everyone.

Voluntourism trips now offered by Intrepid Travel in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Pacific

Global Service Corps (GSC) has announced an expansion in their popular volunteer abroad service learning and fellowship programs in Thailand to include volunteer vacation experiences.

The Different Travel Company – a UK based volunteer travel company - have today claimed that properly managed volunteer travel is one of the best ways to ensure tourism assists poverty reduction.

Fresh from volunteering on social action projects in Rwanda with David Cameron and the Conservative Party, trip organisers Different Travel highlight the benefits of short-term volunteering and voluntourism.

New study examines the business practices of organizations blending adventure tourism and volunteer work. Findings provide tour operators with guidance for establishing philanthropy programs and NGOs with strategies for identifying tourism partners.

With Volunteers Week encouraging people to take up volunteering, Different Travel has called for ‘Code of Practice’ to regulate the ‘voluntourism sector’, prevent abuse of volunteers and ensure that projects bring genuine benefit.