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Blog Focus: Kate Langley’s India 2010
This week’s Blog Focus spotlights Kate Langley’s India 2010 which chronicles her gap year volunteering in India before heading back to London to live the office life.
Kate’s blog outlines the itinerary of her trip – beginning in February with the details of her plans and her arrival and experience at …
Read more ...Teaching in China – a short story
Monica, our guest blogger from NYC spent 5 months in China studying and teaching. Here in her latest guest post she talks briefly about her experience of teaching the children of migrant families.
“Once a week for five months 10 of us, sometimes 12, were herded into a dark van that …
Read more ...Why Should You Pay To Volunteer?
Volunteer holidays (Voluntourism) are on the rise, especially during the recession as people look to take time out from their careers during low employment periods. Volunteering can be a useful way to enhance a CV due to the skills it can develop and enhance.
Organising this alone can be a …
Read more ...How YOU Can Be A Responsible Volunteer Abroad
Volunteering, whether it is before study or as a career break, will bring you into contact with a range of environments and communities used to the rigours of daily life. But remember the host communities are also vulnerable to the effects of volunteering as they live with the after effects …
Read more ...10 Popular Gap Year Ideas
Believe it or not, our website is only just 4 months old. Well over 18,000 people are viewing I Wish Gap Year and checking out some of the Volunteer, Working & Learning options that you can do on your Gap Year.
Not to mention the Gap Year Guides and all the …
Why Should I Volunteer on my Gap Year?
Whether you are considering volunteering to build on your own social responsibility or you have a passion about nature, it’s imperative to consider the benefits volunteering will provide you for your Gap Year.
Although volunteering is considered a selfless act, volunteering on your Gap Year provide a return on investment for …
Gap Year Ideas to India
India prides itself on being the worlds largest democracy. It is such a vast & culturally diverse country and whilst it is enjoying a booming economy, there is still great poverty amongst the population.
So there are plenty of opportunities for you to either volunteer in India or work …
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