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How to Live Your Dream of Volunteering Overseas

Joseph Collins - Author

Stefano DeZerega - Author

Zahara Heckscher - Author

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ISBN 9781101200254 | 496 pages | 31 Dec 2001 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP
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More than 100,000 people contact the Peace Corps every year, but only 3,000 are placed overseas. To help more Americans find volunteer opportunities aborad Joseph Collins, Stefano DeZerega, and Zahara Heckscher—all founders of respected volunteer organizations—have written a guide that provide all the necessary information on volunteering in Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. Presented in a user-friendly format that includes case studies, worksheets, and quotes from international volunteers, this books provides college students, senior citizens, and everyone in between with information on:

  • How to decide if volunteering overseas is for you

  • How to choose the right program

  • What to do before and after you go abroad

  • Fundraising and financing

  • How to be an effective volunteer

  • Political and social contexts of Americans volunteering abroad

  • The Peace Corps

  • More than one hundred other volunteer organizations

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