Volunteering holidays are fast gaining in popularity as more people find that "doing good" whilst on their vacations provide more than just "chicken soup for the soul". Hands Up Holidays is a company that offers such packages where everyone in your family can participate in the channeling of goodwill. It provides tailor-made itineraries to suit individual preferences or depending on the length of your children's school holidays.
Help build schools, playgrounds and libraries in the remote villages in
Morocco, Rwanda or Mozambique. Teach children English in ethnic
minority communities in Laos, Nepal, India or impart your computer
skills at an orphanage in Ukraine. Work with local NGOs to build
bathrooms and washing facilities in Malawi or houses for impoverished
families in Guatemala. Assist with tsunami rebuilding projects in Khao
Lak province, which bore the brunt of the 2004 Asian Tsunami. However,
if your interest is in environmental conservation, join a community
development project to plant trees or clean up beaches along the Kenyan
coastline or the Galapagos Islands. Alternatively, assist Aboriginal
rangers at the Cape York Turtle Rescue camp in Queensland, Australia.
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