Students from Ryerson University MBA & Fleming College School of Business participate in AAV's "Alternative Spring Break" combining volunteer work at the Jungle School in Honduras with endless culture & adventure!
Luz Mila Castro Velasquez, a 16-year-old Honduran superstar, five months later, is now in Canada living outside of Toronto with her "Canadian parents", Gord and Cathy. Sometimes amazing things do happen!
Island hop, volunteer and travel, all in one experience! Participants on this program will assist with a variety of conservation and social development projects, while at the same time, giving the volunteer the opportunity to know the "real" Galápagos!
This environmental & wildlife education centre offers experiential learning programs and training opportunities. The sanctuary consists of 1,070 acres of tropical forest and savanna habitats. The protected area is home to a large number of exotic mammal species, including tapir, puma, jaguar, and crocodiles.
Located in Buenos Aires, "Pinchicha" is home to 35 children who have been placed there for various reasons which include; parents have limited or no financial resources to care for the child, physical or sexual abuse of the child, death of parent, or child was found homeless on the street. The goal of this home is to reintegrate these children back in to their family unit. INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!
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Luz Mila grew up in a place that has no name. She grew up in a place of beauty, on the top of a mountain that looks out over the tropical rainforest of Honduras, out to the ocean and beyond. It’s a place that anyone who visits is overwhelmed by the remoteness and beauty of, not that there are many visitors. She grew up in a place where the closest neighbour is over an hour walk away, and the closest town, over three. There are no cars, no bikes, no transportation except for your own two legs. She used hers often, every day, walking for hours on end to attend the school that she knew was her ticket out of the poverty she was born into, but always returning home at the end of the day to her dirt floor, mud and stick walled house. Her home. Read The Full Article
A great opportunity for women of all walks of life. Midwives, doulas, nurses in training, medical students, doctors, mothers and nurturing women are needed! Help our friend Silvia in her effort to improve conditions for impoverished women giving birth in a community hospital in La Ceiba, Honduras. Work includes: providing pre and postnatal care, education and support to these women.