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Wekelijkse notities in de kantlijn van waar de wereld over praat. En waarover ik vind dat de wereld moet praten.

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Travellers can be more than consumers alone.
Can you change the world by traveling? Sure, there are eccentrics who hop around the world on one leg and allow us to sponsor them, or rich philantrophes who organize a soup kitchen on the deck of their yacht. But the normal tax payer? Apart from self-evident things like ecologically and socially responsible travel we ...
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Welcome everybody, my name is Kamiel Verwer and I come from Holland. That's V-e-r-w-e-r. I am sure you are all on social media? Would you like to add me as your friend on...? I won't mention any companies, don't worry. But as it happens I found a guy with the same last name "verwer" living ...
Organizations
Apart from the supported projects, Charity Travel currently affiliates with the following organizations and initiatives: betterplace.org good platform connecting charitable initiatives and benefactorsglobalvolunteernetwork.org Wellington-based lean volunteer network that deliversjoiningthedots.org Great initiative by Penny Elsley wrightcharitytravel.com Vacations that help Non-Profitsvoluntourism.org Offers for Volunteering Touristsidonatetocharity.org Online Charity Auctionscharitywater.org Building wells crystal clearidealist.org An online initiative for us idealists alittleadrift.com Volunteering opportunities worldwidevoltra.org Hong Kong based voluntourism organization ...
travelblogs
Take your time to read these carefully selected travelogues of our friends and affiliates : twobackpackers.com Two Backpackers Travelogue one-man charity bikeride from London to Cape Town beautiful blog by an engaged traveling coupleeverything-everywhere.com Gary Arndt on a truly great adventurefollowtheroad.com awesome couple living on the roadjoiningthedots.org Penny Elsley on an amazing mission to connect perhaps the most ambitious bikerideglobetour.org Jan Bover's Globetour by bike How ...
Project HOPE
Project Hope, Ubud, BaliBali, Indonesia. July 2nd - 15th, 2010.
Project Hope provides basic healthcare and educational activities for marginalized children in Ubud, Bali. We work with project Hope from July 2nd until July 15th, 2010. Our activities include
painting of the centersupporting empoverished families personal hygiene workshop
NameProject HOPE, Ubud, Bali.AimTo support ...
Myanmar Child Refugees School
Myanmar Child Refugees SchoolKuala Lumpur, Malaysia. July 1st, 2010
Every year, a number of political refugees from Myanmar make it across the border with Thailand and further into Malaysia. Their children are semi legalized but aren't entitled to basic services. A private initiative offers them education and safety from traffickers.



Occasionally, ...
Forest Voices
Forest Voices, SarawakKuala Lumpur, Malaysia. June 30th, 2010
Forest Voices documents the knowledge of the indigenous people of Sarawak, who have always lived with the forest and use it to empower them and reverse the trend of logging before it is too late.

We support with a small donation, our old camera, and some ...
Freeland Foundation
Bangkok, Thailand. June 22nd, 2010We spend Earth Day planting mangroves at the Khlong Pittayalongkorn School. With a small team of volunteers we give 350 saplings their place in the muddy waters south of Bangkok. The mangrove coast is home to a unique ecosystem that would perish if the trees disappeared.


Name:Freeland Foundation, Bangkok, ...
KNGO
KNGO CambodiaBatambang, Cambodia. June 17th - 20th, 2010
KNGO provides vocational training (computer skills and English) to underprivileged children in Battambang, Cambodia.

We work with KNGO in June 2010. Our activities include
decorating the centerdonating stationary and libary books

NameKhmer New Generation Organization, Battambang, CambodiaAimTo support poor children getting a better chance in ...