1. Dolphin
hunting in the Med - Jo Eede helped Earthwatch monitor dophins and
whales off the coast of Spain on a break that can last between three and 18
days
2. Volunteering
in mountainous Nepal - On a gap year between a science and a
medicine degree Julia Fordham, 23, volunteered at a clinic in Trisuli, a
small town just over 3 hours west of Kathmandu
3. Inside
South Africa's townships - Martin Wroe's family joined three other
families for a two-week break in Durban, organised by the childrens' charity
Umthombo. They went surfing, went on beach walks, did activities with street
kids and visited shantytowns
4. The
toughest holiday in the world? - During one January, Christopher
Hart lived and worked with an impoverished Lenca Indian family in the
highlands of western Honduras. He helped them build a house. It was the best
month of his life
5. Tuscany
for free on a working holiday - Peter Munro toured Tuscany, Sorrento
and Emilia-Romagna via Help Exchange, which offers food and board for five
hours’ work on a farm, five days a week
6. Post-yoga
volunteering in Sri Lanka - A yoga retreat in Turkey made
Catherine Leech want to do something more fulfilling. She volunteered for 18
months with the charity Sarvodaya, to develop a Community Tourism Initiative
in Sri Lanka. Another
Sri Lanka volunteer was Jon Nurse, who taught English at a remote
primary school in Polonnaruwa
7. How
we bonded on a volunteer's holiday - Rod Gilchrist joined a chain
gang rebuilding mountain paths in the wilds of Scotland. It wasn't easy but
he found kinship and invigoration
8. Voluntourism:
a guilt trip? - Vincent Crump spends three days at the Baan Dada
orphanage seven hours northwest of Bangkok, and finds he got more out of his
stay than the orphans; plus six more volunteer breaks around the world
9. Ask
our expert: volunteer holidays - Times Online gap travel
expert, Richard Oliver offers advice to a woman who's keen to do volunteer
work but isn't sure which company to opt for
10. A
life-changing gap experience - Jeremy Lazell finds ten volunteering
adventures from teaching in Tanzania to marine conservation in Thailand;
plus, Andrew Eames asks, are
volunteer tourists are heading for a disaster?
I have been volunteer at my Daughter school for the last 8month I have enjoyed every second working with children im hoping to go to africa and teacher,working with children is a insiper work.
Amina, monar park, U.K.
I'm about to go on an unusual activity holiday - a week's acting course on Paxos. I mention it because I've spent years being offered all sorts of sporty holiday pursuits and am so chuffed to find something right up my street in a warm but accessible part of the world. Bravo Spirit of Greece!
Shirley, Milton Keynes, Bucks