How to Stay Safe and Healthy While Studying Abroad

How to Stay Safe and Healthy While Studying Abroad

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Risk managers' common-sense tips for making your time abroad as safe as possible.
Playing It Straight

Playing It Straight

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Kaitlin Ellen Bardswich imagines a world where she doesn’t have to mask being queer while travelling abroad.
A Duty to Care: The ad-hoc humanitarian response in Lesvos, Greece

A Duty to Care: The ad-hoc humanitarian response in Lesvos, Greece

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Are ad-hoc volunteers helping or hindering refugee relief efforts in Greece?
Cruise Ship Work: The Secret to Not Going Overboard

Cruise Ship Work: The Secret to Not Going Overboard

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Working on a cruise ship means long hours, late nights and its own kind of party culture. Here's how to stay on the deck and out of the infirmary.
How to Volunteer at the Olympics—and Beyond

How to Volunteer at the Olympics—and Beyond

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Let the games begin.
Out For Blood: Preventing Tick Bites

Out For Blood: Preventing Tick Bites

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If your summer travel plans include playing or working outdoors, know how to recognize, avoid—and get rid of—these dangerous hitchhikers.
Elephant Treks: Dont Get Taken For a Ride

Elephant Treks: Don't Get Taken For a Ride

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    Elephant Treks: Don't Be Taken For a Ride

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    Elephants, freed from the cruelty of Thailand's logging industry, now face an equally grim prospect: Tourism.

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Elephants, freed from the cruelty of Thailand's logging industry, now face an equally grim prospect: Tourism.
Travel Like Youve Never Travelled Before

Travel Like You've Never Travelled Before

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    Healthcare Work in International Development

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    It takes a special skill set to work as a healthcare provider in an international development setting. Here's what you need to know.

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Three intrepid travellers share their best tips for losing the jitters and seizing the opportunities.
Healthcare Work in International Development

Healthcare Work in International Development

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    Healthcare Work in International Development

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    It takes a special skill set to work as a healthcare provider in an international development setting. Here's what you need to know.

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It takes a special skill set to work as a healthcare provider in an international development setting. Here's what you need to know.
A Duty to Care: The ad-hoc humanitarian response in Lesvos, Greece

A Duty to Care: The ad-hoc humanitarian response in Lesvos, Greece

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    A Duty to Care

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    Are ad-hoc volunteers helping or hindering refugee relief efforts in Greece?

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Are ad-hoc volunteers helping or hindering refugee relief efforts in Greece?
A World Apart

A World Apart

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    A World Apart

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    When you’re alone across the world, depression and mental health issues can be magnified. How to cope during a semester abroad. 

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When you’re alone and far from home, mental health issues can be magnified. How to cope during a semester abroad.
Different Times of the Month

Different Times of the Month

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    For young women in many other cultures, Aunt Flo's arrival brings fear and shame. These organizations are working to change that.

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For young women in many other cultures, Aunt Flo's arrival brings fear and shame. These organizations are working to change that.
Safe Passage

Safe Passage

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    Risk Managers' top tips for staying healthy, happy and safe while studying abroad.

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Risk Managers' top tips for staying healthy, happy and safe while studying abroad.
Cultural Crash Course in India

Cultural Crash Course in India

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    Volunteering at an ashram offers a peek into one part of India's rich culture.

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Volunteering at an ashram offers a peek into one part of India's rich culture.
Playing it Straight

Playing it Straight

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    Playing it Straight

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    Kaitlin Ellen Bardswich imagines a world where she doesn’t have to mask being queer while travelling abroad.

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Kaitlin Ellen Bardswich imagines a world where she doesn’t have to mask being queer while travelling abroad.
Con Voyage

Con Voyage

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    How to avoid scams, keep your cash—and still have fun.

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How to avoid scams, keep your cash—and still have fun.
Selective Vaccinations: Staying Healthy Off the Beaten Path

Selective Vaccinations: Staying Healthy Off the Beaten Path

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Which shots do you really need? It depends not only on where you're going, but also what you'll be doing there. Part two of a two-part series.
Why I Travel: Wildlife Conservation in South Africa

Why I Travel: Wildlife Conservation in South Africa

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Cathy Hue works crazy hours, lives in a little wooden shed and spends three out of four weeks in the bush. She wouldn't trade it for anything.
Vaccine Tips For Budget Travellers

Vaccine Tips For Budget Travellers

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Travel vaccines can cost a bundle. Asking these questions could save you some money. Part one of a two-part series.
Insider Tips from a TEFL Veteran

Insider Tips from a TEFL Veteran

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Think that teaching English is a quick ticket to long-term travels? While it is a great way to explore other countries, it’s not quite that easy.

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