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Empowering Women in Guyana

Details: Written by: Cuso International - Sponsor Content; Category: Why we travel

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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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A graduate gains real-world experience on an international development internship.

Pack Your Rain Boots for Peru

Details: Written by: Cuso International - Sponsor Content; Category: Why we travel

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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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An international development intern in Cusco gets a taste of local working culture—and guinea pig.

A Sweet Internship Posting in Cameroon

Details: Written by: Cuso International - Sponsor Content; Category: Why we travel

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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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For new local entrepreneurs, traditional beekeeping knowledge could be gold.

Travel Like You've Never Travelled Before

Details: Written by: Ingle International - Sponsor Content; Category: Why we travel

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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

Details: Written by: Jessica Lockhart; Category: Why we travel

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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.

Why I Travel: Wildlife Conservation in South Africa

Details: Written by: Chelsea Schuyler; Category: Why we travel

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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.

Verge Q & A: Working in International Development and Humanitarian Assistance

Details: Written by: Jessica Lockhart; Category: Volunteer Abroad

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Development professional and author, Maia Gedde on what it takes to break into the field.
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Development professional and author, Maia Gedde on what it takes to break into the field.

Top 8 Jobs for Digital Nomads

Details: Written by: Jessica Lockhart; Category: Work Abroad

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Taking your job online is quickly becoming one of the easiest ways to work abroad. These careers may be your ticket to becoming location independent.

Q & A with Ethan Knight, American Gap Association Executive Director

Details: Written by: Jeff Minthorn; Category: Travel intelligence

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Q & A with American Gap Association Executive Director, Ethan Knight
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The AGA's founder talks with Verge about setting standards for gap year program providers.
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The AGA's founder talks with Verge about setting standards for gap year program providers.

Humanitarian Aide: Doctors Without Borders Veteran, Richard Zereik

Details: Written by: James Stairs; Category: Work Abroad

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Born into war in Lebanon, Doctors Without Borders veteran Richard Zereik knows what it means to be a refugee.

Game Changers: National Geographic Emerging Explorer, Josh Thome is 4Real

Details: Written by: James Stairs; Category: Why we travel

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It's not about celebrity; it's about change.

Spanish Secrets of Flamenco Dancing

Details: Written by: Sam Mednick; Category: Study Abroad

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Anyone can learn to dance flamenco. It just depends on how easily you can put aside your pride.

Changing the Tune of Social Activism

Details: Written by: Andrea Gourgy; Category: Why we travel

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Vancouver’s Sol Guy is mixing music, celebrity and social activism to spark real change in the entertainment and non-profit worlds.

How Studying Abroad Can Help Save the World

Details: Written by: Jeff Minthorn; Category: Study Abroad

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An international education is fundamental to promoting a world that actually gets along.

Haiti: One Year Later - Special Section

Details: Written by: James Stairs; Category: Work Abroad

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Check out the feature article, photo gallery and video footage from the field.

Lighting up Lives in Costa Rica

Details: Written by: Erin Tandy; Category: Volunteer Abroad

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Canadian volunteers bring solar-powered study lamps to their fellow students deep in the jungles of Costa Rica.

Bearing Witness in Guatemala

Details: Written by: Andrea Gourgy; Category: Volunteer Abroad

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Métis lawyer Brenda Gunn works with Mayan survivors of Guatemala's massacres.

Taking the Show on the Road

Details: Written by: Andrea Gourgy; Category: Volunteer Abroad

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Three Quebec drama students help Peruvian youth find their own voices.

Global Heroes: Changing the World

Details: Written by: Verge Magazine; Category: PhotoPro

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Have you ever wondered what a hero looks like? Verge is proud to introduce our 2009 Global Heroes: 14 men and women who are doing their part to make a difference in the developing world.

Alexandre Trudeau Gets Down to Basics

Details: Written by: Tom Peacock; Category: Why we travel

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Why young people need to experience the world firsthand.