Volunteer Vacations with author Joyce Major

Just back from a volunteer vacation at a hospital in Uganda, Joyce Major is returning to Village Books to share her latest trip news and stories in a talk and slide show. Major will be discussing how she has found global travel as a volunteer to be the best way to see the world, to learn about another culture and to strengthen one’s heart. Volunteer travel expert and author of the award-winning book Smiling at the World, Major shares highlights of her recent trip to Uganda, where she volunteered… Show more with a team of cardiologists and ICU nurses doing open heart surgeries. Though not a medical professional, learn how Joyce contributed to this organization in the hospital. She also took part in an ecotourism adventure, hiking to see the mountain gorillas. Joyce will talk about how to find affordable volunteer opportunities all over the world. To help other volunteers in their search, Major has created an 80+ page CD, 1000 Inexpensive International Volunteer Vacations, containing an amazing collection of hundreds of websites that cover all types of voluntourism, focusing on inexpensive grassroots projects. The guide covers a wide range of projects: volunteering with wildlife, teaching English, working on conservation or archeology projects, building houses, and many more. In addition to the hundreds of volunteer opportunities around the world (listed both by country and by type of experience), the guide includes tips and resources for several other topics, including insurance, hostels and free places to stay, packing, voluntourism for seniors, and grants and fundraising. Come learn how to follow your dreams, travel the world, and learn about other cultures as a volunteer.
Joyce Major, a volunteer travel expert, is the author of Smiling at the World: a Woman’s Passionate Yearlong Quest for Adventure and Love. The book received a Best Books Award in Travel from USA Book News and a Pinnacle Book Achievement Award. Major also created 1000 Inexpensive International Volunteer Vacations, a CD containing an amazing collection of hundreds of websites that cover all types of voluntourism focusing on inexpensive grassroots projects.

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