this page is mostly just a collection of stuff i am working on right now but if u want to look around, feel free!

http://www.road2argentina.com/

http://www.ranquilco.com/ Estancia 17.50 US per day?

LIFE see life page

GIC Argentina

http://www.gicarg.org

TEFL programs

Teaching English as a Foreign Language TEFL

http://www.tesolonline.com

http://www.englishfirst.com/trt/subsidised_training.html

http://www.spaintesol.com/

http://www.bridgelinguatec.com/

Volunteer Adventures and Bridgelinguatec are at the same address in Denver

Volunteer Adventures - 915 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80246

Volunteer Adventures - 915 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO, 80246
Phone: 1-888-825-3454 or 303-785-8887 Fax: 303-777-7246 UK Toll Free: 0800-028-8051

Bridge-Linguatec Inc - 915 South Colorado Blvd. - Denver, Colorado - 80246 U.S.A.
Phone: 303-777-7783 | Fax: 303-777-7246

Annoying Ads

I would like to see the Internet be used more for the free exchange of ideas and information in order to improve humanity, rather than used to make money. Here are examples of web pages with lots of annoying flashing ads.

http://www.teflcertificationabroad.com/listings.cfm

Review of the Volunteer Adventure Buenos Aires Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk7k9DAd3RY&eurl=

You can see the corporate looking office they have

They show pictures of Iquazu Falls, but they don't say it is 18 hours from Buenos Aires by bus. And later they show pictures of the 7 color mountains, but don't say it is more than 20 hours away.

They show a picture of the Casa Rosa, which is the government headquarters, like the White House in the USA, but what does that have to do with volunteering? They also show some people tango dancing in the street.

Tango Lessons - My opinion

Taking tango lessons has nothing to do with helping people. Tango is a distraction in Argentina. There are serious problems here and dancing the tango isn't going to solve them. Kids are being hit here regulary. Instead of teaching them to dance, I suggest we teach them that no child ever deserves to be hit and that hitting is abuse. Many children here start to believe they deserved to be hit because they were "bad". And the other day I talked to someone who said she thanks her mother for hitting her.

Train Tour In India

http://www.i-to-i.com/placements/760/ 845 Pounds

Volunteer Tourism

i-to-i

16 to 19's Travel

We’ve put together a range of travel experiences for the younger traveller which are designed to fit in with the demands of high school and college. They are the perfect way to make the most of your free time in the summer and gain important skills and experiences for the future.

- The above is jist marketing talk.  from http://www.i-to-i.com/projects/students/

We know how difficult it can be to find overseas volunteering programs that will accept teenagers so we’ve designed a whole range specifically for 16-19 year olds! These 2-week placements are a great way to make new friends as you work together to make a real difference to worthwhile projects across the globe. 

from http://www.i-to-i.com/projects/students/youth-travel.html

Interesting article criticizing volunteer programs

http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/news-views/viewpoints/doc/volunteer-tourism-the.html

Ethical Volunteering Website

http://www.ethicalvolunteering.org/

Two weeks Volunteering in Ecuador for 16-19 year olds

http://www.i-to-i.com/placements/604/ 995 Pounds

Your daytime will be divided between learning the local language and helping Quitos youngsters through sports coaching. In the evenings youll get a taste of traditional Ecuadorian culture with activities such as merengue dance lessons, whilst weekends offer the opportunity to explore further afield.

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The kids in Ecuador don't need help with sports. They need other things a lot more.

This is just a money making scheme by the orgainzers. They can't really care about making a difference in the world.

Things to do on website

check out more of these

http://www.goabroad.com

http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/

add all the tefl sites from this page

http://www.teflcertificationabroad.com/search.cfm

Making a difference 02 March 2007, 14:30
by Mike Morris

Volunteers extracting a boat in Thailand. (Mike Morris, 2007)I have volunteered in several different facets in several different cultures, and therefore have experienced many of the best and worst aspects of such endeavors.

I have experienced the indescribable heartbreak of losing a child (not my own) for whom I tried my utmost to save; the extreme frustration of being told that I can not help if I’m not with an “official organization”; the dodginess of being in a very unstable, even volitile and hostile, environment due to political unrest. Being told of having a bounty on my head because I was a westerner in an Islamic country during the “cartoon” riots; being forcibly put under house arrest under the watchful eye of a soldier with an AK-47; arguing and pleading with the UN for food, supplies and medicine for survivors of an earthquake and being told to come back after the weekend since it was a Friday.

At the same time, I have felt the highs of finishing a project that you know will help someone who otherwise would not have been helped. Seeing the smile on the face of a fisherman, who, having lost everything due to natural disaster, has been given his livelihood back in the form of a new fishing boat. Raising enough money (a relative pittance in western measures) to be able to build a school for very needy children in the mountains devastated by earthquakes. Helping hand out rations of food to refugees in tent camps and seeing little boys and girls carry their weight in food back to their families.

The people I met through my efforts was perhaps the most uplifting aspect of all. How people from around the world came to help those who needed it the most, often at great sacrifice to themselves. Volunteers who gave up jobs, money, possessions, even relationships just so they could stay longer and help as much as they could. Living in tents with survivors who have lost everything and everyone, yet still offer you the only piece of chicken as you are their guest. As a good friend put it: “We were all part of something that was bigger than any single one of us.” I will be friends with many of the people I volunteered along side with for the rest of my life, as the bond you forge with people in such circumstances can not be broken. I couldn’t be more proud to have them as my friends.

In all, I can’t imagine ever being the person I was before I volunteered. Having your eyes opened to the inequalities of the world may be a blessing and a curse at the same time, but I wouldn’t go back to the ignorance I fostered for anything in the world.

All I really want to say is that it is absolutely within our power to help others who are less fortunate in life. Those, who by shear misfortune, were born into a life of poverty, disaster, AIDS, and political instability. That by offering a small amount of time and effort, we can positively effect others exponentially. And I promise you, we will be much, much richer for having done so.

Please, volunteer.

Note: One of the most rewarding things you may do in your life is to volunteer. However, there is a lack of information on how to volunteer, especially abroad in disaster zones. Check out our pages on Volunteering, as well as the Pakistan Earthquake and the Indian Ocean Tsunami. You can find out how to help, or let us know your experiences.

http://www.worldvolunteerweb.org/join-the-network/blogs/volunteer-blog/doc/-f59fb64560.html

Companies paying for Google Ads

http://www.ecuadorvolunteers.org/ - google ad

http://www.myproworld.org

http://www.benefactours.com/

Programs for age 15 and up

http://www.wheretherebedragons.com - found because they had a google ad

http://www.transitionsabroad.com/help/contact.shtml