people & places: responsible & ethical volunteering, tourism and travel



	our commitment to volunteers you will work with, not instead of, local people your skills will be matched to their needs you will know where and how your money is used your work will be part of a sustainable programme our commitment to the community we will ensure that volunteer placements are beneficial, not exploitative our priority is to match community needs with volunteer skills we will ensure that local people will not subsidise volunteers our relationship is long-term and sustainable our commitment to volunteers and communities rewarding, challenging and safe experiences for volunteers and local people alike, where at least 80% of volunteers' funds are spent in the host country	Education Development in rural Nepal (ED) Nepal education development This project works with 6 schools in rural Nepal - 10 kilometres from Pokhara.The goal is to improve... Primary Education Development in India(ED) India education development This project offers volunteers a genuinely rich heritage experience, while they work to support esse... Latest News 2009 Winter Newsletter The latest newsletter is full of stories about volunteers and the communities they work with and new... people and places wins prestigious award We are thrilled to announce that we have won the 2009 Virgin Holidays Responsible Tourim Award for ... Read our Autumn 09 newsletter Our September news letter is full of volunteer stories, news about our travel philanthropy initiativ...