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People and Places - matching your skills to community needs
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

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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

Truly accountable, ethical, responsible, sustainable volunteer travel

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...

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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...

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"People & Places work closely with each Project Management Team to ensure that your volunteer placement is as rewarding as possible, both for you, and the projects on which you work."

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