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Adventures Great and Small
Adventure travel jobs, working abroad, and volunteer opportunities.
www.great-adventures.com/know/plan/work.html

Global Service Corps
A volunteer organization that offers cultural immersion service-learning programs in Thailand and Tanzania, as well as two-week to six-month programs and international internships in health, environment, and education.
www.globalservicecorps.org

A Planet-Friendly Summer
A summer calendar and directory of eco-friendly festivals, travel, and jobs.
www.planetfriendly.net/summeroriginal.html

Summer Activist Training
Summer camps and workshops that teach political, social, and environmental activists how to be effective leaders and organizers.
www.uwosh.edu/environ_studies/Jobs%20intern%20volunteer/esworkshopsactivism.html

Volunteer Abroad
A searchable database of volunteer opportunities around the world, as well as adventure travel, international internships, language schools, studying abroad, and working abroad. There's even a section for opportunities open to high-schoolers.
www.volunteerabroad.com/search.cfm

Willing Workers on Organic Farms
WWOOF connects international volunteers aged 16 and up with New Zealand organic farmers. Volunteers live with the farm family for anything from five days to a few weeks and learn organic farming. (See below for an article on WWOOFing.)
www.wwoof.co.nz


About Activist and Volunteer Jobs

Ten Great Volunteer Ideas for Teens
Places to find volunteer jobs for teens who need to stay close to home for the summer.
www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,69-1365,00.html

Freedom Summer volunteer recounts tense times
Jane Adams recalls her days as a Freedom Summer volunteer in the Deep South during the Civil Rights Movement.
www.siu.edu/~anthro/adams/pages/news_service_fs.html

WWOOFing in New Zealand
"Happily sweating in the sunshine with like-minded people." A U.S. volunteer recounts her experiences as a volunteer on organic farms in new Zealand.
www.backdoorjobs.com/wwoof.html

Updated 4/24/05

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