International Volunteer Programs Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/international-volunteer-programs Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:16:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 VOLUNTOURISM Volunteer Vacations in USA http://toursmaps.com/voluntourism-volunteer-vacations-in-usa.html http://toursmaps.com/voluntourism-volunteer-vacations-in-usa.html#respond Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:51:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=262777 Volunteer vacationing has become a style of travel so popular it now has a nickname, voluntourism. According to the GlobeAware (www.globeaware.org), 55 million adults have volunteered during a trip. According to David Clemmons, director of Volunteerism.org, several organizations offer 20 trips or more a year with participation numbering in the hundreds. Because voluntourists are donating their time to a charitable cause, their entire vacation is generally tax deductible. Volunteer projects range from spending an afternoon serving in the kitchen of a homeless shelter or planting trees to overseas programs that may last several weeks. “There is a cynicism around international

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