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Nursing Students in Belize
Nursing students from the University of Windsor shares their experiences volunteering with ProWorld's "Hands-on Healthcare" program in Belize. Full Story
Today I'd go...volunteer in Peru
St. Louis Post-Dispatch's travel columnist, Amy, features one of ProWorld's volunteer trips to Peru in her "Today I'd go..." column. Full Story
The Best in Destinations
ProWorld is listed as one of the favorite volunteer vacation organizations by The Wall Street Journal readers. Full Story
Volunteering on Vacation
Here on Earth host, Jean Feraca, speaks with Richard Webb, founder of ProWorld, and Mary Pat Ryan, a former ProWorld volunteer, on the benefits of taking a volunteer vacation. Full Story
Spotlight on Service Learning
“Service learning allows participants to understand their role in service and to realize it is not only an act of charity, but that they too gain a reciprocal benefit, gaining valuable experience and problem solving skills while also providing a greater impact to those they serve,” adds Adam Saks of ProWorld. Full Story
GoAbroad Interviews Richard Webb, Founder of ProWorld
GoAbroad features an interview with Richard Webb. Richard is the Founder and President of ProWorld, which started more than a decade ago in South America. Full Story
Public Health Jobs or Bust
"I've always wanted to help out the community, but I wasn't sure what to do," said Vagal, a 2007 graduate of Alisal High. "I just want to prove that one person can make a difference, even if it's making a water system or creating a sense of stability in their healthcare system." Full Story
'Clean Stoves' Would Save Lives, Cut Pollution
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Julia Roberts, Global Ambassador for the Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, stress the importance of cleaner-burning cookstoves in developing countries. As we celebrate Mother's Day, consider the impact a cleaner-burning stove has on the life of a mother and her family. Full Story
Finding Meaning Through Voluntourism
“I had a fabulous time,” said Mary Pat Ryan, a ProWorld volunteer who spent her vacation in Peru creating water filters. “The people there were so nice to me... I would go back in a minute.” Full Story
The Gift of Giving...Your Time
When we travel, we become a sort of ‘ambassador’ for our home country. What better way to represent our country than to volunteer as well? Adam Saks, ProWorld's Director of Custom Programs, gives five tips on choosing the right destintation and organization for a volunteer vacation. Full Story
The ‘Green’ Economy: How green are my jobs?
The concept of the "green economy" is still being defined, and with it, "green careers". This informative article showcases how the green economy is diverse and growing, and careers and internships - in particular thorugh ProWorld - are markers of how "green" you can really be in the workplace. Full Story
Travel That Gives Back: This Earth Day, Plan a Voluntourism Vacation
Voluntourism is a way to immerse yourself in local cultures and make a difference by blending a vacation with service work on a local project. This Gaiam Life blog celebrates Earth Day by highlighting sustainable voluntourism projects around the world. Full Story
Creating Healthy Communities
Nursing students from the University of Missouri's Sinclair School of Nursing are completing public health nursing projects that have an impact far beyond the bedside - including one group that traveled to Ghana with ProWorld. Full Story
Poverty-fighting volunteer opportunities in Africa and beyond
Instead of spending your summer interning at a high rise in the big city, why not consider going abroad? ProWorld offers a global health internship program in Ghana. Interns for this program take part in rural outreach programs and collaborate with medical providers to develop and implement health education strategies at the grassroots level. Full Story
Eco News Network, November 4, 2010
This winter, travelers with a taste for adventure (and elephants!) can journey to Thailand to work with local communities to protect the environment. ProWorld Thailand offers one and two week voluntourism packages in Chiang Mai, an ancient city founded in 1296, which involves conservation and reforestation work done in partnership with the Thai Elephant Home. Full Story
What to Look for When Volunteering Abroad
ProWorld Founder Richard A. Webb shares advice for college students interested in volunteering abroad. Full Story
100 Creatives: Abbey Messmer
Local Phoenix artist Abbey Messmer went to Ghana for two weeks on a ProWorld volunteer trip, where she worked with a local NGO to educate rural communities on health and sanitation issues. Mesmer says, “I would recommend voluntourism for anyone looking for an amazing cultural experience and big karmic brownie points." Full Story
Reaching Out to Touch the World
From the classroom… to the rainforest of Belize, 13 Duluth nursing students recently embarked on a journey with ProWorld that would end up changing many lives, including their own. Full Story
Not Your Ordinary Summer: Taking A Family Adventure Vacation
Richard Webb, co-founder of ProWorld, a company that organizes volunteer excursions to Peru, says kids as young as 6 are perfectly capable of not only traveling to off-the-grid locations, but also of taking away powerful memories and lessons from the experience. Full Story
Best Adventure Companies on Earth
National Geographic Adventure Magazine awards ProWorld Best Adventure Travel Company based on its superior scores in education, sustainability, service, spirit, and customer satisfaction. Full Story
Save Money by Volunteering on Vacation
ProWorld is listed as a top volunteer organization, for people interested in combining volunteer work with an overseas vacation. Full Story
Cooking up Clean Air with Clean Burning Stoves
ProWorld has spent the last five years working to develop an ideal clean burning stove for installation throughout the mountains of Peru. Working in partnership with the Peruvian government and the Pan-American Health Organization, ProWorld is striving for the ambitious goal of eventually installing one million stoves throughout Latin America. Full Story
