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When you volunteer as part of your vacation, your trip takes on a whole new meaning. Voluntourism is a unique opportunity to contribute to the place you’re visiting while learning about and creating an individual connection with its inhabitants and environment – that’s why we call voluntourists "Change Ambassadors." This page is a chance for all Change Ambassadors to write about your experience and tell fellow travelers about the kind of impact voluntourism can have and what you learned along the way. Thank you for taking the time to share your story!
Our trip to Peru was one was the most amazing experiences of my life and I feel like in the space of one week, I learned so much. I went to change one small corner of the world, and it changed me instead. I applied for a $5,000 grant through Travelocity’s Travel for Good program to take a volunteer vacation with a small group. Miraculously, we won and spent a week in Cusco, Peru working in an a...
Alison P.
We have all done it. Built something up in your mind to the point that there is no way it can possibly meet your expectations. Rarely do we find that our lofty expectations are met, or even more so, that our expectations are exceeded, but that was exactly the case my wife Olga and I enjoyed with our Travelocity Travel for Good experience. We opted to travel to a very remote jungle village in Cos...
David J. (Leesburg, Virginia, United States)
As Travelocity Change Ambassadors, my husband and I spent two weeks at the Albergue Hatun Soncco Wasi, or "Big Heart Hostel" in Quechua, the native language. Children from the rural countryside live at the albergue during the week while attending school and receiving a formal education in Cusco that is otherwise not possible in their small villages. As part of a larger group of six Globe Aware vol...
Colleen R. (Oakland, California, United States)
My wife and I want to find volunteer efforts that my 6 yr old daughter can participate in to expand her compassion and knowledge of the people and world outside the US. The opportunity Travel for Good and Globe Aware provided us to volunteer in a small remote village in Costa Rica was so rewarding for all of my family. It was over the July 4th holiday and only the 3 of us volunteered for the we...
Chris Y. (Ashburn, Virginia, United States)
I am back home now after my amazing month volunteering in Cusco. Since the last time I wrote, more volunteers have arrived at the albergue Hatun Soncco Wasi. It was amazing how ready they were to help and do whatever was asked of them. The volunteer projects consisted of building more fences around the rest of the gardens. Also, we assisted with the children’s sewing classes and their English clas...
Michelle G. (Arizona, United States)