Volunteering Archives - Page 11 of 29 - My Family Travels
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What the Kids Taught Me

I have recently returned from an amazing journey to Peru. This trip was through my high school and was centered on volunteer work and cultural experience. The first week we spent in the city of Chaclacayo...

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The Soul of Volunteering

In seventeen years I haven’t been very far from my small hometown in Eastern Pennsylvania. Even now, the farthest I’ve ever been from home is Orlando Florida. However, even trips close to home have...

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The Power of Seven Days

When I was 17 years old, I almost died while on a plane returning home from Central America.We were flying directly over the Bermuda Triangle (of course, right?) when the plane started experiencing...

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My Experience at Our School in Tanzania

Community service has always played an important role in my life. From an early age, I have been dedicated to helping those in need. I volunteered at a preschool, a warehouse where food was being packaged...

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La Kay Mwen – My Home

             My home is in Dessalines, Haiti. My family moved to Haiti as missionaries in August 2012. Dessalines is a beautiful...

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From a Concrete Jungle to My Dusty Tanzanian Home

As I stepped from the plane that had just carried me across two continents, three countries, and more time zones than my body could recognize, all I could think was, "My life will never be the...

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To Teach and Be Taught – A 30-Day Immersion Into Sichuanese Culture

When we first arrived in the village, our group set individual goals that we hoped to achieve over the span of the trip. I, being my modest self, vowed that I would both find a cure for allergies (since...

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A Place Never Forgotten

Towering, white historical doors awaited us on the other side of the glass windows of the bus. Peace met us at the doors along with our tour guide. Two steps and there I was...

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Le Reve Francais!

The opportunity to attend school and live in the French Alps for a year was too good to pass up. By the time packing was finished and farewells...

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