| You have been there, seen this, done that... What | | | | than two thousand saplings towards reforestation |
| next? You have plenty of both money and | | | | in Kenya, to clearing beaches in Sri Lanka, and |
| vacation time; Then, there are still some things | | | | fencing to protect wildlife in Australia and working |
| that you can do, which would make for an | | | | towards preserving the Croatian Griffon vultures. |
| interesting vacation while at the same time enable | | | | There are also other projects like the one |
| you to give something back to society. Whether | | | | undertaken by a voluntary group for the past one |
| a medical professional or a person with building | | | | year to rehabilitate sick penguins in order to |
| skills, there are plenty of avenues where your skill | | | | re-introduce them to the wild, in South America, |
| and expertise can be utilized to help community. | | | | or in Costa Rica where turtle hatchlings are let |
| There are also programs which need you to work | | | | out. |
| by the side of the members of the local | | | | Holiday work by way of teaching English to those |
| community. | | | | for whom it is not a local language is another |
| All over the world there are a lot of openings in | | | | option. Organizations are there which offer training |
| orphanages, homes for the aged, in schools and | | | | in sports and basic education to children in |
| to work with the disabled, for you to take up | | | | countries which are under developed. There are |
| what suits your interests while volunteering your | | | | also rehabilitation centers for children who are |
| services. Such useful jobs will be an inspiration in | | | | drug addicts. |
| themselves while also instilling gratitude in you for | | | | Having a good time, while also helping others is a |
| what you have got in life. | | | | great way to spend one's vacation. This is a |
| Natural disasters like the tsunami have wreaked a | | | | definite way to spread goodwill and show the |
| lot of damage and no amount of help both | | | | world that Americans do care. |
| physical and financial seems enough. There are still | | | | Opting for this sort of a vacation could often take |
| large expanses of beaches which need to be | | | | you to a place which you may have never had a |
| cleared, and many of the displaced people still | | | | chance of visiting otherwise. You would have a |
| need to be habilitated. People with building skills can | | | | great time, and go back with the satisfaction that |
| be of much help in such situations. | | | | you have helped to make things better for the |
| For those of you who would rather work in | | | | people of that community, and done your bit to |
| projects which involve ecology, there are many | | | | spread peace and harmony. |
| opportunities too. These range from planting more | | | | |