Making a Difference

Are you a student group who is interested in running a fundraiser or a project regarding global issues?

We can provide you with a package that includes the different projects by reputable organizations who have indicated an interest in working with students, particularly in supporting your fundraiser or project by sending speakers or multimedia packages if you require them.

Contact us with your school information, group description and describe any particular areas of interest.

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Travelling

Are you looking to travel and see the world before you start university? or perhaps you want to do something exciting for summer? Check out the following organizations and the services they can provide to you:

Operation Groundswell is a volunteer-travel experience unlike any other. Our mission is to engage North American youth by providing  off-the-beaten-path travel opportunities to the developing world. Participants learn first-hand by becoming immersed in local communities and cultures through group and personal projects. Our programs expose participants to the harsh realities of everyday life in the developing world. In showing the ground-level perspective, we  ultimately hope to foster cross-cultural dialogue and engagement between the participants and our partnered communities. Most of all, our trips expose the root causes and real challenges behind foreign aid, development, travel and volunteering. www.operationgroundswell.com

Katmavik is Canada's leading national youth service learning program. Katimavik offers young Canadian men and women aged 17 to 21 an opportunity to acquire valuable personal and professional skills through an alternative educational program. The program is based on the concept of service learning - learning through volunteer work on community projects to which participants make a significant contribution. For nine months, participants live in mixed groups of 11 francophones and anglophones originating from all regions of Canada. katimavik.org

Canada World Youth: If you're between the ages of 17 and 29, Canada World Youth offers you the opportunity to become an active player in community development in Canada and overseas. Canada World Youth offers internships and educational programs in a wide variety of disciplines where you can learn through experience. Most people who participate declare their experience as a life changing one! www.cwy-jcm.org/en

Serve Canada: Find out about opportunities for youth to develop leadership and teamwork skills and achieve personal growth through community involvement, education and training. www.servecanada.org/

WWOOF is a world wide network - It started in the UK in 1971 and has since become an international movement that is helping people share more sustainable ways of living. WWOOF is an exchange - In return for volunteer help, WWOOF hosts offer food, accommodation and opportunities to learn about organic lifestyles.WWOOF organisations link people who want to volunteer on organic farms or smallholdings with people who are looking for volunteer help. http://www.wwoof.org/

 

the7interchange lists free and low-cost volunteer opportunities.

SE7EN encourages social and environmental volunteering at host projects all over the world.

    * 'SE7EN hosts' provide free and low-cost volunteer opportunities at schools, orphanages, wildlife reserves, natural parks, sustainable living initiatives etc - projects with a social or environmental goal who could use some help.

    * 'SE7EN volunteers' want to make a positive contribution through social and environmental volunteering, in their own communities or around the world.

SE7EN hosts and volunteers can contact each other directly through the7interchange - http://www.the7interchange.com/