Volunteers Step Forward to Ease Ebola Doctor Shortage

Part of the reason that ebola has been spreading so quickly out of control is due to the fact that doctors and those best equipped to lead the charge have been, understandably, afraid of getting sick and dying. After this period of horror, the sense of fear seems to...

Volunteering Leads to Better Health?

A recently released study from the Rotman Research Institute has shown that the effects of volunteering go beyond just feeling better and happier about yourself, they affect your health as well! This is the first study of its kind and it shows a correlation between...

The Peace Corps Has Halted It’s Kenya Efforts

Since 2012 Kenya (along with a host of other countries) has been fighting a Muslim terrorist group called Al Shabaab. While the government has, for the most part, been somewhat successful in its attempts, Al Shabaab still maintains an iron grip on a large rural area...

The Dangerous Trip for Ukraine’s Children

When people think of volunteering they think of working at a soup kitchen or cleaning up trash from local parks are roads. However there are a group of people in the middle of the Ukrainian crisis that are risking their lives by volunteering to drive children and...

The Importance of Museum Interpreters

History is both a beautiful and incredibly important subject. It’s beautiful because people back then felt the same things and thought the same way that people do now and it’s beautiful to see that sort of connection, even if the technology has drastically...