John Dwyer 
Mark Horoszowski and his co-founder, while traveling and volunteering internationally, found a need for an organization that matched volunteer skills with international groups that needed those skills. And so Moving Worlds was born. I recently spoke with Mark about Moving Worlds and its unique mission in the world of international volunteering. John: How does MovingWorlds …
One of the great personal returns of international volunteering is the friends one makes. Late last week I returned from Ukraine where I was an observer to the local elections. It was an interesting and satisfying mission. A lot of new friends were made (see photo of our team in Poltava) and many old acquaintances …
Elizabeth Andrews is an anthropologist by education and profession. She worked as an anthropologist for many years for the State of Alaska. In 2002 Elizabeth was inspired to volunteer internationally with Habitat for Humanity. She is now a Team Leader and will be leading teams to Kyrgyzstan and Guatemala later this year. Elizabeth discusses …
Gregory Hubbs, Editor-in-Chief of Transitions Abroad and I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet. Hessler-Radelet has made some major and positive changes to Peace Corps during her tenure. Among other changes, she has shortened the time it takes to process applications and put an emphasis on recruiting volunteers over the …
I recently interviewed, Nicholas Kristof, New York Times Op-Ed columnist via email. The interview appeared in Transitions Abroad. Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn, have written an excellent book, A Path Appears, about, as the sub-title says, “Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity”. The book discusses how important small donations of time and money are to successful individual and …
Did you know that you can volunteer internationally online? You can. Consequently, it is the perfect way to begin your international volunteering career. Also, when you are in a position where travel is out of the question it is also a great way to contribute internationally. The United Nations Volunteer (UNV) programme has an Online …
Mike Rosenkrantz has spent the past few years working and volunteering in Nepal. He wrote Living in a Village in Nepal for this website and it has been very popular. Mike continues to live in Nepal and he kindly agreed to the following email interview with me. I know you find it interesting and …
To be able to cut one’s living expenses in half seems like the impossible dream. How would you like to go from paying $1300 per month to share a small, cramped two-bedroom apartment with two others in a major city in the developed world to a spacious 2 bedroom apartment in an Asian capital city, …
“NGOabroad is well suited to people over 50. Why? Because NGOabroad places so much emphasis on utilizing the work or life experience that the volunteer brings,” Ann McLaughlin explained to me in a recent interview. McLaughlin, founder and principal of NGOabroad, has been involved in providing international volunteer opportunities and international career counseling since …
I have a non-technical mind and am always impressed to see the results of human ingenuity at work. The ability of humans to both define a need and to create a gadget or machine that satisfies that need is exciting to witness. On my recent trip to Central America I came across an organization that …
