Our Round-The-World Trip
Below are brief overviews of the volunteer and cultural exchange projects we participated in during our year-long journey. Remember to visit our Travelogue to read our stories.
Assisting Liberian Refugees in Ghana
We had the opportunity to work with children and adults, teaching English, math, science and computers. Most of the children didn't go to a formal school, as school fees are outrageously high and most adults cannot afford them, so the we may be teaching classes to them during the day, and in the late afternoon or early evening, we will be tutoring and or helping with the homework assignments for the children who can afford to go to school.
Read our travelogue entries about our time in Ghana.
Designers Without Borders in Uganda
Designers Without Borders (DWB) is the world's first non-profit 501(c)(3) organization expressly dedicated to disseminating design through development. A voluntary consortium of designers and design educators, DWB is dedicated to helping under-resourced institutions of the developing world meet their communication design needs. Through DWB we taught at the Mwereerwe Secondary School in Bombo, Uganda and worked on organic farming projects.
Interested in learning more? Read our travelogue writings.
Rural Development in India
The Bhagavatula Charitable Trust (BCT) creates opportunities at the doorsteps of rural villagers in India. BCT focuses on continuous self-improvement in the quality of their lives by generating their leadership to solve their problems and helping them utilize their resources effectively.
BCT strives to create model villages in such a way that all able-bodied persons are
gainfully employed and substantive improvements in the state of
literacy, health and economic sustenance take place.
Read about our experience at BCT.
Teaching English in China
We taught English at Jianwen University in the Shandong Province of China for two months.
Education is regarded as being extremely important in China so children are sent from local villages into cities to be schooled.
Visit our travelogue for stories from our time in China.
Servas International
Servas International is a non-governmental, interracial peace association run in over 100 countries by volunteers. Founded in 1949 as a peace movement, Servas International is a non-profit organisation working to build understanding, tolerance and peace.
Servas operates through a network of hosts around the world who are interested in opening their doors to travellers, and, "on the other side of the coin", many open-minded travellers who want to get to know the heart of the countries they visit.
Read about our Servas experiences.
