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After the Tsunami: Rebuilding Aceh

After the Tsunami: Rebuilding Aceh

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The 2004 tsunami that slammed South East Asia has all but disappeared from the headlines here, but in the year since a group of UBC students has been working quietly to help people in Aceh, Indonesia, rebuild their homes and lives.
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Take a Grown-Up Gap Year: Part 1

Take a Grown-Up Gap Year: Part 1

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A year of travelling with purpose is a great way to get out of a work rut. Expert Susan Griffith offers tips to help you prepare for taking time off from your everyday life.
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Africa SOMA - Meeting of the Minds

Africa SOMA - Meeting of the Minds

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An exchange programme gives kids from Nairobi's slums and Maasai children a chance to teach each other about the different ways of life within their own country.
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Picturing Progress in Zanzibar

Picturing Progress in Zanzibar

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A youth project on the island of Zanzibar has young women in the community taking pictures. But what they are taking away from the project is infinitely more valuable.
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Best Practices and Volunteer Organizations

Best Practices and Volunteer Organizations

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Faced with myriad choices, how do you find a credible volunteer abroad organization?
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Take a Grown-Up Gap Year: Part 2

Take a Grown-Up Gap Year: Part 2

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Is the world really your oyster? Expert Susan Griffith presents the second part of her article on grown-up gap years, with insight on the practical reality of volunteering abroad.
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How to Plan Your Gap Year

How to Plan Your Gap Year

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Each year, more and more young Canadians are choosing to augment their education by taking time out to travel—a trend that is being encouraged by educators and employers alike.
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Don't Let School Get in the Way of Your Education: The Value of a Gap Year

Don't Let School Get in the Way of Your Education: The Value of a Gap Year

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Taking a "gap year", or year off, is standard in much of the world. The idea of a year off is just starting to catch on in Canada, and there are thousands of ways to to get out and go...
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Volunteer Abroad: How to Choose a Volunteer Programme

Volunteer Abroad: How to Choose a Volunteer Programme

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When I think back on it, my first experience volunteering overseas kind of sucked. It's a long story, but the short version is that I showed up in Nepal thinking that I was going to save the world and found out that really I was on an adventure tour posing as a volunteer programme.
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