One week volunteer vacations
Globe Aware focuses on short term, one week volunteer vacations. These are specially formatted for working people with limited vacation time who want to volunteer abroad.
Tax-deductible vacations
Globe Aware is an American and Canadian-registered non-profit charitable organization. All volunteer vacation program costs, including the cost of airfare, are tax-deductible. Globe Aware is a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt charity and tax receipts are provided to all volunteer vacation participants.
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What is a Volunteer Vacation and Service Vacation?
Globe Aware trips are professionally planned and lead. You do not need special skills or the ability to speak a foreign language. Globe Aware employees lay the ground work prior to your arrival; accompany you during your volunteer vacation, and assist with transfers and departures.
- Globe Aware's volunteer vacations are appropriate for solo travelers, multigenerational family travel, corporate or custom groups.
- Immerse yourself in a new culture.
- Meet new people in remarkable, interesting countries.
- Experience a life-changing adventure. Help communities by working on meaningful projects. Click here for dates and costs.
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"Globe Aware has been a leader in . . . shorter volunteer vacations" - USA Today
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Volunteer Vacations and Service Vacations
Globe Aware coordinates, organizes and leads volunteer vacations, service vacations, working holidays and service trips to two Peru locations (Andes & Cusco/Machu Picchu), Costa Rica, Thailand, Cuba, Nepal, Brazil, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, India, Jamaica, Romania, Ghana, Mexico, and China .
"There comes a point in a person's life when you start asking yourself, 'What difference am I making in this world?'"
Globe Aware is proud to be a Change Ambassador
for Travelocity's Travel For Good program
Administers the President's Volunteer Service Awards
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Globe Aware is proud to be a partner with Carbon Fund