Wildlife conservation and community volunteer projects and internships worldwide
Are you about to embark on your very first volunteering project abroad? Read my 10 tips to make the most of your time away from home. Socialise with your fellow volunteers If you’re travelling alone (or with people you’ve never met before), talk to the other people in your volunteering group. If you have to […]
October 23rd 2023
“I dwell in possibility” – Emily Dickinson I came across one of my old travel diaries the other day and found passages I had written in 2018 when I spent my university summer travelling up the north coast of South America from Peru to Ecuador. The entries begin with this, “Here I am in the […]
September 27th 2023
TikTok is taking the world by storm – and not least, the tourism scene too. If you somehow haven’t heard of the app, it’s all about short-form videos. Think, Vine for the modern age. There was a massive surge in TikTok users during the Covid-19 pandemic, with people of all ages downloading the app. As […]
September 17th 2023
Under the light of the moon, they pad through the snow along familiar game trails, following the banks of rivers, forest roads and ridgelines, stopping periodically to sniff the frosty air and scan the slopes below for movement. While bears lie hidden in their dens, wolves must continue to hunt, regardless of the weather. With […]
August 25th 2023
There are many volunteering programs that involve working with children. Most bring a positive difference to communities, but the most important thing to make sure is that the programs are ethical. In 2019 after I finished college, I went on a volunteering program in a school in Zanzibar. I spent most of my time constructing […]
August 1st 2023
Millets are highly nutritious grains that can grow in semiarid to arid climates, which makes them important crops across the tropics of Asia and Africa. Rooted in ancient traditions, they were amongst the first plants to be domesticated and have become a staple in India, Nigeria, Niger and China to name a few. Despite their […]
April 12th 2023
The first time I realised that animals have become a victim of the tourism industry is when I travelled to Tunisia in 2018. It was a fascinating trip learning about their culture and seeing the beautiful natural life that exists there. However, one day, I went to a zoo. Upon arriving, I found a sign […]
March 15th 2023
Asking the question In the year 2000, American ethnobotanist Paul Alan Cox asked the question, “will tribal knowledge survive the millennium?” As the world becomes increasingly globalised, and approximately one indigenous language dies out every other week, the question Cox asks still has sense and relevance. Twenty-one years later, however, I travelled to a village […]
March 5th 2023
An Exclusive Interview with Sam, Star of WildCat and Wildlife Rehabilitation in Peru – giving Nature, Animals and People a Chance to Flourish. Amazon has just released a new one-of-a-kind wildlife documentary/film, WildCat, that takes you through the emotional, heart-breaking but fulfilling journey of Harry Turner, a young veteran who finds a new beginning in […]
February 5th 2023
