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News from 2010, 32 entries
August 30th, 2010
Projects Abroad Receives a Flurry of Media ActivityProjects Abroad has recently appeared in major US media outlets. Most notably, founder and Director Dr. Peter Slowe was featured in the August 24th edition of The New York Times as the subject of their “Frequent Flier” column.
August 19th, 2010
1000th Peru Conservation Volunteer Arrives at TaricayaLast month the 1000th Peru Conservation volunteer arrived on the project. Conservation Director Stuart Timson tells us more: “All in all it has been a fantastically successful summer in Taricaya and we have achieved so much."
August 18th, 2010
Clearing – Exam Results Changed your Plans?August is always a time of uncertainty as students start to receive their results. Some find they have got better than expected others have not done as well. Decisions have to be made – whether to re-apply or accept an offer through clearing.
August 17th, 2010
Mystery Parcels Delivered to Projects Abroad RomaniaMircea Samoila the Projects Abroad Romania Director had a surprise delivery last week. As he was at his desk answering emails he was interrupted by a delivery man. Mircea was amazed to hear that the delivery weighed 385kg! What could it be?
August 05th, 2010
Emirates Airline Foundation helps Water Sanitation Project in TanzaniaA surprise email was received by Projects Abroad asking to sponsor the flights of some volunteers joining the Water Sanitation Project in Arusha.
July 20th, 2010
Wright Way for Volunteer Health and Safety TrainingFor Madeleine Wright teaching schoolchildren health and safety skills in Ghana last year has changed her life. The 22-year-old university student taught at the Voice Preparatory School in Koforidua and quickly realised that health and safety was not a top priority.
July 16th, 2010
Human Rights Volunteers Meet World Cup Band in South AfricaProjects Abroad Human Rights volunteers Talbot Beck and Justin Miller met the lead singer last week from the South African band, The Brothers Streep who played the FIFA stage during the World Cup.
July 7th, 2010
Irish Volunteers Produce Ghana ScrapbookCheck out one of the latest features from the Irish website; our Ghana scrapbook. Isobel Towse and Siun McFadden from Schull Community College, County Cork have kindly pieced this together after volunteering with us in Ghana as part of a group trip.
July 2nd, 2010
Volunteers Interviewed on BBC DevonPrevious Projects Abroad volunteers, Jimmy Charrin and Hannah Lane were interviewed this week on BBC Devon's interactive lunch programme with David Fitzgerald. Jimmy previously volunteered on the Diving & Marine Conservation project in Thailand.
July 01st, 2010
Peru Volunteer Interviewed on BBC SomersetAngela Pitt, 65 from Montacute, Somerset has recently volunteered with Projects Abroad on the Conservation Project in Peru. Before she started her project Angela was interviewed on the breakfast show of BBC Somerset to talk about her forthcoming trip.
June 30th, 2010
Projects Abroad WebinarHave you thought of taking a gap year? A career break? The opportunity to experience and immerse yourself within another culture whilst working on a worthwhile project of your choice? Then join Projects Abroad’s UK Director Ian Birbeck as he hosts a Webinar on Thursday 8th July between 7.00pm-8.00pm.
June 25th, 2010
Volunteers Join the Football Fever in South Africa!Cape Town, South Africa is infused with World Cup fever. You can feel it everywhere in the city, with national flags flying everywhere you look. People are dressed in bright Bafana Bafana jerseys and vuvuzelas are endlessly buzzing in the background.
June 10th, 2010
Medicine Volunteers Deliver an HIV Presentation in JamaicaThe volunteers delivered a comprehensive presentation on 'the effects, stigma and discrimination of HIV positive children'. The information and presentations from the workshop will be distributed to appropriate placements and businesses.
June 3rd, 2010
Where Have all the Dugongs Gone?Projects Abroad is starting a new Marine Mammal Conservation volunteer project in Mozambique. The dugong has been hunted for thousands of years for the use of its meat and for oil. The dugong as a species is vulnerable to extinction and is now referred to as one of the rarest mammals on earth.
May 28th, 2010
Move Over Rhianna, Volunteers Learn to Reggae DanceThere is nothing quite as revitalising after a hard day at work as kicking off your work shoes and putting on your dancing shoes! Our volunteers in Jamaica regularly have the chance to attend typical Jamaican reggae dance classes.
May 25th, 2010
Projects Abroad Launches Two New DestinationsBem-Vindo, Chào Mừng! Projects Abroad is proud to announce two new destinations - Vietnam and Mozambique, taking our total up to 26. Mozambique will be taking volunteers from the late summer to get involved with Marine Mammal Conservation as well as Teaching and Care projects.
May 19th, 2010
Volunteers Receive First Aid Training AbroadAlex Harris first joined Projects Abroad as a medical volunteer in India with Projects Abroad. However, Alex, who is a fully qualified first-aid instructor, impressed us all with his enthusiasm and willingness to be more involved. Projects Abroad offered for Alex to travel to six of our destinations to provide basic First Aid training to the volunteers and to give some of the overseas staff a refresher course.
May 18th, 2010
Free Courses with British Safety CouncilLast year Projects Abroad was approached by the British Safety Council to see if we would like to work together on training youngsters around the world about safety. On April 16th they ran their second Projects Abroad gap safety course. Twenty nine Projects Abroad volunteers gathered at The British Safety Council Headquarters in Chiswick to learn more.
April 27th, 2010
Drama Volunteers Needed in Romania for August 2010The Drama Project in Romania is a fantastic project to get involved in at any time throughout the year, however, volunteers who are in the country at the end of August will get to take part in the 12th annual T4T Theatre Festival, which brings together theatre groups from all over Europe.
April 22nd, 2010
Director, Dr Peter Slowe hits the US airwaves!Projects Abroad Director, Dr Peter Slowe appeared in a radio interview in Philadelphia this week. Peter spoke to WNWR-AM’s weekly show “Dining and Destinations” about Projects Abroad and the varied volunteer programmes we run overseas.
April 19th, 2010
Peru Conservation Project on Sky 1Projects Abroad’s Amazon Rainforest Conservation Project in Peru is to appear on Ross Kemp’s "Battle for the Amazon" on Sky 1 next week. The programme is on at 10pm on Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st April.
April 12th, 2010
Here Comes the Summer!How about doing something worthwhile over the holidays? Our wide range of 2-Week Specials programmes are the perfect opportunity to experience a gap year taster either during a school holiday or in the summer before starting university.
March 30th, 2010
Thank you to Colden Common Youth Football ClubBy Ian Birbeck, Recruitment Director - Projects Abroad UK
Last week I received an email from Graham Spencer from Colden Common Youth Football Club (www.ccyfc.co.uk) saying he had a number of shirts we could take out to some of our football projects overseas. Colden Common Youth team are based near Eastleigh, Southampton.
March 10th, 2010
Cambodia Conservation Project Update By Suzi Lamb, International Development ManagerIn February 2010, almost one year on from my first visit to Koh Rong Samleom I returned to the island. Last year I visited to make final checks before our first volunteer arrived in March, this year I was greeted by 16 volunteers and I was arriving with three more!
March 05th, 2010
Volunteers Complete Teacher Training Project in PeruEach year in Peru during the long school holidays in January and February we run a teacher training programme for the local Peruvian English teachers. The scheme is very popular with the local teachers and we rely on the volunteers to keep running the course.
March 04th, 2010
Free Safety Course from British Safety CouncilThe course on April 16th is available to all UK volunteers aged from 17-23 joining Teaching and Care placements overseas. The course takes place at the British Safety Council offices in Hammersmith, London.
March 01st, 2010
Romania Drama Volunteers Host Charity EventMonday night last week was a big night for Projects Abroad Romania volunteers as they held a drama charity event for the Vulcani Hospital, and presented the talent behind their very own drama programme Black Juice.
February 9th, 2010
Projects Abroad in Peru - UpdateAfter the floods last week the Peru team along with volunteers has been working on the recovery work in the Sacred Valley.
February 01st, 2010
A Passion for Education - New Teaching Project in GhanaProjects Abroad volunteers in Ghana are now working with the Future Leaders Underprivileged Children's Centre in Accra. This school now teaches more than 80 children, however, it started with just 5 children being taught in the shade of a mango tree.
January 27th, 2010
Projects Abroad Nepal Fund Medical CampMedical volunteers in Nepal were able to attend a gynaecology medical camp for a day on the 16th January. The camp was organised and funded by Projects Abroad in association with Dholahiti Community Health Services Centre.
January 19th, 2010
Computers Landing in Cape Coast, Ghana!When you were a child, did you dream of super machines, huge space ships and other worlds? With increasing access to computers you can access these worlds just by pressing an 'enter' key.
January 2nd, 2010
New Year CelebrationsHappy New Year from all at Projects Abroad. One of the great things about Projects Abroad is seeing the contrasting ways that our destinations celebrate different events.
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December 23th, 2009
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport meets Projects Abroad staffProjects Abroad Director, Dr Peter Slowe, hosted a dinner at the Reform Club on 18th December for the Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
December 11th, 2009
Volunteers needed in Romania for special Archaeology projectDue to drastic governmental budget cuts, the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania is in danger of no longer being able to do its work of finding the victims of a murderous regime, and is in need of our volunteers’ help.
December 10th, 2009
Projects Abroad hold football tournament in GhanaThe annual George and Rita Briton Cup tournament, organised each year by Projects Abroad, took place on December 4 and 5, 2009 at the Prisons Park in Accra. Tom Davies, Country Director of Projects Abroad Ghana explained that the event forms part of his outfit's social responsibility to develop local talent.
December 4th, 2009
2010 World Cup Draw - African StyleToday the mother city of South Africa, Cape Town will host the draw for the 2010 World Cup. This promises to be a vibrant traditional African affair welcoming the competition to the continent for the first time in history.
December 3rd, 2009
Projects Abroad donates paints to Shelter for Abused Children in GhanaVolunteers from the Human Rights project have been working with the Shelter for Abused Children in Ghana and the Department of Social Welfare for some time now. The shelter is located at Osu Ako-Adjei in Accra, just five minutes walk from the Projects Abroad Human Rights Office.
November 24th, 2009
Projects Abroad Pro – new website online nowSeventeen years after we founded Projects Abroad, we have started Projects Abroad Pro. We are bringing all our experience and expertise, and all our contacts and influence, to ensure that volunteers with recognised skills and qualifications can contribute meaningfully in a wide variety of placements all over the developing world.
November 6th, 2009
Check out the latest videos from Jamaica on FacebookThe Projects Abroad Jamaica group on Facebook, www.facebook.com is attracting more and more past, present and future volunteers. Search Projects Abroad Jamaica to join the Jamaica Facebook group.
October 20th, 2009
Conservation in Mexico - return to the turtle campMy return visit to the turtle camp after almost five years was everything I expected. Although the camp was not at the location that I volunteered at as a gap year student five years ago, the camp at Tecoman has been up and running for almost four years now.
October 13th, 2009
Care volunteers needed in Bolivia from January to March 2010!Ciudadela SEDEGES is a state run orphanage that we have been working with since 2002 (previously known as Alejandro Magno). The state only provides funding for the salaries of most care workers for 10 months; March through to December.
September 25th, 2009
Volunteers help Cantonments clean up their actVolunteers, staff and players gathered bright and early one morning last week by the side of the pitch at Cantonments Football Club in Accra, Ghana. The task for the day was not about winning matches, but rather coming together to help the local community.
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