Offers information on short-term volunteer opportunities that could make an enriching and fulfilling vacation; includes contact information and descriptions of the experiences.

Includes indexes.

Foreword /Ed Asner -- ACDI/VOCA -- Helping Haitians rebuild for the future / Kent Allen -- Adelante -- African Conservation Trust (ACT) -- African Impact -- AidCamps International -- AIDE Abroad : Association of International Development and Exchange -- American Hiking Society -- American Jewish World Service (AJAWS) -- AmeriSpan -- Volunteering in Bolivia / staff blogger -- Amigos de las Américas (AMIGOS) -- Amity Institute -- Amizade Global Service-Learning -- On becoming a global citizen / Matt Clements -- AMPED Abroad (Adventure Minded People Exploring Diversity Abroad) -- Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) -- ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece -- ArtCorps -- Asociación Centro de Estudios de Español Pop Wuj ("Pop Wuj") -- Atlas Corps -- Australian Tropical Research Foundation (ATRF) -- AVIVA -- Bike and Build -- Biosphere Expeditions -- On the prowl for snow leopards interview / with Katie Bunting -- Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation (BMWF) -- BTCV -- Buffalo Tours -- BUNAC -- Camp AmeriKids -- Caretta Research Project (CRP) -- Caribbean Volunteer Expeditions (CVE) -- Casa de Viajes HOY -- Catalina Island Conservancy -- Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) -- Cheyenne River Youth Project (CRYP) -- Child Family Health International (CFHI) -- Children Walking Tall (CWT) -- CHOICE Humanitarian (Center for Humanitarian Outreach and Inter-Cultural Exchange) -- Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) -- CNFA -- The Colorado Trail Foundation (CTF) -- Common Hope -- Concordia International Volunteers -- Coral Cay Conservation (CCC) -- Cross-Cultural Solutions (CCS) -- Cultural Destination Nepal (CDN) -- Growing in Nepal / Ms. Leez Nicholls -- Cultural Embrace -- Dakshinayan -- Earthwatch -- Eco-Centre Caput Insulae-Beli (ECCIB), Research and Educational Centre for the Protection of Nature -- El Porvenir -- Engineering Ministries International (EMI) -- Experiential Learning International (ELI) -- Farm Sanctuary -- Flying Doctors of America (FDOA) -- Foundation for Sustainable Development (FSD) -- Friends of the Great Baikal Trail (FGBT) -- Frontier -- Fundacion Aldeas de Paz (Peace Villages Foundation) -- Galapagos ICE : Immerse Connect Evolve -- Gibbon Conservation Center (GCC) -- Global Ambassadors for Children (GAFC) -- Global Buddies -- Global Citizen Year (GCY) -- Jigeen Jambar : the women warriors of Senegal / Madeleine Balchan -- Global Citizens Network (GCN) -- Finding myself in Nepal / Judy Wachs -- Global Crossroad -- Global Humanitarian Expeditions (GHE) -- Global Potential (GP) -- An unusual friendship and transformative trip / Jessica Bolen -- Global Research Institute (GRI) -- Global Routes -- Global Service Corps (GSC) -- Global Vision International (GVI) -- Global Volunteer Network (GVN) -- Lay down your heart / Hannah Ford -- Global Volunteers -- A volunteer vacation that changed my life / Kathleen Hubbard-Ismail -- Global Works -- Globalteer -- Thank you, teacher / Mark Acres. Global Aware -- A vacation for soul, mind, and heart / Francis Higgins -- Globe Shares -- Go Differently -- Joe's diary on elephant camp / Joe Blaine, age nine -- Greenheart Travel -- Habitat for Humanity International's Global Village -- Hands Up Holidays -- Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) -- Holy Land Trust (HLT) -- Iko Poran -- Independent Living Alternatives (ILA) -- Indian Network for Development Exchange (Idex) -- Institute for International Cooperation and Development (IICD) -- Intercultural Youth Exchange (ICYE) -- InterExchange -- International Student Volunteers (ISV) -- An African experience / Chelsea Behymer -- International Volunteer HQ (IVHQ) -- i-to-i Volunteering -- Pura vida (pure life) : turtle conservatio in Costa Rica / Stephanie Kwong -- Jatun Sacha -- JustWorks -- Kiva Fellows Program -- Koke'e Resource Conservation Program (KRCP) -- La Sabranenque -- Malawi Volunteer Organisation (MVO) -- Manna Project International (MPI) -- Medical Ministry International (MMI) -- Mercy Ships -- National Cooperative Business Association Farmer-to-Farmer (FTF) Program -- National Trust Working Holidays -- Naucrates -- New Era Galapagos Foundation (NEGF) -- NGOabroad -- Oceanic Society -- OmniMed -- Operation Crossroads Africa (OCA) -- Outreach360 (formerly Orphanage Outreach) -- Our family volunteer vacation / Chris Goffnett -- Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) -- Passport in Time (PIT) -- Peacework -- Projects Abroad -- ProWorld Volunteers -- Raleigh -- Sustainable projects in India / Owen White -- Reef Check -- Restless Development -- Seeds of Learning -- Sierra Club Outings -- Righting the cemetery / Marty Joyce -- Sunseed Desert Project -- Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) -- Tethys Research Institute -- Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation -- Transformational Journeys -- Travellers Worldwide -- United Action for Children (UAC) -- United Planet -- A poem of hospitality / Antoine Cassar -- Via International -- VISIONS Service Adventures -- Vitalise -- Volunteer Africa -- Volunteer Bolivia -- Volunteer Honduras -- Volunteering Solutions -- Volunteers for International Partnership (VIP) -- Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) -- Volunteers for Peace (VFP) -- Volunthai : Volunteers for Thailand -- Volunteering in the Thai countryside / Yvonne Blokland -- Volunteers Without Borders (VWB) -- Winant Clayton Volunteers -- Winrock International -- Women in Progress (WIP) -- Are you all "creative"? / Elizabeth Eva Lampman -- Work and Volunteer Abroad (WAVA) -- WorldTeach -- World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) UK -- World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) USA -- Wyoming Dinosaur Center (WDC) -- YMCA Go Global -- Youth Challenge International (YCI) -- Youth International.