The Bermans meet The Schnurmans, and other African connections
byAcclimating to our new home means meeting new people, from our cheerful office-mates at PPAG to our fellow volunteers in Accra. There aren’t many…
Volunteering Abroad
Advice on Volun-tourism
byOf the 16 months that my wife and I are traveling, we are spending 7 volunteering full time with local non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Volun-tourism: Why We Came to Sri Lanka
byWe did not choose Nuwara Eliya. We were assigned here. In my experience, allowing somebody else to pick one’s destination, especially in some sort…
Traveling with American Jewish World Service
byOur work on the “labor lines,†as the palm-lined neighborhoods of plantation-provided row houses are called, begins at four in the afternoon, when the…
Tea Time Part 2: Why We are in Birpara
byThe simplest answer to the question of what my wife and I are doing in Jalpaiguri District, several hundred kilometers off the tourist trail…
Reporting for Duty
byNo longer tourists nor family historians, my wife and I are now members of the worldwide AJWS Volunteer Corps. As such, we have begun…