May 31, 2006 May 31, 2006 The Bermans meet The Schnurmans, and other African connections by Joshua Berman Acclimating 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…
April 6, 2006 April 6, 2006 Advice on Volun-tourism by Joshua Berman Of the 16 months that my wife and I are traveling, we are spending 7 volunteering full time with local non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
March 20, 2006 March 20, 2006 Volun-tourism: Why We Came to Sri Lanka by Joshua Berman We did not choose Nuwara Eliya. We were assigned here. In my experience, allowing somebody else to pick one’s destination, especially in some sort…
October 7, 2005 October 7, 2005 Traveling with American Jewish World Service by Joshua Berman Our 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…
August 25, 2005 August 25, 2005 Tea Time Part 2: Why We are in Birpara by Joshua Berman The simplest answer to the question of what my wife and I are doing in Jalpaiguri District, several hundred kilometers off the tourist trail…
August 11, 2005 August 11, 2005 Reporting for Duty by Joshua Berman No longer tourists nor family historians, my wife and I are now members of the worldwide AJWS Volunteer Corps. As such, we have begun…