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Travel to some of the world's most pristine landscapes—and help keep them that way.

Verge asks the experts how to tailor your resume to land that job overseas.

An inept attempt at building an outhouse in Guyana turns into a labour of love.

Native Bolivian communities fight for social change with the help of Quebec filmmakers.

One of the first questions I would receive, no matter where I was in Tamilnadu, was if I could speak any Tamil. My reply was always good for a laugh. I’d start with the three words I knew well – vannakkam (hello), nandri (thank you), aamaa (yes) – and whomever I was talking to would let out a chuckle. These were the words any tourist knew, and even though I’d been in the southern Indian state for a nearly month, I hadn’t managed to pick up much more.

It's easy to think about studying or volunteering abroad in terms of people from the West going away.

Unemployed youth in Lima get a leg up thanks to local volunteers and CUSO-VSO.

Unemployed youth in Lima get a leg up thanks to local volunteers and CUSO-VSO.

A little bird just told me - actually, it was the Banff Squirrel - that Parks Canada just turned 100 years old!

Promoting public health in Guatemala by caring for man's best friend.

Small loans from alternative sources are changing lives.

When I set off for Central America on my own at the age of 18 with grand ideas about "helping out" in the developing world, I had no idea what I was in for.