Jocelyn, Jon, Elizabeth and Chantel

Students of all ages Mission/Church Groups Seniors Celebrities Jon volunteering in Kenya

Working adults Families with children Anyone who feels called to volunteer overseas and experience different cultures

Countries that are in need of help in their education systems and health care Developing nations Examples: Africa, South America, Southeast Asia and Europe

War torn countries Anywhere that has been affected by national disasters

To improve the social and physical environment around the developing world To Experience new cultures and different ways of life Personal growth/benefit/development

Provide beneficial aid and services to different communities To help those in need/Make a difference To gain worldly experience in your chosen field To get a long term and paying job

After national disasters strike During student breaks or in the summer During the school year Haiti – Earthquake 2010

Usually for more than two weeks and no more than two years When people want to gain more experience in their professions before they interview for full time work

Building: homes, orphanages, habitat for humanity Education: Teaching English as a second language, health, aids/hiv, farming/crops Red Cross: Health/Aid and medicine

Developing new social programs Conservation To restore hope by doing good Teaching about faith and religion (missionaries)

Through volunteer organizations: Canada world youth, red cross, Missionaries of Africa, volunteer abroad Through school and church exchange programs People may fundraise to be able to travel and volunteer or have to come up with the funds themselves