Steve and David traveled from July 2008 to August 2009, visiting 26 countries and doing volunteer service in 15 countries with 22 different organizations. Joe joined Steve and David for the first 5 months, visiting 11countries and doing volunteer service in 8 countries with 9 different organizations. Our schedule and all our blog entries are listed in the column to the right.
The most meaningful part of our journey was meeting people who are giving their lives away to help others. If you're interested in reading about the inspiring people we met, here's a summary of the places where we did volunteer work:
- Honduras - Helped build a small church for a hill village near Siguatepeque
- Nicaragua - Painted a sports complex for children outside Managua
- Peru - School for disabled children in the jungle region of Pucallpa
- Bolivia - Crafts, games, and puppet shows for children's Bible school in Cochabamba
- Brazil - Children's home for 180 street kids in Campinas and 50 street kids in Vittoria
- Tibet - Orphanage for 80 children outside Lhasa
- China - Taught English in night classes to Chinese children in Wuming
- Vietnam - Orphanage for disabled children in Hoi An
- Thailand - Home for 120 girls who would have otherwise been sold into prostitution, outside Chiang Kham
- South Africa - Community development, literacy, and after-school programs for a squatter camp in Kensington
- Mozambique - Orphanage for 200 street kids plus outreach to people who live at the dump in Maputo
- Uganda - Vocational school outside Gulu for 60 boys and girls abducted by rebels during the war
- Tanzania - Sports, games, and after-school programs for hundreds of village children at "Kid's Club" in Kigoma
- Kenya - School for 100 village kids who can't afford public school and Catholic orphanage in Mashaka
- Calcutta, India - Boys home for 40 street children
- Varanasi, India - Day program for 30 train station boys, after-school tutoring, and Mother Teresa orphanage
- Indonesia - Children's homes in Gunung Sitoli and Teluk Dalam, Nias and in Denpensar, Bali
We hope this blog inspires you to travel or to volunteer your time to help others at home or around the world.
Best wishes,
Steve, Joe, and David
