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Organization Name: A Broader View Volunteers Corp Located In: Wyncotw, United States Operates In: Wyncote, Pennsylvania, United States Areas of Focus: - Social Responsibility
- Human Rights & Civil Liberties
- Environmental Conservation & Activism
- Cultural Conservation & Understanding
- Youth Development & Education
Type of Org: Non-Profit Organization with 501(c)(3)(p) Website: www.abroaderview.org Our Mission: ABV looks for, and collaborates with small non-profit organizations and humanitarian institutions that lack the means to recruit volunteers. An extensive amount of research and time go into each program to ensure the best quality and safety of our destinations, accommodations and projects. Project sites, housing and host families are continuously monitored. ABV screens volunteers, assists with project selection, provides travel planning advice and is responsible for reliable customer service.
Quite simply, we do all the legwork. We coordinate all the details and provide wide-ranging support, then send volunteers to projects where they are needed. In the meantime, ABV serves as your advocate - and is here to provide you with the most fulfilling, life changing travel experience possible.
What We Do: What You Pay For
Consider expenses ABV and our host organizations come across - operating costs that indicated the need for program fees:
* Overhead/Administrative: Website creation, construction and maintenance. Costs for advertising, internet, international phone service, sight inspections, staff salaries, office expenses. All of these come with a cost, we try to keep them to a minimum.
* Overseas Management: Your program fees are used from the moment you arrive overseas, including airport pick up; cars, petrol and automobile insurance are required. English-speaking local project directors receive a salary. Many projects are located a distance away from the airport, our partners abroad must provide a means of travel, your accommodations, meals every day, and supervision while you working with them. They also remain in daily contact with our ABV office in the US, adding more international calls and internet usage. Then there is the airport drop off at the end of the program. If you become sick, have an injury or emergency, our partners abroad must have the means and know how to support you. Your program fees allow us to provide the best service for you –without putting a strain on the hosting partners many of which are already in dire financial need.
* Acceptable Accommodation: Most projects include host family accommodations for our volunteers. Our hosting partners must find appropriate families, screening and monitoring them based on our standards. In other projects, our hosts must find appropriate hostel/guest house accommodations and then negotiate a reasonable fee for ABV volunteers. All this takes time, involvement and individual attention on the part of the local hosting organization.
We strongly urge you to comparison shop – you will discover ABV’s prices are extremely low compared to most volunteer travel organizations. Here are some of the bigger companies that offer similar services.
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Location: United States | 05/16/08
Volunteer Abroad Programs - Volunteering Opportunities
Life experiences and world travel contribute much to our ability to deal with the unexpected, function in a strange environment or culture, and learn new skills, all of which increase confidence and decision making abilities.
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