Matador - africa

Volunteer Abroad in Ghana Africa, Volta & Wester Region, Orphanages, schools building www.abroaderview.org

A Broader View Volunteers Corp — Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:55:24 -0500

Volunteer Abroad in Ghana: Volunteering Opportunities

Volunteering Abroad in Ghana: Ghana is located in West Africa bordering the Atlantic Ocean, Togo and the Ivory Coast.

Formerly known as the Gold Coast, Ghana won its freedom from Britain over 50 years ago, becoming the first black African...

Volunteer Abroad in South Africa Thonhoyandou Orphanages, schools building www.abroaderview.org

A Broader View Volunteers Corp — Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:40:11 -0500

Volunteer Abroad in South Africa: Volunteering Opportunities

Volunteering Abroad in South Africa: Has been called the adventure capital of the world, with its natural beauty and wildlife that leaves visitors awe-struck. The rich culture, the freedom struggle and the friendly people make this a...

Kindred Spirits at the Convenience Store

deva — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:45:33 -0500

"I work...to travel," the man behind the counter says in careful English, spreading his hands to gesture at the narrow confines of the convenience store. Then he tells me a little about his travels - to Mali and Niger, to West and North Africa, to Europe. He reels off a list of languages he speaks: English,...

OPEN THE DOORS

TOUCH AFRICA NETWORK — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:00:00 -0500

Open the doors for people living in poverty,
Open the doors if you care about humanity,
Open the doors for the poor in society out there........
Richie spice

There is a certain pull in the words in this song. The call to humanity to open up the doors for the poor has for long lingered in our ears....

A Spilt Personality, Geography-wise....

chrysser — Wed, 5 Mar 2008 17:10:31 -0600

The snow is finally melting in my cozy Northern Idaho home. The moose are no longer cruising in front of my house to nibble on my plum tree. I saw my first robin today, have the windows open; it's a balmy 45 degrees according to the thermometer on the douglas fir by the back porch. I'm home, yet my mind...

Rich Man, Poor Man.

Cedric Pieterse — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:47:23 -0600

Quite often I got asked, when I tell people that I have travelled non-stop for four years, "how did you do this?"

My answer was the standard, "where there is a will there is a way". And when I started telling them about the nice places I have been, and the amazing people I have met, I saw the same distant...

Creating a Link

Colleen. — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:18:09 -0600

http://colleenwritingbythesea.blogspot.com/

Come check out my latest musings on my upcoming China trip, Christmas overload and past trips to Africa and India.

Stephanie Nolen in Africa

deva — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:21:19 -0500

Stephanie Nolen is without a doubt one of my favourite
journalists. Based in Johannesburg, she travels around Africa writing lengthy
features not just about the latest humanitarian crises (though she covers those
beautifully too), but also about the “good news” stories she uncovers: a
seed-sharing...

Need Travel Advice: Africa

bellereve — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:32:13 -0500

After further debating my travel choices for late January/early February, I've been considering Africa. I have always wanted to go there ever since I have been a little girl fascinated with the big cats and wildlife of Africa. Does anyone have any advice, or recomendations for travel in Africa?...

Help a mother, help a woman

sam i am — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:09:16 -0500

Imagine that you are an impoverished 12-year-old girl living in sub-Saharan Africa or Asia and recently were married off to an older man. Imagine giving birth alone, without any pain medication, with maybe only a woman from your village to help. Imagine that the labor lasts for days because...

101 Merits Which Make One a Traveler

ZTP Teo — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:29:46 -0500

1. “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need ... roads.”

2. You receive food that in no way resembles the dish you ordered, and you don’t care.

3. You’ve seen the sun rise on every continent.

4. You’ve seen the sun set on each ocean.

5. You have to get a new passport because...

EDUCATION - Fela Kuti

The Bizness — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:03:50 -0600

Although I found it hard to get into the groove with afro-beat at first (I had a similar issue with reggae for some reason when I was younger), it's well worth the effort. There is some amazing music from this genre from over the years. I would imagine THE most influencial coming from Fela Kuti.

From...

Anyone been to egypt?

Ian — Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:14:24 -0600

I was just wondering if Africa is worth visiting and what parts are safe, tourist friendly, but not a tourist trap???

I was thinking egypt. Is it worth staying 2 weeks anywhere in africa???