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Backgrounder: Nepal

Backgrounder: Nepal

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Nepal is a tiny country in the Himalayas squeezed between China to the north and India to the south. It is home to the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, and has long been the destination of choice for outdoor adventure travel.
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Don't Let School Get in the Way of Your Education: The Value of a Gap Year

Don't Let School Get in the Way of Your Education: The Value of a Gap Year

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Taking a "gap year", or year off, is standard in much of the world. The idea of a year off is just starting to catch on in Canada, and there are thousands of ways to to get out and go...
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Plan to Work Abroad

Plan to Work Abroad

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Many years ago, a good friend of mine who was then in his second year of med. school, organized a term working in a small rural medical clinic in Kenya. 
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Malaria: The Goods on Bad Air

Malaria: The Goods on Bad Air

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Long ago, Romans knew that something in the air around the marshy areas of Rome was making people sick and even killing them. 
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The Irrepressible Dr. Jane Goodall

The Irrepressible Dr. Jane Goodall

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Why is the world's most famous conservation activist so optimistic?
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Backgrounder: DR Congo

Backgrounder: DR Congo

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Once known simply as Congo and more recently (from 1971-1997) as Zaire, the Democratic Republic of Congo is a vast central African country of immense natural resources.
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So, You Want to Play for a Living? Work in the Outdoor Industry

So, You Want to Play for a Living? Work in the Outdoor Industry

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Life and work in the outdoor industry.
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Global Heroes Project

Global Heroes Project

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Have you ever wondered what a hero looks like?
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Volunteer Abroad: How to Choose a Volunteer Programme

Volunteer Abroad: How to Choose a Volunteer Programme

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When I think back on it, my first experience volunteering overseas kind of sucked. It's a long story, but the short version is that I showed up in Nepal thinking that I was going to save the world and found out that really I was on an adventure tour posing as a volunteer programme.
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