Volunteer Fairs - Ontario

The Voluntraveler Team will be visiting several universities this fall to talk to students about volunteer opportunities in Peru with Para el Mundo. They are currently in need of volunteers of all kinds for 2010 for their medical, community and education programs. If you want to stop by and chat and learn more about what we do with Para el Mundo we will be manning a table at volunteer and work abroad fairs at the following universities:

September 22 - University of Waterloo

September 23 - University of Toronto (Mississauga Campus)

November 4 - University of Toronto (Scarborough Campus)

November 5 - University of Toronto (Downtown Campus)

Let us know if there is a volunteer fair in Ontario you would like to see us at. Email sean@voluntraveler.com

Thanks For Your Interest In Voluntraveler

Jason (in mask) and Sean from Voluntraveler

We had a great afternoon at the International Opportunities Fair at the Scarborough Campus of the University of Toronto (UTSC). We met some great people working for other organizations and see some great potential for cooperation in the very near future. "Synergy" is a word I've come to love and use it a lot when talking about our work.

Sean and I also spoke with many enthusiastic students, many of whom had done volunteering abroad before. For us, this fair was as much about getting people excited about our programs, as it was showing them that volunteering can be more engaging and immersive than digging wells or playing with orphans for an afternoon.

In creating Voluntraveler, we think the exprience we offer goes a lot deeper than the more expensive voluntourism trips offered by other organizations. At the same time, I think we expect more from our volunteers in their drive, independance, and desire to help others. While other organizations aim to give people a taste of what living and working in the developing world is like, Voluntraveler gives you an all-you-can-eat buffet. Many of our volunteers have created their own program and ran with it, so I suppose that would also make them chefs as well.

Oh, and our website should be up and running in the next 24hrs. In the meantime join our Facebook Fan Page to get updates and network with others interested in volunteering with us.

International Opportunities Fair - Toronto

On Wednesday, February 4th we will be participating in the first ever International Opportunities Fair at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. It is on the 2nd floor of the Science Wing from 11:30am - 3:00pm. If you have questions and want to meet us, come by and say hello!

We've created a short video using Animoto to help get the word out that we're in business. The website should be up on Tuesday!

Promoting Our Mission

We're preparing to market ourselves to the world and have designed some postcards and posters to help us get our message across (check it out above). We will be making appearances at various travel fairs at universities, and making as many connections as we can in the next few months. If you know of any associations that we should be contacting, or people that you think can help us find great voluntravelers for our programs, please contact us!