Build Abroad chats with Ken Budd Ken Budd, author of the award-winning memoir The Voluntourist, has written for The New York Times, Smithsonian, National Geographic, The Washington Post and many more publications. He…
This is the point right? We all want our lives to have a positive impact on others. What is the impact of a purposeful travel experience? Whether volunteering on a specific project or…
Build Abroad chats with Shannon O’Donnell Shannon O’Donnell is a speaker, blogger for a little adrift, founder of grassrootsvolunteering.org, author of The Volunteer Traveler’s Handbook and National Geographic Traveler of the Year in…
When traveling to a new country it is important to expect the unexpected. This isn’t meant to scare you, it is meant to be a frame of reference when you realize that even…
Build Abroad chats with Jessica Wynne Lockhart Jessica Wynne Lockhart is the author of Go A Little Further Travel, contributing editor at Verge Magazine, a publication devoted to travel with a purpose, and…
Once you choose a program that fits you and your expectations, you then get to choose where you want to go with them. With some organizations the options are few and easier to…
Build Abroad chats with Kathryn Pisco Kathryn Pisco created Unearth The World, a volunteer placement company that promotes unique and life changing volunteer travel experiences. Q: What does it take to quit…
According to this article from The Atlantic the millennial generation, those between ages 16-34 are taking as many opportunities to travel abroad as possible. Currently 20% of all international tourists are young people,…
Build Abroad chats with Matt Long Matt Long adventures with thousands of readers every day through his award winning site LandLopers.com. As someone who has a bad case of the travel bug, Matt…
In 2013 we started Build Abroad to change the world through construction volunteering. Since then, we have grown to offer trips to Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Peru. It has been an exciting journey, and today we…
