What is the meaning of travel? everyone has their answers. Some people think it is the unity of knowledge and action, read thousands of volumes, walk thousands of miles; others think it is to escape from the world and get rid of the shackles of life; others think it is to experience the infinite world with limited time. And we believe that travel can have a higher meaning, such as helping those who deserve help, such as protecting peach gardens that are worth protecting, saving animals that are worth saving.
Next, let the editor lead you to the seven worthy volunteer trips, to make the trip even greater.
1 purification trip to Longmu Island
Longmu is one of Indonesia's small Sunda islands, bordering the Java Sea to the north and the Indian Ocean to the south. The island is picturesque, with clear blue water and a magnificent active volcano called Lingarney, comparable to the world-famous Bali.
In response to pressure from tourism, Australia's most prestigious environmental group, 10 Pieces, regularly organizes volunteers to the island every year. During the eight-day trip, volunteers will have a thorough clean-up of Longmu Island to clean up litter scattered around the island. After cleaning, volunteers can view the boundless scenery of Longmu Island on top of Indonesia's second highest volcano, then walk across the island with professionals to enjoy the tropical landscape.
2 save Costa Rican hummingbird
1/3 of the crops on the planet need to pollinate through hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. Without their efforts, the planet will face a serious food crisis, but their survival status is facing serious threat of global climate change.
To protect these vital elves, Earthwatch, a prominent environmental group, will lead volunteers to enjoy Costa Rica's intoxicating scenery and explore the threat facing hummingbirds and bees on the coast or in range. Use the power of volunteers to awaken the public's awareness of the protection of these creatures.
3. Water purification tour of Thailand and Myanma
The well-designed trip by The Bamboo Project and Global Volunteer Network not only combines all the attractions worth visiting in Thailand and Myanmar, but also cleverly intersperses villages that need help from the rest of the world.
The intoxicating exotic landscape contrasts sharply with the poor villages that lack clean water, and the naive children make people realize that travel could have been given more meaning. Volunteers can make their own simple water purification devices for village use during the trip, allowing more people to enjoy pure drinking water.
4. Saving the Marine Ecology of Arnhem
Located in the middle of Australia's northern coast, Annemite borders Kakadu National Park and Arafura Sea. The vast expanse of land entirely inhabited and owned by the aborigines has a long coastline, uninhabited islands, rivers full of fish, lush rainforests, cliffs of clouds and gloomy prairie woodlands. Considered to be the last great primitive region in the world.
Such a sacred place was overshadowed by the pollution of the sea. Every year, countless marine creatures are killed by human abandoned plastic bags, fishing nets and other rubbish. In an effort to combat marine ecological damage, Naturewise Eco Escapes, a nonprofit organization, organizes volunteers to clean up human remains in August. When the cleanup is complete, volunteers will camp in the jungle of Annem and enjoy its distant beauty.
5 trip to help out-of-school children
In the north of Vietnam, there is a remote village: Muong. It is beautiful but poor and backward, many of the children in the village have passed the age of school, but suffer from the absence of school and have to face the pain of leaving school.
Community Project Travel, a nonprofit organization, has been recruiting volunteers to help the village since 2015. On the trip, volunteers will help local experts build schools and new bathrooms. After completing the construction, CRP will lead volunteers to major attractions such as Hanoi, Lower Dragon Bay, and the town of Angu.
6ANZ site Conservation Tou
Since the bloodbath at the Battle of Garipoli in 1915, Anzac Day has been Australia's most important public holiday. , Conservation Volunteers Australia, the site of the campaign, gathers volunteers to the site every year in an attempt to minimise the destruction of the site by tourists.
At the end of the conservation campaign, travelers will visit the battlefield site in Anzac Bay, leading volunteers back to the bloody years of the past, when they were right and wrong. Perhaps only with a more intuitive understanding of the history of that year can volunteers understand why the people of Australia and New Zealand attach so much importance to this day and their deep-seated reflection on the war. Visitors will then travel to many ancient Greek city-states to see the origins of Western civilization.
7 Journey of protozoan protection
Their conservation program was launched to protect Australia's dwindling native species, Conservation Volunteers Australia. The plan was inspired by the successful re-introduction of gray wolves in Yellowstone Park to restore the primitive ecology of the Australian desert.
During the three-to-five-day journey, passengers will travel through the desolate Victoria' S desert national parks and the picturesque Greater Grampians mountains, and as they travel, learn about Australia's amazing mammals and how to protect these species, which have evolved alone for thousands of years, but are endangered by the emergence of humans.
Travel is not only the escape of life, but also the continuation of the meaning of life. Unlike traditional leisure tourism, volunteer tourism is attracting more and more travelers eager to realize the value of life. Sincerely hope that we can find the restless peace of mind in the distant other side.