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Volunteer in Africa is an organization dedicated to disseminating
information on voluntary work programs in Africa. We also organize
volunteer programs and other programs including group tours in
Ghana.

We place volunteers from worldwide on our own projects and on the
projects of other organizations in Ghana for a period of 1 to 12
weeks. The volunteers stay with carefully selected, respectable,
well screened, dedicated host families.

Our work is aimed at promoting environmental preservation,
sustainable social and economic development, literacy, health care,
international friendship and cultural exchange. For more
information, see: href="http://www.volunteeringinafrica.org/">http://www.volunteeringinafrica.org

A grey 10m long whale swam into an industrial part of Tokyo Bay in
early May, causing much surprise. Only 12 sightings of the mammal
have been confirmed around Japan since the 1960s. It is rare for
grey whales to be sighted in Japan, much less in the capital's
congested waterways a spokesman said. Grey whales travel about
20,000 km during their annual migrations between the sea off the
coast of Vietnam to Russia's far eastern Sakhalin Island.

If you are planning to go to Bhutan, mentioning the Globetrotters
Club when booking with href="http://www.golays.com">www.golays.com will earn you a
discount of $35 per person per night in the high season and $15 per
person per night in the low season.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, (CPJ), murder is
the leading cause of job-related deaths among journalists
worldwide. The Philippines is the most murderous country of all,
followed by Iraq, Colombia, Bangladesh, and Russia.

CPJ studied more than five years of death records starting January
1st, 2000, and found that the vast majority of journalists killed
on duty did not die in crossfire or while covering dangerous
assignments. Instead, 121 of the 190 journalists who died on duty
worldwide since 2000 were hunted down and murdered in retaliation
for their work, including for reporting on government corruption,
crime, drug trafficking, or the activities of rebel groups.

If you have a travellers tale that your aching to tell. Then why
not visit the “Travel Sized Bites” section of the Website
and share it with the world. href="http://www.globetrotters.co.uk/bites/">Travel Sized Bites

When: Saturday 18th June, 10.30am-4.00pm

Where: The Newsroom, The Guardian 60 Farringdon Road, London EC1R
3GA

Cost: £85.00

A day of two intensive workshops:

Travel Writing - How to do it and how not to with Dea Birkett, the
Guardian's Travelling with Kids columnist and author of Serpent
in Paradise and Off the Beaten Track

Fact, Fiction and Creating a Traveller's Tale with Rory
Maclean, author of Falling for Icarus and Stalin's Nose

The workshops are followed by practical writing sessions.
Participants should bring pen and paper - they will be expected to
write! The emphasis is - whether you are a beginner or already have
some writing experience - on developing skills which can be applied
to both articles and books. Our aim is that, by the end of the day,
each of you will have the tools to produce a publishable piece of
travel writing.

For further details and application form contact: href="mailto:travelworkshops@deabirkett.com">travelworkshops@deabirkett.com

For further information:

• www.deabirkett.com
• www.rorymaclean.com
• href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/newsroom">www.guardian.co.uk/newsroom

I am writing on behalf of an NGO out in Ecuador with whom I
volunteered last year. This organisation is trying to find other
volunteers. The organisation has experience of placing volunteers
previously and is a registered NGO with the Ecuadorian government.
I can be contacted on: href="mailto:andy_blake31@yahoo.co.uk">andy_blake31@yahoo.co.uk

Need help? Want a travelling buddy or advice about a place or
country - want to share something with us - why not visit our
Mutual Aid section of the Website: href="http://www.globetrotters.co.uk/mutual/">Mutual Aid

I am looking for people to join me in trekking in Nepal - Mt
Everest region. If you are interested, or you know some one who may
be, please send me mail - href="mailto:lszymala@poczta.onet.pl">lszymala@poczta.onet.pl

I am trying to find a trip to the Norwegian fjords. So far, all the
trips on the internet are American, so prices reflect included
transatlantic journeys. My trip to the Travel Agents was not
enlightening as the choice is very small.

What I'm looking for is a coastal trip along the fjords for 6/7
days, with return flight to and from London, preferably Heathrow,
after September 24th. The travel agents said it wasn't
something people were after!! Can anyone give me any advice?

Thank you, Ipsita: href="mailto:ipsita_halder@hotmail.com">ipsita_halder@hotmail.com

Artists Against AIDS USA will be in Melbourne 27 November 2005 to
support “Rockin the Square” in Federation Square for
their second World AIDS Day concert

Once again, we'll be sending our very own “Star
Search” finalist (and Melbourne's new favourite crooner),
Spencer Day who will be accompanied this year by the multi-talented
Shayna Steele who just completed a successful run on Broadway with
“Hairspray - The Musical”

In an effort to keep costs down, we are trying to get a jump on
air-fares, hotel accommodations plus other events/venues where we
might be of service while we are in OZ.

If you could quote us on your current airfare from the US to
Melbourne (or thereabouts) and accommodations somewhere in the
vicinity of Federation Square, it would be appreciated.

Questions, comments or press kit requests can be directed to Joe in
our San Francisco via this email address: href="mailto:joe@a3usa.net">joe@a3usa.net

Artists Against AIDS USATeam SOHO href="http://www.a3usa.net">www.a3usa.net