i-to-i Flies the Flag for Meaningful Travel on International Volunteer Day 2006
Leeds, United Kingdom, December 05, 2006 --(PR.com)-- With International Volunteer Day here again (5 December 2006) and the season of goodwill just around the corner, leading meaningful travel provider i-to-i is urging people to back the fight against mindless holidays and join the thousands of individuals worldwide who are swapping their hedonistic trips in favour of overseas volunteer experiences.
International Volunteer Day salutes the excellent work done by exceptional people around the globe. i-to-i, which arranges volunteer projects worldwide, is proud to be marking the day with a fantastic 272 volunteers placed at its numerous worthwhile projects around the world.
Now sending around 5,000 volunteers abroad every year, i-to-i offers over 500 individual projects ranging from 1-24 weeks in 28 countries, enabling people to get involved in community work, conservation, teaching English, healthcare, the media, building and sports projects.
From building homes in Honduras to working in a Sri Lankan orphanage to Hippotherapy with special needs children in Mexico, the opportunities for altruistic escapes are endless.
Every year i-to-i volunteers make a huge impact in areas that desperately need support. Their fantastic achievements include:
• Releasing up to 50,000 turtle hatchlings in five countries each year
• Replanting 200 acres of rain forest every year in Ecuador
• Helping around 500 endangered animals a week in South Africa
• Building homes for underprivileged families in seven countries
Nicola Wheeler, who volunteered with i-to-i on a conservation project in Costa Rica, comments, “People say volunteering doesn’t make a difference, but I saw that we did. By building paths and collecting litter, it freed the rangers to do the more important job of stopping poaching. If everyone could give up just one week of their lives they would be amazed. Everyone needs a bit of extra help.”
i-to-i will be on tour up and down the country in the i-to-i customised campervan taking its message to the masses between now and May 2007. To find out more visit www.meaningfultravel.co.uk or call 0800 011 1157.
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For further press information or photography, please contact Sarah Horner on 0113 205 4628/sarah.horner@i-to-i.com or Jo Little on 0113 205 4569/jo.little@i-to-i.com
EDITOR’S NOTES
1. i-to-i is a volunteer travel and TEFL training organisation based in Leeds, UK; Denver, USA; Melbourne, Australia and Co. Waterford, Ireland. Each year it sends around 5,000 volunteers to work on 500 projects in 28 countries worldwide and trains a further 15,000 people to teach English as a foreign language.
2. i-to-i is a founding member of the Year Out Group, associate of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ‘Know Before You Go’ Campaign, member of the Federation of International Youth Travel Organisations and has training accreditation from the Open and Distance Learning Quality Council.
International Volunteer Day salutes the excellent work done by exceptional people around the globe. i-to-i, which arranges volunteer projects worldwide, is proud to be marking the day with a fantastic 272 volunteers placed at its numerous worthwhile projects around the world.
Now sending around 5,000 volunteers abroad every year, i-to-i offers over 500 individual projects ranging from 1-24 weeks in 28 countries, enabling people to get involved in community work, conservation, teaching English, healthcare, the media, building and sports projects.
From building homes in Honduras to working in a Sri Lankan orphanage to Hippotherapy with special needs children in Mexico, the opportunities for altruistic escapes are endless.
Every year i-to-i volunteers make a huge impact in areas that desperately need support. Their fantastic achievements include:
• Releasing up to 50,000 turtle hatchlings in five countries each year
• Replanting 200 acres of rain forest every year in Ecuador
• Helping around 500 endangered animals a week in South Africa
• Building homes for underprivileged families in seven countries
Nicola Wheeler, who volunteered with i-to-i on a conservation project in Costa Rica, comments, “People say volunteering doesn’t make a difference, but I saw that we did. By building paths and collecting litter, it freed the rangers to do the more important job of stopping poaching. If everyone could give up just one week of their lives they would be amazed. Everyone needs a bit of extra help.”
i-to-i will be on tour up and down the country in the i-to-i customised campervan taking its message to the masses between now and May 2007. To find out more visit www.meaningfultravel.co.uk or call 0800 011 1157.
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For further press information or photography, please contact Sarah Horner on 0113 205 4628/sarah.horner@i-to-i.com or Jo Little on 0113 205 4569/jo.little@i-to-i.com
EDITOR’S NOTES
1. i-to-i is a volunteer travel and TEFL training organisation based in Leeds, UK; Denver, USA; Melbourne, Australia and Co. Waterford, Ireland. Each year it sends around 5,000 volunteers to work on 500 projects in 28 countries worldwide and trains a further 15,000 people to teach English as a foreign language.
2. i-to-i is a founding member of the Year Out Group, associate of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office ‘Know Before You Go’ Campaign, member of the Federation of International Youth Travel Organisations and has training accreditation from the Open and Distance Learning Quality Council.
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