Hello,

My wife and I were thinking of killing two birds with one stone for
our vacation this summer by going some place exotic but also trying to
do some service/volunteer work while we were at it.  A long time ago I
had bookmarked a website for a company that organized such trips,
however, I have since lost the bookmark for some reason.  So, I wanted
some help in finding companies that organize such trips.  Here are my
basic criteria:

-- Must be reputable (tried and true, actually do good work, etc, etc.)
-- Must be reasonably priced (not sure what the typical rate is for
these things, but I guess what I mean is reasonable relative to
others)
-- Must offer a variety of causes to work for (e.g. environmental, social, etc.)
-- Must offer a variety of locations to work in

I've only use Google Answers a few times but have gotten great
results, so thanks in advance!

Wow, there are just too many sites, but here are a couple:
http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/work/volunteer/index.shtml
http://www.unitedplanet.org/quest/findquest.htm
http://www.globalvolunteers.org/volunteerabroad.htm

This is specific topic page from the site:
http://www.globalvolunteers.org/1main/library_projects.htm

If you and/or your wife have a special skill, that could help a
Researcher find a service that would allow you to use it.

Reputablilty:  The above sites were among the first that came up.  The
last one mentions:  "In special consultative status with the United
Nations." and the organization exists since 1984.

Hi myoarin,

Thanks a lot for your comment.  I agree that there are too many sites,
and I actually have visited all of the sites you listed.  To be
honest, I was hoping that a researcher would be able to find the site
that I had bookmarked and lost, because it did seem like the best (my
plan was to give a bigger tip than I normally would if the researcher
was able to find that site).  Unfortunately I remember very little
about the site except that it looked very professional (unlike those
that both you and I found) and also had the trips broken down by
category (i.e. enviornmental, social, etc.).

As for special skills, my wife is a speech pathologist and I am a
software engineer, however, I don't think either of us are really
intent on using those skills (esp. since we want to do something
together).

Thanks again for your comment!

vka2b

In case anybody is still looking at this, I bumped the list price up
since there wasn't much activity on this question...thanks!