Volunteering

[MicroBob]

I'm very seriously reading the ideas and recommendations here and hope I can get to a point in the semi-near future when i will be able to parttake in such things.


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Volunteer things I am not personally into

Regular shelters (single homeless people)
Hospitals (sick people)
Nursing homes (elderly)
Special Olympics

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I agree these can be pretty depressing.
It just caught my eye though and is kind of funny because my current GF is a nurse at a hospital....and my ex-wife is a teacher in a multiple-handicap classroom (Down's syndrome kids, shaken-baby syndrome kids, etc).

I've said on multiple occasions about either one of them that I really don't know how they do it...and I still don't.


Can you imagine working ALL day with sick and/or dying patients or kids who are really struggling to even walk or communicate?


I'm not sure what it says about me that my 'ex' and my 'current' are in a field that i would be really bummed-out to be a part of everyday.
Frankly, I think it's more of a coincidence than anything but perhaps that's unrealistic.

[willie]

i've done electrical work for several years now

do they sub contract electrical out or would i be useful.

[theBruiser500]

Gamblore, are you Jewish? Curious why you'd choose to live on a kibbituz and stuff. You know any Hebrew or you going to learn it all there?

[theBruiser500]

I am thinking of doing this thing, http://www.teaching-abroad.co.uk/destinations/index.php

where should I go?

[theBruiser500]

I kind of like Mexico because they speak Spanish which if I learnt I could use in many places of the world and also because I'd really like to start playing soccer again and Mexico is big on soccer. But it's hot there which I don't like, and I don't even know what Mexicans look like, do they look weird?

[theBruiser500]

Damn maybe I need to start a new thread to get people's attention on this question.

[Alobar]

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Places I've volunteered at that I've enjoyed a lot:

Habitat for Humanity - you build houses for underprivileged people.


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[Ulysses]

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where should I go?

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Chile - Chilean chicks are hot.
India - India is an incredible country. It can be tough for foreigners, though. Many incredibly beautiful Indian women.
Australia - Hot chicks. Speak English.
Mexico - Spanish is useful as you said. Also hot Mexican chicks. Also, lucha libre wrestling.
Peru - Peruvian chicks are hot.
Romania - Lots of hot Eastern European chicks.
Russia - Lots of hot Russian chicks.

Those are the countries I'm familiar with on that list.

[Ulysses]

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I kind of like Mexico because they speak Spanish which if I learnt I could use in many places of the world and also because I'd really like to start playing soccer again and Mexico is big on soccer. But it's hot there which I don't like, and I don't even know what Mexicans look like, do they look weird?

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You have a handful of great posts, then you ask what Mexicans look like. Do they look weird? WTF is wrong with you?

Anyway, there are lots of really hot Mexican chicks. That's all you need to know.

[ethan]

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I am thinking of doing this thing, http://www.teaching-abroad.co.uk/destinations/index.php

where should I go?

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Peru is pretty sweet. And, as Diablo said, the chicks are hot.