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My Global Activism Vacation
Winter is finally over and it’s time to start thinking about summer vacations! Worldview will celebrate this time of year with a special series on volunteer vacations. If you’ve had a great experience volunteering to make the world a better place, we want to hear from you! Call us on our hotline at 312-948-4880 or send us an email at Worldview@chicagopublicradio.org. Tell us your name, your phone number, and what you did on your vacation. Stories of volunteer vacations will be aired on Worldview during the week of June 16 and 23.
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My Global Activism Vacation: Documenting Medical Aid in Ecuador  
George Pfoertner — Volunteer, Causes for Change International

Slideshow of George's Photography from Ecuador
My Global Activism Vacation: Building a Library in Kenya  
Nate Cohen — Volunteer for the Lavenda Education and Health Foundation
My Global Activism Vacation: Tracking Wildlife in Kenya  
Amanda Schulze — Kenya Volunteer for the EarthWatch Institute
My Global Activism Vacation: Art and Disaster Relief in Pakistan  

Suhail Butt — Volunteer, Comprehensive Disaster Response Services Pakistan; Founder of Actual Size

My Global Activism Vacation: Educating Preschoolers in Ghana  
Selma Burley — Retired schoolteacher; Volunteer through American Jewish World Service at Street Girls Aid in Accra, Ghana
My Global Activism Vacation: Building Houses in Guatemala  
Gary Doten — Volunteer with Common Hope
My Global Activism Vacation: Working with Children in Morocco  

Kristina Erfe—Volunteer at Cross-Cultural Solutions

My Global Activism Vacation: Organic Farming in Australia and New Zealand  

Mark Kenseth— Volunteer, World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms

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