Esther Honey Foundation named one of world’s best volunteer sites

Noted on May 22, 2009 by Cynthia Engel in

Esther Honey Foundation (EHF) programs, one of IE3's internship sites were named one of the world’s ‘best 100 volunteer vacations to enrich your life in travel author Pam Grout's latest addition to the National Geographic’s 100 Best Vacations series. Grout said that the foundation, one of the first if not the first organization to recruit veterinary volunteers to provide ongoing service, was selected in mid-2008 for its Cook Islands and Bora Bora VET TREK programs ‘partly because of their unique opportunity to give’. The book, described as a travel guide with a heart, is a rich resource of ‘ways to use your skills to help out the world and reap some lasting benefits yourself’. EHF is listed alongside opportunities to rebuild monasteries in Mongolia, pick olives in Palestine and save sharks in South Africa. The book’s lively text conveys the charm and excitement of each volunteer location with sidebars that also describe nearby places to visit, little-known facts and more, providing depth and variety about the travel destination. The Cook Islands can expect to benefit from any increase in tourists coming to the country to help with the country’s animals as well as being featured with EHF in this popular travel guide series. The book will be available after May 19 at the usual on-line outlets, including the National Geographic book store which is linked on the Esther Honey Foundation website at www.estherhoney.org