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From The Times
November 4, 2006

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Blue Ventures (020-8341 9819, www.blueventures.org) Marine projects in Madagascar, open to all ages.

Camp America (020-7581 7373, www.campamerica.co.uk) Sends young people to work in summer camps across the USA.

Greenforce (020-7379 0801, www.greenforce.org) Marine and other conservation projects worldwide. i-to-i (0113-205 4642, www.i-to-i.com) Runs volunteer programmes from a week to six months, worldwide.

MondoChallenge (www.mondochallenge.org) Development programmes in Africa, Asia and South America working and living with local people.

Travellers Worldwide (01903 502595, www.travellersworldwide.com) Volunteer projects in 16 countries, from two weeks to a year.

Trekforce (01444 474123, www.trekforce.org.uk) Expeditions and projects in the rainforests of Central America and South East Asia.

Taken from The Times Holiday Handbook — The Essential Trip-Planning Guide, by Cath Urquhart (Navigator Guides, £12.95), in the shops now.

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