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The work of Projects Abroad in Jamaica has been explained in an article published on the Jamaican Information Services Governmental website.

Projects Abroad volunteers are now making a big difference at a village health clinic in Tamil Nadu, Southern India.

UK staff members Harry Kent and Andrew Fryer attended the British Safety Council health and safety course in London in February. On the day they met with Madeleine Wright who was due to jet off to Ghana on a Care placement with Projects Abroad at the end of the month.

Conservation Coordinator, Richard Munday updates us on all the news from March and April at Barra Honda National Park.

Born 9th June 1950 – died 12th April 2009. To carry wisdom and success lightly is a gift. Rajendran was a wise man and also the most fun of any companion.

The Toronto Open House in April was such a success that the Canadian Projects Abroad team will be hosting a second spring event.

How about doing something worthwhile over the holidays? Our wide range of 2-Week High School Specials programs are the perfect opportunity to experience a gap year taster either during a school vacation or in the summer before starting college.

Our Sri Lanka team are proud to announce the opening of Modaravila Community Centre located in Panadura.

Reasonably fit? Physically active? Love the outdoors? If the answer's yes this could be the perfect project for you. Projects Abroad are offering a new community building project working in the township of Mfuleni in South Africa.

Projects Abroad Jamaica officially celebrates its one year anniversary on April 1. Country Director, Bridgette Barrett tells us how it all got started.

As this is my first article since arriving in Costa Rica in November 2008 I thought a brief explanation would be necessary, not just about myself but about the park that Projects Abroad is working in.

You can now follow Projects Abroad on Twitter at http://twitter.com/projectsabroad.

The Canadian Projects Abroad team will be hosting an Open House on Thursday April 2nd, 2009 from 4-8pm at our Toronto Office just south of Yonge & Bloor. This is a great opportunity to meet the staff and former volunteers who will be able to answer questions about our projects and destination countries.

On March 1st Chinnasamy Rajendran, Director for India, along with a number of high level community officials and the head of the clinic Dr Mohideen witnessed the grand opening of the first ever Projects Abroad Village Clinic.

After another successful volunteering year it is time to look back to see which of our destinations were most popular in 2008.

Louis Berger-Mole a sports volunteer in Ghana recently found himself a lead part in a Nigerian movie. Louis was on his normal walk to work in Teshie Nungua when he was spotted by the film's director. He was then asked if he could attend an audition where he was instantly given the job despite having no acting experience.

The idea would be for volunteers to teach and look after children in Arab East Jerusalem. They would teach English in schools and take care of children in day centres in the Palestinian part of the city.

The Great Ethiopian Run took place on Sun 23^rd November. Our Director, Sami and Desk Officer Bikesegn were keen to take part, and ran the 10km along side our enthusiastic volunteers!

Projects Abroad is one of the sponsors of the new call for an International Court for the Environment. A campaign is being launched in London at 4 pm on Friday 28th November at a meeting to be held at the British Library. The initiative is being led – and the meeting chaired – by Stephen Hockman QC, former Chairman of the Bar Council.

Gerrit, the Director of our Conservation Project updates us on all the news from South Africa and Botswana

Romania Care Volunteers Organise Concert Fun Care Supervisor, Daniela Christea tells us about a program of shows and concerts arranged by the Care and Drama volunteers in Romania. 'Last year the volunteers from the foster homes in Tarlungeni started a new type of program to help the children socialize: they organized shows, carnivals and puppet shows.

The Canadian Projects Abroad team will be hosting an Open House on Tuesday September 23rd from 4-8pm at our Toronto Office just south of Yonge & Bloor.

Our two week special volunteers who were in Argentina on a medical program are now all back home recounting tales of their time in Cordoba. One of the highlights was the middle weekend when the intrepid group were taken up into the hills outside of Cordoba.

Emmanuel Eboué of English Premiership team, Arsenal has recently thrown his support behind the latest Projects Abroad sport project. Projects Abroad have set up a soccer academy to help develop the talents of a local community team based in Ghana. The academy, which has 3 youth teams and 1 senior team, provides top quality coaching for over 80 players in the Cantonments area of Accra, the capital of Ghana.

The town of St Louis, Projects Abroad's base in Senegal is well known because of its international Jazz festival. People travel from all over the world to play, watch and appreciate the music in St Louis.

No one can deny that protecting the environment can be as dry as the dust of the ever-expanding Sahara Desert. Now all that's changing with Projects Abroad. We've been working with Club4Climate and soon we'll be launching our eco-clubs - dance-clubs with a big eco-twist - around the world.