To be a part of a Volunteer Vacation is a dream of mine. I will get there, somehow, someway, someday....
Check out http://www.org4peace.org or other organizations similar to them.
It's the orphanages mostly that draw on my heart as I look at the smiles on their faces. They have so little, yet they still appear to be happy. We have so much and yet there is so much misery. That appreciation for life that they have needs to be taught here in our over commercialized, greedy, consumer driven, materialistic community in which we live. What an experience that would be....