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GOAT strives to provide full transparency in all aspects of volunteer placement. Welcome to GOAT Volunteers! And so, GOAT Volunteers was born! WHY THE GOAT?
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GOAT Volunteers (Global Opportunities for Altruistic Travel) is a small volunteer placement agency focused on placing candidates with ethical projects around the world. I’m Justin, the founder of this small volunteer placement agency. After spending over a decade in the corporate world, I decided to give up my comfortable, yet unfulfilling lifestyle. I wanted a life of adventure while making the w

orld a better place. Consequently, I started volunteering and this is where I found my passion in altruism. Partway through my first year of traveling, I found out that the placement agency I was volunteering through in Spain added a 20% markup to the program fee in addition to their registration fee. When I complained about this, their response was “nowhere on our website does it say all of the program cost goes to the project.” Now, I understand a business’ need to make money, but this made me angry. So much so, that I came up with the idea to create a volunteer placement agency based on ethical business practices and full transparency. This would give me the ability to achieve my overall goal of making a more extensive, positive impact on the planet. Volunteering abroad is a challenging but wildly rewarding endeavor that anyone can benefit from. The inspiration for the name came from a small plastic goat figurine that my middle sister (who loves goats) gave me to take on my around-the-world volunteering journey. The goat is a great symbolic figure of a volunteer — they stand on unknown and unsteady grounds with confidence. Plus, a herd of goats can also be called a “trip”…and I thought that was a fun coincidence! The acronym G.O.A.T. is often used in sports and entertainment. It stands for “Greatest of All Time”. While I’d love to say that about this agency someday, the truth is we’re just getting started. This breed of GOAT is a bit different; it stands for Global Opportunities for Altruistic Travel. So if you're ready to make a positive impact and have a life-changing experience, apply to one of the GOAT Volunteers projects today!

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