(Budget Travel) -- Volunteer vacations are one of the biggest trends in travel. If you've never really considered going on one, these volunteers' stories might just change your mind.
Ryan Balding, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, helped feed the homeless in Washington, D.C.
Teaching needy kids in Kanyakumari, India
"I brought construction paper and crayons, and the kids drew animals -- it was a treat for them to have their work on the walls. I stayed at the school, in a cement room with a cot and a semi-flushing toilet. It was spartan, but not compared to how the villagers sleep, on beach mats on the floor. I was close to telling my school in America that I wouldn't return. I only spent six weeks in Kanyakumari, but it felt like years. Stories about my trip help my students back home appreciate what they have. Everyone wants the new PlayStation or cell phone -- I get caught up in that, too -- and the best way to get grounded again is by seeing how 75 percent of the world lives." -- Kelly Abbott, 33, Castro Valley, California
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