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Wed 02 Feb 2010On a foreign mission
Fancy a different kind of summer holiday? Students are volunteering to go abroad and help make a real difference, writes PETER McGUIRE
BRIAN MCCARTHY was bored of the usual holidays. Various TY projects had opened his eyes to both the diversity and injustices of the world, so when an opportunity to work as a volunteer in Ghana arose, he took it. Brian got a part-time job and saved the requisite €2,000, plus around €600 for flights.
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