A block of blood should not have the word "cake" after it...they might as well say "white gâteau

— Karl Pilkington

Give An African Child Or Adult A Enabled Environment And Proper Facilities Like In The West And See The Many Great Wonders That Would Be Manifested Through This Often Criticized Race. In My Own Case I Was More Fortunate, But Later Transformed From A Soft Heart Person To A Very Stubborn And Stone Heart Person To Enable Me Push On Through. All Those Who Knew Me Could Tell You Of Me Very Well Home And Abroad.

— Baba Tunde Ojo-Olubiyo

I ended up in the back seat of a chicken truck’s cab heading through beautiful scenery and disastrous roads to my hotel. About an hour later, we stopped to sell a few hundred of the chickens to a butcher shop.

— Jennifer S. Alderson

I've been living for too long abroad and aboard, Rethinking the concept of being grounded or floored.

— Ana Claudia Antunes

Preparing for your journey in the most thorough way possible will not diminish your experiences abroad. It will enhance them.

— Bailey Richert

The land is always there...it is you who has to return

— Munia Khan

Volunteering abroad is a powerful force for change but only if you choose the right project.

— Volunteer 4 Africa

We are homeless enough in this world under the best of circumstances without going to any special effort to test our capacity to be more so.

— Harold Edmund Stearns

When the ancient Romans would conquer a new place or a new people, they would leave the language and the customs intact – they would even let the conquered people rule themselves in most cases, appointing a governor to maintain a foothold in the region.” Wilson leaned against the whiteboard as he spoke, his posture relaxed, his hands clasped loosely.“This was part of what made Rome so successful. They didn't try to make everyone Romans in the process of conquering them. When I went to Africa with the Peace Corp, a woman who worked with the Corp said something to me that I have often thought about since. She told me 'Africa is not going to adapt to you. You are going to have to adapt to Africa.' That is true of wherever you go, whether it's school or whether it's in the broader world.

— Amy Harmon