Volunteer opportunities include new home construction and renovations. Each month, HOA organizes more than 250 different community service projects addressing Atlanta s most critical needs. HOA will refer alternative break groups to Atlanta organizations that are interested in receiving volunteer services. Together began in 1985 when a group of college students visited Haiti with Father Thomas Hagan, a Chaplain at Lafayette and Moravian colleges. Upon their return, deeply moved by their experiences, they founded Hands Together.
Cultural immersion is encouraged.
Days are filled with travel and visits to various projects, some hands-on work and evenings are spent processing and reflecting. Since 1944, Heifer Project International has been helping hungry families feed themselves. HPI, a nonprofit organization, provides rural families around the world with food-producing animals and training in their care. HPI s International Learning and Livestock Center in Perryville, AR, is a 200-acre educational center, retreat center and livestock holding center. Costs vary per group.