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Introduction: The opportunity of a lifetime : become an agent of change -- Pt. 1. Answering the give-back call : how you can engage. Excavate your inner humanitarian -- Channeling your passion : the many give-back options -- How to navigate volunteering in the developing world : taking a trip with purpose -- Pt. 2. Ways to change the world and change yourself : how you can take on AIDS, malaria, deforestation, illiteracy, and more. Channel your inner Oprah : educate the children -- Global health : deliver clean water to villages, prevent AIDS, ease orphans' suffering -- Touch the world : preserve endangered animals and habitats/reforest the world -- Spread the prosperity : invest in entrepreneuers -- Ease conflictt : be the peace you want to see in the world -- Still other ways to engage : start in your own workplace -- Ensuring a safe, successful trip -- Coming home : engaging more -- Let the developing world change ours -- Connecting