Volunteering in the News
Some tips on how to volunteer responsibly overseas.
Martin Punaks is an international development consultant working at the interface between child protection and responsible volunteering. here’ are  some tips from him on how to volunteer responsibly overseas. " Like anything worthwhile, it will take some critical thinking and careful planning, but i... read the full item
Volunteering abroad made us friends for life
We took a sabbatical from our lives! Read about two of our volunteers here read the full item
Where have all the children gone
Important article in the sunday times - read it here read the full item
Who are you helping
Sallie Grayson from People and Places (travel-peopleandplaces.co.uk), a UK organisation that arranges overseas voluntary placements, said: “Volunteers should ask themselves 'do I have the skills to do this job?’ “?'Would I be allowed to go and hug a baby at an orphanage in my own country?’ An... read the full item
Volunteers do more harm than good.
Follow the recent debates in the press about the validity of short term volunteering abriad - paricularly in orphanages. The Guardian and Observer and The Telegraph read the full item
The pitfalls of poor preparation?
This article in The Daily Telegraph. is particularly interesting because it shows local people are now reading on this subject and I think their comments are as valuable as the volunteer's view. And the praise for us was pretty cool too! read the full item
Loadsa LUCRE and limited lingo!
We appear to have an irresponsible operator here but do we not also have a somewhat naive volunteer? Surely the obvious question is  - Am I qualified to do this work in my own country? - if the answers no - then should I do it? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/6065538/The-pitfalls... read the full item
Cheap labour is not needed
Sallie Grayson's article for The Tourism Society  Spring2009. Read here read the full item
In a previous life I sold frocks
Sallie Grayson's article for Travelmole in 2008. Read read the full item
Smoke and Mirrors
Sallie Grayson article for the International Ecotourism Society Read it here read the full item

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