The world of volunteer tourism is a tricky one. Getting the balance right between enabling people to volunteer in another country, and meeting the needs of the places they volunteer at, isn't easy, and the guests in this episode have many thoughts about what can go wrong and what are better ways to …
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Is Volunteer Tourism Good or Bad? – Episode 288 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
It'd be great if any time we took ourselves travelling and volunteered somewhere that it was a purely good act. The problem is, of course, that we are now getting to understand just how damaging some kinds of volunteer tourism can be. Is it all bad, though? I don't think so! But we definitely have …
Volunteering Experiences – Episode 228 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast
As I discuss in the intro to Episode 228 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast, I haven't yet had the chance to do a meaningful volunteer stint on my travels - although I "nearly" did, twice, in my twenties. (I still feel sad that the Solomon Islands project I nearly got to work on didn't come …