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  • Why “Dos & Don’ts” need an update

    Have you ever looked up a list of cultural rules for going overseas and thought, "isn't this just stereotpying?"  I personally think it's about time these typical "Dos and Don'ts" lists had an update. The...
    Monday, November 14th, 2016
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  • Would you go without a camera?

    I was recently chatting with a friend about the challenges of affluent countries sending volunteers to not-so-affluent countries. Out of that I heard one of the best lines I've come across in a while... Would...
    Monday, November 7th, 2016
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  • Beginning at the end

    When you travel overseas there is a decent amount of preparation to do. It can include booking flights, passports, visas, injections, packing, learning a bit of the language, researching the culture, knowing what electrical sockets...
    Sunday, January 31st, 2016
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  • Voluntourism Part 9: Wrapping it up…for now

    This series on voluntourism on my blog has been interesting for me to write...hopefully it has been interesting for someone to read too! To share some final thoughts on the topic (for now), I want...
    Monday, September 14th, 2015
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  • Voluntourism Part 8: Learning, not length, matters most

    DOES LENGTH OF STAY MATTER when it comes to a volunteering trip overseas? A common argument against volunteering trips overseas is that they are too short - you come in, then you leave, and what...
    Thursday, September 3rd, 2015
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  • Voluntourism Part 7: Volunteering, Tourism and Voluntourism – what’s the difference and does it matter?

    So in this whole debate on voluntourism, and some of the negative arguments against it, a question arises - is there a difference between "volunteering" and "voluntourism" in the first place? Isn't it just volunteering...
    Monday, July 27th, 2015
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  • Voluntourism Part 6: And now for some positives

    In this series I want to explore both the positive and the negative sides of voluntourism. Today is a focus on the positive - how voluntourism works to build bridges between cultures. Source: http://www.discprofiles4u.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DiSC-Assessment-Test.jpg For...
    Sunday, May 3rd, 2015
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  • Voluntourism Part 5: The economics of voluntourism

    Like most opportunities in the world, voluntourism does involve money. Today's post explores some of the effects money has on the participants and on the communities/receivers. Heads up - it's a long one! :-) $$$...
    Sunday, April 26th, 2015
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  • Voluntourism Part 4b – As I was saying…

    Following on from my last post where I concluded that we need to be more purposeful about promoting cross-cultural understanding and not presuming it will come by default from visiting other countries... I then heard...
    Friday, January 23rd, 2015
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  • Voluntourism Part 4: “Us” vs “Them”

    The ol' "Us Versus Them" theory is one of the oldest in the book...of Modern History and Politics anyway :-) If you do these subjects at university you are bound to come across this concept...
    Monday, January 19th, 2015
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