24 April 2014 ~ 1 Comment

Is “Voluntourism” Itself Being Exploited?

Voluntourism

Here is a piece I wrote this week on the Huffington Post about how our focus on “voluntourism” as the culprit could be doing us a disservice: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniela-papi/is-voluntourism-itself-be_b_5197390.html

  • David Searby

    Daniela: I love your thinking on voluntourism. Do you know of any studies or have thoughts on the relative impact that a volunteer tourist has through their work vs. the money they bring to a worthy nonprofit in a developing country?