Posts Tagged 'overseas'
If this were you, what skills and abilities would you want from a voluntourist?
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
The following is my response to a blog post and subsequent comments in the MIT Global Challenge notebook post titled US Aid Professionals to American Volunteers: Stay Home
The argument going back and forth is on the skills…
Enough with the shoe donations
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Every time I turn around another movie star or charitable event is collecting shoes to send to disaster zones or developing countries. Just today I was reading a frivolous article about Oscar gift bags (and no I don’t…
Voluntourism: What could go wrong when trying to do right?
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
This is a guest post from Daniela Papi. Daniela is the founder of PEPY, a hybrid organization based in Siem Reap, Cambodia. You can read more about the lessons Daniela and her team are learning by following her…
Mosquito nets, condomns and recycling
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
This is a repost of an edited previous post
From the Kenyan newspaper the Daily Nation:
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