Do Voluntourists Help or Harm?
January 27, 2011 – 11:59 am
Posted 3 Jan 2011 on Ethical Traveler by Katia Savchuk
Performing short-term volunteer work abroad is “potentially exploitative” of vulnerable populations, according to a recent study of “voluntourism” in African orphanages. Authored by researchers from South Africa’s Human Sciences Research Council and Queen Mary, University of London, the report found that foreign volunteers who came, bonded and left harmed the emotional and social development of children.
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