http://workingworldcareers.com/2008/10/08/voluntourism/ Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development Sun, 02 Nov 2014 14:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://workingworldcareers.com/2008/10/08/voluntourism/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Alanna Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:26:15 +0000 https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/blogs/workingworld/?p=113#comment-20 I have to say, I am not impressed by voluntourism. If you have actual useful skills that can help people, then you can be paid to work abroad. If you have so few skills that you need to pay someone to take you, then how much good can you be doing? I have to say, I am not impressed by voluntourism. If you have actual useful skills that can help people, then you can be paid to work abroad. If you have so few skills that you need to pay someone to take you, then how much good can you be doing?

]]> http://workingworldcareers.com/2008/10/08/voluntourism/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Amy Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:26:59 +0000 https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/blogs/workingworld/?p=113#comment-19 Voluntourism sounds like an excellent idea. I personally love to volunteer; giving back to my community gives me an incredible high, and to continue that interest abroad would be absolutely amazing. However, I'm about to be graduating from college and I know I would never be able to afford to participate in "voluntourism." What would your advice be for a broke idealist? Voluntourism sounds like an excellent idea. I personally love to volunteer; giving back to my community gives me an incredible high, and to continue that interest abroad would be absolutely amazing. However, I’m about to be graduating from college and I know I would never be able to afford to participate in “voluntourism.” What would your advice be for a broke idealist?

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