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The Dark Side of Voluntourism

The Dark Side of Voluntourism

December 28, 2019
by Sandi Davis
Yarns

Before our bags were packed our egos were boosted. Our air was shrouded in arrogance. Friends, family and strangers fuelled our vanity: what we were…

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Why You Should Stop Romanticising Poverty

Why You Should Stop Romanticising Poverty

January 3, 2018
by Madison McKewin
Features

It was 12:30am and I was keeled over the toilet of an airborne plane, throwing up the half-digested Red Rooster chips I’d forced myself to…

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Volunteering Abroad - Who Are You Doing It For?

Volunteering Abroad – Who Are You Doing It For?

October 3, 2017
by Ida Thommessen
Features

At a family dinner in Norway, just hours before I was about to leave everything I knew behind and get on a plane to Tanzania,…

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Saviours on Tour

Saviours on Tour

September 6, 2017
by Amelia Edwards
Features

“The trip was so inspiring, you know? Like, I really made a difference. I just feel so humbled too, because they had nothing, but they…

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What It's Really Like to "Volunteer" at a Thai Elephant Sanctuary

What It’s Really Like to “Volunteer” at a Thai Elephant Sanctuary

May 30, 2017
by Julien Peron
Features, Thailand Tips

I woke most mornings at sunrise – mainly because Thailand has a way of helping you get to the toilet in a hurry. I’d shuffle…

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Getting Slut-Shamed in Vietnam

Getting Slut-Shamed in Vietnam

November 14, 2016
by Kate Dewar
Yarns

We were at the end of our dubious four-and-a-half month voluntourist teaching placements in Northern Vietnam. We had by now overcome the shock of the…

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Orphanages: Cambodia's Top Attraction

Orphanages: Cambodia’s Top Attraction

February 4, 2015
by Gemma Clarke
Cambodia Tips, Features

Where I come from, children are placed in institutional care as a last resort. Unless it is strictly necessary, every effort is made for a…

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Friends of Koh Rong

Friends of Koh Rong

November 10, 2014
by Christina Georgiadis
Cambodia Yarns, Features

Koh Rong: a paradisiacal island in Cambodia. It’s still not a major feature in the Lonely Planet or other guides, and remains a word-of-mouth kind…

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Teaching in Africa: the Good, the Bad and the Reality

Teaching in Africa: the Good, the Bad and the Reality

June 18, 2014
by Natto Welfare
Yarns

After the awesomeness of my first volunteer experience working at an animal sanctuary in Thailand back in 2010, two years later, I was looking for…

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So You Want to be a Volunteer?

So You Want to be a Volunteer?

February 4, 2014
by Lara Sveinsson
Features, Life Queries

As someone who’s spent a fair bit of time around the mud-brick hand-moulded blocks of the volunteer world, there are not enough words to encapsulate…

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