Monthly Archives: June 2012

Interesting documentary on volunteering in orphanages

Posted on June 28, 2012 by natashastein

Here is another interesting documentary on volunteering in orphanages, which raises some of the key points why inexperienced volunteers should avoid this kind of volunteer tourism.  

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Orphanage volunteering in the spotlight

Posted on June 14, 2012 by natashastein

Volunteering in orphanages has been in the spotlight a fair bit this year.The recent People and Power Aljazeera documentary exposing bad practices in orphanages in Cambodia paints a poor picture of volunteer tourism companies. Something I found particularly unsettling in … Continue reading →

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