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Please don't use "charity ratings" when deciding on a good charity. They are utterly bogus. Case in point "WE Charity" received 97 out of 100 from this group. Also charities please don't advertise if you get a good score from these ridiculous ratings! ow.ly/OpKi30rcU25
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If it was possible to stop climate breakdown and heal ecosystems while at the same time ending global poverty and providing a good life for all... but if this required significant reductions to the consumption of the rich and a shift beyond capitalism... would you do it?
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Planning your #PostCovid moves? Check out this handy flowchart to see whether overseas #volunteering is for you...
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Best Volunteering Tips – Should you pay or not? Read what the experts say at globerovers.com/volunteering…
#volunteering #volunteers #traveladvice #traveltips @Learnser
ALT Volunteering Tips – Should you pay or not
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Covid19 is presenting us a rare 'phoenix moment' to burn it all down and build it back better. We'd like to hear from more radical thinkers reimagining #globaldev and #internationalaid.
“Is international aid inherently fraught and should we just ‘burn it down’…or is there a way out of this?”
medium.com/aidreimagined/aid…
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Have you heard of the PlayPump debacle before? Read more about it below!
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Good intentions are not enough. #HelpingNotHelping
"10 Americans were jailed for taking custody of 33 children they said they believed to be orphans and trying to cross into the Dominican Republic with them. All the children were subsequently found to have parents living in Haiti."
nytimes.com/2012/12/05/world…
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"The increase in the number of volunteer organisations, particularly commercial operators, have changed the face of the volunteer tourism industry. What was once seen as an act of giving is now contested and threatened as a profit driven industry."
learningservice.info/the-com…
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I have views about #WEcharity, #Cuba and why #voluntourism has always been a bad idea theconversation.com/the-othe…
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What does COVID-19 mean for voluntourism? | World Economic Forum weforum.org/agenda/2020/08/c… #voluntourism #volunteer
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Read about Ritika's journey of changemaking under Project Aarogya published by @Learnser
#Volunteers #Sustainability #CDF #cdfIndia #SDGs #unsdgs #Communities #SDG3 #Menstruation #MenstrualHealth #WomenEntrepreneurs
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Powerful post from a volunteer with @CDF_India on the blog today! " I really believe the sweet spot lies in domestic and international volunteers working together."
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I was a huge fan of their first book about volunteering abroad. I am sure this one is even better:
"It is a must read for all who are and whom want to be part of the world of international volunteering!"
responsible-volunteering.com…
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Great to be a VOLUNTEER. Read what our expert warns about the pitfalls: cutt.ly/GlobeRovers-July2020…
@Learnser #travelmagazine #volunteersweek #volunteering #volunteers #volunteersweek2020 #volunteersdgs
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The 444 #WE charities (could be higher or could be lower) harbour elite corporate executives who see money as the role of the organizations #WEscam #WEscandal
This #toxic #voluntourism is not how to change the world nationalpost.com/opinion/chr…
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New Story: Paying Tourists Participate in Harmful Orangutan “Rehabilitation” Program
#Animals #Wildlife #Malaysia #Orangutans #Volunteer #Voluntourism #Tourism #Sepilok #SORC #EthicalTourism #EthicalTravel #Conservation #AnimalWelfare #AnimalProtection
animalpeopleforum.org/2019/1…
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As over-planned, over-ambitious do-gooders, I don't want us to forget the quiet power of modeling, validating, & providing intimate feedback, alongside the disrupting & truth-telling. We also greatly need more storytelling, weaving, experimenting, & caregiving in our sector. /11
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The 2015 exposé “Unleashing #Voluntourism” produced by the Canadian Public Broadcasting was originally scheduled to air on March 19 2015. The following clip is 1 of 2 deleted clips “Volunteers Unleashed: suppressed #MetoWe clip #1″:
youtu.be/Qzl4xDVjyvc