(09-18-2018 10:30 AM)BadgerMJ Wrote:  

(09-18-2018 09:58 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  

Quote:Voluntourism is an outgrowth of the ecotourism movement of the 1990s. Travellers rebelled against package trips and resorts and wanted a more authentic experience – and they were willing to pay for it. Many charities in developing countries run such programmes and collect fees from volunteers.

Quote:Every year, millions of people from wealthy nations travel to poor countries, hoping to do good. University students want to spend a school break or part of a summer giving back, perhaps even to improve their CV. Christians go with their churches for one- or two-week missions. All seek personal growth, connection to those less fortunate, and the satisfaction of making a difference.

Quote:But the last thing a village needs is imported unskilled labour. People are desperate for jobs. Public works serve the community better and last longer when locals do them. Besides, long-term change happens when people can solve their own problems, rather than having things done for them.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/se...ly-do-harm

I've always believed in....

"God helps those who help themselves"

“Time is money”

That's why a do little to no "volunteering".

We train people to think that just because they're "less fortunate", people will volunteer & donate..... No incentive to do for themselves or as my old boss used to say “Pull yourself up by your bootstraps.”

Community my parents grew up in did not have electricity until rural electrification programs came along. Didn't have city water until even later.

Now maybe things would have been better if the town had been allowed to die or at least shrink. But with outside help, electricity and water attracted some small factories and the area became viable to live because there became enough of a market to have more than one bank, stores and even a few restaurants opened.

First step in pulling yourself up by your bootstraps is affording to buy boots.