20: Volunteering During Travel (Voluntourism) & Using WorkAway for Free Stays

Have you been a part of volunteering efforts that helped you see
different parts of the world? Have you thought about combining
your passion for travel with your desire to help others in
foreign lands? Is it even a good idea to go into foreign nations
to help people that might not be asking for it? There are many
difficult questions when it comes to voluntourism, the concept of
volunteering during travel. We give our thoughts on the topic and
the ways that we have given back on the road. We also discuss
WorkAway (another form of volunteering) in more detail. We have
completed four WorkAway’s on three different continents now. We
give the good and bad on this fantastic way to see the world.


Main Topics Covered:


Volunteering During Travel

Using WorkAway for Free Stays



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The Most Efficient Non-For-Profit (Maybe in the
WORLD) that we helped with in Ayacucho, Peru
The kids we visited in the Ayacucho
orphanage
The boys in the orphanage in Kerala, India that
had a ‘ball’ playing with the sporting equipment
The Sports Academy in George, South Africa that
I worked with to understand their needs and help with connections


Books Mentioned:


Toxic Charity – Robert D. Lupton
When Helping Hurts – Steve Corbett & Brian
Fikkert


Two Thought Provoking Articles on the Subject:


TO STOP THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF CHILDREN, STOP
VOLUNTEERING IN ORPHANAGES


HOW YOU CAN HELP CHILDREN WITHOUT VOLUNTEERING IN AN
ORPHANAGE


WorkAway.info is where you can find potential
gigs and make your own profile 
We spent on the island of Perdika, Greece - see
our Top 10 Best Travel tips (2018)
Best of Antofagasta Chile (Our first Workaway
experience in a new city)
A Quick Guide to Crazy Guayaquil Ecuador (Our 2
week experience)
Hear more about South Africa in Podcast 4: South Africa:
A Guys’ Trip Heaven (Couples Welcome too)


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