Volunteering
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Volunteering is back in the news
The panel on volunteering at WTM last November was a lively discussion about what needs to be done to make volunteering more responsible. peopleandplaces have published advice for people thinking about volunteering abroad – download a copy of the essential questions to ask any organisation you are thinking of travelling with Two different perspectives on volunteering abroad from the UK have appeared in the press over the last few days. Ben Goldfarb writing for Forum for the Future estimates that as many as 10 million well-meaning travellers are flocking to work abroad, volunteering in construction, education, conservation and health projects. He suggests that people volunteer abroad – there are after…