{"id":959,"date":"2015-02-06T18:28:33","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T01:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/?p=959"},"modified":"2015-02-23T10:13:53","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T17:13:53","slug":"voluntourism-creating-opportunities-for-meaningful-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/2015\/02\/06\/voluntourism-creating-opportunities-for-meaningful-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Voluntourism: Creating Opportunities for Meaningful Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/files\/2015\/02\/SEEDS-ICELAND.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-978\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/files\/2015\/02\/SEEDS-ICELAND-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/files\/2015\/02\/SEEDS-ICELAND-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/files\/2015\/02\/SEEDS-ICELAND-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the new semester well under way and the depths of winter bringing about grey days,\u00a0students may already be considering their plans for summer intersession. We certainly\u00a0wouldn\u2019t blame you if they included a warmer climate. For students seeking travel with a\u00a0greater purpose and cultural connection, volunteering abroad presents a unique\u00a0opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>There are varying degrees of voluntourism, a term that has recently been targeted by critics\u00a0of international development. There\u2019s no foul in a humble act of volunteering a special\u00a0skillset but it\u2019s imperative that participants carefully vet prospective organizations. Students\u00a0studying technical disciplines make especially great candidates for voluntouring. Moreover,\u00a0it provides an opportunity to build experience, and explore areas of further career\u00a0specialization or academic research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips for responsible <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadiantraveller.com\/Voluntourism_How_To_Make_The_Leap_into_Volunteer_Vacationing\" target=\"_blank\">volutourism<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sustainability: is the project\/organization executed by locals?<\/li>\n<li>Esure your presence isn\u2019t reverse outsourcing.\u2019 For example, performing manual\u00a0labor may result in fewer jobs for local construction workers.<\/li>\n<li>What tangible skills are can you contribute?<\/li>\n<li>Are you prepared to deal with culture shock?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have realistic expectations of a voluntour experience?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Voluntouring doesn&#8217;t have to be an international pursuit. Organizations such as Frontiers\u00a0Foundation run programs right here in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadiantraveller.com\/Voluntourism_How_To_Make_The_Leap_into_Volunteer_Vacationing\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Learn more about it here!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Article author: Jenn Larsen<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: http:\/\/www.seeds.is\/pictures-iceland\/236<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the new semester well under way and the depths of winter bringing about grey days,\u00a0students may already be considering their plans for summer intersession. We certainly\u00a0wouldn\u2019t blame you if they included a warmer climate. For students seeking travel with a\u00a0greater purpose and cultural connection, volunteering abroad presents a unique\u00a0opportunity. There are varying degrees of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26924,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1959,3455,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-experience","category-tips","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26924"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":979,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959\/revisions\/979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/waltergage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}