Is International Voluntourism Effective?
Philanthropic Travel is a Learning Experience; not a Service (Voluntourism) Trip.
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Each year, more than a million Americans, the majority of them teenagers or college students, travel to other countries on "service trips." Lasting for a week or two, the trips are conceived as a way for Americans to see developing world poverty up-close and to "help."
The help usually takes the form of some low-skill labor project like building a classroom or rehabilitating a small house.
Originally the sole province of church youth groups, the service trip has become increasingly popular as "a vacation with meaning."
Now that another million travelers have returned home and are back to their normal lives, the Wall Street Journal points out the myriad reasons why such trips are a bad idea.
The summary is that it is ridiculous to spend tens of thousands of dollars flying Americans to a foreign country to poorly perform a task that could be done cheaper, better and with more beneficial long-term effect by high-skill local labor.My epiphany on the pointlessness of such trips came while spending a month volunteering at an international NGO's famine'relief operation in Ethiopia.
Despite my good intentions it was abundantly clear that I had no useful skills for the situation. Apparently this message is sinking in, the Washington Post ran a story this summer noting that many churches are abandoning such trips.
"The End of Service Trips?" by Tim Ogden 15OCT08
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GEORGE RUPP is the President & CEO, International Rescue Committee
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A: Our non-governmental organization (NGO) partners specifically request that your learning visit result in a generous tax deductible monetary donation rather than your personal labor or ancillary gifts in kind.
Exceptions to the 'do no labor' NGO protocol include medical doctors, nurses, and technologists with hard to come by specific skills who are willing to serve at the NGO's request.
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Founded by philanthropic travel pioneer David Chamberlain, this innovative company designs bespoke, flexible experiences for travelers so they can safely step beyond the well-trotted tourist path and discover communities glossed over in guidebooks.
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Exquisite Safaris high impact philanthropy advising empowers travelers to learn how their generosity can expand non-governmental organization (NGO) capacity, accelerating the delivery of education, clean water, and micro-finance, while helping democracy to take root.
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There are many variations on the story of stone soup, but they all involve a traveler coming into a town.
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The inhabitants try to discourage the traveler from staying, fearing he wants them to give him food. They tell him in no uncertain terms that there's no food anywhere to be found.
The traveler explains that he doesn't need any food and that, in fact, he was planning to make a soup to share with all of them. The villagers watch suspiciously as he builds a fire and fills a cauldron with water.
With great ceremony, he pulls a stone from a bag, dropping the stone into the pot of water. He sniffs the brew extravagantly and exclaims how delicious stone soup is. As the villagers begin to show interest, he mentions how good the soup would be with just a little cabbage in it.
A villager brings out a cabbage to share. This episode repeats itself until the soup has cabbage, carrots, onions, and beets-indeed, a substantial soup that feeds everyone in the village.
This story addresses the human tendency to hoard in times of deprivation. When resources are scarce, we pull back and put all of our energy into self-preservation. We isolate ourselves and shut out others.
As the story of stone soup reveals, in doing so, we often deprive ourselves and everyone else of a feast.
This metaphor plays out beyond the realm of food. We hoard ideas, love, and energy, thinking we will be richer if we keep to them to ourselves, when in truth we make the world, and ourselves, poorer whenever we greedily stockpile our reserves.
The traveler was able to see that the villagers were holding back, and he had the genius to draw them out and inspire them to give, thus creating a spread that none of them could have created alone.
Are you like one of the villagers, holding back?
If you come forward and share your gifts, you will inspire others to do the same. The reward is a banquet that can nourish many.
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The Right Honourable Baroness Caroline Cox of Queensbury born July 6, 1937 was Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords from 1985 to 2005 and is currently a cross-bench peer Independent Member of the House of Lords.
From 1985 to 1986 she served as a Baroness-in-Waiting to Her Majesty The Queen.
On special request, Baroness Cox will advise and accompany Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic clients during high impact philanthropy journeys.As Chief Executive of HART Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust, which fosters humanitarian aid missions for suffering peoples around the world, Baroness Cox is a voice for the voiceless, advocating on behalf of HART's partners in Parliament and around the world.
She currently serves as Vice President of the Royal College of Nursing. She is also a strong advocate for disability causes, serving as a Member of the World Committee on Disability and a Judge for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award.
In 2004, she was appointed a Special Rapateur by the Britsh Foreign and Commonwealth Office for Religious Freedom and Belief.
Lady Cox's work in the field of humanitarian aid has taken her on many missions to conflict zones, including over 65 visits to the Armenian enclave of Nagorno Karabakh; countless visits to Africa including Sudan, Uganda and Nigeria; to the Karen, Karenni and Chin peoples in the jungles of Burma; and to communities suffering from conflict in India and Indonesia.
She has visited North Korea, helping to promote parliamentary initiatives and medical programs. In her work as a social scientist, she has been instrumental in helping to change the former Soviet Union policies for orphaned and abandoned children from institutional to foster family care.
Positions: Lady Cox's many positions include:
Chancellor: Liverpool Hope University; Bournemouth University, 1991-2001
Hon. President: Tushinskaya (Moscow) Children's Hospital Trust; Standing Conference of Women's Organisations; Dean Close School; Churches Together Highgate
Vice-President: The Royal College of Nursing of the UK; Girl Guides Association; Love Russia; UN Association - Westminster; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; St Lawrence College
Hon. Vice-Chairman: Executive Board of the International Islamic Christian Organisation for Reconciliation and Reconstruction (IICORR)
Patron: Medical Aid for Poland Fund; Premier Radio; Physicians for Human Rights, UK; Project Rachel-Romania; Columbia Childcare (UK); British School of Oesteopathy; British Association for Service to the Elderly.
Trustee: Siberian Medical University, Tomsk; Chernobyl Relief Foundation; The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation; MERLIN (Medical Emergency Relief International)
Director: Educational Research Trust; Andrei Sakarov Foundation
Member of Board/Advisory Council: Accident and Emergency Nursing. IUS et Lex-Poland; Emmanuel College; Project Cure; King's Fund; The Barnabas Fund; MigrationWatch
As President of the Tushinskaya Paediatric Hospital Trust, Baroness Cox worked closely with its former patron, the late Diana, Princess of Wales
Publications: Lady Cox is a prolific author, her many publications including:
A Sociology of Medical Practice (1975)
Rape of Reason: The Corruption of the Polytechnic of North London (jt au 1975)
The Right to Learn (jt au 1982)
Trajectories of Despair: Misdiagnosis and Maltreatment of Soviet Orphans (with John Eibner 1991)
Ethnic Cleansing in Progress: war in Nagorno Karabakh (1993)
Made to Care: the Case for Residential and Village Communities for People with a Mental Handicap (with M. Pearson 1995)
This Immoral Trade: Slavery in the 21st Century (co-author Dr. John Marks 2006)
Islam, Islamism and the West: Is Idiological Islam Compatible with Liberal Democracy (co-author Dr. John Marks 2006)
Academia:
Lady Cox is the Former Head of the Sociology Department of the University of North London, 1974-77.
Director, Nursing Education Research Unit, Chelsea College, University of London, 1977-84.
Lady Cox has been a guest lecturer at The Royal College of Defence Studies, The Joint Services Command Staff College (British Armed Forces), Oxford University, Georgetown University, Yale University, Oakland University and many other academic institutions around the world.
Decorations and Awards:
Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, 1990
William Wilberforce Award, Jan. 1995
Fridtjof Nansen International Foundation Award
The International Mother Teresa Award for humanitarian work, Mar. 2005
Mkhitar Gosh Medal conferred by the President of the Republic of Armenia, Sep. 2005
Anniversary medal presented by Lech Walesa, the former President of Poland, at the 25th anniversary of the Polish Solidarity Movement, Oct. 2005
Lady Cox has received numerous awards, honors, and honorary degrees from governments, universities and NGOs from around the world.
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Lady Cox was married from 1959 to Dr. Murray Newell Cox, a forensic psychiatrist, until his passing in 1997. She has two sons, one daughter and 10 grandchildren
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It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
I had the radio on, I was drivin'
trees flew by, me and Del were singin' little Runaway
I was flyin'
Yeah runnin' down a dream
that never would come to me
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runnin' down a dream
I felt so good like anything was possible
I hit cruise control and rubbed my eyes
the last three days the rain was un-stoppable
it was always cold, no sunshine
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I rolled on as the sky grew dark
I put the pedal down to make some time
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Join us for a custom-designed heli-ski/snowboard experience just for you within the wilds of the European Alps and we will donate a prosthetic limb per traveler to a Burmese Landmine Survivor in partnership with Jolkona.org and ClearPath International.
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We take you on a journey by ski or snowboard from country to country, on untouched descents via ancient passes over the borders of Switzerland, France and Italy; we combine the essentials of refined European hospitality, with breathtaking ski descents in a wilderness that seems to go on forever.
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We brings together the essential qualities of refined hospitable European skiing, charming villages with a rich historical past and fine dinning for your next heli-ski adventure.
The Beneficiaries: Burmese citizens who have lost a limb to land mines.
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Reported cases of land mine accidents in Burma have skyrocketed, increasing 80% over prior years. The death rate has doubled.
Civilians account for the majority of those injured or killed by land mines with more than half being injured while foraging for forest and jungle produce, collecting wood, or traveling. Access to medical services and prosthetics fabrication is problematic.
Since the International Committee of the Red Cross suspended its physical mobility and rehabilitation programs in Burma in 2007, land mine accident survivors must seek services across the border in Thailand or at refugee camps scattered along the Thai-Myanmar border.
Time is always a major concern for the beneficiaries as they wait for their prosthetics - precious time worrying that their family might be in danger from army or rebel forces.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) states that if responsible practices are in place, Philanthropic Travel is the natural interlocutor between the wealth and desires of the global traveler and the socio-economic needs of some of the world's most remote, but heritage-rich communities, natural and cultural sites.
It's vital to manage, through collaboration, the impact of tourism and the low-volume, high yield operators particularly in the luxury tier are in a unique position to deliver service and stability to world heritage. UNESCO sees responsible travel as a delicate balancing act. Tourism involves a series of trade-offs but, within an agreed framework of goals and limits and a climate of educational, respectful relationships, we have one of our most powerful tools for poverty reduction.
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Travel Philanthropy is our passion. Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel has raised over 1 million dollars since 2008; 100% has been donated to our high impact NGO partners in destinations in the USA and around the world.
Best Practice Consulting in Travel Philanthropy for the Global Travel Industry Exquisite Safaris Travel Philanthropy is grateful to have been recognized as a travel industry leader in Travel Philanthropy by the 2008 World Travel Market: The Global Event for the Travel Industry.
An effectively executed Travel Philanthropy CSR program is now a key purchase decision for premium travelers and evaluation criteria for high quality employees.
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) states that if responsible practices are in place, Philanthropic Travel is the natural interlocutor between the wealth and desires of the global traveler and the socio-economic needs of some of the world's most remote, but heritage-rich communities, natural and cultural sites.
It's vital to manage, through collaboration, the impact of tourism and the low-volume, high yield operators particularly in the luxury tier are in a unique position to deliver service and stability to world heritage. UNESCO sees responsible travel as a delicate balancing act. Tourism involves a series of trade-offs but, within an agreed framework of goals and limits and a climate of educational, respectful relationships, we have one of our most powerful tools for poverty reduction.
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There are times in our lives when all the signs seem to be pointing us in a particular direction. Our thoughts and dreams are echoed in the songs and stories we hear and the media we see.
Maybe the message we are getting from the universe doesn't even make sense in the "real" world, but somewhere inside, these urges feel right. Perhaps you feel you should move to a new city although your life where you are is just fine. Or maybe you feel the desire to pursue a new direction in your career when it never really interested you before.
When we spend time getting in touch with our higher selves, our intuition sends us directives to lead us to become our best and most fulfilled selves.Instead of deterring us from our goal, these questions only serve to clarify our focus to move us forward.
And when we are open and listening, the next step is to take action and go for it.
Once we make the decision to pursue our inner urgings, the universe sets into motion the means for all sorts of details to fall into place.
A sense of peace will come over us, because we know that any questions will no longer make us wonder if our dreams are possible, but how to make them happen.
We need not throw caution to the wind to follow our dream. The positive shift in our energy affects everything around us. Like a rush of water, it goes ahead to clear debris from our path so that we can go forward. Our new attitude also attracts likeminded people. Sometimes even the most unlikely angels arrive to help us along our way with the information and support we need. Wherever your dreams are pointing you today, take a step.
Take action and manifest your inner urges and soul whisperings.
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