Struggling to find the right volunteer opportunity for you? This might help!
Responsible Volunteering
by Friederike Hertwig
3y ago
A book review of “Learning Services – The Essential Guide to Volunteering Abroad” By Claire Bennett, Joseph Collins, Zahara Heckscher and Daniela Papi-Thornton As the team of Responsible Volunteering, we get asked a lot which volunteer provider we would recommend. A question which for most young people seems straightforward. We often disappoint them when not giving them their desired answer, a simple name. It is indeed not that straightforward, just as there is not only one right way in international volunteering. While reading through the very first pages of this book, you dive through praise ..read more
Visit website
Rescued voluntourist Silvia Romano: The voluntourism trap behind the kidnapping!
Responsible Volunteering
by Sebastian Drobner
4y ago
Silvia Romano (25), who was kidnapped while being on a voluntourism holiday in Kenya, was freed on Saturday 9th May 2020, in Somalia. Although this is considered excellent news, we would like to use this opportunity to draw attention to the (western) media coverage of the incident, which has been a typical example of perpetuating the stereotype of the western saviour, of the “Africans” that need to be saved and of the dark and dangerous African continent. Silvia Romano in the voluntourism trap In July 2018, Silvia Romano visited Kenya. It was there where she met the “founder” and manager of th ..read more
Visit website
Individual Volunteering at a Coffee Farm
Responsible Volunteering
by Sophia Dollan
4y ago
The business and structures around existing volunteer programs are usually not what people expect when they start to look for volunteering opportunities abroad. Many people join big providers already feeling uncomfortable – knowing that this is not really exactly what they were looking for. By publishing this report on self-organized, individual volunteering we want to show that it is possible – and easier than you might think. Why did I want to go abroad? Intermediate Examination. Finally, another achievement. I accomplished the first half of my theological studies. In regards of my car ..read more
Visit website
Roberta Bacic und Arpilleras – Eine Geschichte von Widerstand und Kollektivität
Responsible Volunteering
by Sebastian Drobner
5y ago
Der Verein Frauen in einer Welt feierte im Juni sein 30-jähriges Bestehen. Anlässlich dieses Jubiläums organisierte die gemeinnützige Organisation die siebte Konferenz „Internationale Gespräche im Museum“. Das Thema „Eine Welt: Widerständige Kunst für Frieden und Entwicklung” lud dazu ein, sich über verschiedene künstlerische Formen des Protests, der Friedensarbeit und des Widerstandes auszutauschen. Roberta Bacic, eine Menschenrechtsaktivistin, die seit Jahrzehnten mit Arpilleras arbeitet, wurde zum dritten Mal nach Fürth eingeladen und berichtete uns in einem Interview über bemerkenswert ..read more
Visit website
Arpilleras as a reflection method
Responsible Volunteering
by Sebastian Drobner
5y ago
Women in One World from Fürth/Germany has celebrated its 30th anniversary and organized their seventh International talks “with the subject “One World: Resisting Art for Peace and Development”. Roberta Bacic was invited and organized a workshop at the end of the conference. She took also part in talks, discussions and answered interview questions from students of the University of Applied Science Coburg. The Arpillera doll workshop – reflecting on the conference The participants were introduced to the process of making Arpillera dolls on the last conference day. Each participant was gi ..read more
Visit website
Projects Abroad long way to stop orphanage Tourism & the media’s role
Responsible Volunteering
by Sebastian Drobner
5y ago
Projects Abroad was one of the first market leaders to cut ties to most residential care placements. They followed smaller agencies such as Intrepid Travel and World Challenge, creating a trend that not even the market leader IVHQ was able to ignore.  International Volunteer HQ, too, stopped placing volunteers in residential care institutions for children without disabilities in March 2019. But how did it come to this step? The Media played a big role in this success story! Projects Abroad & the media In 2011 the investigating radio show Kaliber discovered abusive structural shortco ..read more
Visit website
Good selection for better volunteers
Responsible Volunteering
by Daniel Großbröhmer
5y ago
When browsing through the websites of different volunteer travel companies and organizations you can notice a small, but very important difference. Whereas many offers can be booked immediately online, others request the potential volunteer to apply first. So, where are the differences and why are they so important? Why should there be a selection process at all? Being serious about volunteering For the client – or the applicant – it is already a fist indicator about how serious the social mission of the volunteer travel company is. Even though volunteering is often unskilled labor, it will b ..read more
Visit website
Site update
Responsible Volunteering
by Daniel Großbröhmer
5y ago
Hi there, we are currently working on something here. Stay tuned! The post Site update appeared first on Responsible Volunteering ..read more
Visit website

Follow Responsible Volunteering on FeedSpot

Continue with Google
Continue with Apple
OR