Some years are chaotic, others are are spent putting the pieces back together after all the chaos-induced dust has settled. 2015 was the latter kind…
To call the water muddy is to completely misrepresent the black sludge speckled with crumbled off-brand Ritz crackers and shimmering with a slick topcoat of…
You learn a lot about people when you ask them for money. Whether you’re selling a product, raising money for a cause, or just need…
In The Problem with Little White Girls…, I posed a problem. Millions of mostly unskilled men and women were traveling to developing countries with one mission…
I have never known the relationship between Haiti and the Dominican Republic to be great. There was, from the first time I visited the DR…
“If all that were at stake here were my feelings, or those of a non-profit or for-profit entity, the issue would have quickly blown over….
On April 2, 2015, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) aired the documentary “Volunteers Unleashed” after a controversial reworking of the film in response to threats…
“You say I shouldn’t do a voluntourism trip. What should I do then?” I get that question a lot. At just about every presentation I…
One year ago, I wrote a piece that completely altered my life. From pressing publish, to seeing it go viral, the journey always seemed to…
“Isn’t race only an issue for those who make it one?” a British woman at Tourism Concern’s International Volunteering Conference asked. “Americans are, after all,…