Comments on: Voluntourism and Generation Y: Heart in the Right Place http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/ generation y is at your service. sort of. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:33:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Finding Meaningful Work While Still Young: Gen Y’s Catch 22 : Brazen Careerist - A Career Center for Generation Y http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Finding Meaningful Work While Still Young: Gen Y’s Catch 22 : Brazen Careerist - A Career Center for Generation Y Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:58:48 +0000 http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/#comment-122 [...] manifests itself as volunteer, not-for-profit or NGO work, or even kind-of-questionable things like voluntourism. (NGO is a really stupid, term, by the way. Here are a list of literal non-governmental [...] [...] manifests itself as volunteer, not-for-profit or NGO work, or even kind-of-questionable things like voluntourism. (NGO is a really stupid, term, by the way. Here are a list of literal non-governmental [...]

]]> By: The Catch-22 of finding meaningful work - yworking.com http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/comment-page-1/#comment-121 The Catch-22 of finding meaningful work - yworking.com Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:15:32 +0000 http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/#comment-121 [...] One of the more unifying traits of Generation Y is their desire to do important work that has meaning. For those that can afford it, this often manifests itself as volunteer, not-for-profit or NGO1 work, or even kind-of-questionable things like voluntourism. [...] [...] One of the more unifying traits of Generation Y is their desire to do important work that has meaning. For those that can afford it, this often manifests itself as volunteer, not-for-profit or NGO1 work, or even kind-of-questionable things like voluntourism. [...]

]]> By: The Summer Job Hunt: Five Things You Shouldn’t Do On Your Résumé : Brazen Careerist http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/comment-page-1/#comment-78 The Summer Job Hunt: Five Things You Shouldn’t Do On Your Résumé : Brazen Careerist Mon, 05 May 2008 10:49:52 +0000 http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/#comment-78 [...] qualification — to the point where you just want to skip out of the whole process and go do some voluntourism or [...] [...] qualification — to the point where you just want to skip out of the whole process and go do some voluntourism or [...]

]]> By: The Summer Job Hunt: Five Things You Shouldn’t Do On Your Résumé - yworking.com http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/comment-page-1/#comment-77 The Summer Job Hunt: Five Things You Shouldn’t Do On Your Résumé - yworking.com Sun, 04 May 2008 18:12:59 +0000 http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/#comment-77 [...] — to the point where you just want to skip out of the whole process and go do some voluntourism or [...] [...] — to the point where you just want to skip out of the whole process and go do some voluntourism or [...]

]]> By: Understanding Philanthropic Travel http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Understanding Philanthropic Travel Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:32:47 +0000 http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/#comment-16 Working Link... Learn More: http://tinyurl.com/2cgyry Working Link…

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]]> By: Understanding Philanthropic Travel http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Understanding Philanthropic Travel Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:29:26 +0000 http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/#comment-15 I encourage travelers to discern the differences that Philanthropic Travel and Voluntourism offer and to decide which experience appeals to them. Whether you prefer to spend a morning or afternoon connecting with locals as the guest of an Exquisite Safaris Humanitarian Partner (offering a tax deductible donation) and the balance vacationing (Philanthropic Travel); or prefer spending a morning or afternoon vacationing and the balance serving as a volunteer (Voluntourism) -valuable benefits accrue to all who collaborate." -David Learn More: http://tinyurl.com/create.php I encourage travelers to discern the differences that Philanthropic Travel and Voluntourism offer and to decide which experience appeals to them. Whether you prefer to spend a morning or afternoon connecting with locals as the guest of an Exquisite Safaris Humanitarian Partner (offering a tax deductible donation) and the balance vacationing (Philanthropic Travel); or prefer spending a morning or afternoon vacationing and the balance serving as a volunteer (Voluntourism) -valuable benefits accrue to all who collaborate.” -David

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]]> By: Vicky http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Vicky Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:14:07 +0000 http://yworking.com/education/voluntourism-and-generation-y-heart-in-the-right-place/#comment-14 Hi Matt, You and Dallas raise some interesting points about Gen Y's social and environmental consciousness and it is fair to question possible exploitation - of voluntourists and host communities alike. However, for a balanced view, please do not lump all "these voluntourism organizations" together. Some are ethical, responsible travel and volunteering organisations, willing to work within a voluntourism code of practice and standards and to international development standards. Some work with older generations than Ys, where it's not about a line on a resume, and where those participants do have a host of worldly experience that can be offered back, where their involvement is greatly valued. People have been volunteering internationally for generations. What differs with voluntourism now are the time frames undertaken, the process of application/interview and the skill-set not required, but places are merely "booked". Businesses, whether commercial, charity, NGO, have to have income of course in order to operate. Organisation and management of voluntourism to the international development standard ideal is never going to cost next to nothing. Money, unfortunately, has to come into the operations of even the best meaning of not-for-profit organizations in order to continue. Students are extremely fortunate to be in the position to not only travel but undertake such experiences at the relatively low cost they are available. Perhaps the demand of Gen Y wanting short-term opportunities for unskilled students has however prompted the growth in supply of such organizations with older markets? What *anyone* needs to examine when considering the options is the long term, sustainable benefit of voluntourism to the local community hosts and longterm involvement and commitment of organizations within, find out how the cost of the project involvement breaks down. Transparency of such information will lead to less exploitation, cynicism and good and fair reputations for those that deserve - from all generations. And if it's Gen Y that drives that, all well and good :o) Hi Matt,

You and Dallas raise some interesting points about Gen Y’s social and environmental consciousness and it is fair to question possible exploitation – of voluntourists and host communities alike.

However, for a balanced view, please do not lump all “these voluntourism organizations” together. Some are ethical, responsible travel and volunteering organisations, willing to work within a voluntourism code of practice and standards and to international development standards. Some work with older generations than Ys, where it’s not about a line on a resume, and where those participants do have a host of worldly experience that can be offered back, where their involvement is greatly valued. People have been volunteering internationally for generations. What differs with voluntourism now are the time frames undertaken, the process of application/interview and the skill-set not required, but places are merely “booked”.

Businesses, whether commercial, charity, NGO, have to have income of course in order to operate. Organisation and management of voluntourism to the international development standard ideal is never going to cost next to nothing. Money, unfortunately, has to come into the operations of even the best meaning of not-for-profit organizations in order to continue. Students are extremely fortunate to be in the position to not only travel but undertake such experiences at the relatively low cost they are available.

Perhaps the demand of Gen Y wanting short-term opportunities for unskilled students has however prompted the growth in supply of such organizations with older markets?

What *anyone* needs to examine when considering the options is the long term, sustainable benefit of voluntourism to the local community hosts and longterm involvement and commitment of organizations within, find out how the cost of the project involvement breaks down. Transparency of such information will lead to less exploitation, cynicism and good and fair reputations for those that deserve – from all generations.

And if it’s Gen Y that drives that, all well and good :o )

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