{"id":6675,"date":"2022-03-07T03:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2022-03-08T08:56:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T16:56:04","slug":"reasons-not-to-volunteer-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2022\/03\/reasons-not-to-volunteer-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Not-Good Reasons to Volunteer Abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/travel_do_good.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/travel_do_good.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5012\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve made <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/stuff\/volunteerabroad.shtml\">a list of the most common reasons I see for people wanting to volunteer abroad<\/a>. And <strong>the most common reasons are NOT good reasons<\/strong>. And in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/stuff\/volunteerabroad.shtml\">this list<\/a>, I note why they are not good reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also note that most of the reasons in that list are, in fact, appropriate reasons to volunteer locally, in your own community or region, and why that is.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also address on this page the pushback comment I often get when I make such a list: &#8220;Oh, then volunteering abroad should be ONLY for the privileged?!?&#8221;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This list is within <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/stuff\/\">the section of my site that&#8217;s focused on people who volunteer, or want to volunteer<\/a>, whether locally or abroad. People that want to volunteer are not my usual audience, but I am still not seeing clear, accurate information for this audience, including from organizations claiming to promote volunteerism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why am I doing this? Because <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I&#8217;m tired of seeing volunteering, locally or abroad, that&#8217;s more focused on volunteers and their feelings and personal needs and ambitions than on the people and communities to be served. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I&#8217;m tired of seeing local people excluded from decision-making and participation that is supposed to positively affect their lives. Because I&#8217;m tired of seeing the remnants of white colonialism and supremacy present in volunteering and other nonprofit\/NGO activities. Because I loathe <a href=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/2016\/01\/vanity\/\">vanity volunteering (volunteering that&#8217;s all about the ego of the volunteer<\/a>). <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I really do want volunteers to help, not hurt. &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are lots of links <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/stuff\/volunteerabroad.shtml\">on the page<\/a> about how to approach volunteering abroad ethically, and where to find credible programs, as well as links to all of my posts against unethical voluntourism, vanity volunteering, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you disagree with what I&#8217;ve written, by all means, comment below (but please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/stuff\/volunteerabroad.shtml\">read the ENTIRE page first<\/a>), or write your own blog or web page and then&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/contact.html\">contact me<\/a>&nbsp;and let me know the link. I&#8217;d like to read your thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/coyotecommunications.com\/coyoteblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/donate_icon_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4685\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have benefited from this blog or other parts of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/\">my web site<\/a>&nbsp;and would like to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/payme.shtml\">support<\/a>&nbsp;the time that went into&nbsp;researching information, developing material, preparing articles, updating pages, etc. (I receive no funding for this work),&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coyotebroad.com\/me\/payme.shtml\"><strong>here is how you can help<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve made a list of the most common reasons I see for people wanting to volunteer abroad. 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