“White saviour”, “poverty porn”, “reinforcing negative stereotypes” have been some of the phrases thrown at Ed Sheeran in recent weeks after he ‘won’ the 2017 Rusty Radiator award handed out by Radi-Aid. This annual award, along with the Golden Radiator, highlights the very worst and best fundraising videos in international development. The judges criticise videos […]

I’m off

That’s right, I’m out of here. I’m taking 8 months off work and I’m going to see parts of the world I’ve never been to before, armed with my camera, pen and pad (ok, iPad). This decision has been a long time coming and to be honest I’m pretty nervous. I don’t know many 33 […]

Guest post: Living in Africa; what’s it really like?

Rosie Coleman explains what she’s learnt from her travels and living in different part of Africa over the past year. Check out her previous blog on how travelling helped her with her career. I’ve now lived in Rwanda’s capital Kigali for 5 weeks and I’ve been working and travelling in Africa for nearly a year. […]

Category: Volunteering Overseas

Voluntourism in 2020

Friends-International: creating change with elephant poo

Heads, shoulders, knees and toes

Ethical travel with Ayana Journeys

Guest post: Luke is running for the kids

Case study: Samui Elephant Sanctuary

What is it like to lose your child to an orphanage?

Human zoos in 2018

Volunteering, voluntourism and social impact

The two sides of Ed Sheeran’s development work

I’m off

Guest post: Living in Africa; what’s it really like?