The Musings of an African Volunteering in Africa

The Musings of an African Volunteering in Africa. An eloquent insight into this issue.

A rant about overseas volunteering

For those of you who know me you might be a bit surprised to see the title of this blog. Through my work with KickStart Ghana and other roles I am normally telling everyone how fantastic volunteering is and why they should get involved. I also espouse the benefits of overseas volunteering and tell people […]

Response to voluntourism article

Further to a recent article in The Beaver (the London School of Economics student newspaper), week of 9th October, page 23, looking at the pros and cons of voluntourism I sent the editors the following letter. Re: Voluntourism in Senegal It was great to read about Felicity’s recent volunteering experiences in Senegal and the benefits she felt […]