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    Voluntourism involves traveling to volunteer, typically for a charity. It allows tourists to experience a new culture while helping those in need. However, voluntourism can have negative effects if not done properly. Critics argue that volunteers are often inexperienced and their short stays do not allow for deep cultural understanding. Local resources may also be drained to host volunteers, and local workers' jobs could be disrupted. When done sustainably and by empowering local communities and workers, voluntourism can have long-term positive impacts. World Vision focuses on sustained family and community well-being through local capacity building rather than creating dependency on outsiders.

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    Voluntourism involves traveling to volunteer, typically for a charity. It allows tourists to experience a new culture while helping those in need. However, voluntourism can have negative effects if not done properly. Critics argue that volunteers are often inexperienced and their short stays do not allow for deep cultural understanding. Local resources may also be drained to host volunteers, and local workers' jobs could be disrupted. When done sustainably and by empowering local communities and workers, voluntourism can have long-term positive impacts. World Vision focuses on sustained family and community well-being through local capacity building rather than creating dependency on outsiders.

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    Voluntourism involves traveling to volunteer, typically for a charity. It allows tourists to experience a new culture while helping those in need. However, voluntourism can have negative effects if not done properly. Critics argue that volunteers are often inexperienced and their short stays do not allow for deep cultural understanding. Local resources may also be drained to host volunteers, and local workers' jobs could be disrupted. When done sustainably and by empowering local communities and workers, voluntourism can have long-term positive impacts. World Vision focuses on sustained family and community well-being through local capacity building rather than creating dependency on outsiders.

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    Faculty:ITM​
    • Group:643.20​
    • Subject:English​
    • Teacher:Cumshudova Gulshan​
    • Student:Jafarov Elmin​
    • Topic:Voluntourism
     What is voluntourism?

    The term voluntourism is a combination of the words


    volunteer and tourism. It is also sometimes referred to as
    volunteer travel or volunteer vacation. Voluntourism is a
    form of tourism in which travelers participate in voluntary
    work, typically for a charity.

    Voluntourists range in age and come from all over the world.
    The work they do can be related to agriculture, health care,
    education and many other areas.
    This volunteer work overseas entails not only the duties a
    volunteer will do, but it is also gives a chance for tourists
    to discover new places, experience a foreign culture, and
    learn more about people in other countries. The time spent
    becomes an exciting and fulfilling vacation because you
    get to immerse yourself in another world while helping
    out those in need. Doing voluntary work overseas is very
    different from the typical idea of a “relaxing” or
    “sightseeing” vacation which is in fact very artificial and
    does not allow you to really engage with the people in the
    country you are visiting and to form relationships with
    them as other human beings.
    Why is voluntourism bad?

    If you’ve heard of voluntourism, you’ve likely heard


    some of the criticisms of it. Voluntourism can have
    many negative effects, but perhaps the worst cases
    involve the exploitation of children. They agreed,
    thinking their children would get better opportunities
    at the orphanage. The orphanage then posted images
    of the children online to solicit support and funds
    from around the world. After being rescued, the
    children described how they were beaten, left hungry
    and forced to do heavy labour instead of going to
    school.
    There are a variety of other
    criticisms of voluntourism, among
    them:

    • Local resources are drained: Communities receiving volunteers want to be great hosts, so they pour their own
    resources into ensuring food and accommodations are sufficient. These resources could be better used to
    improve their own lives. While volunteers may consider themselves a helpful source of manpower doing good
    work, they are actually just another mouth to feed.

    • Volunteers are inexperienced: One of the biggest arguments against voluntourism is the lack of related experience
    volunteers have for the work they’re expected to do in the field. Take for example a volunteer who is helping build
    houses: if this person doesn’t have the right skillset, their work may be of poor quality – perhaps even unstable. In
    the end, this costs the community more time, money and energy than the volunteer has expended.
    • Not enough time: Volunteer vacations
    usually only last between a few days to a
    couple weeks. Since most of that time is spent
    working, volunteers miss out on opportunities
    to gain a deeper understanding of the culture
    of the country they’re visiting.

    • Local economy is disrupted: When


    volunteers show up to do work, they’re
    often putting local labourers out of work.
    In the case of the housing volunteer, local
    masons, construction workers, and
    carpenters lose jobs because of
    inexperienced foreign labourers.
     What are the benefits of voluntourism?

    While the criticisms of volunteer vacations are many, there are some positive aspects, if they are done right.

    • If the voluntourism opportunity is well-thought out


    and sustainable, a volunteer’s actions can have long-
    term impact. For instance, instead of going abroad to
    teach English to students, why not help local teachers
    already living in that community improve their English
    and their teaching methods. In this way, jobs are not
    taken away from local workers. The community is left
    with a wealth of knowledge so current and future
    teachers, as well as their students, can benefit from it.
    Voluntourism and World Vision: What’s our approach?

    World Vision has one goal: the sustained well-being of children, especially the most vulnerable.

    In order to achieve child well-being, we


    believe that children, whenever possible,
    should remain in the care of their families.
    When children live with their families, in
    their communities, their risk of being
    exploited decreases, compared to children
    living in orphanages and other institutions.
    We then focus on helping those families improve
    their lives. But we don’t stop there. If one family is
    living in poverty, it’s quite possible that their
    community as a whole is struggling as well. World
    Vision also helps families improve their
    communities, which in turn empowers all of the
    children living there.
     
    Communities that have essential resources can
    better ensure their children are healthy, happy and
    educated for life. Our child sponsorship program
     addresses the core issues of poverty through
    community-based sustainable development. 
    Volunteer’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities

    Your rights
    1.The right to feel safe
    2.The right to information, training, and supervision for
    your volunteer role or project
    3.The right to feel valued by asking questions and
    offering constructive feedback
    4.The right to negotiate your volunteer role
    5.The right to leave at any time
    Encourages dependency

    Voluntourism has frequently been referred to as a form of


    neo-colonialism, which is true in certain cases. For
    example, it can often perpetuate the notion that
    developing countries require the help of ‘superior’
    westerners to improve their situation. In reality, what
    they need is better trained locals and improved
    infrastructure. 
    Source

    https://www.worldvision.ca/stories/voluntourism-the-good-and-the-bad
    https://servetheworldtoday.com/world-citizens-travel-guide/what-is-voluntourism/
    https://www.globalteer.org/voluntourism/
    https://www.gooverseas.com/blog/what-is-the-difference-between-voluntourism-and-
    volunteering
    Thank you for your attention

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