GadlingTV's Travel Talk 009: Children for Children's Future

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4-22-2010 @ 1:04AM

Tania said...

VERY true, whether you are giving money to an organization or wanting to visit, I think doing some preliminary research is essential. However, probably in most cases, corruption must be exposed before it is fixed, and to do that, first-hand accounts are always best. As in the video above, if Stephen had not visited this orphanage, it's unlikely that they would've found out what was really going on. I agree with the comment above, visiting, interacting, donating time creates a degree of accountability...

I actually work with Off the Radar, travelofftheradar(dot)com (it's an online magazine for adventure travelers), and we only feature tour operators or voluntourism programs that either we can vouch for or personally know someone who can verify their program is legit, speeds along the research process a bit

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