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GadlingTV's Travel Talk 009: Children for Children's Future {Gadling}
Apr 14th 2010 3:06PM Stephen - great piece. Sadly your experience is not unique, and it is, as you say, understandable, especially when corruption is rife, almost a cultural norm.
Your final words of advice are poignant: volunteering can be beneficial, both for the participant and the host community, but it is vital to research thoroughly to determine that the organization you volunteer with is genuinely benefiting the vulnerable, be it orphans, the elderly, disabled, etc.
At least with volunteering or philanthropic travel, you can go and see for yourself what is being done, which, whilst not foolproof, does help make the people on the ground be more accountable than sending money to a project without experiencing it personally.
Thanks again.
Christopher Hill
Founder
Hands Up Holidays
The secret activities of The Ritz-Carlton - Poll {Gadling}
Sep 6th 2009 10:08PM Good article - the Ritz Carlton are to be praised for their efforts in contributing to their communities; we recently stayed with them in Cancun, and were impressed with what they are doing with impoverished communities in the Cancun most tourists never see...so impressed that we are planning on partnering with them in Cancun.
Christopher Hill
President
Hands Up Holidays
