In answer to your question, there are many examples of volunteering which is not ethical. There is a huge need to research the volunteering position to make sure it benefits both the volunteer and the project being undertaken. An example would be volunteering teaching a school in a less privaledged country where teachers may stay for a month and then leave. This disrupts the childs pattern of learning and leaves them with little stability or continuity. A second example would be where many volunteering companies have been set up in order to meet the huge demands of students wishing to do good and volunteer abroad. Projects such as these may not be needed and may do more harm than good to an area. This is why it is very important to research carefully and ask questions that can be found at ethical volunteering.org. I went away with Quest Overseas in 2006 and they are a very good example of an organisation who work closer with partner charities and have a very good ethical ethos.
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In answer to your question, there are many examples of volunteering which is not ethical.
There is a huge need to research the volunteering position to make sure it benefits both the volunteer and the project being undertaken.
An example would be volunteering teaching a school in a less privaledged country where teachers may stay for a month and then leave. This disrupts the childs pattern of learning and leaves them with little stability or continuity.
A second example would be where many volunteering companies have been set up in order to meet the huge demands of students wishing to do good and volunteer abroad. Projects such as these may not be needed and may do more harm than good to an area.
This is why it is very important to research carefully and ask questions that can be found at ethical volunteering.org.
I went away with Quest Overseas in 2006 and they are a very good example of an organisation who work closer with partner charities and have a very good ethical ethos.
All excellent points
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