Are volunteer tourists heading for a disaster? - News and Comment - Times Online

Are volunteer tourists heading for a disaster? - News and Comment - Times Online

My friends at VolunTourism.org alerted me to this story in the Times Online (UK).

I was afraid when I started reading this article that it would be about bad things happening to volunteers, but it wasn't. Instead it asked some important questions about how the new trend in short term volunteering holidays is working, and how it could be improved. It finishes with some very helpful words of advice for those wishing to explore the possibility of spending their next holiday volunteering.