Ethical Volunteering

When you make the decision to become a volunteer, whether in the UK or in Africa or South America, there are a few questions you need to ask yourself and the organisation you are going away with.

The fantastic Ethical volunteering website is a great place to start, it asks:

Are you ready to be an ethical volunteer?

Building classrooms in Tanzania

So you have found an organisation that you like the look of. You have questioned them about their programmes and the way they run and you think they have the programme for you. Now it is time to think a little bit about your own motivations for volunteering and make sure you are ready to do a bit of ‘ethical international volunteering’. Read the full guide here.