{"id":22679,"date":"2022-06-13T06:33:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T04:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=22679"},"modified":"2022-06-14T11:20:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T09:20:28","slug":"voluntourism-more-harm-than-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/06\/voluntourism-more-harm-than-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Voluntourism: More Harm than Good?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 \u2013 Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teaching\u00a0English\u00a0in\u00a0foreign\u00a0countries,\u00a0helping\u00a0to\u00a0build\u00a0schools\u00a0and\u00a0orphanages,\u00a0working\u00a0on\u00a0conservation\u00a0projects\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0These\u00a0are\u00a0all\u00a0examples\u00a0of voluntourism. It&#8217;s a combination of visiting other countries while doing some volunteer works too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dedicating time and effort to doing volunteer activities seems great and fulfilling. But is&nbsp;it&nbsp;all&nbsp;what&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;cracked&nbsp;up&nbsp;to&nbsp;be?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video about voluntourism and its downsides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Voluntourism: Doing more harm than good?\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PPIjV_oS9WM?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is your reaction to what&#8217;s discussed in this video?<\/li><li>Has&nbsp;anyone&nbsp;shared&nbsp;their&nbsp;volunteering&nbsp;experience&nbsp;with&nbsp;you?&nbsp;What&nbsp;did&nbsp;they&nbsp;tell&nbsp;you? Talk about some of your volunteer works too.<\/li><li>Would&nbsp;you&nbsp;prefer&nbsp;to&nbsp;volunteer&nbsp;with&nbsp;animals&nbsp;or&nbsp;do&nbsp;some&nbsp;administrative&nbsp;work?<\/li><li>Do&nbsp;you&nbsp;think&nbsp;that&nbsp;all&nbsp;job&nbsp;positions&nbsp;are&nbsp;suitable&nbsp;for&nbsp;volunteering?&nbsp;What&nbsp;other&nbsp;jobs&nbsp;can&nbsp;you&nbsp;do&nbsp;as&nbsp;a&nbsp;volunteer?<\/li><li>Have&nbsp;you&nbsp;ever&nbsp;been&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;situation&nbsp;where&nbsp;you&nbsp;had&nbsp;to&nbsp;abandon&nbsp;your&nbsp;responsibilities?<\/li><li>What do you think the pros and cons of so-called &#8220;voluntourism&#8221; are?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 \u2013 Upper Intermediate Teaching\u00a0English\u00a0in\u00a0foreign\u00a0countries,\u00a0helping\u00a0to\u00a0build\u00a0schools\u00a0and\u00a0orphanages,\u00a0working\u00a0on\u00a0conservation\u00a0projects\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0These\u00a0are\u00a0all\u00a0examples\u00a0of voluntourism. It&#8217;s a combination of visiting other countries while doing some volunteer works too. Dedicating time and effort to doing volunteer activities seems great and fulfilling. But is&nbsp;it&nbsp;all&nbsp;what&nbsp;it&#8217;s&nbsp;cracked&nbsp;up&nbsp;to&nbsp;be?&nbsp; Watch the video about voluntourism and its downsides. Discussion Questions: What is your reaction to what&#8217;s discussed in this video? Has&nbsp;anyone&nbsp;shared&nbsp;their&nbsp;volunteering&nbsp;experience&nbsp;with&nbsp;you?&nbsp;What&nbsp;did&nbsp;they&nbsp;tell&nbsp;you? 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