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What's Wrong with Volunteer Travel?

July 16, 2015

Listen to Daniela Papi in her TEDx talk, she spent six years living in Cambodia and founded her own travel organization, PEPY TOURS, originally "voluntourism" and now shifted to learning travel. She brings to light the flaws in the efforts to do good on the international front, such as in Cambodia where the popularity of orphanage volunteering has led to the phenomenon that 3 out of 4 Cambodian "orphans" have 1 or more live parents. Here's her story.

In News and Social Action, Cambodia Tags TEDxOxbridge, Daniela Papi, Service Learning, Orphanage Tourism, Travel
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