On this week’s episode Liv and Der outline their volunteer experiences abroad. They start off with talking about the elephants in the room with volunteering and promise to get more into the controversial topic of voluntourism in a future episode. They give insight into how to find volunteer connections when you are abroad and to remember that you are there to help, as long as it isn’t putting you in danger suck it up and do the dishes. Liv explains the importance of listening to whoever is leading you in your volunteer position as they will have the knowledge and hopefully cultural savvy to make an impact in the right way. Der expresses if you are only volunteering to get your hours up for a CV and don’t really care, volunteer for positions where they just need hands on the ground and not a position where they need you to care.
On this week’s episode Liv and Der outline their volunteer experiences abroad. They start off with talking about the elephants in the room with volunteering and promise to get more into the controversial topic of voluntourism in a future episode. They give insight into how to find volunteer connections when you are abroad and to remember that you are there to help, as long as it isn’t putting you in danger suck it up and do the dishes. Liv explains the importance of listening to whoever is leading you in your volunteer position as they will have the knowledge and hopefully cultural savvy to make an impact in the right way. Der expresses if you are only volunteering to get your hours up for a CV and don’t really care, volunteer for positions where they just need hands on the ground and not a position where they need you to care.