Bitches Abroad

This is Bitches Abroad, a podcast that was started by two friends that suck at staying in touch with each other when they don’t live in the same city. This podcast will center around living abroad, traveling (international and domestic), and everything that goes along with that. They understand their perspective is only one and that they have immense privilege for the experiences they have gained in life. It should also be noted that everything they say should be taken with a grain of salt because really that makes the tequila tastier. Remember to hope for the worst, and expect the worst.

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Volunteering Abroad

March 28, 2022 • Der & Liv • Season 1 • Episode 18

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.