As seen in our previous course, ‘Avoiding the Pitfalls of Short-Term Missions’, research has shown that many forms of short-term volunteering actually do harm to the very communities they are trying to serve. In this course, we explore what methods are shown to lead to positive outcomes for both the communities hosting trips, and the …
In this course we explore the research and look at why some of the common volunteering or service trip models are at best ineffective, and at worst, damaging to local communities. We also look at what the research says about the effect that these trips have on volunteers themselves. We must warn you though – …
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When in low-income communities, our use of photography and social media can easily become exploitative. We can unintentionally act as tourists, capturing and consuming the materially poor’s images and stories as if they were a show to be observed. Further, we can capture images as a way of getting an emotional reaction from viewers in …
