We have to learn before we can help: Creating Responsible Traveler’s Philanthropy Experiences - NAFSA Conference June 2011
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The document discusses best practices for responsible volunteer travel, noting that many programs focus more on short-term benefits for volunteers rather than meaningful, sustainable impacts. It emphasizes the importance of thorough research, transparency about funds, investing in long-term community relationships, and ensuring local voices and needs are prioritized over outside solutions. Proper monitoring and evaluation are also needed to understand actual impacts and make continued improvements.
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We have to learn before we can help: Creating Responsible Traveler’s Philanthropy Experiences - NAFSA Conference June 2011
- 1. we have to learn before we can help Creating Responsible Traveler’s Philanthropy Experiences
- 2. ★ Who are we?! Ø 3.6 million UVs p.a" Ø 12,000 travel journals" Ø Travel alerts, safety, Travel Smarter" Ø iPod / iPhone language guides" h"p://www.ccsnys.org/ Ø Travel scholarships" Ø Ambassador program " Ø Footprints" Ø Linked with Social Media"
- 3. How & why it works
- 4. - Registered non-profit organisation - Work with 3rd party charities, grassrootss and NGOs - Source locally supported projects - Support United Nations Millennium Development Goals - Manage and report on charitable projects globally
- 6. 12,821 donations from people in 18 countries raised $31,548 for to fund a Water & Sanitation project In Timor-Leste run by WaterAid 2,264 donations from people in 21 countries raised $6,910 to fund a Teacher Livelihood Program In Cambodia run by PEPY
- 7. To learn more Twitter: @tunnsey; @worldnomads; @footprintsntwrk; @travelsafety Email: christina.tunnah@worldnomads.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/footprintsnetwork URL: http://footprints.worldnomads.com/ Youtube: Positive Footprints Channel
- 9. Daniela Papi d@pepytours.com pepytours.com educationabroadnetwork.org voluntourism101.com lessonsilearned.org
- 10. HOW matters
- 11. Impact on… Travelers Local Non-profit community or partner, the ecosystem issue, or the program
- 12. Travelers Local Non-profit community or partner, the ecosystem issue, or the program
- 13. note You can’t know your actual impact unless you follow up, do research, and stay open to learning the realities of the impact you had.
- 14. What went wrong on the “voluntourism” trip?
- 16. EVERYTHING that could List of things that have gone possibly go wrong wrong! All of it Bad planning Poor implementat Lies and corruptio An evil guy
- 17. EVERYTHING that could List of things that have gone possibly go wrong wrong! All of it Bad planning Poor implementat Lies and corruptio An evil guy
- 20. Poor pre-planning ! ! ! !
- 21. No transparency
- 26. Little to no traveler education
- 27. Little to no traveler education
- 28. The WRONG people were let in
- 29. The WRONG people were let in
- 30. The WRONG people were let in
- 31. So… how can we prevent this?
- 32. Lessons Learned at World Nomads • Financial transparency not always clear – Communication w/ volunteer – Do they fund project costs via tour fees? • Does $ stay local/ in country or get repatriated? • Housing, food and safety provisions • Research thoroughly your partners; a 360
- 33. Lessons Learned (cont’d) • Consider duration of trio when working with kids • Is LOE > than outcomes • Honesty and integrity are everything • Upside: faster feedback loop • Going to the place isn’t only way to leverage travel as a change agent
- 34. Where Footprints & Volunteerism Intersect • Partnered w/ non-profit partners that run trips (provide funding through Footprints) – Seek transformational personal experiences & make a difference fit in with the Footprints vision • Projects must meet UN’s MDG; operators need to be accountable for outcomes not just tourism experience – Can be a challenge for operators who dolphin in – Projects & needs are identified by locals
- 35. an ILLICH break
- 36. Voluntourism: What’s wrong 1) Band-aid “solutions” 2) Forgetting volunteers are NOT free 3) Focusing on “things” to solve problems 4) Poor monitoring 5) Skilled jobs to the unskilled 6) Forgetting the REST of the trip 7) Fostering moral imperialism
- 38. Just Say NO to Orphanage Tourism
- 41. a. Orphanages are not a tourist attraction.
- 42. b. It’s not a zoo. No, you can’t pet or feed them.
- 43. c. Ask yourself: Would this be okay if this was happening in my community?
- 44. 2) Volunteers are not FREE
- 45. 3) “Things” aren’t the solution
- 46. but by investing time in people instead
- 47. people have the capacity and connections to reach their own goals
- 48. 4) Poor monitoring can = poor impact
- 49. 5) Skilled jobs take skills
- 51. 7) What about the REST of the trip?
- 52. $ You vote with your money RESEARCH: Giving your money
- 53. Do you want more kids on the street?
- 54. Poverty voyeurism is voting for poverty.
- 55. Avoid the long-neck- women phenomenon.
- 56. At RESEARCH: Giving your we have made many mistakes. money
- 57. Schools don’t teach kids.
- 58. Neither do pens, books, or t-shirts.
- 59. We learned we needed to invest in people to put those things to use.
- 60. At RESEARCH: Giving your we have made many mistakes too. money
- 61. it’s not how we can save the world in a week
- 62. It’s what we can do the other 358 days of the year
- 63. PEPY Tours is designed to inspire people to improve the way they GIVE, TRAVEL & LIVE after they leave us
- 64. and, with a two-part fee, the donation requirement from the tour goes straight to our NGO programs
- 65. service learning only looks one way
- 66. learning service = trips where you are learning to serve AFTER you leave
- 67. the current situation a), b), and c)
- 68. A) Many people are marketing the “developing world” this way
- 69. Come help him.
- 70. Only you can help him.
- 71. A large part of what people “know” about “developing” countries comes from fundraising campaigns & travel advertising
- 72. B) Sometimes we create aid projects just to let people feel they are helping.
- 73. You know, Americans always want to paint things. They want to paint buildings, so we have a building we let them paint. Usually we have to repaint the walls after the Americans leave because they don’t do a very good job.” -- Remarks from an African leader who felt that letting visiting Americans paint allowed them to feel like they accomplished something even though it was unnecessary (excerpt from Rethinking Short- Term Missions for Long-Term Impact by Mary Faultds)
- 74. C) We are selling what people “want”. Or do people want what we are selling?
- 75. 5 Steps to Creating Successful Learning Service Trips
- 76. 1 # BUILD RELATIONSHIPS!
- 77. 2 # Research
- 78. 3 # Invest in people
- 79. 4 # Close the feedback loop Follow-up & ask questions
- 80. Come support this organiza?on! 5 # HONEST Traveling with us means you are HELPING THE WORLD! MARKETING!!! Travel with us an make a difference! Buy our trip and help this orphanage! . Join our SERVICE trip! Come help them!
- 85. Child Safe
- 86. Travelers Philanthropy Handbook
- 87. Thank you! Christina Tunnah twitter: @tunnsey email: Christina.Tunnah@worldnomads.com Daniela Papi twitter: @danielapapi email: d@pepytours.com
- 88. Photo Credits Photos from Flickr @martyn @nebarnix @lara604 @mithril @alancleaver @simulacraofmi @press the b[o]tton @claudiasnell @hrdrck @kristabrath @tormods @tamer_shabaneh @beth19 @divemasterking2000 @jurvetson @looking4poetry @garryknight @sandvand Photos of PEPY class and school Photographer: Mathieu Young