It can be a difficult situation to insert yourself into a place that isn’t your stomping grounds and try to impart change. There are many variables to take into account, especially in a different country, such as cultural differences, local resources, language barriers, etc. Building trust and mutual respect is the first step. I want
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The most ethical volunteering you can do is to help the local community sustain your work for the long haul. That makes training and educating local community members paramount to building upon your progress. In an ideal world, this might even spur job growth within the
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The topic of volunteering can sometimes be a controversial one. Does that surprise you? There are more factors to consider than most people realize. There can be a right way and a potentially wrong way to volunteer. What? A wrong way to do good? Yep, it’s a tricky topic. I’ll start with one of
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People often ask me about my decision to start Therapists Without Borders. In a nutshell, my journey began with years of frustrating, dead-end Google searches that uncovered very few, if any volunteer opportunities for therapists. Equally disheartening was my tiny bank account –one that certainly wouldn’t foot the bill for the opportunities I did find. But that’s
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