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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Volunteer tourism is awful, I will give you that. [/quote]

So what’s your solution? How else can the nonprofits caring for orphans, educating children, providing desperately needed healthcare, food, whatever survive without this funding stream?

Icymi: the government isn’t equipped to provide the funding or services…despite buckets of money from the US government. Locals aren’t equipped to step up.

I suppose your solution is simply that Americans should send money instead of volunteering AND giving money, right? That would be nice. But the reality is their business model relies on tugging on heartstrings to prompt volunteers to not only donate long term but also help with fundraising through their own networks.

All of this matters.

Unless you have a better solution, pp? [/quote]

Non-corrupt politicians elected through legit democratic elections.

Much of the aide  given to lower income countries gets siphoned off to corrupt rulers.

We are losing ground in that regard (starting with ours truly)! [/quote]

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