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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] How is it 'using' people? The kid is helping them out...[/quote] No, the kid is not. The kid is maybe doing some small task, very poorly, but mostly the kid is spending money that could go to actual useful projects that won't get funding because parents want their kids to have an experience that will supposedly be broadening. I know people who tried chaperoning a church's service trip. The kids were entitled jerks before they went, they were useless on the trip, and they were smug afterwards. No, those kids aren't representative of every teenager who does this, but they're not the only ones, either. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/04/29/can-voluntourism-make-a-difference [/quote]
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